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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
2
The Hamburg Reporter laments holiday departures with people tearing branches and flowers from trees. It highlights the fleeting joy of possession, urges respect for public and private greenery, notes such acts are offenses in towns and likely punishable, and warns that country owners often lack protection for shrubbery beyond their homes.
A national figure lauds spending on scenery as a wise policy beyond local pride. The piece cites Washington, San Francisco Burnham plans, Niagara Falls, the White Mountains, the Appalachians, and historic spots like Boston’s state house and Independence Hall as examples. It argues that public sentiment supports preserving scenery over sheer profit.
An essay notes men refuse to leave cities for farms amid widespread work and a shortage of farm labor. Prosperity drains common labor ranks while vagrancy remains steady. Maine ministers issue clergy rules banning marriages to strangers and restrict remarriage after divorce, aiming to curb divorce.
Derah B. Holzman writes in the Times-Democrat about a persistent ideal praising plump figures over slim ones. The verse laments social pressures on women authors and artists to be tall and slender while predicting a future champion of plump beauty.
A scene at a social gathering in New York society portrays Mrs Gwili Athlestan and guests debating class, wealth, and marriage in an English style setting. Conversations touch on Western newcomers, debutante balls, and expected marriages with humor and social tension.
A brisk morning at Mrs Gwilt Athlestan's house party follows a tense reveal of affections. Percival confronts Milbrey as she faces a delayed marriage proposal while Mr Ristine arrives. Milbrey and Percy drift between flirtation and doubt amid autumn scenes and hints of genuine feeling.
In the Russo Japanese War era John Hay rested at Lake Gunapee while telegrams were sent to him. An encrypted message arrived but was dismissed as unintelligible. The piece notes a historic cipher and mentions a coal production record yet a car famine limited market slump.
An ad style item claims Captain Crute of Watts Camp U G V Roanoke Virginia credited Dean's Kidney Pills with ending his back pain and renal gravel after passing a stone as large as a bean and regaining health and weight. The notice promotes Foster Milburn Co and a 50 cent box price. It also includes other assorted endorsements for cigars Defiance Starch and men collars in a generic consumer roundup.
A Denver Times item recounts Base Deposit Marsal Field UI telling of a Lakewood boy who asked an old hotel lady if she could crack nuts. She replies she cannot as she has no teeth. He offers walnuts and asks her to hold them while he fetches more.
The piece contains aphorisms about ambition and trust. It notes clarity begins at home and that true knowledge isn’t measured by foolish talk in love. It warns against worship of wealth, comparing it to a golden calf, regardless of outward signs.
Trade activity shows Europe controlling much of the chili market while France imports apples from Canada. Denmark ships butter to England, and negotiations suggest 1,000,000 tons of steel tails for 1907 delivery. American cattle hides may return as leather after being shipped to England. May coal shipments stand at 3,254,820 tons versus 6,005,155 last May, with yearly totals at 1,709,783 tons against 24,874,054 last year.
A Indiana physician advised diet and quitting coffee, recommending Postum as a coffee substitute. A patient, plagued by a 20 year stomach ailment, credits the doctor and Postum for restoring health, noting lasting improvement after two years. The ad promotes Postum by Battle Creek, Michigan, and a ten day trial.
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