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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1932
Page
2
Island residents and visitors gather for picnics and social calls across Hamburg, Sidney, and nearby towns. Names include Guinn, Swank, Lang, Hiatt, Holliman, Renshaw, and many relatives as community events fill a week with dinners, visits, club meetings, and a bridge game highlight.
The East Side held a community celebration with a pony race at Bamburz where Jock Finnell placed second. Attendees included Mrs Ward of Hambure and Mr and Mrs Mertt Omaha visiting relatives. Several residents traveled to see family in Canada and Denmark, while a local mishap during the event left a participant injured.
Residents report a wide array of visiting families from Nebraska Kansas and Colorado spending Independence Day with local households. Notable guests include Mr and Mrs Fred Resineg and daughter Topeka Kans Mr and Mrs Joe Vovel and family Nebraska City Mr and Mrs BUL Propp and sons Lincoln area visitors at Walter Oaks Millard Strait homes and others from Denver and Peru joining in holiday gatherings.
Sunday visits to the Histon home are noted as the Vawters call on friends while a fire destroyed a farm house on Earl Ramsay Farm. The Bardstown area reports several family visits, funeral services for Mrs. Brown, and church activities with the Madison congregation planning a Sunday morning service and dinner at the city park north of Ham.
Community notes outline objectives for agricultural outreach and public lake access, mentioning committees, parent-teacher group involvement, and a forthcoming campaign plan. The text references local organizations, a Fremont area focus, and scheduled job activities tied to utility maintenance and civic engagement.
Extension Service agents will conduct canning demonstrations in every county by year end. Women leaders will train others to repeat the demos in neighborhoods, supplying a Home Canning Calendar to guide families. The program aims to arm housewives with practical methods to improve yearlong food supply and save costs.
In Alden Iowa a lone bachelor Mendenhall whose body lay in a one room shack for weeks was discovered after neighbor Omar Hubbard noticed clothes on a cot. Authorities say several dogs, perhaps a dozen, had eaten the bones, leaving scattered human remains and a hole in a window. The death may have been from heart disease.
The report notes a judge referencing David Baby and Jase Attenpled in a Auburn Bank theft matter. Sheriff Broady forwarded prisoner fingerprints to the Bureau of Investigation in Washington DC as a telegram stated David was the suspect.
For sale or trade 9 1831 Chevrolet coach listed by Rollie Steele in Hamburg Town. Advertisement asserts music students wanted. Promoter Ralph M Brown offers steel guitar lessons after diplomas from top studios in the United States. Corner of E and Park Streets given for contact. Low mood prices offered.
Estray taken up includes a sow and four pigs owned by Dare game, with ad payment required. Homer Baker in Hamburg lists the notice dated January 14. Safety Razor sharpening service by Wades Sharpened offers Bingle blades, with a device to sharpen and deliver blades. O W Halstead, Hamburg, fa 34-11.
The bank in Hambun, in the State of Tews, named First National Bank, requests all waterholders and creditors to present notes and claims for payment. C. M. Garst serves as president.
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