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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
2
Readership notice states paper mailed as second class matter from Hamburg post office. Fremont and adjoining counties rate for one year is two dollars, while all other U S zones price is two dollars fifty cents. Subscription ends at expiration of time paid for.
A list of candidates announces candidacies for Fremont County offices including Clerk Auditor Sheriff Treasurer and Board of Supervisors. The notices indicate entry subject to the will of Republican or Democratic voters in the June primary, with names such as Dell Johnson H G Swanson A J Jorgenson Hari C Holloway Herman A Moomaw J F Halliday CG E Holloway H O Greenlee Millard Abshire L L Hiatt Glen Robb R C Van Eaton R M Higgins W W Atken Ruby E Story.
Opinion signals that Americans view their country as a vast hub of agriculture and industry and warn against presuming the United States will readily share food. It notes prior generosity in supplying Europe and cautions about expectations in future aid.
The piece argues the war is over and Americans face food shortages at home. It warns against exporting food for Europe at high profit, stating the public will protest if it harms American women and children. It calls Europe to work and produce and rejects a perpetual obligation to aid abroad.
The piece argues young city men seek farm work for freedom and security, preferring rural life over profiteering city living. It claims brains will drive migration to the countryside where opportunity exists, framing a national campaign to repopulate farms as essential for economic stability and food production.
A plea for a monthly Get Together Day to replace clique fighting and foster constructive action. The writer urges Mr Man and Mrs Woman to back a townwide effort to unite residents, reduce factionalism, and enable collective progress.
A Washington dispatch cites the justice department claiming six hundred million dollars will be taken from the people this year in sugar speculation. The piece argues this is a trifling sum and notes that higher prices could curb consumption, suggesting a paradoxical net positive in reduced sugar intake.
The column lampoons sugar prices and hunger amid a sugar shortage, mocks crooks profiting from illicit sugar, and mentions canned fruit constraints for housewives. It condemns transportation delays, rail failures, and high costs while weighing fate and wealth with dark humor about death and greed.
A collage of maxims on human nature ambition economy vice and wit. The piece rails against superstition and pedantry while lampooning soap box orators and editors. It notes that opportunity knocks yet many wait and contrasts thrift with profiteering.
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