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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
1
First and second grade lists show students named by class and teacher, with a long roster including Miss Shaver Miss Woodrum and other staff. The article also lists eighth grade and high school seniors and juniors, Liberty Bell medals for scholarship, and a detailed community notices segment with church services and local updates.
Memorial and Decoration days in Hamburg drew strong crowds Sunday and Monday with a union service at the Presbyterian church led by Rev. A Welby Tandy and large turnout. Monday featured a town parade led by Arthur Woods, a city council presence, and a cemetery program, praised as the best in years. Harry Barmeier of the migratory bird service visited to address songbird killings, warning of fines up to 5100 and jail, urging protection of birds for pest control and ecology.
Mrs. S A Calkins died at her home in Troy Kansas on Tuesday May 27 at age 49 years 2 months and 23 days. The body was brought for burial in Mt Olive cemetery with services by Rev A A Walburn. She lived many years in Hamburg later moving to Missouri and then Kansas where the family remained. She left a husband six children two sisters and two brothers.
The death of Eli Slusher, 83, longtime Hamburg resident, is noted. He followed farming and was well known by older residents. The body arrived Tuesday and a brief service was held at the church by Rev. A. A. Walburn.
The M L K club held a farewell for Mrs Campbell at Mrs Limp Finnell's home Monday night. She has been with the club about nineteen years as an early member. Clyde Spencer visited from Greenfield with Lawrence Mann and son Clare. Clyde, a Trans tlatives linotype operator, is temporarily leaving his post.
Fred Johnson narrowly escaped serious injury when a rifle discharged while he and others searched for shack timber. The bullet entered his right side and lodged near the left, yet medical exam showed little danger. Art Simons to run Tim Jackson drug store in Shenandoah, Iowa after Mr. Jackson’s death.
Chas Gardner married Blanche M Brown Tuesday at 11 a.m. at John Gardner's home in the south part of town. Rev H G Stewart of the M E church South officiated. Bride is daughter of Hugh and Mrs Brown. Groom is son of L Gardner. They will start housekeeping on the groom’s Militia Hollow farm in a new four room cottage. The Reporter offers congratulations.
Richardson Fredrickson, south of Avoca, reports success using an exhaust hose method to kill gophers in his alfalfa. The Humane result shows many gophers killed with no further issues from pests. Hamburg band, under M. R. Fletcher, played for Decoration Day, earning praise for their first public appearance and a monetary purse as thanks. Don McBride buys the old McBride homestead from Waterloo Canning, planning to move soon as J A Wilson vacates the place.
Farmers around Hamburg rush alfalfa harvest as acreage rises and the crop shows above average quality. Labor shortages highlight the era's hard times and resilience in the farming community.
W. J. Brown his wife and son left Wednesday for an auto trip to Colorado planning to visit several places along the route. At North Platte they will call on Judge George French, an old Hamburg resident, and expect to be gone most of the summer. On Sunday evening Cox Chapel hosts the annual children’s three day exercises to which all are cordially invited, with a program promised to be good.
WR Orchard and Roselle M. Davis editors of the Nonpareil spent Wednesday at this office. Orchard runs the editorial section and has elevated the paper’s stance. Roselle, the night editor, has long been in the trade, starting printing in Hamburg as a boy under Yibbetts, and Hamburg proud to claim him.
Diphtheria outbreaks reported around Bluff with two child deaths. Myron Reeves Jr aged seven years and 17 days died Saturday and was buried in Hamburg cemetery. August Buck aged nine years and nine months died Saturday and was buried at Broun cemetery on the Bluff. Cases in Hamburg and surrounding country are described as improving.
A joint gathering of the Baptist church missionary and aid societies was held yesterday at Mrs. G M Beal's home. The event welcomed guests from Sidney, Routon, and Farragut and featured a delightful program. Mrs J B Long of Council Bluffs spoke as district treasurer.
Mesdames Chas Holtzinger Danforth Dean Campbell Swiggart and Rod Finnell entertained the ladies and husbands of the M L E club with a 6 o'clock dinner Tuesday at the fine home of Mrs Chas Holtzinger. The June evening was ideal and guests enjoyed the sumptuous repast and social hour.
Milt Richards killed a wolf he mistook for a dog in his yard on Monday evening and earned a $20 bounty. He spotted the animal driving the colts toward the barn, retrieved his gun, and shot it quickly. Frank Beyschlag plans a summer in Monti Vista with Uncle and Aunt Frank Stow to help in the grocery department. Mrs. Beyschlag accompanied him to Omaha. Clyde Gunung and Guy Kay visited Flamburg in town Monday seeking to start a pool hall. outcome unclear.
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