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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates at one year strictly in advance totaling one dollar and fifty cents. It states mail handling at the Ham burg post office as second class matter.
The town defends its name amid wartime sentiment arguing a change would cause rail, map, and business confusion. It notes ongoing conscription, weather harming crops yet opts to plant sweet corn for value, and rejects notions of renaming despite German heritage.
Percival heads to fishing as Tuesday night's flood halts activity. Mrs. COBE and Edna visit in Council Bluffs while Chas Russell from Superior, Wis. arrives to stay with George Somes family. Russell had five weeks in Hot Springs. Mary Graham seeks an occulist in Council Bluffs. Hamburg visitors Tom Williams and John Clanton with kin attend neighborhood gatherings. 59 men registered. George Somes drives to Sidney with registration report. Ed Laughlin and Somes attend Sidney registrar meeting. Pearl Thornton visits from Pacific Junction. Red Cross attendees include Stiles Sheldon Hazelwood Graham families and spouses. Gertrude Adle visits the Stiles. Ursel Stiles returns from Parsons college in Fairfield. Wesley Israel hurt after being kicked by a horse.
A rugged Mis souri mountaineer Uncle Ike Tass runs a hill post office. Two city men travel five miles to mail letters but he declares a stamp sale is too much work. They notice a fried chicken dinner for visitors upstairs at Ike Ross restaurant for fifty cents.
In 1198 Saladin died in Damascus after famed battles with Guy de Lusignan and the capture of Jerusalem. The Crusaders had taken the city eighty eight years earlier, the Khora mosque was restored to Islam, and Saladin showed mercy to the fallen queen. Later the Third Crusade saw Christians executes 5000 Saracen hostages, prompting Saladin to retaliate. Overall he is portrayed as a noble ruler, surpassing many contemporaries.
University of Washington notes that four live fish frozen into a cake of ice can suspend life until thawing. Professor E Victor Smith says revived fish could occur after ten years, citing cold blooded animals like frogs and turtles. Careful gradual cooling and warming is essential.
A writer in American Magazine argues happiness is the ultimate goal pursued through honesty, health, and virtue. He contends clear conscience, benign actions toward others, and bettering the world yield true contentment. He links parenthood, health, and communal goodwill to lasting happiness.
The article estimates the global wire in submarine cables since 1857 could span from earth to the moon. It notes sea depths of about three miles and that a ship paying out a new cable takes over two and a half hours to reach the sea bed, by which time the ship has drifted 23 miles.
A mischievous look at how monkeys are caught using simple traps. Trappers use boots with glue, gourds and bait to lure the animal, exploiting curiosity and greed. The method relies on clever handwork and not heavy traps, illustrating resourceful, humane trapper techniques.
A fragment describes Wisby as a once-bustling northern European harbor now calm. It recalls its Norse trading origins, mentions old galleys that traded with Norse kings, and notes ongoing relic-digging on the island yielding coins from Britain, Russia, German states, France, Spain, and North Africa.
The World Outlook cites harsh conditions on the west coast where Indians act as burden bearers in cities and plantations. They carry goods, face keeling prices, and work four days weekly for ten cents a day, with scant time for themselves or families.
The Marine Journal notes ships are masculine in French Italian Spanish and Portuguese while Teutonic and Scandinavian tongues assign no sex. It suggests Greek feminization of ships stems from Athene, yet English sailors persist with a feminine ship, describing her with waist, collars, stays, laces, bonnets, and other feminine attributes.
A historical note describes a pearl farming method attributed to Doctor Miki Noto. Oysters are spread over 50 square miles, planted on rocks, and later transferred to labs where they mature for three years. Foreign irritants reportedly trigger a pearl core buildup, yielding pearls after several years of processing.
The article notes Australians widely adopt picnics as a primary recreation, with families clubs churches and lodges sharing Sunday and holiday outings. Picnickers travel by foot horse wagon tram or boat to shores woods rivers hills or gardens for lunch reading fishing and nature study, reflecting national geographile observations on affordable leisure.
A grizzled man nicknamed Magnet Bill is pictured as a tire saver for a large motorcar company. He uses a tin keel and a steel magnet on a shovel handle to pick up metal debris and prevent tire punctures. Popular Science Monthly highlights his daily impact in reducing tire costs and road hazards.
A Tam ny leader on the East side addressed Italian-born voters in a campaign speech. He spoke of appreciation for their native land and honored an Italian figure linked to the country’s early exploration, eliciting strong applause from the audience. The piece reflects Sunday Evening Post language and period rhetoric.
The piece traces how Constantinople gained and shed several names including Lygos, W Diyzeantinen, Nova, and finally Constantinople after Constantine the Great. It notes the Turks ignore the western name and prefer Stamboul since the city’s capture.
A doctor recalls his rise from a rich patient to a self styled specialist. He admits he didn’t create a marvelous cure but gained streetwise confidence and moved into a fashionable neighborhood, where he began calling himself a specialist.
A Louisville Courier Journal style piece traces a California shoe dealer Flo hitting upon high top boots in vivid colors. Eastern buyers flock to the display imagining Paris fashion, prompting New York and manufacturers to boost prices and offer musical comedy shoes from 12 to 25 dollars, redefining value for women shoppers.
In a large uptown New York apartment two boisterous children play with their rear neighbor who comes home to join their antics. The man, once a familiar companion abroad, reveals himself when the children use him as a horse during a wild, noisy game. Such is life in New York apartments.
A method to secure glass panes without putty using a flexible metal or rubber strip. Lay the pane in the recess, press the spring strip along one side, and fasten flat curved-edge plates at corners and middle to grip the strip. Repeat on all sides, with a double pane option using an air space and additional strips for flush fit.
A romantic Barone legend explains lace origin with a leaf gift from a lover who left for war. The maiden preserves the leaf, then copies its delicate veining with needle and thread, birthing the first lace as a sacred keepsake.
Prince Edward Island is the smallest province in Canada. It covers about 2,184 square miles with a population around 111,195 at the last census. Charlottetown, the capital, has about 12,000 residents. The province is run by a lieutenant governor with five-year terms, an executive council, and a 30-member legislative assembly elected for four years, half by property holders and half by man nond suffrage.
An addicted couple tale shows Uncle Green admitting faults and praising his wife. He says her devotion keeps him from disgrace, while she endures his abuse and poverty with quiet strength and generosity as she prepares supper.
Alice Heine, born in New Orleans, became duchess of Richelieu then widow, later married the prince of Monaco. Her life amid royal matches spans French and American lineages, ending with a Monaco union marked by divorce and scandal.
Dan Ward likens Chile to a shoestring republic spanning from New York to San Francisco, narrow as Lake Erie, squeezed between mountains and coast. Arthur Rehi notes the Andes as a curtain. Chile has 23 provinces and a vast area, with nitrate wealth, wireless stations, and $12,000,000 in port improvements as it pushes into 20th century progress.
The New York Medical Record argues that doctors possess a Sherlock Holmes like faculty to read faces in moments. It extends the idea to bedside observation of a household dog’s expressions reflecting patient status. The piece suggests a physician detects welcome, confidence, and dejection across successive visits signaling a family changing doctors.
In a家庭 scene a girl named Elsie sneaks chocolates from Mrs Gray’s house. Her mother scolds, asking how many times she has been told not to take sweets. Elsie replies she didn’t ask and knows where chocolates are kept.
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