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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
2
Postflood resolve urges sickness prevention and quick action
After waters recede the piece urges strong preventive health measures and cautious loyalty. It praises doctors for emphasis on prevention, notes government observers visiting to assess loyalty, and urges business push and communal grit to recover, with optimism that hardships will become blessings.
Rabbitites Disease Spreads Through Town. Rabbits Abound
The article notes a new disease called Rabbitites sweeping the town and contagious without quarantine. It describes widespread presence of tame rabbits in yards and backyards with net frames, as families consider how to respond while parents remain unsure.
Battle Cry of Feed Em Rallying To Till the Soil
A wartime style refrain urges workers to unite around agriculture. The chant emphasizes tilling land, training crops to grow, and devotion to duty. It invokes maternal nature aiding farming and calls for effort to produce food locally.
War Garden brag prompts rival curiosity in town
W T Davis touts a fine war garden with California and American potatoes and a fine strawberry bed. The editor jokes about judging taste and wonders if Irish potatoes exist, noting Davis did not gift an exhibit box.
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W. T. Davis
Davis
California
Reporter Classifieds Offer Ad Space For Buyers And Sellers
If you want to buy or sell anything advertise in the Reporter. This notice invites readers to place ads to reach local buyers and sellers. It emphasizes simple steps to submit listings and benefit from the newspaper’s audience.
AS IT LOOKS TO THE BOY POEM APPEALS TO MOTHERS
A reader shares a mother’s letter and a poem about a boy torn between staying home and joining the military. The piece laments a son’s cowardice and loss of vigor as friends enlist, urging mothers to guide their children toward worthy work.
Beware of Peddlers Exposes Malicious Plaster Plant in Henderson
New Market Herald reports a traveling German peddler arrested in Henderson with 1600 dollars in currency. A court plaster sample sent to Council Bluffs tested positive for leprosy germs. Investigators plan a full inquiry with public sentiment turning against peddlers.
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Henderson
Council Bluffs
Town Employees To Subscribe To Liberty Bond Plan
Arrangements allow Town Telephone Company employees to subscribe to Government Liberty Loan bonds with monthly installments. The Bell system has taken 5 million and employees may subscribe for a similar amount. Plan payments 4 dollars monthly for ten months and 5 dollars monthly for two months per 50 bond, full payment in one year with six months interest by June 1938. Early payoff permitted anytime during the year.
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Town Telephone Company
Liberty Loan
Bell Telephone System
Couldn't Have Happened Here A Merchant Rushed Downtown
A dry goods merchant hurried downtown with his wife reminding him of his daily duty. The brief fragment hints at a domestic moment shaping a day’s course. Names, places, or exact actions are not provided in the readable text.
City plans new oil store amid hot weather rush
A town resident urges prompt city action to bring a new oil store before the heat. A merchant discussing vehicles, a bank talk, and a grove of local businessmen gather at the town hall to address the order evil and the sense that farmers desert local shops for mail order houses.
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John
Edo
Adil
Sentinel
Children’s Day Program at Lone Chapel
A community Children’s Day program will be held Sunday evening June 17 at 8 o’clock in Lone Chapel. The program features recitations by several children including “Smiles and Blossoms,” “Our Order Book,” and “Nothing Too Small,” songs such as “Weaving a Garland” and “Face to Face,” many dance and drill numbers, and ends with a choir benediction.
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Lone Chapel
Luin Murry
Leis Poe
Chris Noo
Hallie Houts
Sunbeam Band
Glen Wisher
Schaal
Dale Athen
Rose
Ormanet
Daisy Ward
Tin Pense
Naomi Erickson
Pauline Hess
Charlene
Funeral for A. D. Richards at Sidney Baptist Church
A. D. Richards was honored with funeral services at the Sidney Baptist Church, where he was a member. Rev. Thomas preached on his good life as relatives and friends gathered, and the 1.C.C.F. lodge conducted services at the cemetery. His memory remains with those who knew him.
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W. A. Bell
Chalmers
Rev. Thomas
D. Leiler
Sidney
Clara Elledge
Harry Weider
Co. Bluffs
A. D. Richards
Baptist Church
Richards
1.C.C.F. Lodge
Pete Beveridge
Wyoming
Bruce Fletcher
Galen McIntosh
Sunday Worship in Multiple Local Churches
Local churches list service times and pastors for Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian St Marys Catholic Rescue Mission German Evangelical and other groups. The notes invite attendance, mention visiting preachers, and include ordination and English sermon details with afternoon and evening services.
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Presbyterian Church
Lester A.thompson
Christian Endeavor
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Rescue Mission
Thomas H.harmon
Burlington Junction
Sidney
German Evangelical Church
J. Th. Seybold
E. Birkner
Creston
Ernest Seybold
Ackley
E. Seybold
Church of Christ, Scientist services and reading room
Sunday services at 11 a.m. and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. A reading room is open Tuesdays from 2 to dpm. The public is invited to visit. Sunday morning subject: God the Preserver of Man.
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Church of Christ, Scientist
Tn Woodman Building
West H Street
God the Preserver of Man
Children’s Day Exercises at Baptist Church
The Baptist church hosted Children’s Day exercises on Sunday evening with a fine program. Credit goes to Mesdames Simp Finnell and Leta Golden for preparing and drilling the children. Reeves and family, Mrs. B. West, and Harry Holtzinger and family traveled to Omaha. G. W. Shook of Jennings Kansas attended Stanley Shuey’s funeral, returning home due to his wife’s hospitalization.
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The
Baptist Church
Mesdames
Simp Finnell
Leta Golden
Reeves
B. West
Harry Holtzinger
Omaha
G. W. Shook
Jennings
Kansas
Stanley Shuey
Senator in odd encounter trims ribbing at funeral home
A western senator of burly appearance, waiting at an undertaker's, was approached by a roughly dressed man who asked for a lift with a casket. The senator, unnerved, asked if there was anything in it. The man replied, indeed there were a couple of drinks in the casket.
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Boston Transcript
Deep Breathing Practice for Dizziness Relief
The passage notes many avoid deep breathing as it causes dizziness. It advises practicing with gentler, gradual breathing and taking ten breaths in ten seconds, then slowly reducing inhalations to prevent discomfort. It suggests users can eventually take deep breaths with minimal dizziness.
World wisdom Needed for the worldly geographer
A terse aphorism notes that among all men the geographer bears the burden of worldly wisdom. It frames geography as a discipline tied to broad understanding of places, peoples, and global connections. The line paradoxically elevates or questions the role of geographic knowledge in worldly affairs.
Prices Differ Across Donut Styles in Humorous Exchange
A quirky exchange notes price differences for donuts with playful banter about style. The speaker remarks that two donuts can be as stylish as one, while another character suggests farmers and vacationers have differing opinions on value and fashion.
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Wu Exchuee
The New Civili za tion Thought and Moral Readiness
Henry Churchill King contemplates the coming civilization and asks readers if they are prepared to meet its moral demands. He ponders whether individuals will be helpers or hindrances as civilization evolves, urging qualities of responsible citizenship.
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Henry Churchill
Qualifications of a Wife Exchange Question
An exchange questions whether an actress can be a good wife, noting she may be a good actress and could likely be a good wife. The remark appears in Life magazine as a brief読 discussion on marriage and gender roles.
Inside one fit for them as have never been
A humorous clip shows a lecturer in a small town discussing the inside of a corpuscle. The chairman interrupts asking for a clearer explanation for those unfamiliar with the concept. The playful exchange reflects local meeting banter and scientific curiosity.
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Puck
Whence Gringo in Spanish Usage and Contempt
The term gringo, spoken as Breengo, signified gibberish or unintelligible chatter. Spaniards applied it to Americans and Englishmen in contempt because their language sounded like gibberish. Now the word is used similarly to deride Americans for language differences.
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