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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
2
The Reporter notes Illinois grants voting rights to women of eligible age marking a step toward equality. It argues that government must be by and for all people, not half, and views the senate report as a ceremonial move toward universal equality in law and burden sharing.
City requires weed cutting this month or cost charged to adjacent property. State law makes it a penal offense for landlord and tenant to allow weeds to seed. Officers will enforce. Also notes extreme heat in Omaha and other cities with temperatures around 96 degrees, plus a brief local weather report and ads for Burdock Blood Bitters and travel timetable details.
A Hamburg Iowa resident J F Adams recalls Doan's Kidney Pills easing his kidney trouble after other remedies failed. He bought the pills at Doyle Wright's Drug store and credits them with removing kidney secretion issues and related ailments. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
News notes report sermons at Christian Church with B H Coonradt and rally Bible school, Presbyterian Children’s Day at opera house, other local church services, and regular morning preaching. Congratulations to Perry Van Meter and Edna Dorr on their recent marriage in Kendregon, with wedding at the bride’s mother’s home and new home on West E Street. H H Griffith returns to Hamburg after finalizing Stoner Drug building purchase.
Seed corn drying guidance from Missouri Farmer stresses dry, well ventilated storage to prevent germination loss. An illustrated rack for 75 large ears is described. A Brooklyn inventor unveils a secure milk bottle receptacle for outside use, shown in a vertical section diagram.
The 1912 Iowa wheat harvest was bumper, with 1913 prospects indicating a larger crop. Winter wheat is projected at 94 percent of full yield, up from 79 percent last year and above the ten year average of 88 percent. The county estimates show a 3 percent decline in spring wheat to 94 percent this season from 97 percent last year, yet still above the ten year average of 93 percent.
An old man who bragged of cautious driving ends his trip in a wreck, then dies after saying the auto was a dandy. Kansas City Journal reports a 101 year old Shenandoah man, J M Phipps, traveling solo to Ponca City, claims to eat fruit and vegetables only, bath cold, and to live to 125, noting a long family line and Elks membership as his social fix.
In Polk County a district court ruled the longstanding Iowa law allowing officials to destroy diseased animals without owner consent unconstitutional. The Wand versus Crawford case found only urgent action to prevent disease justifies such killings, with damages due to owners equal to the animal’s value. Also notes AuburnNebraska jail election results showing two in favor eight against.
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