02 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
1
The Hamburg Reporter records item about the Hamburg Post Office being downgraded to Second Class status. It references changes in postal administration and local postal service implications for the community.
Church services and events listed for March 1925 include sermon titled Treachery of Procrastination by the pastor, church school, and choir practices. The calendar notes Women's Missionary Society, Ladies' Aid at 2:90 p m, and reader Mrs Hensleigh. Also mentions First Baptist Church activities and a Sunday program with hymn singing and sermon.
Reported events describe community members gathering at Mrs. Note Morgan’s home for cake and coffee. Fern Milian of Rock Fort visited weekend with local relatives. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Hudekon attended funeral services for Brnken-Eginovd Roop and Irene Blunt. Stray notes mention rescue efforts and injuries from a gasoline fire and a broken back.
A fragmentary notice highlights a 6:30 p.m. Morning worship and a youth program at Bungay church inviting local families to attend and join. It mentions F G Bartes as minister and notes the Watson area and Tarkio connections, with references to local graduates and farming ties forming the social context.
Community residents share visits and gatherings from the Shenandoah area including Mr. and Mrs. Carl Liogd and son, George Macweller and Minnie Keys, Don Trivelpiece, Virgil Cockerham, Rev W B Rigg, Barmond Nixon, Pere Molweher, Earl Peal, Elmer Limerick, and George Looms. A church benefit social was planned with an oyster supper hosted by F P Keys and the Givers home.
An item notes a meeting for the Michye Crme ley association at a library on Saturday at 2 PM to receive Sexton work for the cemetery. Also various classified notices advertise a for sale listing and rental offers with terse terms and a few names such as Homer Baker and Smith of Sigh Biches.
Two young men working on the Brownville bridge project were buried under sand when a sand pile collapsed at the site. Rescue work freed them and hospital care followed at St Francis hospital. One man, believed to be Miller, sustained several broken vertebrae and is listed in very critical condition. The report notes other injuries and varying details from witnesses and doctors. The Mail goes to press with reports from Rock Pate and Henbury area, amid local notices and sales ads.
Defendants Francis B Buhkes and Francs Barnes are informed a petition is on file in the Fremont County District Court. The plaintiff alleges abandonment and desertion for over 120 days and directs the defendants to appear before the noon deadline in the 1939 term to plead their defense. The petition is available on file for further particulars.
Pure Paint and Coal Camp advertises sweet potatoes for sale at 41.00 per unit with orders accepted early. Address Inez Carte, Shove 157 W Hamburg, IA. Also offers various gilt products and spotted Poland China gilwerat raiehaent stock.
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