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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
10
The notice lists subscription pricing dated Friday March 27, 1908, stating one year in advance costs four dollars. The brief entry conveys payment terms for readers and confirms the publication's pricing structure.
The United States offers 412 choice 40acre farms in eastern Montana near the Yellowside River. Each plot lies within three miles of a railroad and uses top irrigation systems at 3000 feet elevation with a climate and soil suited to wheat oats rye barley alfalfa and sugar beets. Alfalfa yields five tons per acre at five dollars per ton. sugar beets last year yielded nearly fifty dollars per acre net when properly cultivated. Details from the U.S. Reclamation Service Statistician, Washington, D.C.
In Shinokubo a 70-house village faces a string of robberies. Villagers convened to curse the thief to death but the local priest refused to curse, promising prayers to paralyze and repent him. The community now visits the temple daily to urge a swift, fearful end.
A dialogue between two umbrella salesmen ponders patenting the umbrella. They joke that the item predates civilization, citing Babylon and Shakespeare, and lament its inefficiency as wind turns it inside out. One dreams of a complete rain shield to make a fortune.
The article recalls San Francisco rat battles, noting past events in 1852 and offering practical farm tips. It discusses sidewalk conditions, cow pox washings, feeding strategies, land use ideas, quality dairy feeds, breeding with thick wool sheep, horse parasite control, and a turpentine purge remedy.
A fanciful tale from the San Francisco Call recounts a French dancing master’s skeleton mounted on wheels at Hopking Academy of Art. During a social dance, girls enter the anatomy room and an eager student asks to dance with the skeleton. The moment arrives but nothing happens as the group intervenes and the waltz continues.
Frnce Wilhelm of Sweden told a New York reporter that Americans work hard and smile, while Swedes seem sour. He recounts a Stockholm tale where a Swede resents being stopped for directions, illustrating a national expression vs character.
The piece cites statisticians estimating an $800 million annual impact from insecteating birds and argues federal reservations to protect birds rest on sound economic grounds, framing it as safety for people and birds alike. If one-tenth of the figure is true, the implication is startling and warrants action.
The speaker argues life is a larger word than religion and aims for fullness of life through steady communication with divine reservoirs. He warns that efforts fail not from weak purpose but from lacking vital force to fuel action, likening people to engines without sufficient steam.
Nathan Straus tells American mothers raw milk harms children and urges pasteurization. World scientists agree, Brussels congress warns against raw milk due to tuberculosis danger. Not only the poor, as some wealthy babies suffer, Americans supposedly know more than others on the subject.
A defendant recounts being arrested while "quietly minding your own business" as an officer grabbed him by the coat color and threatened a truncheon strike to compel station attendance. The constable asserts the man is a burglar, per the London Globe report.
London Tit-Bits notes a witty exchange where a traveler boasts of journeying up the Rhine and many other mountains, sparking amused dialogue about extensive travel experiences.
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