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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
5
A Rebekah lodge gathering honored Mrs Mel McBride on her forty fifth birthday with a post card shower and kitchen apron attire. Guests arrived about eight pm at her home and presented a burnt leather postcard album, a treasured keepsake recalling a cheerful evening.
Curated from 1909 tax schedules shows land values at 115576 dollars and personal property 159160, with moneys and credits 104236, merchandise 84980, and livestock including 20 mules and 57 horses. A local Presbyterian choir concert raised significant funds, drawing a large audience and featuring C W Davey leading with soprano Mrs Connor and other performers.
J M Bechtel writes to J P Hess of Council Bluffs in the Nonpartnel describing fruit prospects. He estimates about 76 percent of an apple crop with many trees lighter or bare due to frost, while peaches, pears, plums, and cherries suffered heavy damage.
The Rankin discussions urge voters to study the prohibitory constitutional amendment as the key issue of upcoming elections. James F. Gore, secretary of the County Sunday School Association, lists hip convention dates in Watson, Cox Chapel, Langdon, Rockport, High Creek, Mt. Lebanon, and Westboro in late April to early June.
A quiet wedding was held at G A Noblett's home and Harriet B Smith wed Richard T Smith with Rev. McCormick officiating. The couple left for North Bar for a visit then Weatherford Okla to settle, where Mr. Smith works in a store. A rumor of Hamburg bank and newspaper consolidation was dismissed as speculation.
An ordinance under Sec I Chapter XVI of the Revised Ordinance of Hamburg forbids owners or those in charge from letting stock run at large on city streets or alleys for grazing. Mayor E G Tiller signed the measure May 6 1909. Dr Hoover in the John McCracken case performed a lumbar puncture and sent spinal fluid to the state bacteriologist for testing. Alex Tipton a Glenwood resident is mentioned among others.
The estate of Thomas R. Long sued C. C. Knight over a dog bite that allegedly led to Long’s death. The initial trial collapsed for lack of witnesses, costs charged to the plaintiff, and a fresh action for 10 000 dollars arose from the same incident near Silver City. Meanwhile local notices report a gravely ill ten year old with tubercular spinal meningitis, a boy with a fractured right collarbone, and updates on community residents and church property upkeep.
John Hunter, a colored shoe merchant, packed goods for Chicago shipments and left town with his two children after family troubles. His destination is unknown and he left no debts in Tabor. Other notes include a serious illness in Omaha, a Rochester surgery, a Sunday school at Belcher school house, burglaries in Tabor, and weather notes on fruit crops.
HL Hayden elected principal and Mathematics and Physics teacher. Hayden is under thirty, Ohio-born, six years teaching in the west, and well recommended. Board also elected Mrs. Bina Hultzinger and Miss Vera Parkhurst for grade vacancies. Parkhurst declined. Also notes Atlas project data, local assignments, and community losses from a business closure. Patti McBride to visit Los Angeles. John Blevins returns to Chehalis. Churches report change in pulpit plans and a postal order about parent mail to school trips.
A case in Marshalltown arises as Bud Ritchie is said to have seized a horse in a private dispute with partner John Brown. The two half-owners bought the runner, split earnings, and now Brown seeks settlement while Ritchie returned the animal to town. Meanwhile a separate note laments Iowa’s rising insane population, high costs, and calls for inquiry into liquor and drug influences and broader social factors.
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