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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1924
Page
8
Percival residents attended graduations and visited relatives in Denver Lincoln Omaha and Sidney. Many families hosted guests from Hamburg Deloit Tabor Glenwood and Gale while local clubs held programs. The Percival school closed with a picnic and a church service marked by Decoration Day planning.
About forty members of the Watson C. P. Church Sunday school plus a few visitors gathered at the H. B. Shandy home on Monday evening May 18 for a surprise social honoring Miss Mary McClelland and Miss Marie Pichard who have been teaching in the high school. Activities included games songs and refreshments. Next Sunday May 25 the Sunday school meets at 10:00 a.m. with a communion service at 11:00 a.m. and a 2:00 p.m. evening service. A planned religious program and motion picture shows are promised on Sunday nights with free shows by town business men on Wednesday nights. Various local residents are listed with their activities and visitors.
The column lists visitors and family visits from Peru Belleville St Joseph and Hamburg. It notes telegrams and letters praising a radio program from Henry Field's Shenandoah station. A Watson baseball win over Peru was reported with an upcoming game against Percival Iowa. Social calls include Mrs. Stookey, Mrs. Addington daughters Helen and Hilda, and other residents visiting relatives.
The text argues that United States immigration policy toward Japanese migrants reflects bias rather than inherent inferiority. It highlights Japan’s rapid rise to world power, asserts that racial differences complicate amalgamation but do not prove inequality, and notes contrasting policies with Canada, Australia, and Britain.
The First M. E. Church invites all to a big Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and a 11:00 a.m. sermon titled The Things That Make a Nation Great. An Epworth League patriotic service follows at 7:00 p.m. A 3:00 p.m. sermon Friends will be given. Pastor J. H. Freedline urges attendance as conference nears.
The M. E. Church South Conference invites all to a fellowship supper from 6:20 to 7:00 p m Thursday, then Sabbath school at 10:00 a m and preaching service with Dr Scarborough. On Friday night Cox Chapel hosts the same supper and meeting with Dr Scarborough. B K Christie, pastor.
Rev Shade Franklin of Princeton Mo will occupy the pulpit both morning and evening Sunday. A good attendance is asked to hear Hamburg and the sermon. Sunday school at 10:00 and preaching at 11:00. Senior and Junior B P O at 72.
Zions Church announces Sunday activities with Sunday school at 10 00 am and a German language service at 5 00 pm. The notice informs parishioners of the schedule for Neit Sunday.
The wets press their fight to overturn the Wal stead act and ultimately the eighteenth amendment. The push rests in Congress where fewer than fifty nine bills remain on the docket.
The wets rely on a light wine and beer appeal to win passage, hoping to gain an entering wedge while warning that a large batch of bills could fail in committees. Dry advocates stay vigilant as new House rules mean unfavored measures may still reach the floor by petition.
Leap year proposals are reported to be few in number, probably due to the belief among many girls that they cannot support a husband.
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