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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
8
In a battlefield grave scene BVT. LIBUT. COL. WILLIAM ED EDWARDS is honored as a flag is returned to his tomb. Blossom Nathan, now a weary wife, recognizes the speaker and the two recall their youth as they leave the field together for a life with the army.
The narrative recounts Bob Bryant and Billy Edwards as youths competing for a West Point cadetship, their failed friendship, and Bryant's Civil War service. Edwards advances in the regular army while Bryant leads volunteers to Gettysburg, later joining the cavalry, with Decoration Day 1878 bringing reflection on fallen comrades and a flag at a grave.
National day observances honor veterans with flowers and memory. A parade of veterans in blue narrates battles past while flags fly at half mast and peace returns, recalling the Potomac and Rio Grande conflicts and the nation’s solemn tribute to its fallen gallant dead.
Poetic reminiscence recalls veterans marching through streets as Old Glory leads a salute to fallen heroes. The piece invokes battles past, sacred camps, and the memory of a colonel's sacrifice amid roses and singing birds.
Poetic lines mourn fallen soldiers as Columbia places a wreath on their graves. The speaker requests sleep for wearers of praise and reflects on war’s end with sorrowful, gentle imagery of roses and quiet rest. The scene evokes reverence for the dead and hope for lasting peace.
The Army statistics show 2,805,301 enlistments in the Union Army during the Civil War. Confederate numbers are unreliable but estimated at 66,000 to 700,000 with about 200,000 deaths from battle wounds and disease.
A six year French geodetic expedition near Quito tested the length of a degree at the equator. Col Bourgeois led ten officers and 27 noncommissioned men living under arctic conditions in the Andes. They faced loneliness, scarce laborers, and winter dangers while erecting 74 geodetic stations and recording extensive observations. The project cost about $28,000 with $8,000 from the government and $20,000 raised by Prince Roland Bonaparte. Dr Paul Rivet collected photographs and ethnological artifacts.
Terre Haute business leaders organize a $25000 company to market an "oil smeller" device claimed to locate wells up to 1050 feet. Owner Harry Kurtz of Princeton says the machine, not yet public, has two years of testing with a 80-well location record, mostly in the Illinois field, amid Indiana speculation and wide newspaper ads.
Harmless pistol practice has become a Paris fad with duelling clubs forming around the Dr Devillers harmless bullet idea. A Tuilleries Gardens tournament is planned this month as Madrid and Berlin show interest. Duellists use masks and gauntlets, with conditions resembling real duels.
A historical report describes the spread of dueling among German students in the early 1900s. Aristocrats like Prince Lowenstein and Count von Hrabach push to curb the practice, while Emperor William’s stance remains ambivalent and secret duels persist despite decrees.
New York reports Hetty Green will pay office rent in the Chemical National bank’s new granite and marble building. The former private office rent free arrangement ends as she becomes a stockholder in the bank. The three story structure cost $600,000 and features six marble varieties and classical figures in its interior.
The Kaiser in Berlin owns a unique phonograph clock that prompts him to engagements. At ten, it signals his journey to the Chancellor’s residence and, at breakfast, recites tasks he recorded the night before to prevent forgetfulness.
In Pittsburgh, the School of Brick Laying, part of Andrew Carnegie’s $10,600,000 technical program, opens with a single scholar. Daniel Chisholm, after paying $20, begins studies under a professor earning 14 dollars daily and a bricklayer paid six dollars, amid strong attention to this artisan department.
In southern Gadlen, 20 of 604 young men in Jandan and Allgan districts meet military fitness standards. Peasants once robust now show poor physiques due to meat and milk shortages. their staple diet has been mostly unnutritious tatvacks and skimmed milk.
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