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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
3
Description of traditional salmon fishing by Alaska natives using a fish wheel trap. A tree trunk axle spans a log raft anchored in the river. Dippers made from tree limbs wrapped in chicken wire dip into the current. Paddles extend between dips as the wheel revolves to lift salmon into a slanting trough and box on the raft.
A fragmented excerpt notes early motor ideas using air and fuel gas blends. It mentions 1678 Abbe Hantefeuille and 1680 Huyghens pursuing air and gunpowder fuel, and 1799 Lebon patenting a motor with air and gas, with a later apparatus closely resembling future engines. Lebon’s death in the Champs Elysees is mentioned without detail.
A humor sketch follows a bald man buying hair-restorer with a comb and brush, while a boy asks for noise-making fireworks. The fireworks clerk, tied to the income tax, offers report blanks, satirizing optimism and consumerism on the Fourth of July.
A lighthearted note from the Youngstown Telegram describes a kitchen mishap titled Yankee jam. The joke centers on a jam that risks spilling over each time it is stirred, highlighting playful wordplay and local humor.
A short dialogue fragment shows a character avoiding a meeting with Meg by citing mixed language clues. The line suggests a playful miscommunication about a visiting relative and a supposed German connection. The exchange hints at social tension and mismatched expectations in a domestic scene.
The piece cites A Mitchell Palmer, recently resigning as alien property custodian, as a controversial figure. It claims vast seized wealth under his agents, including stocks bonds mortgages real estate ships and notes. It also mentions wills, legacies, and a jab at his public role with quoted quips about the Kaiser and Hindenburg.
A generation ago spring began with sassafras bark appearing in drug store windows. Sassafras tea was believed to thin the blood, a seasonal benefit praised by many as stoves were put away and screens refreshed for warmer days.
Quotations from the Birmingham Age-Herald reveal local calls for a Willard-Dempsey bout offering $100,000 to attract attention. Citizens say funds cannot be raised and the offer would fail even in good faith, yet some see it as a publicity boost for Chigeeraville.
Residents gathered to repair the State Line road and assist neighbors as farming and social visits marked the week. Alfalfa harvest begins, Grace Updike visited, and Lone Chapel hosts a Sunday school convention with Rock Port B Y P U orchestra and a basket dinner.
A. A. Walburn, mayor of Hamburg, lauds the Page Fremont county soldiers homecoming celebration at Shenandoah last Friday. He praises the general committee and subcommittees for a fine parade, excellent program, and strong local spirit, noting mutual future reciprocation. The day drew an immense crowd and reflected Southwestern Iowa’s regard for veterans.
Morton-Gregson Co seeks common laborers for immediate packing house duties in Nebraska City Nebraska. Wage offered is 42 cents to 4 cents per hour for printing of the better kind. Visit the Reporter office for details.
A reporter notes a resident passing the paper to a neighbor along a hallway. The act underscores daily newspaper habits and community sharing in everyday life.
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