News items from The Hamburg Reporter, Hamburg, Iowa - 1914-1915

(transcribed by Pat O'Dell: genpat@netins.net)
 
Glenn Beall of Logan, Iowa (gbeall@loganet.net) bought this newspaper on E-Bay and ask me if I could use data out of it on the website. I certainly could. Many thanks to Glenn for the loan of the newspaper.
 
SEPTEMBER 4, 1914
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Misses Margaret and Ada Gookins returned to their home in Kansas City after spending the summer here....
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L.O. Brewer has returned to old home at Dumont, Ia....
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Charles Murray, youngest child of Mr and Mrs Albert Murray, born Aug 3, 1905 and died Sept 1, 1914, aged 9 years and 28 days....Interment in Hamburg cemetery....
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Mrs Rose Plant died at the home of her brother J.H. Engle...stricken with paralysis. Miss Rose Engle was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., May 3, 1857, and died at Hamburg, Ia., August 30, 1914, 57 years, 3 months and 27 days. She was married to Louis Plant in 1875, and he died in the year 1891. Since his death she has made her home with her brother, for several years resided in Kansas City. A couple of years ago she moved back to Hamburg with her brother's family. Besides her brother she leaves one sister, Mrs Brookfelt of Chicago.
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The six weeks old son of Mr and Mrs E.E. Hobbs passed away Saturday following a sickness with which he had been afflicted since birth. Family recently moved here from Red Oak and the father was in Des Moines doing guard duty at the fair when death occurred.
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W.S. VanMeter of Loveland, Colo sold his 320 acres of land to his brothers, Perry and Doc....
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TEN YEARS AGO COLUMN
DeVere Jones moves to Omaha....
 
Mrs Frank Prawl of Omaha visiting her mother Mrs Charlotte Fraisher....
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Guy Davis died at Shenandoah... great grandfather is R.P.S. Notson....
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Leonard Holmes goes to Ordway, Colo where he will stay with grandmother and attend school..Tarkio Avalanche
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Ted Hawkins died recently in Seattle [Wash]...his sister Mrs Ada Miller of Mound City....
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Thomas J. Foley has been employed in the Waterloo canning factory... goes to Auburn, Nebr to be foreman of large orchard of L.W. Shubert....
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Will Coppage of Elba, Ark visiting his parents....
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Miss Lena Woodard will teach at Hastings, Neb....
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Mr and Mrs Alvin Catlett of Nemaha, Ne visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs T.C. Catlett....
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S. Brandon newspaper man of Great Bend, Kansas on way to Red Oak...visited Reporter....
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Bird Sweetman of Grundy county, Mo visiting old friends at Hamburg....
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Mrs Katherine Fisher and children Gretchen and Irene of Ft Dodge visiting Mr [sic] Fisher's parents Mr and Mrs Dan Doerr....
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Glen Lamont and Clyde Geyer of Hastings, Nebr., visiting grandparents, Mr and Mrs J.C. Geyer....
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P.F. Barrett and family of Dunlap visiting home of his brother M.J. Barrett....
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Mrs John Garst of Glenwood here on business of her husband's death....
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Mr and Mrs Walter Gordon visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Crandall in Denton, Montana....
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Mrs Jake Strait of Douglas, Ne visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Brainerd....
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Mr and Mrs John Rapp moving to Rock Port [Missouri]....
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Mr and Mrs Chas Hodde now at Lockwood, Mo....
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H. Fredenburg returned to his home in Danbury, Ia., Monday morning after a visit at the George McClory home. Harry lived a large portion of his life in Fremont county, and in the flood of '81 arrived in Hamburg on a flatboat in company with a number of others who were surrounded on the Payne land.
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September 11, 1914
Harold Hill of College Springs [Iowa] visiting brother Fred at Hamburg and enters a veterinary college in Kansas City....
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William Pitzer taken to hospital in St Joseph [Missouri]....
 
TEN YEARS AGO COLUMN
Mr and Mrs Anton Miller to Nebraska City to visit his brother and family....
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Mr and Mrs Lusby visiting his brother at Harrisburg, Oregon....
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WATSON
Mrs Pearl Moon of Glenwood visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs L.C. Adams....
 
Miles Crockett going to Richester, Minn for his health....
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Word has been received of death of Steve Cameron who was at one time a lineman out of Hamburg. Died in work related accident....
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Mr and Mrs Clyde Hatch to Shenandoah to attend marriage of her brother, Harry Ross,...
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Mrs N.L. Mortimore visiting daughter at Hutchinson, Ks....
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Grover Morgan to state university in Minneapolis, Mn....
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Leonard Ramsey's son born Aug 29....
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Mr and Mrs Art Smith of Schuyler, Nebr., visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Chas Harris....
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Rev Wm Wingate and Mesdames Jennie Ward and Lizzie Calloway returned to their homes in Wilmington, Del., and Salisbury, Maryland, Tuesday after a visit with their brother, E.B. Wingate. Mrs L.F. Stoneman who has also been a guest of the Wingate home, returned to Crete Monday....
 
John Bualt's dau born Sep 1st....
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Grant Jennings of Syracuse, Ne visiting uncle Jerry Jennings....
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Evelyn Sturgeon to Laramie, Wyo to attend the university....
 
Roy Wingate to attend college at Fayette, Mo....
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Mildred Kennedy of Wheatland, Wyo going to Chicago Art school visiting Evelyn Sturgeon....
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Mrs John Fletcher and children visiting relatives at Mason City and Rockford, Ia.
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Rev Wm Wingate of Wilmington, Delaware visiting brother E.B. Wingate....
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L.D. Locke of Red Oak moving to Craig, Mo....
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September 18, 1914
List of where Methodist minister appointed....
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TEN YEARS AGO COLUMN
Mrs Sarah Yates died at the home of her daughter, Mrs A.G. Brower, in south Hamburg, Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock, at the age of 72 years.
 
Rev G.T. Notson of Pierre, SDak visiting....
 
Lee Cowles going to visit sister Mrs C.M. Clayton at Britton, Okla....
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Death came to Thomas E. McBride at the home of his mother in south Hamburg Wednesday evening at five o'clock after a sickness lasting for many months and from which he had been confined to his bed for the past two weeks. Tom has had heart and liver trouble, and could not get medical aid that would give other than temporary help. Tom was the youngest son of Mrs M. McBride, and leaves beside his mother, three brothers, Ollie and Lawrence of this place and Earl of Omaha, and a sister, Mrs O.B. Long of Hamburg. He was 29 years, 1 month and 11 days of age, and has lived all his life in and about Hamburg, having been born in Atchison county [Missouri]. The funeral services will be held at the home today (Friday) at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev B.H. Coonradt, and interment will be made in the local cemetery.
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J.C. Cropley and son of Hastings, Ne visiting at Estherville, Iowa....
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Mrs J.S. Clanton visiting parents at Percival [Iowa]...sister Miss Daisy Reed accompanied her home....
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Ada Dunlap visiting parents at Auburn, Ne....
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Mrs Effie Stokes of McCook, Ne visiting mother Mrs John Ward....
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Mr and Mrs George Zook of Kansas City visiting his brother Jim and family....
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F.A. Jones and daughter Lola moving back here from Seattle....
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WATSON
Chas. Scarbough attending school at Liberty, Mo....
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DISTRICT COURT
Mrs Florence High vs John Neff. Mrs High contesting will of her mother in which the bulk of her estate was given to John Neff....
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Mrs F.W. Miller, daughter of Fred Woolf, had operation in St Joe [Missouri]....
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Loleta Carpenter, Helen and Byron Hill, Blanche and Mazie Morgan, Huett Hines and Roy Mortimore all to Iowa City to college.
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Joe Beam's daughter born Sept 5....
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Ernest Rosenthal's son born Sep 3....
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Jim Howard visiting brother C.F. Howard at Broken Bow, Nebr....
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Miss Mildred Connor visiting relatives at Odessa, Mo....
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Mrs Fred Woolf came up from St Joe [Missouri] bringing Mrs F.W. Miller's baby. Mrs Miller is improving after the operation.
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F.T. Fisher of Hermanas, New Mexico visiting relatives and friends....
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Mrs Ervil Warnstaff and John Neff in Sidney where will of Mrs Neff being contested. John being made defendant....
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Cora Chedister recuperating at home of her parents in Clearmont, Mo....
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Mr and Mrs George Allen of Mesta, Colo visiting....
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Miss Elizabeth Ryan of Portsmouth, Ohio visiting at J.W. Shaver home....
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Mr and Mrs Frank Bronson, Sr., visiting oldhome at Battle Creek, Mich....
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Mr and Mrs Burley Gray of Mound City and Cordie Graham of Moshier, Ore visiting Chas Hazelett home....
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September 25, 1914
Rev Enoch Hill visiting son Fred here and received a letter from his nephew in England....
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Jim Dimmitt and Mrs George Townsend wed at home of Mr and Mrs H.B. Williams. Will live at Hamburg....
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On Tuesday of this week at 3 pm occurred the death of Mrs M.C. Wooten at her home in Riverton, at the age of 69 years, 5 months and 8 days. Mrs Wooten with her family lived east of town for some twenty years and is well and favorably known over the southern part of the county. She is survived by a husband, three sons, John, James and David and two daughters: Mrs Joe Simpson and Mrs Wes Dimmett. The funeral services were held at Mt Olive church Thursday morning at 11 o'clock conducted by Rev John Zuck and interment was made in the Mt Olive cemetery. Thus has ended a long life of usefulness, and the loving mother, wife and dear neighbor has gone to rewards beyond.
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Joe Robbins of thurman and Elsie Keyser of Percival wed at Nebraska City Sept 16....
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Mrs F.W. Miller home from hospital....
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WATSON
Jack Sinclair's son born Sept 19....
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Mrs Jim Veach died in Denver Monday from tubercular trouble which had been troubling her for some time. Last May they passed through Hamburg from Hopkins, Mo on their way west in the hope that the change of climate might benefit her. She was a sister of Mrs Neal Shoemake of this place. The remains were shipped to Hopkins where interment was made on Thursday. Neal Shoemake and wife went from here to attend the funeral. Mrs Veach was about twenty-five years of age.
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John Holland received word Saturday of the birth of a daughter in the home of Mr and Mrs W.H. Holland of Council Bluffs [Iowa]. Mr and Mrs John Holland are the grandparents of twenty-five and the great grandparents of two. This is without doubt a record which is not equaled by many in southwestern Iowa. Mrs Holland has been in the Bluffs for a week, and John thinks he will go up today and get acquainted with the new arrival.
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W.H. Pickel and daughter Alma visiting Ed King home at Riverton....
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Tom Miller visiting relatives near Casper, Wyo....
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Mr and Mrs John Finnell Jr enrolled son in law course at university at Lincoln....
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Mrs Elvira Teter of Grand River, Iowa visiting sister Mrs Henry Saunders....
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Glenn Robb returned Friday from Casper, Wyo where he has been assisting Mrs Lola McCracken since she moved there. Glenn says Casper is a great town and growing rapidly....
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Joseph Miller and Flo Sullivan went to Broken Bow, Nebr., Tuesday morning on a land deal....
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L.W. Pendarvis formerly of Independence, Kansas, is a new employee at the Hatch harness shop....
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Mrs Nora Lambert of Lake Side, Nebr., visiting D.A. Mincer home....
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Mr and Mrs Alvin Ward of Tennessee visiting his sister, Mrs D.B. Findley....
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Clyde Spencer of Geneva, Ne visiting home folks....
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Aubrey Walburn of Corning [Iowa] visiting his parents Rev and Mrs A.A. Walburn....
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Mrs Clifford Good visiting mother Mrs H.E. Toedt in Omaha [Nebr]....
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Mr and Mrs Claude Vyse to Longmont, Colo where Claude has employment in the large beet sugar factory. It is their intention to stay most of the winter....