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

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The Hamburg Reporter, Hamburg, Iowa, Friday
 
JUNE 4, 1915
MRS S.A. CALKINS DEAD

Mrs S.A. Calkins died at her home in Troy, Kansas, Tuesday, May 27, at the age of 49 years, 2 months and 23 days, and the body was brought here for burial, which took place in Mt Olive cemetery, services being conducted by Rev A.A. Walburn.

Mrs Calkins lived in Hamburg for many years, and some twelve years ago moved to Missouri and then to Kansas, which has since been the home of the family. Mrs Calkins was a woman of high type and took an active part in the religious life of Hamburg. she leaves a mother, two sisters, Mrs O.A. Sidwell, Point Marion, Pa., Mrs S.A. Woody, Cement, Okla., and brother Frank Warman of this place and W.M. Warman of Woodbine, Iowa. A husband and six chidlren are also left to mourn her loss.

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ELI SLUSHER DEAD
On May 30 occurred the death of Eli Slusher, an old time resident of Hamburg, at the advanced age of 83 years. Mr Slusher followed farming and is well remembered among the older residents. The body arrived Tuesday and a short service was conducted at the grave by Rev A.A. Walburn.
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Mrs Lawrence Mann and son Clare of Treemountain, Utah, were guests among relatives here this week.
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BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL

The body of Miss Ethel A. Davis arrived in Hamburg Wednesday and was buried in Mt Olive cemetery, Rev A.W. Tandy conducting a short service at the grave.

Ethel Davis was born and raised in Hamburg and had reached the age of 26 years. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Nat Davis, who lived here for many years. Miss Ethel was a teacher in the Shenandoah schools until about five years ago, when she was forced to go west on account of lung trouble. She first settled in Bisbee, Ariz., and with friends went to old Mexico only to be driven out by the insurrections, and for the past three years has made her home at St Luke's sanitarium at Phoenix, Ariz. She was an exceptionally bright young lady and one who easily made friends wherever she went. She leaves an only brother, Roselle M. Davis, night editor of the Nonpareil.

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TWO DEATHS FROM DIPHTHERIA

A number of cases of diphtheria have developed around the Bluff and two children have died. There are two cases in Hamburg, but the patients are getting along nicely, as are those in the country, and it is believed that it will not spread.

Myron jr., son of Mr and Mrs Myron Reeves, passed away Saturday, and the body was laid to rest in the Hamburg cemetery. He was 7 years, 7 months and 17 days of age. August Buck, son of Mr and Mrs Tom Buck died on Saturday, aged 9 years and 9 months. The funeral and burial was held at the Brown cemetery, on the Bluff.

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Frank Beyschlag started to Monti Vista, Colo., Wednesday, where he will spend the summer with his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Frank Stow, and will assist Mr Stow in the grocery department of his store. Mrs Beyschlag accompanied him as far as Omaha.
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ISLAND NEWS
Mrs Jake Million left Sunday for her brother's home in Fortescue, Mo.
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Mrs May Denney left for her home in Brunswick, Neb....
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Miss Allie Ives returned this week from Shannon City, Iowa, where she has been teaching this year....
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Henry Misher returned home Monday from Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended the funeral of his mother....
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Will Gard of Independence, Mo visiting his parents....
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Mrs J.B. Christian and her father, Will Beach, will make Hamburg their home....
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Miss Olive Hester of Woodlake, Ne visiting sister Mrs Will Knappe and family....
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Miss Fena Lee Notson of Stillwater, Okla visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs R.P.S. Notson....
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Cliff Lewis went to Platte City, Mo., Sunday for a visit with home folks. This is the first trip Cliff has made home in ten years. The high water made it hard to get through, part of the trip being made in a boat....
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Mrs John Nix of Omaha visited parents Mr and Mrs Wm Pickell....
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TEN YEARS AGO
Mr and Mrs E.L. Mabbitt of Watson and formerly of Randolph moved to this city this week to become among its honored citizens....
 
Mrs A.B. Noble and son Alfred left Tuesday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs Belle Hulshizer of Newton county, Mo....
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ORIGINAL NOTICE
Ionia S. Beyschlag vs Rudolph Beyschlag divorce on account of drunkeness ...ask for custody of Frank Gillman Beyschlag a minor child....
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JUNE 11, 1915
ISAAC MARTIN IS NO MORE

Saturday evening Isaac Martin departed this life, following a sickness of several months. Mr Martin came to Atchison county, with his parents, in 1841 and lived there until 1912, when he moved to Hamburg.

As a young man he was of a restless disposition and sought the life of adventure, so in 1858 he was on the plains driving six yoke of oxen from Nebraska City to Cedar Valley, Utah. His train did not suffer attack from the Indians, but the adventures of wheel and whip proved of the utmost interest. It took the train six months to make th trip . In 1862 he enlisted in Company F Fifth Missouri Cavalry, at Rock Port, service fifteen months and being mustered out at St Joe. During the time of his service he contended against Quantrill, Todd and the James boys, and found the situations very ticklish at times.

"Ike" as he was familiarly known, was a man of many parts, and for a man of his years took an active interest in affairs. He was a good type of citizen, a neighbor in every sense and a home loving husband and father.

Isaac Martin was born in Buchanan county, Missouri, November 3, 1840 and was 74 years, 7 months and 2 days of age. In the fall of '41 he moved to Atchison county, and there made his home until March, 1912, when, with his family he moved to Hamburg. In 1863 he was married to Elizabeth Strayer, and to this union five children were born, three surviving namely, Mrs W.E. Long, Hamburg, Mrs Edith Harrison of California and George of Nebraska. In 1872 his wife passed away and in 1874 he was united in marriage to Eliza Beotner, and eight children blessed the home, all of whom are living. They are Mack, South Haven, Kas., Henry, Greensburg, Kas., Ike, Scammon, Kas., and Halbert and Margaret of this place, Mrs Anna Hopkins, Council Bluffs, Mrs Brady Taylor, Greensburg, Kas., and Mrs Minnie Hays of Watson. He also leaves a wife, two brothers, twenty-one grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A short service was held at the home Monday, followed by services at Grange Hall, conducted by Rev A.A. Walburn. Interment was made in the Grange Hall cemetery.

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FOUND OLD MUSKET BALL
Smith Bennett was up around Vyse lake Sunday, and walking along over the ground near the water noticed what he thought to be a bird egg. Upon stooping to pick it up he again changed his mind, this time thinking the object to be a marble. As soon as he got his fingers on the sphere the weight took the marble notion out of his head and examination proved it to be a musket ball. How long it had been there can only be guessed at, but when you remember that it has been many years since the muskets were used in these parts, the age of the ball may be beyond that of the middle aged people of this community.
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DEATH OF MOTHER
Mrs I.D. Mohler received the sad word Saturday evening of the death of her mother in Newman, California. On account of the distance it was impossible for her to attend. She also received word that her uncle, Louis Shuey, of Norton, Kansas, was very sick.
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WORD FROM FRED WOOLF
This office received a letter from Fred Woolf last week telling of his trip to Indiana. Fred states that the fiftieth wedding anniversary of his parents was a big affair and they all enjoyed the occasion very much. He found the crops all well advanced and the farmers feeling happy.
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TEN YEARS AGO
Invitations are out announcing the marriage of Florence Edith Hatten, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs M.H. Hatten to Joseph Strom Light of Carrol. The ceremony is to be performed June 18, in the Baptist church of this city.
Dr R.W. Sykes moved his household goods to Farragut this week and will make his home in that beautiful little burg.
The death of Chas Warman occurred at Woodbine Saturday from consumption. The remains were brought to Hamburg Sunday evening and the funeral was held in the M.E. church Monday afternoon and burial made in Mt Olive cemetery east of town.
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Frank Bogan came up from Neodasha, Kansas, Monday and will assist his father in the Smoke House....
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Mrs J.L. Peters of Winterset, Iowa, is here for a visit with her daughter, Mrs R.F. Hickman and family....
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Leta Duryea and sister Winifred left Sunday for Phelps City, Mo., for a short visit with relatives and friends....
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Gladys Wait came from Hastings, Neb., Monday for a short visit with her mother, Mrs Elmer Noffsinger....
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Mrs Priscilla McAdoo visiting dau Mrs Carl Stinson at Red Oak [Iowa]....
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Jimmie Carson of Nebraska City visiting uncle John Convear....
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Miss Ruth Brooks of Glenwood and Miss Bernice Laughlin of Postville, Ia are guests of Mr and Mrs T.S. Stevens....
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ISLAND NEWS
Mrs James Brown returned Saturday from Farragut where she was called by the death of her sister, Mrs James Turnbull....
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William Weston and wife, north of town, lost their young son the first of the week....
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Clarence Thrapp of Omaha was visiting his grandmother, Mrs Catherine Neis over Sunday....
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Mrs Louise King of Wheeling, WVa is the guest of Mr and Mrs Jacob Hydinger this week....
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Terry Sullivan attended the wedding of his brother-in-law Henry Barger at Rock Port [Missouri]....
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Jennie Wilkerson who has been making her home with the J.T. Cartmell home for the past year departed Monday for Heagler, Nebr where she has considerable land holdings. She is a sister of Mrs Cartmell....
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Mr and Mrs P.H. Bush, of Albany, Mo., parents of Mrs J.A. Wilson, came Tuesday evening for a few days visit. They are on their way to Colorado, where Mr Bushes goes in quest of health.
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Noble Cull was over from Percival Sunday on a short visit to his sister, Mrs Robt B. Blades and family. "Tobe" is so busy these days he hardly has time to give Hamburg the once over....
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AUTOMOBILE FUNERAL
Hamburg witnessed its first auto funeral Monday when a funeral procession of twenty-five autos passed through town for Grange Hall cemetery, with the remains of Isaac Martin. It would have been a long, tiresome trip with teams, while with the new mode of travel the trip was made in short time.
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DIES FROM MEASLES
Howard Tillman, the young son of Mr and Mrs J.W. Tillman of Sidney, died Sunday morning as a result of catching cold following measles. The young man unthoughtedly bathed his feet in cold water and shortly after paralysis spread over a large part of the body.
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ANOTHER PIONEER GONE
Henry H. Livingston died at the home of his son Edward, in Locust Grove, Saturday at the advanced age of 80 years. Mr Livingston was one of the early settlers of Locust Grove, coming to the township in 1876. In 1892 he retired from active labor, taking up his residence in Farragut. Four years later his wife passed away and since that time he lived with his son Edward. He is survived by two daughters and one son, who are Mrs Ada Spooner and Mrs Carrie Schoonover of Riverton and Edward. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Farragut Sunday morning.
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JUNE 18, 1915
DIES AT HOME OF SON

J.W. Wanamaker, the aged father of Dr A.E. Wanamaker of this place, died at the home of his son on Saturday, June 12, following a short illness. He came up from his home in Chillicothe, Mo., a short time ago for a visit, apparently in the best of health. He was sick only a few days. When his condition changed his wife was called for and was at his bedside until death. Mr Wanamaker was well known here, being a man who made friends readily, an interesting talker and a godly man.

John Wesley Wanamaker was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 9, 1834, and had reached the advanced age of 80 years, 8 months and 3 days. He was baptized in the Methodist Episcopal church in infancy and has always been an active member of that church, holding at different times official relations with that body. At the age of fifteen he moved with his parents to Indiana. On Febraury 3, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Towne, and to this union six children were born, two daughters dying in infancy. He leaves a wife, sons W.L., Chillicothe, Mo., and Dr A.E. of this place and daughters Mrs Belle Israel of Chillicothe and Mrs Bertha Bowen of near Portland, Ore. A short service was held at the home of his son in Hamburg Sunday afternoon and the body was shipped to Chillicothe, where the funeral services were held from his home church on Tuesday afternoon.

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Mrs Joe Light and son are here from Carroll, Iowa, for a visit with her parents, Mr and Mrs Matt Hatton.
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TEN YEARS AGO
Paul Dean and wife were up from Tarkio this week to attend the funeral of Mrs Dean's brother, C.P. Bogan.
Mrs Ora Beckstead Liggett and baby of McCook, Neb., arrived Friday for a months visit with her parents, Mr and Mrs Frank Beckstead.
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J.F. Myers of Sidney visiting brother and family at California, Mo....
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Milt Butler of Fleming, Colo visiting mother and other relatives....
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Mrs W.S. Bailey of Aladdin, Wyo visiting parents Mr and Mrs J.C. Geyer....
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Misses Mattie Reynolds and Daisy Deighton of Shenandoah were in our city between trains Thursday enroute to Kansas City to meet the remains of their nephew and brother, Harvey Deighton, who was accidently killed at Jefferson City [Missouri] Tuesday.
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Hugh Thompson is going into partnership with Frank Haskins in the grocery business in Nebraska City [Nebraska]....
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FUTURE REPORTOR READERS
Born to Mr and Mrs Terry Sullivan, Tuesday, June 15, a daughter.
Born to Mr and Mrs Kelly Richardson, Saturday, June 12, a daughter.
Born to Mr and Mrs Leon Glenn, Saturday, June 12, a daughter.
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MRS JULIA DUNCAN DEAD
Julia, wife of James Duncan, residing near Percival, Ia., died Saturday afternoon after an illness of several years. The deceased was born in Ireland in 1844, and came to America with her parents when quite young. She was married to James Duncan in Mercer county, Illinois, in 1865, and they moved to Iowa a few years later, locating in Fremont county, where they have since made their home, She was highly esteemed by all and her death, while expected, has cast a gloom over that neighborhood. She is survived by her husband, three sons and three duaghters, being Charles, James and Jack Duncan, residing near Percival, and Mrs Emma Mead of Percival, Mrs Rosa Smith of Payne, and Mrs W.E. Griffen of this city. The funeral was held at the family home Monday morning and the remains brought to this city for interment. The bereaved relatives have the heartfelt sympathy of all. --Nebraska City News.
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JUNE 25, 1915
THE TRAGEDY IN PERCIVAL

There continues to be an air of mystery around the terrible tragedy that was enacted in Percival last Friday noon, when E.S. Bailey of that place was killed and his wife badly injured.

He was seated at the dinner table and was shot in the back of the head, a two barreled shot gun being used for the deed. His wife was also shot in the left arm near the shoulder. Eight shells were found on the floor.

The young son of the couple had been sent to the post office to get the mail, and when he left his parents were quarreling about some small matter. On his return he found his father dead and his mother unconscious. Mrs Bailey was taken to Nebraska City for medical aid and is now in the hospital at that place, nominally under arrest.

The verdict of the coroner's jury was a sealed one, and it is thought that a recommendation was made that Mrs Bailey be held to the grand jury.

Mr Bailey was a man of some 70 years while his wife was about 56. Members of the family say that the mother has grieved constantly since the loss of their son Claude, whose disappearance on the eve of his marriage a few years ago is a mystery that has never been cleared up. The funeral of Mr Bailey was held Sunday.

 
John Rapp arrived home last Monday from a visit with his parents, Mr and Mrs John A. Rapp, and his brothers, near St Edward, Neb. He says his mother is not in the best of health, and that both his father and mother will go to Excelsior Springs, Mo., next week, and they will stop at Rock Port for a visit when they return home. -- Rock Port Mail
 
TEN YEARS AGO
Perry VanMeter and wife returned Saturday from a visit to Texas where they have large land interests.
J.M. McMillen of Madison spent Monday in Shenandoah visiting his daughter, Mrs Ed Berkhimer.
Mrs H. Towns left Sunday evening for Warsaw, Ind., to visit a few weeks at the old home. This is the first time since 1861 that she will have visited the scenes of her childhood. She stopped at Ottumwa to spend a few days with her son Amber before going on to Warsaw.
The colored wedding bells rang aloud last Sunday when Riley Fields and Maud Johnson were united in the bands of wedlock. Both these young people have long been residents of this neighborhood, and at present live a short distance west of this city. The ceremony was performed by a colored minister in Nebraska City.
Mr and Mrs Reuben Simons of Pasadena, Calif., arrived yesterday for an extended visit with old neighbors and friends. They are stopping with Mrs Simons' sister, Mrs Jane Elledge.

The marriage of Joseph Strom Light of Carroll and Miss Florence Edith Hatten was solemnized at the Baptist church Wednesday at high noon amid a profusion of flowers in the presence of a large company of relatives and friends. Rev Highfield of the Presbyterian church officiated. After the ceremonies at the church a reception was given at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs M.H. Hatten, northwest of town. After a few weeks spent in Denver and various attractions and resorts of Colorado, Mr and Mrs Light will return to their home in Carroll.

Born to Alvin Boldra and wife, four miles west of town, Saturday, June 24, a son.
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AN OLD TIMER
Reporter office visited by Dr G.R. Nunnally....long article not many details....
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Mrs A.B. Ballah and baby of Cambridge, Ne visiting Miss Faye James...friends from college....
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Mrs Dick Hatten and daughter Mrs Towne of Miama, Okla visiting....
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P.H. Bush and wife back from Colorado at home of Mrs J.A. Wilson....
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Cloe Anderson wed J. Stewart Martin at Farragut...will live at Newburg, Ore....
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Mrs J.R. Foxal and children to Murray, Ia for a reunion at home of her father....
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G. Beal to High Creek [Missouri] to visit sister Mrs L.B. Rudisell....
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Mrs Cynthia Woods-Bridges of Trenton, Mo visiting her mother Mrs D.S. Woods....
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.Paul Travis has taken a job in Mound City, Mo drug store....
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Mr and Mrs J.L. Peters of Winterset visiting dau Mrs R.F. Hickman and family....
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Mrs H.M. Sahlm attended wedding of niece at Shubert, Ne....
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Born to Mr and Mrs Thos Jennings Thursday June 17, a son....
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ISLAND NEWS
Lillie Holland is staying with her grandmother Mrs Hendrickson in Peru, Neb.
Mr and Mrs Theo Jennings are the proud parents of a 11 1/2 pound girl.
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George Lerew and wife went to Macedonia Wednesday, where they will make their home. George will continue his business here, putting in part of his time in Macedonia.
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Mrs Clara Mann and son Clare of Tree Mountain, Utah and Mrs Asa Mann and daughter Maude were the guests of James Mann and family for dinner Tuesday.