The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-06-09
JOHN HAHAllN TO
VISIT IN EUROPE
After Thirty-nine Years John G. Ha
mann Returns to Germany for y
Visit With Relatives d.
FROM sTEERAGE TO FIRST CLASS
Will be Absent Three Months and Will
Visit the Battleflelds Of France
and Belgium While There

John G. Hamann was over from Man
lila last Wednesday tranSacting bust
neess and while in the city made the
Review Office a pleasant call. Mr..
Hamann leaves Manila next Sunday
for New York and sails on the 18th of
June for Hamburg, Germany, for the
first visit to the fatherland since he
expects to remain there for three
months and win visit relatives at diff
ferent points in Germany and plans
to visit the battle fields of France and
Belgium.
Mr.. Hamann left Germany just thir-
ty-nine years ago, practically penniless
but rich in the possession of those quail
tiles which enable an ambitlousl man
to conquer conditions. In coming he
was compelled to take the steerage
but for his first visit back he has en-
gagged first class passage on one or the
big passenger liners at the cost OF $400
Mr. Hamann states that he owes his
success to this grand and glorious
Republic which has made 1t possible
for him to succeed.
He obtained his education in the COM
mon schools of the fatherland and az
ter laying aside his school books he
was apprenticed to shoemaker. Al
ter completing his term Of service he
followed his trade in Hamburg for
time, finally becoming so skilled that
he was able to make q pair of shoes
in eight hours Having becomes pos
[sessed of that intense dissatisfaction
which must ever effect an ambitious
youth, who recognizes limitations
which he feels must ultimately smoth-
err aspiration, he became a soldier but
after ten weeks he took passage to.
America, believing that here he could
find opportunities for which he longed
He arrived in the United States in 1881;
first locating in Henry county, illinois,
where he engaged in farming for four
years. At the end Of that period he
removed to Crawford county, renting
a farm in Goodrich township which he
cultivated for several years and then
went to Washington township. He
resided there until 1892, when he set
tied on section 16, Nishnabotny town
ship where he lived up until the time
he retired and moved to the town OF
Manila, where he and his good wife
have a comfortable home and are en-
joying life to the utmost. Mr.. Ham
ann acquired over six hundred acres
of land in Nishnabotny township when
is all we'll improved.
Mr.. Hamann during the late war
served as Mayor to the town OF Manila
and took an active interest in all war
work, especially in the loan and Red
Cross drives. He is justly proud of
his citizenship and was glad of the
opportunity to be of some help in all
war activities and devoted greater
share of his time to this work. He is
one of Manila's foremost citizens and
holds ( the important position of vice
president of the Manila National bank.
Mr.. Hanann has promised to write
the Review SOME letters for publica-
ton from Germany describing condl
tons as he actually finds them there.
The annual picnic of the Episcopal
Sunday school is being held this after.
noon at Coon Grove.
DR.. p. j. Brannon expects to go to
Iowa City Friday, where he will spend
a few days attending a meeting of the
Iowa X-ray club.
Mrs. l.. Cornwell expects to leave
next week for Lake Okoboji, where she
will spend the summer at her cottage
on Hayward's bay.
The Denison ball team will play Ute
Sunday afternoon at the local ball park.
This promises to be a good game and
will attract a big crowd.
John Curry, accompanied by his sis
ter, Miss Clara, motored to Denison
yesterday from Columbus, Neb.. for a
visit with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. T. Curry.
T. j. Garrison motored to Des Moline;
Friday, where he attended the com
mencement exercises at Drake univers
ity, his son, Earring, being a member
of the graduating class of the law de
partment. Earring accompanied his
father home Monday.