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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
7
Fragmented page notes community gatherings in Des Moines suburbs and nearby locales. Mentions social visits, a Tuesday church event and a Wednesday town meeting. References include a Southern Frontier performance and a charity benefit for local families.
The Cornell Glee Club, a 24 member group drawn from over 700 students, will give a concert in Renwick Friday night April 2. The program features jaunty tunes, quartettes and solos by a lively group of college girls, promising wholesome cheer and entertaining numbers for all residents nearby.
A fragmented obituary like snippet shows a barber shop chatter about a baby name Weather Strips inspired by a pun on Papa. The overheard exchange includes a mother and others joking about the baby’s name and parentage in a humorous local scene.
Fragmentary text provides no clear persons dates places or events. The item reads like a stray caption or note with garbled phrases and no identifiable news context.
Fragmentary text mentions an editor and a run with speed limits as a local notice. It references a citizen named Lowall and an alien named Ming with uncertain details. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent event facts.
The World Wide Guild Girls present a play titled Whae Girls at Work at the Baptist church on Tuesday April. Admission is free but a free will offering will be collected to support Wendriels in their mission project for the New World movement.
Evangelical church notes list preaching services and prayer times led by Pastor A W Schlesselman. Local mentions include residents visiting Rochester Webster City Swea City and Chicago military academy, plus upcoming concerts, aid events, and store showcases at the Corner Store.
Mina Johnson spent the weekend at home in Calvary. Miss Mackarland visited her sister near Des Moines last Saturday and Sunday. Miss Reinking will attend the Teachers Convention in Des Moines Thursday and Friday of the week. Miss Miller and Laura Meier with Fred Taussen and Nerly Searles attended the show at Gold Field on Tuesday night.
Misses Grace and Pearl Marvey were callers in Fort Dodge. The Vernon boys formed a baseball team with Lee Bleasner captain and Mr. Campbell manager. Grandma Boge died at home of her daughter Mrs. Frank Maeding. The high school play The Min hans of Minerva was a success despite bad roads. An eye injury left Frank French with glasses broken but he remains at school. An original fifth grade poem The Violet by Lucreta Luchsioger appears, praising the violet and spring.
Special to the Times reports visitors to Ars and Mason City from Mary Monfrey and Blanche Godfrey. Local residents Charley Whitman and wife call on old friends. Jim Travits and Matt Austin visit from S Earl Grove for business. The grammar-team from Livermore played La Verne and lost 1 to 3. Popcorn wagon changes hands as De Rae Godfrey buys the stand and will operate midweek and Saturdays.
Adrienne Mercer a stenographer hides a sealed envelope with valuables from her benefactor Date Armstrong. A theft and a sharp-eyed detective unravel a tale of trust, danger, and emerging love as Armstrong returns to settle his affairs and reveal deeper feelings.
Evelyne plans an exchange on a costly gown to wear to a lawn party but fears Laurie’s judgment and Uncle Sandy’s reaction. A series of misunderstandings, a check from Sandy, and a last minute shift test loyalties as Evelyne weighs honesty against her social image.
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