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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
8
A five pound package of Alabastine is mixed with two quarts of cold water for about one minute to create ready to apply wall tint. By blending regular tints you can achieve new subtle shades including mellow colors like soft buffs greens and blues, appealing to decorators and homeowners worldwide.
Noted writer offers a free copy of Thy Alley of the Lost Woman and a set of color scheme cards as promotional items to readers. The program invites readers to request while supplies last and includes no purchase requirement.
A garbled ad touts stencil deals and cheap pricing for household decor. It mentions vents for a room and a “Coke Scheme” with claims of success, plus a Candy Writs offer, all in fragmented phrasing.
A compilation of bribery claims tied to major wars cites Germany paying Turkey 10 million pounds and offers to Cyprus to Greece. It recalls Stoessel, Bazain, and the Scio surrender as alleged cases, with disputes over justice and the scale of corruption.
A desolate town punishes a begging tramp with departure within three hours for lacking visible means of support. The magistrate denies mercy and declares the vagrant a burden on taxpayers, while the tramp pleads to stay and asks for leniency.
Des Moines reports indicate a drop in deaths among children under five since 1910 amid improved sanitation and public health campaigns. Pneumonia remains a leading killer, with about 9,000 deaths in the period versus 6,000 from tuberculosis, while total Iowa deaths reached 22,346 in 1915 and 22,259 in 1914.
Nancy Bowie of Carroll County sued the Oldfield estate for 10000 dollars after an engagement ended by fatal illness. The ruling says engagements are not binding when one party contracts incurable disease and the deceased estate cannot be liable for breach. Bowie also claimed 3875 for services as housekeeper and was awarded that sum.
Iowa cities struggle with reduced income from saloons. Audits show maintenance costs rising and budgets tightening. Newton eyes interurban line with Colfax extension costing about 300000, needing 100000 local funds from Jasper County. Newton Commercial Club to launch fundraising drive.
The Hubbard Cooperative Creamery processed 1 165 182 pounds of cream in 1919 to produce 102 539 pounds of butter and paid patrons 91 494 10 dollars in pure butterfat at an average price of 84 cents per pound.
Parents of Carl John son a Centerville high school freshman decline to prosecute the boy who threw the brick. District court expected to take charge of the offender and send him to the state reformatory. The lad has long been without parental care.
Two hundred farmers from Warren Monroe and Marion counties met in Des Moines to urge routing the Daniel Boone trail from Des Moines to St Louis via Carlisle Pleasantville Knox ville and Albina Speakers included Governor Glarke Pant Beer Gardner Cawins Starver Ingham et al as advocates for better roads and railroad routes.
Centerville police and the sheriff’s force search between Centerville and Soyonia for two Detroit prisoners who escaped from a U S Deputy Marshal transporting them to Leavenworth. The men wore leg irons and handcuffs. authorities believe they fled through a window near Numa, about 12 miles west of Vere, after the escape from the Pullman berth.
The Iowa farm paper publishers purchased Iowa's champion bushel of corn for 200 dollars. Claimed to be the highest price ever paid for a bushel in the United States. The yellow dent corn won first honors at Iowa's worm show in Ames last winter. Grown by Wyne W. Polk of Sidney.
Local man Acuff suffered a likely fatal injury in a gas tank explosion while testing an improvement to apparatus. He was in a barn when the blast occurred. he was found unconscious with a fractured skull as family and neighbors arrived.
The banks in Charles City hold deposits totaling well over 1.3 million dollars, per capita figures based on the latest census. Deposits increased 57 percent in the last decade and show growth of about 3.9 million over five years across the community.
During March the farm transfer period saw loans totaling nearly 0.75 million dollars on farms valued at 1.59 million. New mortgages totaling 712,200 were placed on the land, with old mortgages assumed.
Definite plans are made to construct one of the largest union stations in Clinton by four leading railroads. The Chicago and Northwestern Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific will unite to build the station.
Bancroft A district approved a $34,000 school bond by a 193 vote margin for a new building with 66 women voting and none opposing. In Seneca township the consolidated school plan failed by 12 votes, and Germania township consolidation was defeated by nine votes.
Perry Yeggmen using an auto mobile car reportedly connected with the Milwaukee gang struck several business houses in Jamaica and Panora within nights. They carried off substantial loot and escaped unseen, investigations continue.
The estate of Wayne Dysart, who hanged himself, is valued around $250000. It includes 40 acres of farm land near Dysart town named for his father, a former lieutenant governor of Iowa. Dysart was 70 years old.
Residents of Ware vote to create a consolidated district school with a $40 000 project. The tally stood 102 to a in favor of the new school measure.
The Marshalltown city council approves the first budget of the season with paving plans for the Lincoln Highway. About two miles of concrete pavement, six inches thick, will be laid as one course concrete under Lincoln Highway Association specifications. This marks the first single course concrete pavement in the city.
Washington reports indicate the president will brief Congress before any moves that could strain relations after the Sussex attacks. German disavowal, reparations, and punishment of the submarine commander were discussed, with Count von Bernstorf tied to recent naval changes. A coroner found the Sussex disaster involved an enemy torpedo. Two American survivors remain hospitalized, including one soldier listed as George Fitchburg.
The article reports a Washington speaker alleging a plotted interference aiming to control U S policy toward Mexico. He accuses certain interests of spreading falsehoods about border conditions and suggests intervention serves Mexican property owners. He cautions Americans against border sensationalism and influence.
Washington reports that Republican senators backed administration efforts to calm Mexican tensions as General Funston's forces were not pursuing Villa. No new raw Gevela pursuit details were disclosed, and assurances of U S troop protection for Americans remained the focus.
Wireless reports from Salonika indicate a French transport vessel hit near Athens and sunk with seventy three rescued. Overseas News Agency notes losses aboard the Maree steamship on the New York to London route last week in a Melkier area report.
The German steamer Greta, an 80 ton ship of 205 tons capacity, was sunk by a mine off Geestemunde. All crew members were saved. The vessel was en route from Geestemunde when the disaster occurred.
London reports the prize bounty for the crew of the British auxiliary cruiser Critagnia totals about $9,063 with roughly $2,000 awarded for the capture of the German ship Trafalgar off the coast of South America.
The article promotes a daily morning drink of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the digestive tract and blood. It claims internal sanitation improves complexion, notes inexpensive phosphate as a demonstrable cleanser, and urges a week trial for visible skin benefits. It also recounts a separate Minneapolis incident where worker Thor Skongaard freed a cow from a trench after a fall.
A girl hypnotizes several young men to obtain an engagement ring as part of a suspected manipulation plot. The scene centers on a deceptive tactic used to secure the ring while observers question the girl’s motives and the men’s susceptibility.
Letter from Mrs. N. M. Flint extols Amrie as a breakthrough by Dr. Pierce of Inyelids Hotel Builelo N.Y. for backache rheumatism and kidney trouble. The note claims Amuric dissolves uric acid and is far stronger than lithia.
A Lancashire resident laments reduced poultry due to posse action and jokes about posting a timetable in his house. A friend reacts, while unrelated ad snippets clutter the text, including Seminole coffee and Denison Coffee Co promotions.
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