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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
7
Local items report visits by W M Smith and Dr Nichols of Livermore, Hd Palmateer in Des Moines, and a plan to organize baseball teams for a 4th of July event. Mention of Prohibition drive, a school accident with a pupil struck by a discus, and church endowment fund news. Also brief notes on travel, births, funerals, and bank savings ads. Seeks area social updates and upcoming recruiting visits in Mason City and Des Moines.
A bitter note urges towns to publish council proceedings after a new state law signed by the governor requires local papers to print them. The writer recalls that the council ceased publishing in the past year and even stopped posting notices last October, arguing the public has the right to know actions of officials.
Quaker Cats Co. advertisement urged cleanup while a clergyman faced ire after a sermon on the war. State Bank of Renwick plans its annual stockholders meeting May 1 1917 at 1 00 PM. Local items mention livestock trade, school superintendent change to Hall Iowa, and residents attending events in Eagle Grove and Red Grove.ads note high prices and cost pressures on farmers and consumers.
The annual statewide Clean Up starts April 23 and runs through April 29 in Renwick. By order of local authorities, residents are asked to clear back yards streets and alleys during the period.
A discussion on aging horse traders who, like their predecessors, adapt skillfully to the rise of automobiles. The Toledo Blade notes their wit and misdirection persist, proving the horse marketplace endures by evolving rather than fading.
A fragment discusses cancer as a rich man’s disease and contrasts it with the tuberculosis scourge of workers. It notes ongoing scientific work, the need for prevention through public health policy, and a tension between what consumers can pay and what they should pay for health measures.
The Philadelphia North American laments an editorial miss in naming a specific Atlantic coast climate. It notes British reactions to American sawdust shells and recalls thrifty New Englanders selling wooden nutmegs with a conscience.
The speaker questions why a pedestrian who rejects the automobile as a nuisance adopts a duke like air once seated in a neighbor’s garden or flower bed, implying pretense and self importance in public complaints.
An Oregon man announces a bid for the presidency asserting the march toward the nation’s top office will help him recover $265 he says the government owes him. He frames his plan as a logical step amid his claim of entitlement.
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