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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1898
Page
7
An independent candidate, ck, announces their bid for County Recorder promising reform. They seek support from voters who believe tenure in county offices should serve the people, not special interests.
A jumble of farm prices and events from Renwick and nearby areas. Hog losses, lumber and coal ad offers, a M W A picnic, a Renwick agricultural gathering with free dinner, hunting warnings, cemetery vandalism reward, sale of a hardware business, troop volunteers to Porto Rico, cherry and peach harvest notes, a boy kicked by a horse injury update, wheat sales and seed storage, and a call to hardworking farmers to drop criticism and work.
Personal montion items list residents and visitors with illnesses travel and family news. Henry Walkner and Miss Ella Foley are among those noted as sick or troubled, and several trips to Des Moines, Webster City, and Green County Wisconsin are mentioned along with church and social events.
Charles Long made a business trip to Des Moines Thursday. Milo Plumley traveled to Algona Thursday and returned Friday. Mrs N M Olsby’s sister, visiting for three weeks, returned home Monday. Flossie Nelson hosted a birthday party for her ten year old friends on Wednesday. Tylerat Plumbing went to Hagie Grove last Saturday. Miss Phipps and Edna Long attend the Wright County Institute at Clarion this week. John Palmer’s sister from Minnesota is visiting this week.
Vernon Two notes a Sunday School Convention at Renwick on Sunday August 21 189s with afternoon and evening sessions at the Baptist Church and ME Church. The program features speakers leading duties of a superintendent missionary teaching and teacher preparation plus a young peoples meeting and collection. Everyone is invited and music and discussions will intersperse the programme.
The notice reports a new well as a recent improvement for the parsonage. Fr. B. Merrill will lead the young people's meeting next Sunday evening on the topic The Light of the World. Asogia was held at the Orris French home last Tuesday evening despite bad weather, drawing a good turnout and enjoyment.
The W C T U will meet at Mrs Persons home Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The W C U Convention of the 20th district will be held at Buffalo Center September 1st and 2nd.
The Methodist church plans subjects for next Sunday including The Duty of the Church to Transmit to Posterity a true Doctrine and Genuine Piety in the morning. An evening service features A Search for the OW Datis TM. Epworth League meets at 7. Mrs it will read the Our 4th Quart veue on the 20th. The Pastor and family express gratitude for the pleasant surprise and tokens of goodwill from the Seb fast.
A Fernoan interschool social is set for Thursday evening to raise funds for the Sanday School. The Luthera church near Corwith hosts a festival on Sunday August 14 featuring German preaching at 10 AM followed by a free dinner and an English address by Prof. Thompson of Corwith at 2 PM. Refreshments will be served on the grounds and all are invited.
Rain spread across the state with highly variable amounts from under one inch to over five inches. Heavy rain fell in west central northwest and north central districts. Growth benefited corn late potatoes and other late crops though threshing was delayed and shock grain at risk. August 1 yields show corn 94 percent millet 90 flax 05 broom corn 90 potatoes 78 apples 63 trape 93 pasture 55. conditions later changed as growth was broken and corn prospects shifted.
A drugstore advert promising a vegitable tonic named Electric Ritters cures back pain kidney trouble malaria and nervous ailments. It claims to cleanse blood boost liver and nerve tone, relieve constipation headaches sleeplessness and melancholy with gentle laxative effects. Each bottle priced at 50 cents at Coyle's Drugstore.
Market brief notes corrected weekly on Thursday and includes cattle at 46004.50 and eggs at 2.69. Grain quotations are not provided due to rapid market changes. Grain merchants offer the highest market price for all returns. Printing improvements are available at this office.
Hog cholera is prevalent. Threshing is the order of the day. Miss Dora Maiden of Gilbert visited Miss Ida Beadle. Jake Rhiner summoned to Wisconsin for his mother’s funeral. Marty Baumgartner adds a new granary. Mrs Wicks visited by sister from Kamrar. Jake Beadie’s mother and aunt visiting Lint 3B. B. Saxton to preach at the center school house next Sunday. Thomas Taylor buys out the business formerly handled by Schreiber and DeGroote at Norboldt. J Knight, long-time local, dies from blood poisoning after a barbed wire injury. Loretta Loughlin injured eye with fork tine. vision prospects uncertain.
The Humboldt county fair season of 1898 will be held September 28 and 29 with events and showings prepared. Work on Rutland’s millrack continues swiftly as remodeling aims for October operation. A French physician warns long bicycle rides cause nerve issues including paraesthesia and impaired sensitivity in the hand.
Autumn announcement previews the latest dress world developments and practical household subjects. Features include a photography article by Charlotte M. Hale, insomnia relief guidance by Grace Peckham Murry, and discussions on voice cultivation, the dressmaker craft, and other topics in an appealing miscellany.
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