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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1930
Page
5
The report notes a sheep shearing event during the Mako Festival week. Farmers and workers gather as shearing and related activities proceed, with local vendors offering feed and tools. The scene depicts rural life, timing around evening gatherings, and market exchanges.
Fragmented OCR hints at a Quaker plot or meeting involving Menting Hausa, Conlin, and others. References mention a grave near De Gtaler estates, a mural or Tint tale, and a 17th century end context with Verlona and a revenue demand. Names and specifics blurred, making precise details unclear.
Fragmented OCR describes a bizarre comparison of cold spots and labs in Texas and beyond, mentioning a United States Bureau of Mines facility, basins, and unclear entities. The text mixes science terms with garbled phrases, yielding no coherent events or outcomes.
Fragmented text describes a village scene with references to an ancient Assembly, hunters and ceremonies. It mentions a population around a hundred, wool weaving, and rituals in a neighboring village named Larang. The passage is garbled but centers on a regional assembly and traditional practices.
The 1856 War Department imported 76 camels from Egypt and Asia Minor to map routes across the Southwest. The effort faltered as the Civil War began. animals were sold or released. Some wild camels were reportedly seen in Arizona around 1909, and rumors persist of a surviving herd in remote wastelands.
Thieves entered four Thor business places last Thursday night stealing about twenty dollars in cash and gasoline. Home cafe lost twelve dollars from the till, Chevrolet Garage suffered window damage and small change, Great Western depot five dollars and a small sun, Westre garage gasoline was taken. No clues yet. second petty theft this year in Thor.
Griebel drove off a steep grade west of the Hon French place last Thursday evening after passing another car and skirting a road edge hidden by weeds and washed out by rain. Neither Griebel family member nor baby was hurt. he backed onto the road and continued. The grade to a bridge is narrow and dangerous in winter, needing supervisor attention to prevent a worse accident.
Friday afternoon at the Joe Munk corner east of Remwick the Wisher truck, carrying a heavy load, collided with a gravel truck as a renwick crossing. Both trucks overturned, drivers injured lightly and damage extensive. repairs underway.
At Dolliver Park near Wort Dodge the French Tribe held their biennial reunion last Sunday. Relatives gathered from Wisconsin Illinois and several towns in the state. Over seventy relatives attended the big picnic dinner when the crowd assembled.
Wilbur Phipps is injured while working at the Steve Palmer farm eight miles northeast of here. He fell from a ladder dislocating a shoulder and splintering a small bone, plus severe cuts and bruises on an ankle and knee. He was repairing a machine shed on the Valmer farm when a suspended plank began to fall. He stepped aside, fell eight feet to the ground, and is recovering nicely.
A Buhl Idaho item notes the Overbaugh family reunion after twenty five years. Mrs E B Overbaugh and Mildred travel from Spa Kane Washington. Dr and Mrs A N Overbaugh and Louise from Hull Iowa. Mrs Hal Cunningham and CLA Overbaugh visit in homes of relatives. W M Spyder from Coquille Oregon arrives. Snyder is a nephew of Mrs BLE Overbaugh.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Share receive word from their son-in-law Odes Hilton that he and the body of his wife Winifred Share will arrive in Montreal on August 22. He will sail from Antwerp on August 13 aboard the Metagonia. The Shares plan that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Share meet the ship and accompany Mr. Wilton and the body to Humbaldt.
A deputy sent to inventory a house returned after three hours to find the officer asleep on a lounge. In his notes he listed items including Living room and a table and sideboard with a quirky wine of words, crossing out full and replacing with half full, and adding a wobbling line that read 1 revolving carpet.
A Wilson Legter farm threshing crew near Hefty loses a horse’s tail after the animal’s head is drawn into a thresher pulley. The machine is damaged and work halted for repairs. Nearby, national crash statistics compare motoring and home accidents, with a grim note on fatalities and safety.
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