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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
8
A damaged clipped item notes a shell weighing 1 070 pounds with 825 pounds of powder in bags. The fragmentary language suggests a heavy ordnance description from a historical report. No clear event or date is given, but the figures imply a large military ordnance record.
Readable text fragment outlines a cryptic dialogue about siteing and earning, but lacks clear facts, names, dates, or events. The piece appears as disjointed phrases without identifiable entities or a concrete incident to report.
The engraving division of Iowa State College offers a special summer short course for training telegraphers for the Army Signal Service. Men aged 18 to 45 who are mentally and physically qualified may enroll. The program aims to produce proficiency in sending and receiving messages with minimal training time, addressing a wartime need for 20,000 telegraphers.
Iowa completes its regular army quota with forty one recruits in Des Moines. Since April first, the state has sent four thousand four hundred forty six men to the regular ranks, short of the four thousand four hundred forty eight quota. Des Moines reports Iowa contributed one thousand seven hundred forty TecTutls to the navy since Anvil. About twenty five percent of sea recruits from Omaha are townsmen. Sioux City also reports enlistments, and Omaha reports navy contributions, pushing Iowa past two thousand enlistees.
V. A. Graham of this city, former captain of Company B Third Town Infantry, is to receive a commission as judge advocate with the rank of major. The appointment has been passed on in and ordered by the secretary of war. He has been notified by the War department his papers will require. With the new national army, Graham accompanied the Iowa National Guard to Brownsville in 1916, where he had large experience as judge advocate of the Iowa brigades. He expects to face the commission soon.
A near riot erupted at Alte when Henry Bleezer a naturalized German declared treasonable sentiments about President Wilson and the U S government If drafted he would fight for the Kaiser Sheriff Skeals says violence was averted by moving Bleezer to Storm Lake jail.
Deputy U S Marshal Jensen transporting R Schoonever for white slavery lost him on a train between Sioux City and Missouri Valley. Reported to Sioux City police. Vag de Weake sold 100 acres near Sioux City to T Doornink for 630 or 3400 per acre, record price for Sioux County. buildings valued at about 900.
Mrs Riker of New Virginia hopes to join the ambulance corps, claiming her husband serves in the engineers division and that she can drive an ambulance. Information from the Oh ge Nyadipuarters notes AF MNlg ute are being accepted for service, but Mrs Riker's application was the Webd.
Des Moines reports Samuel C. Wymer leads a federal income tax drive in Iowa’s seventh district. Investigators focus on farmers with 240 acres or more claiming annual incomes above 3000, summoning them to appear before deputy collectors in Dallas, Clark, Wayne, Lucas, Warren, Madison and Guthrie counties. Several hundred potential clients found so far across the state.
W. R. Hanshaw, Batavia marshal, dies after engaging with James M. Lewis a two year old is mentioned in error The incident began when Lewis allegedly fired on Hanshaw from a villa Lewis retreated to a dwelling and barricaded himself Citizens organized a posse and returned fire Lewis was killed after about an hour of confrontation with the militia and bystanders He was believed insane due to intense threats and conditions surrounding the event
Sioux City police found an unexpected garden scene at Max Rezenk home with four gallon jugs and 44 bale pur boiles of whiskey hidden under vegetables. Disorderly house charges anticipated as investigators sort proper action amid the raid. Boone drownings report details a Des Moines river search after student John Zurn failed to resurface while classmates tested breath-holding. body not recovered after hours of diving.
Among the first hundred men examined for selective draft in Newton 54 sought exemptions or claimed dependent relatives. Many noted industrial grounds for inspection while about eight were rejected due to disabilities.
Iowa manufacturers secure a million dollar contract for immediate army and navy needs. Hart-Parr company of the city will deliver ingots and castings, including Castatwel wheely parts for tie brinance and committe departments. Delivery expected by October 1.
Hopkinton based Dr A St Clair Mackenzie resigns the presidency of Lenox College, an Iowa institution. The departing leader is an Edinburgh and Oxford graduate who has taken a new offer in the field of work.
A fragmented report describes a patriotic day event with attendees from adjacent counties. It mentions a fraternity celebration, military drills, and a large crowd amid unclear details about performances and a fund related to a "guny's mess fund."
In North Adams Massachusetts a court ruling declares Francis Street no longer a legal street. Owner Peter Plante fenced the area, added barbed wire and a six foot barrier, charging others for access via keys while residents face long detours. The case reshaped ownership claims and spurred calls for a legal right of way amid local political tension.
Mike Tetrinski of Easthampton tried a boiling money trick to double his savings. He and a friend planned to split $1800 into five piles for wine and women. A grand jury indictment followed, exposing the fraudulent scheme and costs.
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