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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1926
Page
2
Harold Steich of St Paul visits S B Hefty home. Peter and Lachsinger of Humboldt visit here. Selgelid family spend week at Arnolds Park. Baby boy born to Sam Kineasy and wife. Des Moines doctor attends Turner’s office. Various relatives visit Kelling, Rice, Snyder households. Poultry ad offers delousing and cheap prices. Buffalo Center’s Marjary Harkness visits Turner. Families attend golden wedding in Creston Neb. Multiple regional visitors gather at Jost home.
Reported local youths George Keister and Jalwaril Chu seh acted in attempting to steal gas at Spirit Lake. They were jailed at Spirit Lake then sentenced by a Spencer judge to five years in prison at Anamosa and are confined there. Rex Simpson was also taken but released on bond. his involvement remains uncertain.
A storm last Wednesday night struck Blner Starz's barn, which burned completely. Homes of Chas Fisher E J Moland and John Calle sen suffered damage, several telephone lines burned out, and a separate Sunday night storm caused no damage. Local moisture in the area rises expectations for a few days.
Shirley Short, pilot on the Cleveland to Chicago air mail circuit, set a new record by averaging 180 miles per hour. He flew 327 miles from Chicago to Cleveland in 104 minutes, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W H Short of Goldfield, well known in Renwick where he often landed years ago.
Fort Dodge visitors include Mr and Mrs Chas Gilbert and baby and Mrs PH Thiel with Mrs Dean Castleman at Eagle Grove. An eight pound baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Grover Yoder on Tuesday August 17. Mr and Mrs George Yeoman and children from Algona visited relatives here last Sunday. Rev and Mrs EB Granner Mildred and Harold attend Evangelical camp meeting at Cedar Falls this week. Mrs Henry Eastman returned from hospital in Fo Chester Minnesota after auto accident injuries. Bra tder Branagan editor of Emmetsburg Democrat faces an $8000 damages suit. editor jokes about wealth and sueing.
The Vernon Theatre shows Fred Thompson in Silver King and Ridin the Wind, a Marion Jackson story directed by Del Andrewa, plus a comedy Dr Pyskle and Mr Pride. The program highlights Thompson’s western star power and a lighthearted side feature.
Nejlan's Production presents Wild Oats Lane on Wednesday August 25 with Viola Dana and Robert Ag new. Adapted by Benjamin Glazer from George Broadhurst based on Gerald Beaumonts story The Gambling Chaplain. First show starts promptly at 7 30.
St Pauls Lutheran Church invites friends of Christian mission to services. English sermon by Rev Breddy at 11:00 a.m. German service by Rev Bredow at 2:30 p.m. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Slides of synodical schools to be shown at 8:00 p.m. Local notices follow.
A fragment discusses age trends among directors of major trusts including General Jilentese, Luisonique, Assophona, and Teles graph. It notes average ages around sixty with Gorge I Baker leading at eighty-six and WS. Gilford at forty-one, while the youngest is Baker's son at forty-nine.
Readers report a college debate over cigarette bans on campus with motions to ban smoking in all areas. The plan references coed policies and morning enforcement as students discuss health and campus standards.
The text notes Frederick I Barbarossa nicknamed Tiarbarosna for his beard color, as one of the Third Crusade leaders with Richard I and Philip II. It recalls his valor and a legend claiming he lies asleep with six knights in Thuringia, awaiting an appointed time to rise. He drowned bathing in Cilicia in 1190.
Philip Murray vice president of the United Mine Workers criticizes a court's response to a coal industry dispute. He compares the answer to a minister's daughter who avoids scandal after an awkward, humorous incident, implying a misstep in the proceedings and expressing skepticism about the logic.
A New York Colony theater ad stunt drew bystanders, with a gray-haired woman asking an Indian if he was real. The reply praised the city and country, prompting questions about audience reception as “Motion Pictures today” notes.
A New York American item reports a humorous scene where a polite clerk offers to assist with a purchase as a drag performer seeks to obtain powder. The exchange shifts to a request that the buyer arrange the pickup via a call.
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