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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
2
English services in the morning at 10:30. Bible class at 12:30. Young peoples meeting at 6:00. Sunday School and other activities listed. Pastor R. F. Sehedtier urges attendance.
Sunday School times at RY PLU Baptist and Evangelical churches. Preaching at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm listed with additional services including German and Union services. Prayer, choir rehearsal, and teacher training scheduled. pastors J H Perry and A W Schlesselman invite all to attend.
Communion services will be conducted in the morning by the pastor. District Superintendent Rev Herbert Clegg will preach at the City park Union Service at 7 p.m. Bible Study and prayer service resume Wednesday evening. Sunday School 11:80 p.m. Epworth League 7:00 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer Service Wednesday 7:20 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all. d G Moyer Pastor.
Get your wedding stationery at the Times office. Mrs Ray and son Vaughn visit old friends in town this week. Little Nathan Benner has been sick but is improving. Mrs Williams and daughter from Chicago visit Chris Helmke home. Burr Packard and Lilian Gugeisberg traveled to Humboldt. Yeomans visit from Fenton. Mrs Yeoman stays. A bargain slide trombone in B flat offered by G B Malone Algona IA. Attie daughter from near LaVerne visits with Eggerth family. A man reflects on letting go of grudges for a lighter load. Iowa weather noted by Sioux City Tribune as extreme. Subway foot dirt in New York City totals fifteen hundred tons over six months. Disgraceful street scene Tuesday afternoon with two intoxicated men fighting and foul language. paper warns of harsh action if incidents continue.
The piece notes age as a key question in horse trading and outlines the horse’s ancient origins. It mentions the earliest form named Hyracorherium, about twelve to fourteen inches high, roaming earth 2,250,100 years ago in the Eocene age, and refers to scholars calling that era the morning of life for mammals culminating in man.
Dr Meyer Steines of University of Jena Germany, in the December issue of Annals of Ophthalmology, asserts early medical treatment can cure cataracts. He reports 43 of 53 cases healed with eye drops and internal medicines, arguing this should be the method of first choice.
Mrs Nicholson visits this week with her daughter at Luni. A girl weighing standard was born to Mr and Mrs Emery C Kelly near Hardy last Wednesday. Violet Bennett returned from a visit at the Griffin home in Madison. Rabt Smylie Jr and family moved back to Goldfield and reside at the Kahl home. Laura Packard spends the week in town with friends attending Chautauqua.
Ray Nicholson of Renwick visits home folks this week while Dr and Mrs Cunningham return from Minnesota. Grace Richardson Ruth Dunkins also visit and attend the Chautauqua. Citizens State Bank adds stenographer Miss Hayth of Gowrie. A Ford owned by Henry Heggen was stolen from the park lineup Sunday night and later found in a ditch near Nick Duerst’s. The motive remains unclear.
Special to the Times records weekly social visits at Weisler and Packard homes, visits by Kuhne from Eagle Grove, and events at the Asher schoolhouse and Smith Park. Residents assist threshers, remodel homes, and enjoy church and Chautauqua outings amid heat and dry crops across the area.
Special to the Times reports a series of brief local notes from LuVerne. Ft. Dodge callers include Mr. and Mrs. Ostrander and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Stauffacher visited the Twin Cities. Jennie Mason becomes relief clerk at the telephone office. E. D. Lovell and J. A. Robertson were in county seat, and Mrs. McGee returned home to Algona after visiting relatives here.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure promising one hundred dollars reward for incurable cases. The copy extols cure via blood cleansing and urges readers to send for testimonials. The remainder lists local names and social visits from Algona, Britt, and nearby residents with brief notes on sickness and travel.
A fragmentary text discusses religious fare and payment cycles, mentioning God and a visitor's inquiry. It questions how a man may adore God and where earthly worship may be found, reflecting confusion over ritual requirements and divine law.
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