Renwick Golden Anniversary Celebration a Great Success
Renwick jubilees attracted about three thousand visitors daily over two days. A big parade showcased $50,000 in cash prizes for best meats with Laberty, Vernon, and Ford winning top placements. An old settlers program, a farmers program with Prof. Holbrook of Iowa State College, and a large historical pageant highlighted the event. The Rexwick Band, local exhibits, and street attractions drew crowds. three arrests occurred amid a peaceful celebration enjoyed by the community.
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Renwick
Emiledy
Laberty Township
Vernon
Houselub
Ford
Boone Township
School House
Royal H. Lolbrook
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Holbrook
Tonwick
Thor
Cor- With
Rock
School Opens Aug 31 at Pha Renwick Independent
The Renwick Independent School announces the opening on Monday August 31 with the office available Friday and Saturday for meetings with Junior and Senior waggen about subject selection for the coming year. New textbooks will be sold at the school house next Friday and Saturday morning. Those with second hand textbooks may bring them to the office for disposal.
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Pha Renwick Independent School
Monnday
Waggen
Sebeo House
Yhose
Sperry
Bun't
Our White Sparrows No Competition Reported Nearby
The Kleming Times notes several white pheasants near Wat, likely albino birds, once thought to be crosses with White Leghorn chickens, with head and neck colored like pheasants while the rest turns white. It also mentions white squirrels in West Union and a black fox squirrel near Renwick church, later exterminated along with red ones for church damage.
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Kleming Times
Sean
Wat
Trenwick
Farina
West Union
Renwick
Baptiat
Aiding the Farmer and Agricultural Extension Efforts
A critical look at government aid citing the agricultural extension service. Field agents train farmers and families through demonstrations to boost farming efficiency and rural homemaking. Emphasis on boys and girls clubs as a key pathway to future rural leadership and agricultural advancement.
Brazil and United States swap coffee for wheat deal
A Friday agreement between the Brazilian government and the Federal Grain Stabilization agency outlines the exchange of 1,050,000 bags of coffee for 25,000,000 bushels of surplus wheat. Ambassadors De Lima and George Milner signed the pact, with extra coffee to cover grading and grainery services. The coffee will be released through autumn monthly allotments after the end of the year.
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Federal Grain Stabilization Corporation
Brazil
Ambarsador de Lima
George Milner
Tha Whiat
New York
Pheasants Die From Poisoned Grasshoppers Across Dakotas
Reports from the Dakotas and parts of Iowa describe bran laced with poison spread to kill grasshoppers. Pheasants eat the poisoned insects and die, with more birds dying from poisoned grasshoppers than other species. The deaths threaten fall shooting.
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Humpolst Republican
Dakotas
Iowa
Iris
Tis
Tariff Criticism Grows Amid Cheaper Imported Goods
The piece argues tariffs are too high as German sugar pulp feed and Argentine bran sell cheaper in Florida than in American centers. Dairy farmers face lower prices for milk, poultry, and eggs in Tampa compared with the Midwest. Argentine and African corn imports push American corn prices down, challenging calls for further tariff cuts.
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Germany
Florida
Tampa
Middle West
Africa
Gulf Ports
Atlantic Seaboard
Postage Rates Raised on Foreign Mail
Postage rates for foreign mail rise starting September first. Letters to Canada Newfoundland and Labrador will cost three cents per ounce or fraction. Postcards rate stated as kinocents. Airmail to these countries increases to six cents per first ounce and ten cents for each additional ounce. The same date the interpretation continues.
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Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
International postal rates lowered for letters and cards
The new tariff cuts international mail to Great Britain and Ireland to five cents for the first ounce or fraction and three cents for each additional ounce or fraction. Postcards remain three cents. Previously international rates matched domestic charges at five cents per ounce or fraction.
Open pheasant season to run with three bird limit per day
State game warden announces an open pheasant season with a three birds per day limit. Over a five day season the bag becomes fifteen birds, encouraging hunters to pace kills. The Humboldt Independent humorously notes the potential for dishonest hunting.
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Irda
Amar
Humboldt Independent
First Passenger Train Began Century of Railroads
A hundred years ago this month the country welcomed its first passenger train. Viewers of the era could hardly foresee how railroads would transform travel and industry by century's end, shaping commerce, settlement, and daily life.
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Neil Hanson
Lewis Saverade
J. J. Hanson
Miller Wergeland
Alfred Ersland
J. W. Anliker
Henry Jackson
Briardale
Latch & Maurer
Ige
I.G. A. Grocery & Market
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Renwick Savings Bank
Renwick, Iowa
D. J. Christenson
Edna McCurry
Margaret and
Ruth Christenson
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Evangelical Church
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Allegro
Agia
Song of
O Mozart
Bana McGurey
Boads
Margaret Christenson
Anthony Grunp Lack
Verespeees
Great Britain and Ireland
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