Renwick School Notes Postponed Community Meeting
School notes report postponement of a planned community meeting and a Christmas party at the superintendent’s home. It notes no new smallpox cases, a few absences due to illness, and that Christmas vacation starts next Friday with reopening planned after the holiday.
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Dee
Schoal
Wwe
Hite School
Sludota
Pauling
Gretchen
Kubitschek
Eagle Grove
Basketball games draw sparse Friday crowd at Gilmore event
Friday night basketball saw low attendance though a small crowd filled the gym. In the girls game Gilmore defeated our side by a small margin while the boys team beat Gilmore by about 60 points, highlighting lopsided scoring.
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Gilmore
No Hunting or Trapping Farm Rule Signed
On the farms of the Mader, a no hunting or trapping rule is signed. Violators of the law will be prosecuted. Henry Bleair.
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Henry Bleair
Obscure Word Study Sparks Curious Debate in London
A London Evening News feature examines the difficulty of common words and spelling errors among readers. The piece notes misheard terms, faint connections to phrases, and references a jumble of names and terms as examples of how language shifts and puzzles readers, with no clear consensus on meaning.
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Jim Wich
Iswer
Mestaute
Musa Freie
Wien
Andy
Herigg
London Evening Newa
Bark Uses in Africa For True Bark Fibers and Products
The article details how bark fibers are harvested and processed in Africa. It describes stripping trees to about ten feet, intervals for harvesting, and converting inner bark into sheets and strips. It notes uses including canoe hinges, vessels, nets, drums, beehives, ropes, blankets, and fishing lines.
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Africa
Mils Tlerlad
Letter in Glosepye Savi mocks Aida visit expenses
A recent Mertil collection excerpt includes a note about a young man demanding repayment for theater costs. He criticized the performance of Aida and threatened to rot away in the library. The letter requests reimbursement for train fare, his seat, and supper, while Verdi is praised for earning the promised honor.
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Aida
Gennide Tapudunen
Mertil
Nan
Verdi
Nis
Straw Through Board Energy and Inertia in Impact
A damaged passage describes how a straw through a board illustrates kinetic energy transfer and the damaging effect of a fast moving body. It explains mass and velocity determine impact, noting air resistance and inertia cause rapid crumpling as the straw pierces the wood.
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Pierciyy
Fragmented reflection on vanity and reputation in life
A fragmentary meditation argues that the love of applause and reputation corrupts judgment. It critiques vanity as a common error among those who seek certainty, claiming true virtue lies beyond craving external praise and urging restraint from making reputation the supreme aim.
Autautomobiles Entrap Ostriches in Desert Chase
A chaotic chase unfolds as motorists corral ostriches in the Arabian desert after a late afternoon encounter. A hunter stepped from a car, seized one bird by the neck, and forcibly removed it, while five others were shot amid the pursuit.
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de Auto
Chew Well and See Well Diet Advice With Jaws and Eyes
A fragmented health note cites Sir Arthur Keith urging careful diet and jaw exercise to prevent eye strain. It links soft foods to changes in facial bones and elongated eye sockets, warning about weakened sight and the impact of modern eating on vision.
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Arthur Keith
Mosizine
Space Flight Facts and Atmospheric Mystery Above Earth
A fragmentary account describes high altitude conditions with near vacuum, extreme cold, and darkness. It notes air scant at fifty to one hundred miles, possible faint atmosphere of hydrogen or similar gases, and occasional auroral-like light effects across space.
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Abere
Rival Lovers Endure Savage Bride Test for Title
Amorous rivals volunteer to a brutal ritual, enduring pain as a test of devotion. Participants are branded by whips and sticky weapons, with one bride-to-be chosen as “Achn-el-Bana” and proclaimed a new lVo de Daughters. Police had banned such contests, yet secrecy persisted.
Diners at Sunday meal discuss odd disease claim
A fragment from a local piece recounts a Sunday dinner where attendees joke about a strange disease and who can prepare meals. Uncle Otto declines dessert with a tactful remark while his nephew William asks about the ailment in a strained exchange.
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Willia
Otto
Ndiannassis News
Famous Italian caves claim deepest subterranean caverns
The Alpine Society recently led an expedition to the cave Vereo near the River, claimed to be the second deepest after Abisso dei Preta near Verona. The Vereo cave mouth sits 15 to 1000 feet above sea level, with a depth from the mouth around 1700 feet, containing several lakes and streams.
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Tverdéen Est
Abisso Dei Preta
Verona
Vereo
Venetig 2
Tides and Earth Crust Theories Across Oceans
The article discusses Edmund Falley and George Darwin noting tidal effects on Earth. It mentions Darwin’s son Charles Darwin and debates whether observed rate changes are caused by ocean tides or internal Earth tides. Professor Boss argues tides exist inside Earth as well as in the oceans.
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Earth
Edmmund Falley
George Darwin
Charten- Darwin
Battsur Dt
Specis
Profegsor Boss
Ocean
Origins of the Handkerchief in Men’s Attire
A fragmented 19th century style note traces the handkerchief from a protective fabric worn around the neck to a lace trim accessory. It suggests early use as a protective wrapper and meals cover, evolving as men carried one handkerchief to display refinement and utility.
Has Legs to Spare An Argument for Harmless Genopeide
A fragment argues that the genopeide is harmless because it does not defend itself when grasped. It tends to escape by shedding limbs and toys caught by the society. The creature removes many of its mates before the last members are replaced.
Fragmented readout on ancient ice storage plant tale
The passage mentions a centuries old ice storage plant aiding deer industry and Klophoot, with a tunnel built for 400 tents. It describes a massive underground chamber system with gouged rooms to store cake-like material, awaiting refrigeration ships bound for Seattle.
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Roth Deer
Seattle
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Leuthold-Lane Company
Man’s Store
Gladstone
Oxfords
Deat
Boy Scout Headquarters
Leuthold-Lane Co
Humboldt
Town
Towa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Renwick
Supt. Wid Mra
Can.vell
Abener Ib
Itichardaon’d Store
Bert Siemens
Mr. Aid
Finnel
Omaha
Neb
Chelgumas
Liere
Ailinis
Robt
Han Son
Searfal Fevel
Rob
Jorvis Henson
Moscow
W.R. Rich
EH. Rich
C. B. Sinelizer
Port Dodge
Renwick Savings Bank
Belmond Sugar Fattory
Thomas Moisving
Bertha, Cordus
Knoxville
Iowa
R. F. Scheitler
ofFennimore
Wis
Scheitlers
Goodyear
Renwick Auto & Imp't CO
Palestine
Universal Brotherhood
America
Europe
Northwestern Bell
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