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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
6
Local items list visitors from Corwith Fort Dodge and Ames plus moves to Armstrong and Des Moines. Notes on church, school, and civic events, dances, a Christmas party, and health, weather, and a proposed school addition funded by public works programs with details on costs and timelines.
The Oak Bale schoolhouse in Liberty township hosts a program and box social on Thursday evening December 21 with a serving plate luncheon and basket brings. Aurilla E. Blesie is listed as teacher. The town community includes notices of visits by Ruth Christenson and Duarethy Richardson from Cedar Falls, and local travels by Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Scott of Goldfield. A work train is on site this week to repair a railroad water tank. Several social visits and events are noted including Mrs. Josie Brown and others visiting Webster City Clarion Humboldt and Fort Dodge. A birthday gathering for Mrs Brayton occurred at Ray Brayton’s home. Mrs. P. H. Thiel traveled to assist with the birth of a grandson to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tvedt on December 16. The Boone Valley Masonic Circle will meet December 28 at Eagle Grove with a program, dancing and lunch. The column notes circulating funds among subscribers and mentions the Messiah performance by forty-five voices at the Baptist church with A Richardson as pianist and Mrs C I Scott and Mrs D G Christenson as organizers. This is the Messiah’s first Renwick showing with plans for yearly repeats.
A fragmented reflection on wealth and fame notes that a capable man outpaces government restraints and hints that a successful wife may credit her husband. It muses on a future where a “Rooms and lodg” sign appears once a new fond is perfected, implying rooming for rent.
A special execution issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company against The West Half Northwest Quarter 17 92N 27W Humboldt County Iowa prompts sale of the property to satisfy a debt of 152.60 plus 88,045.31 in principal and costs. The sale, at the court house door in Dakota City, is scheduled for January 5 at 1100 AM.
Fragmentary OCR reveals references to an ancient Simdial found in Egypt near Wayptini Inatronent with a portable dial and hour marks. The article notes the shift from sundials to mechanical clocks in the thirteenth century and the broader adoption of timekeeping devices in Europe.
From a South Renslogton science manuscript compiled by Gr. Overtan the Santa Maria is described as ninety feet long with a 128.9 foot overall length, breadth 74.12, hold depth 1240, displacement 90.5 tons, and crew about 10. Armament noted as two bronze cannons and stone shot. Other vessels Pinta and Nina are listed at 40 and 60 tons respectively with around 25 crew each.
A condensed account of the Magi or Three Wise Men of the East who visited Jesus after his birth. It notes their gifts of gold incense and myrrh, various names for the Magi, and their commemorations on January 2 and 4, with emphasis on the Epiphany feast.
The fragment discusses how mineral oil forms when sand traps oil between rocks, noting two main origin theories. One suggests oil from heated rocks forming hydrocarbons under high heat and pressure, while the other posits oil derives from pre-existing organic matter transformed by heat and pressure through geological time.
The famous 1813 phrase Dont Give Up the Ship originated from an engagement off Magtan on June 1 1813. James Kinwteneo of the U 8 Vespate Chesapeake allegedly spoke the line after mortally wounding during battle with the British Privateer Britatin. The flag honoring Commodore Lawrence Perry's flagship was later presented to the Navy department and sent to the Naval Academy at Annapolis for memory.
Wenton notes focus on stamps featuring Isabella and Martha Washington in a 1803 series, with a portrait appearing on the 1902 eight cent, the 1922-20 cent issue, and the five cent denomination of the Jamestown series at 17. Other women appeared in designs intermittently but were not called for.
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