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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
7
A compilation of regional sightings lists Geo White, Edred Packard, and many residents visiting relatives in Saybrook, Rowan, Des Moines, Salem, and other locales. It mentions license plate notice, theater plans, New Year resolutions, and early 1918 income tax preparations for K county with details on locations and dates.
Notices of settling estate accounts requested by the firm and Claussen Bros. Evangelical Church notes list Sunday School at 10:00 a.m., German services 11:00 a.m., Young People’s meeting, and English services. Lutheran and Baptist notices include English services at 10:30 a.m., German on New Year’s, and church election details. Baptist events feature roll call, officer election, with afternoon talks and refreshments. Pastor names A W Schlesselman, R F Schechler, and J H Perry appear.
Catarrhal deafness stems from an inflamed mucous membrane of the Eustachian tube. Local applications fail. a constitutional remedy is needed. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to restore the tube and hearing, offering a hundred dollar reward for unsolved cases. Circulars available from the firm.
Washington December 26 Provost General Crowder announced the new draft machinery will mobilize 1000 bricklayers for General Pershing. Local boards to expedite questionnaire returns and report draft-age candidates. F B Mathias urges Clarion ladies to serve Red Cross lunches at farm sales to raise funds. In Illinois free lunches at sales face changes as some oppose labor strains. Poultry car slated for Thursday January 3 with highest market price paid. H E Luchsinger.
Iva Benedict spends vacation at home. Dave Phillips and wife drove to Algona. Mre Dalby and wife plan Oskaloosa visit. Don Lichiy of Chicago spent Christmas with parents. Agent Gearhardt and family in Des Moines. Mrs Kehr and children visiting Wm Brommund home. Mrs Swisher from Iowa City spent Christmas with Geo Hanna. Zweffel family free from Corwith for Christmas with relatives. Irvin Chagnan, Red Cross ambulance corps, visits Allentown then Christmas with parents. Little Miser Staldard acted as a 7B iek at the church program.
The Prussian food controller notes disappointment in spring crops but an excellent outlook for fall crops. He emphasizes public hunger and hopeful forecasts, saying the issue is not what is but what is to be, with expectations of a plentiful harvest.
The article parodies wartime concerns with American baseball as a training aid for throwing hand grenades and mocks draft evaders. It mentions Edison, war criticism, and imagined schemes, then muses on sensitivities around draft and public reaction, ending with nonsensical culinary quips.
The piece argues farmers can and should take regular vacations aided by automobiles and telephones, with 750,000 farmers and wives visiting New York last winter and more to the Pacific coast. It notes vacations attract rest and progress, cites the Times criticizing disembark, and warns against overfast airplane production or rigid wartime contracts.
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