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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1897
Page
6
In a respectful exchange Mr. Washington questions Uncle Samson about manual training in schools. Uncle Samson, with a wary look, declines the plan, insisting Josina Romulus will receive all needed training at home from his wife and himself despite the neighbor’s push.
An eminent physician asserts singing helps prevent pulmonic complaints. He notes Germans are seldom afflicted with consumption, crediting strong lungs from vigorous exercise as part of their education. For information write Mr. J. R. Beugan, General Passenger Agent, Oman Nebraska.
A Nashville man plans a Florida monkey ranch to supply low price monkey meat lauded as delicious. The clipping also promotes Hall's Sicilian Hair Renewer for beauty and growth, alongside assorted historical trade and local notices.
The itemized bulletin lists Stephen Crepe’s border life story for Century, Crockett’s Lochinvar serial in Christian World, and Cyprian life by the Archbishop of Canterbury. It notes Mrs Rorer moving to Ladies' Home Journal, Byron edition details, Chandler Harris turning historian on Georgia tales, Heilprin on Antarctic knowledge, Pepe Lee EM study, and ethics topics in Tokyo. Also mentions Dickens edition, Dean Maitland illustrations, Tuttett’s Maxwell Gray continuation, Trent’s Southern statesmen lectures, Ward’s new novel The Burglar Who Moved Paradise.
A young man in fashionable dress boards a Detroit bound train and tries to identify himself to a farmer on board. He pretends to be a nephew of a Detroit man, comparing himself with a mock confiding tone, and ends up misidentifying his uncle who travels often. The scene includes a humorous consequence when the real identification fails and the two youths laugh, while a stray reference to steam as an extinguisher appears in the narrative.
A West Branch Iowa veteran Mr Robertson, aged about 60, describes long battle with rheumatism and kidney trouble. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with relief after months of use, saying nightly urination reduced and energy improved while noting continued care needed and possible full recovery with persistent treatment. He praises the pills and urges others with similar ailments to consider them, while the reporter cites corroboration from local officials.
Prospector Anderson near the Tami O'Shanter mines fought a 250 pound bear with a dog and a knife in a brutal, life threatening encounter. Anderson was badly injured but killed the bear and survived to tell the tale.
A scrambled OCR passage references music vibrations and tuneful accord, stomach bitters, Bushmen language, a claim about ape language, an Elkhart Indiana carriage manufacturer advertisement, and scattered moralizing lines. The readable items hint at ads, linguistic notes, and general commentary rather than a cohesive news story.
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