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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
7
A short historical notice mentions Dr J M Sherman and Orvicz in rooms behind the post office, with Rexcher referenced in connection to the same location. The fragment suggests a local address or office listing in a small town directory.
Local items report John Meyers doing carpentry for GF Mack this week and Chris Vohs family moving into the house vacated by Mr Jacobson. A fire on Renwick’s Brown building area is stopped by firemen after ice and windmill work. Mrs Murphy’s death near Hardy prompts more details later. The Daily Iowa Capital offer covers four months for 31.09.
Personal notes trace numerous Sunday trips and visits among Humboldt Webster City Fort Dodge and surrounding areas. Mentions include Artie Packard Joe Keeney Byron Parsons Frank Dean Mrs Sparks Mrs A C Pairman Chris Stein and others visiting relatives friends and attending events. Several plans for future moves and trips are noted with scattered addresses and towns.
Local notices mention a book offer on page 8 and illness among Ea Schoolerait staff. John Lock ey’s sale drew good turnout while Co-Operative Creamery processed 6,000 pounds of milk on Monday. Robt. McMenemy moves with family to Richardson’s store rooms. Fire at the T. C. K. society and a Havana harbor explosion are noted, with many missing. A religious revival in Hardy reports converts and Evangelist Benedict’s work. Rev. H. G. Richardson resigns from Universalist church to study law, with future lectures planned in Glennville and potential study at Columbian Law College.
Ed Egcerth prepares new house as lumber arrives. Local market reports, health notices, social events, ads, and letters from Renwick feature sightings of ckapheria, a voyage from San Francisco to Dawson, and vivid Alaska travel impressions from ES Berner. References to Lighthall sale, Mack's hall events, and Pioneer Ross archive.
A dense collage notes prices for oats corn and other commodities, farm loan offers, statements about non-liability for work by named firms, a Butter Makers convention in Topeka and rail excursion days, a teachers meeting in Renwick with Prof. Cromwell speaking on citizenship education, a Camp MWA plan of sympathy for a bereaved family, a creamery sale of livestock and equipment, and church services and Epworth League topics at the Renwick Methodist Church.
Mrs Ray's baby shows improvement after a long illness. Eden Albee, last year’s graduate, visited the high school. The Woman's Missionary Society held a social in the Presbyterian church with a good program. A grain house near Thrall is nearly finished. Mr John Stevenson lost a horse Monday, killed after being kicked by another. Renwick W C T U hosted by Mrs Wim Persons. Five nurses to graduate from National Temperance Hospital in Chicago today with exercises in Willard Hall. Margaret Dye Ellis writes from Washington DC on liquor prohibition bills and petitions. Rocky Mt tea promoted as a remedy by I B Cote.
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