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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
2
The Wisco Lume A advertises lumber for shelters and stocks, claiming higher quality and lower prices than competitors. It urges customers not to stay out in the cold and to buy from them, contrasting other towns' supposed good lumber with their superior offerings.
Farmers are busy husking now. Various residents recover, move, or travel. Revival meetings in Hardy show progress. Deaths occur in Humboldt Beaver and local areas. Electric lighting plans loom, while a house fire endangers a large family. Community events include school, medical treatments, anniversaries, and court news.
Fragmented historical quote about John Jacob Astor linking wealth to property and asking if others will manage affairs for bed and board. The text then shifts to a sensational note about Houtedale girls, criticizing their appearance and virtue, with garbled phrases and unclear dates or locations.
The piece describes a village courtship ritual where a suitor plants a choice plant in an empty vase as a formal proposal, with acceptance shown by the woman tending the plant. It contrasts superstition in parenting with modern skepticism, quoting Elbert Hubbard on Meissonier and celebrating folk beliefs as part of cultural tradition.
In a Webster City Tribune item, Burleson & Co billed goods to Murphy & Co of Woolstock with a return clause. Murphy & Co allege theft reduced goods worth about a hundred dollars, leading to a suit in Wright county over returnable items and Murphy’s liability. The report notes seeds offers and garden plans printed in the periodical.
The article warns the greatest danger from La Grippe is pneumonia. It advises reasonable care and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to avoid danger, noting many people have benefited from the remedy in past bouts.
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