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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1931
Page
6
Fifty years ago Wiefiret hduge moved into Renwick, shaping a growing town. The article urges Old Timers to organize a celebration to keep Renwick on the map with local merchants and residents backing the effort.
The Industrial Alcohol Bureau of the Treasury orders two million gallons of medicinal whiskey for distillers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky to maintain a stock under the prohibition law. The government aims to replenish dwindling supplies, noting manufacture was halted in 1920 and about 1.5 million gallons are used nationwide annually.
The per capita circulation of money in the United States slumped to the lowest point since 1914 in January, dropping to 87.11 on a populating basis. December’s per capita circulation was 39.41, while January’s figure was 47.82. The printer notes that the per capita measure does not impact business.
The Rev R C McKray of Bethel church reported finding grasshoppers in a jar in a clover field south of Chariton during a February stroll. He noted the unusual sight while commenting on weather or seasonal patterns.
A garbled weather note discusses rainfall in Iowa at 85 percent of forecast from October 1. The piece questions meteorologist J. J. Ilincer and hints at political overtones. It mocks the data and suggests farmers must wait for clearer guidance while criticizing recent figures.
Renwick High School entered the Shark College event after Friday dismissal for the girls and boys judging contest. Renwick girls fell to Ottagen 25 to 23 with a tight second half, while Renwick and Bradgate met in a coagulation game ending 60 to 21 in Bradgate’s favor.
The ith grade hosted a Thursday evening Valentine party at the schoolhouse with Mrs Sperry as class sponsor. Elvis Packard Willig Sperry and M K Sperry attended. Refreshments included sandwiches pickles fruit salad rookies fruit nectar and popcorn.
Children enjoyed a geography themed week at Modes of Travel from early days to modern Ames with displays of first automobiles and travel posters. Several pupils were absent for illness. reports note arithmetic and reading work, a post office project by grades six and seven, and a Valentine box visit to Clarence Blatty’s home.
In the Renwick Farmers Institute soap carving display notes to be viewed by the school community. Cleo Bell Mim bach and Richard Walker earned top spelling scores in the second grade. Milford McPeak and Cleo Bell Mim bach served as valentines mailmen at a party. High scoring readers last week included Galvin Packard Ronald Stephen Blaine Fleimmig Donald Claussen Twila Bommel and Cleo Bell Mim bach.
The writer argues against supply and demand theory noting vast corn cribs and egg stores in Hancock and nearby counties while millions in the south and southwest face hunger. He questions why southern states do not use credit to buy Iowa surplus foods to ease starvation until next harvest. He dismisses claims that market forces set prices.
A quirky letter to the Department of Agriculture from a Montana reader asks about obtaining a sheep for his office and jokes about pasturing, pelt use, skinning, and a tariff free wool, ending with a note on street signage and turning limits.
Fred Gilchrist of Laurens the tenth district congressman elect and Mrs Gilchrist escaped death when their car stalled at an Ames crossing with a North Western train approaching. They jumped clear as the gates came down and the train passed within yards. The incident followed a week of unusual events including a five foot black fox sighting and a chiming report of a fox raid at Corwith Hustler.
A quirky note proposes a playful Inuit themed toy world with imagined spellings and names, referencing an author or designer seeking a simplified Canadian flavor in the concept. The fragment hints at creative naming and cultural blend in a whimsical project.
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