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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1931
Page
7
Fifty years have passed since Renwick’s first house wagoned in and the town began to form. Early settlers moved homes, the depot and various buildings followed, and a celebration is urged to spur a community-wide event with merchant and resident support for a long overdue town commemoration.
The treasury department industrial alcohol bureau plans manufacture of 2,000,000 gallons of medicinal whisky in 1931 for distillers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. The move supports compliance with prohibition stock sampling and addresses dwindling legal whisky supplies.
The article notes the per capita circulation of money in the United States fell to 87.01 per person or 424,280,000 residents, reaching a low not seen since 1944. December figures show 94,41 per capita, with disorganized phrasing about January.
Rev R C Melkray of Hethechare finds a glass jar filled with fat grasshoppers on a stroll south of Chariton near Larough welover field. None of the old timers recall such a February sight as they rest on park benches and wonder about the clover’s readiness.
A weather briefing from Washington compares rainfall to 85 percent of normal, noting uncertainties about the accuracy and political implications. Critics question the data as a political shield while supporters urge caution and further study.
Renwick High School students attended the annual Short Course Girls Tournament with hayes and glid e events. Renwick girls lost to Ottasen 25 20 in a foul game while Bradgate beat Renwick 60 21 in the consolation. A seventh grade Valentine party at the schoolhouse featured games and snacks.
The letter argues that supply and demand fail to explain price drops when local farms have massive corn surpluses. It cites Hen cock and nearby counties storing corn while southern regions face hunger. It questions why southern states lack credit to purchase town surpluses and stabilize markets until new crops arrive.
Verne May traded his shotgun for the chance to defend his chicken house after a fox raid last Saturday. The animal, a rare black fox, waited as May returned to shoot. The fox measured five feet from nose to tail and drew a crowd in town Saturday afternoon, a first sighting in the area, Corwith Hustler reported.
A damaged OCR style letter sent to the Iowa Department of Agriculture presents a dubious, humorous note from a would be Montana sheepman. The writer asks about sample sheep, pasture, skinning for a Pendleton jacket, and avoidance of wool tariffs. The tone mocks agricultural correspondence and includes misspellings and odd queries about tariffs and turning on streets.
Fred Gilchrist of Laurens and his wife Mrs. Gilchrist narrowly escaped death when their auto stalled on a Lut avenue crossing as a North Western train approached. They jumped clear just before the collision. the car was wrecked, and no one was injured. The couple had been in Des Moines visiting a congressman-elect.
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