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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1931
Page
9
A rural update notes farm items and local commerce. Gray's Corner expects Briquettes A car will arrive this week for briquettes and coal substitutes. Farmers discuss fertilizer, cash sales, and dairy matters while avoiding participation in the Short Course show.
Local notices detail Eagle Grove Hatchery promotions for baby chicks and hatching services. Community items list visits by residents from Arm es and Waterloo, social calls, a set of tire chains found at the Times office, and travels to Fairmont. Weather commentary notes forecast accuracy around the Renwick Farmers Institute.
Special execution in favor of Metropolitan Life Insurance against Annie C Danielson widow and others directs sale of nonexempt property in Humboldt County Iowa. Levied is SE quarter of Section 11 and other parcels in Township 93 North Range 27 West with sale set for March 3 1931 at 10 am at the courthouse door in Dakota City. Sheriff H J Sexe and deputy announce attorney Gerty Thomperp Koyeat City.
The article outlines a church program for First Baptist Church with J A Horley and Prater, noting a strong attendance on a cold winter period. It lists Sunday School with the theme Cultivating honest living, Morning Worship Life's Reciprocities, Young Peoples Meeting A quiet talk with God each day, Evening Worship The sword of Botomon from 4 Kings 25, and Saturday choir rehearsal at the parsonage.
Evangelical Church led by Pastor A. Hachten holds Sunday worship at 11 a.m and 7:30 p.m with Sunday school. Midweek service is Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Ladies' Aid meets on the first Wednesday and missionary society on the second Wednesday monthly. choir practice Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. Junior group events noted.
St Pauls Lutheran Church in Dirks invites worship at 11:00 a m on Sundays with German services on the last Sunday each month at 9:00 a m Luther League Devotional on the first and third Sundays at 7:30 p m Ladhen Akt gathering on the first Wednesday at 2:00 p m You are welcome to our place of worship.
George I. McDowell is noted as pastor at the M. E. Church with Sunday School at 10 15 a m and Morning Worship at 11 a m. The note invites regular attenders and newcomers to join worship services.
The .i. OT. U. meets Thursday at the home of Mrs. A. R. Martin with Mrs. Harold Saston as leader. The Renwick school faculty entertained the school board and families at the home of Supt. and Mrs. Sperry Monday evening. Jake Kubly and daughter Ethel, Mrs. Wilbert Kubly, George and Arthur Kraft visited relatives in Jeffers Minnesota last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rasmussen and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rasmussen attended the infant daughter's funeral at Webster City Tuesday.
Irregular OCR recounts a late 19th century gridiron test between Miura and Mistely at Snaswick in November 194. The narrative names Vine ind ptnyent and Borralites from New York World as publisher. The passage describes back and forth play, early formations, and a dramatic drive leading to an overtime finish as Princeton students and faculty react to the game’s outcome.
A fragmented 19th century style account recounts Bishop A jengrapher and geographers manager Htun in Noster meeting explorer Sir Wiehord Buren. Burton questions ancestry of the bishop amid dialogue about progress and descent from angels, as reported by Detroit Free Press.
A garbled report claims a Chinese group solved a unicorn puzzle, asserting the mythical creature exists. It cites Morvan graduates and Oriental figures, mentioning an avian resemblance and a supposed historical exploration, but the text is incoherent and unverified.
The article explains nicotine content in tobacco ranges from seven to nine percent, with coarser grades higher. Cigar tobacco often exceeds two percent nicotine. pipe smoke carries a strong pyridine odor. Nicotine is not present in tobacco smoke as a distinct chemical, but is formed during processing and combustion.
Revs Howell Gronow notes the eccentric Queen Fand of Snuff City and Wing George III admired snuff. The royal scene at Windsor includes a charity box of gold and a glassy moment as a wealth of snuff was revealed amid royal walking.
The fragmentary text hints at a king delivering a speech amid parliamentary debate on constitutional causes and legal bases. It references royal authority, session beginnings, and ties to historical rituals, with unclear dates and names.
The provided text is garbled and unreadable, lacking coherent names, places, dates, or events to summarize into a newspaper card. No discernible person, organization, or action can be identified for a factual T and S pair.
A Field Museum News report states cordfish appeared in Europe long ago via Chinese settlers from St Helena and Nyarlu. Darwin noted poll fish China’s confinement history, while Chinese records claim the goliath goldfish is native to rivers in China. Domestic cultivation produced many grotesque varieties through deliberate breeding and chance.
Fragmentary account describes a Burning Spring near Charleston West Virginia linked to George Washington. It mentions early land purchases by Washington and the 1800s discovery by brothers David and Joseph Ruffner in the Kanawha Valley as part of a natural feature later gifted as a park.
A London note reports the vicar of St. Bride's paying a guinea yearly to access his home through a narrow back alley near Bridewell, once a palace and later a workhouse and prison. The old wall and rights have evolved, leaving a paid right of way behind the church vicinage.
The passage cites early nautical terms Westward Ie and Eastward Ife familiar to London boatmen on the Thames. It traces mentions across Shakespearean lines and 19th century works including Westward Woe (1925) and Sir Amyas Leigh in The Relic of Queen Elizabeth (1852) by Kingsley, suggesting a Shakespearean origin.
An old legend tied to the Wandering Jew gained renown in Germany noting a man who claimed to be the Ewige Jude. He described himself as a Jerusalem shoemaker who refused Christ at his door and declared he must wander until the last day. The tale circulated via a Tasheran storeman’s account.
The damaged text describes the former Bucsingnam palace location, its construction by John Sheet and connections to the Earl of Arington, demolition in 1703, and purchase by Goore THT for the British royal tally, later settled by Queen Charlotte.
An unclear fragment hints at a quote about real secrets to success, urging diligence, ministry trustworthiness, and grit as essential for advancement. Names and specifics are unreadable, leaving a vague discussion of motivation and effort.
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