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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
5
A fragmentary old school and community page covers a Mercer ceremony for Alice Wingant, a Swiss-born Peter Bolter Wiess obituary, Wheat Guaranty Bill note, and funeral notices. It names Rev. A W Schlessel van, Mrs. Pater Wiess, Mrs. Fred Mater, and Mrs. J C Gilson among mourners and supporters.
A periodical essay argues for practical agricultural instruction in high schools to advance rural wealth and national growth. It urges full-time agricultural teachers, a core curriculum of kitchen garden and farm topics, and shifting emphasis from classical studies to agricultural competence for future farmers and communities.
A dramatic notice to readers describes a khaki clad American soldier from the 90th division. He carries a heavy camouflaged pack, wears steel studded shoes and a steel helmet, plus a gas mask. He uses a jugling act with a mess kit and is said to have slept in mud and No Man's Land. The warning notes his temperament, weaponry, and travels, received by a Renwick citizen on February 19, 1919.
A soldier sends a note about a popular army song titled Silver Threads Among the Black. He predicts a 1924 return and reflects on peace, homecomings, and wartime hardships including pay differences between conscientious objectors and other servicemen, with critical remarks on postwar reconstruction.
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