Unclear People Named in Rexwics Post Office Rooms
Fragmentary item mentions Dr J M Sherman Rexwics Iona Orrick in rooms behind the postoffice with no clear event or date.
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
7
Fragmentary item mentions Dr J M Sherman Rexwics Iona Orrick in rooms behind the postoffice with no clear event or date.
Mrs John Montgomery is very sick. The Tres has new calling cards. Jos Franks hosted a pigeon shoot near the depot on New Year’s Day. W F Bacon is buying horses and will ship 200 to 300 head. J F Tanek has been sick but improving. Peter Graves visits Corwith on Wednesdays. A W G P U meets at Mrs Ross home next Wednesday at 4. Sam Drennen finished filling a house and added good ice. Henry McCurry plans to move into sown next spring. Bir Rice’s houses, Moore people, and La Verne correspondence appear with brief notes. H M Hughes, sup of the G & W at Eagle Grove, died of Bright’s disease and was buried at Del Prairie. A ladies fascinator was found east of Renwick and left at Hudson’s. The Times has new stock of envelope and writing paper from Chicago. Investigate your papers. Standard Safe & Lock Co ad. Mr and Mrs P C Thiel are the parents of a two week old boy. A Clark rumor is cleared. Emmett Lewis’s brother Fred died in Ficklin, Illinois after an accidental discharge.
Lyman Moats of Eagts Grove and an accompanying couple allegedly feigned a life insurance policy to secure a deed for an old farm. They transferred ownership to Aly tn and a co-conspirator, then mortgaged the property for 1500 dollars. Authorities arrested the trio, and the swindled elder man, limited by illiteracy, trusted the lawyer's word.
E F Bacon and many others travel between Des Moines Eagle Grove Renwick and Humboldt for calls and visits. Various residents including J C Hodge Henry Gill and W O Whitehead visit town while others travel to Chicago, Missouri and California. Community events include school programs weddings funerals and a large Woodmen meeting with a convivial spread.
Humboldt updates note visitors Chas Packard and others, Mr Myers and daughter in town, Parley Finch starts state senate term, county supervisors new members Hooper and Herkhimer, poultry falloff, Humboldt College enrollment rise, spring business buildings planned, O E B installation, G A HK W E C joint officers installation, week of prayer observed, Mrs Adams ill but improving, sleighing changes with warmer weather, Richard Mansfield profile discussed, Demorest article on Mansfield portrays kindness and philanthropy, Russia China diplomacy noted.
Market prices listed include oats 17 to 38, corn 1634 to 17, flax 10s, wheat 72 to 80, eggs 16, butter 16, hogs 3.00, cattle 1.75 to 4.50. Also notes corrected December 30, 1897 on farm loans. Travelogue describes snow to St Louis, Cincinnati visit, Lyons business, and church scenes in Cottage Hill with reflections on Methodists and Baptists.
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