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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
2
Advertises job for salesmen to solicit orders for fabricating offs greases and paints. States salary or commission. Gives address The Victor Co. Cleveland 6.
Oscar Engstrom of Renwick Iowa offers Duroc Jersey boars for sale at 30 dollars each. Buyers may contact the seller for purchase details and availability.
Agricultural notice lists potatoes available in rural New York priced at one dollar per bushel. Contact Otto Eng atrom Corwith Iowa or Renwick phone 8F.22 for ordering.
Local notes report Mrs. Oscar Engatrom visiting Webster City and Lil Lee starring in Rose of the River at the Vernon Saturday. A variety of social events fill the week including basket socials at the Vernon Consolidated School and farm sales by Delbert Myers.
A replica ad-like fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio. It claims internal use cleanses blood and facial surfaces with a promise of a $100 reward if the cure fails and urges readers to send for testimonials and circulars.
The boy of Alartin O Heggen arrived from Franca last Friday and was buried in Lake Two cemetery. He was 26, son of Mr. and Mrs Halvor Heggen of Elmore Minnesota. He served in the Cronk line trenches for months and died on Armistice Day from pneumonia, as a brother also died earlier. The family attended the funeral at the Lutheran church with Rev. Schultz officiating. The grave services were by the McPeak Post of the American Legion.
The Renwick teams will play a heavy home schedule with Rowan Dowsa GCorwith Goldfield and Jewel College boys and girls on various Fridays and a two day Little Nine Tournament at La Verne from February 24 to 25.
Word from Washington indicates new postage stamps will appear in 1 2 and 5 cent denominations. The 1 cent green shows the Mayflower, the 2 cent red depicts the landing of the pilgrims, and the 5 cent blue features the Mayflower compact in the cabin. Dates 1620 and 1920 appear in opposite corners.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a naval yard scene and a poet named Halon composing amid a red flag symbol and noisy misheard lines. The text drifts through place names like Los Angeles and Nanthea with scattered references to songs, oratories, and work.
The text confuses constitutional references with peasant labor, land use, and state control. It suggests peasants work land for the central government while prices and wages are set, implying serf-like conditions and a historical comparison to older bondage. An expert notes economy links to clothing and material shortages.
Vernon items report Annie Daseh’s return home on Wednesday and several residents in Humboldt and Eagle Grove for business and visits. A township Farm Bureau meeting occurred at the schoolhouse, a seven-pound baby was born to Mr and Mrs Grover Tirvank, and a spelling contest between third and fourth grade classes showed 17 mistakes by the fourth grade and seven by the third with plans for a girls vs boys contest next month.
Charles Ve Vickrey outlines Near East Relief orphanage efforts in Armenia and the broader Near East, stressing training of children for citizenship and future responsibility. He argues educating children now could prevent greater future wars and cites Alexandropol as a central example with thousands of orphans.
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