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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
5
The Renwick Farmers Exchange announces flour in stock for home use, touting OCCIDENT FLOUR as a top product and offering a money back guarantee. The notice emphasizes baking quality from skilled hands and invites customers to purchase sacks of flour now stored near the railroad.
A. W. Gray of Renwick Iowa won the capital prize in a story writing contest conducted by Caray Salt company. Entries came from nine states including Kansas Missouri New Mexico Nebraska Oklahoma Montana South Dakota and Arkansas. Thirteen prizes were awarded. the capital prize was ten dollars and twelve prizes of two dollars each. Gray won with a poem Salt Rhyme printed in full.
A rustic verse playfully extols salt’s everyday use in food and life. It humorously cites salt for curing meals, seasoning meats, pickling vegetables, and even guiding rabbits, while invoking family humor and old tales. It ends by urging readers to ask their dealer for CAREY-IZED salt.
A satirical piece asserts Washington, D.C. remains legally wet while New York Harbor is dry. It jokes that embassies exempted from prohibition let officials drink, mocking the inconsistency of enforcement and convivial hypocrisy among lawmakers and elites.
Former Ranchele Dealox Locales at Humboldt announces F W Heckwith af Aiggonn ting has accepted a position at Lodiwig Grocery and began duties Tuesday. He is well qualified with twenty two years running a general merchandise store in Renwick and has worked in Algens for three years.
A garbled report from Algona describes Wilbur Nissen being taken to Algona Hospital on Monday morning for an appendectomy. He was placed on the operating table and the procedure proceeded without immediate complications as the writer notes his vital signs were fine at that moment.
Mrs. Filiel Barrett, daughter of Mya Mrd and Frank Amspoker of Humboldt, announces her candidacy for recorder to succeed Margaret Preble. The Humboldt Republican notes her sixteen years in Humboldt, prior work at Ros & Lichty in LaVerne, service with War Risk in Washington, Western Newspaper Union in Des Moines, and five and a half years as deputy county clerk. She is a capable bookkeeper and respected community member poised for a strong campaign.
A new U S Treasury dollar note debuts in circulation with blue seal and large numeral 1. The design features bold silhouettes against a light background, fewer hanja details, and full spelling of one. Citizens are urged to greet the new bill with proper salutes before spending.
Miss Violet L. Hanson and Mr John E B Hanson tied the knot at Archie Baptist Parsonage on January 9. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Rasmus Hanson while the groom is a young farm laborer from Boone Township. Rev Nicholson performed the ceremony among friends of the Rusmina Hanson family.
A citizen recalled a cold night incident when a man dressed in pajamas attempted to enter the home after a tire repair gone awry. Unable to enter, he exited through a front door in heavy snow drifts, wandering outside in pajamas.
A fragment notes Will Hayes facing renewed scandal as he seeks to revive his film career. It references Mabel Normand and a chauffeur incident, with crude gossip about late era debauchery and unfinished business in the cinema world.
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