17 Jan 1929
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1929
Page
1
A discussion on how advertising can create desire for goods by offering reduced prices and special terms. It suggests merchants stimulate business by presenting slow-moving items at discount, inviting shoppers to buy now or later, and tailoring ads to attract waiting buyers.
Last Sunday between 8 and 9 p m two dogs chased into J M Witkowson s 280 flock in a cornfield a half mile from the house and killed or maimed about fifteen sheep eight have died with more likely to perish The dogs a police dog and a yellow dog were tracked east and shot at without being felled The dogs weighed about eighty pounds each and would fetch a fair sum at current prices
A Wisconsin university professor cites an extended investigation concluding that communities with high newspaper readership tend to be more prosperous and progressive. The piece endorses subscribing to the home town paper first and notes social value of informed families while musing on historical figures and work ethics.
A pack of dogs attacked hogs driven by G AW Migne, injuring several and killing one 100 pound hog. C B Gray reportedly fired at the animals but hit none, while Eyward Bexeseuv of Marshfield, Wis predicts mild weather in 1929 after observing onion rings in a cellar. A composite of unrelated notes follows on weather, war morale, debt, a musical forecast, and general quips.
The year 1929 opens with sustained flight feats and aviation milestones. The Question Mark fighter remained aloft over 150 hours with mid air refueling, while Bobbie Trout and Amelia Earhart mark significant women’s aviation achievements. Caribbean air mail links and Byrd’s Antarctic ambitions hint at global expansion in aviation.
Lynch a farm hand at the Manvil Hegg farm northeast of Kanawha died Thursday evening at Park hospital Mason City from injuries suffered Monday morning when gored by a bull. He was attempting to grasp the ring in the animal’s nose when the bull pushed him into a stall and pitched him out. He had lived at the farm about a year and left no known relatives.
Humboldt Independent reports thieves visited the local schoolhouse Friday night gaining entrance by forcing the library door. The janitor tools were used and the safe was broken into. Professor Jakway estimates about 50 dollars taken, likely receipts from the basketball game. This is the third or fourth time the school has been visited by thieves.
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