Local News Roundup Hits Webster City and Nearby
Mr Martin Christianson visited Webster City on Tuesday. Mrs N M Loobey traveled from Coldfield arriving Wednesday noon. Miss Mary Miller from Goldfield spent Sunday with her friend Mrs Kaura Packard. Clyde Mills, back from Missouri, returned Tuesday noon. Minnie Baumgartner, lately at Sam Maurer’s, moved from LaVerne Monday. John Egenes visited Des Moines Monday bringing home his son Byron who had been in hospital there two weeks.
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Mary Miller
Goldfield
Migs
Kaura Packard
Clyde Mills
Missouri
Minnie Baumgartner
Sam Maurer
LaVerne
John Egenes
Des Moines
Byron
Renwick Sealed Bids Sought for Old School Building
Notice from the Secretary of the Independent School District of Renwick announces sealed bids for the sale of the Old School Building and Heating Plant. Bids due at 3 o clock p m January 22 1916. Building and heating plant bid items are separate. The board may reject any or all bids. Dated Renwick January 4 1911 Geo A Stoddard Inc.
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Renwick
Bidaon
Geo. A. Stoddard Inc
New Death Test Using Ether In Eye Suggested
An Italian physician proposes a novel death test by injecting ether into the eyeball. If life remains, the eye reddens. if death occurred, no change appears. The concept is presented alongside a dialogue about belief and unbelief between a husband and wife.
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Jane
Lead pencils dominate world production and US share
World pencil output nears two billion yearly with about half made from American brown cedar. The United States produces roughly 760 million pencils annually, equating to more than eight pencils for every inhabitant.
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United States
Just Estimate. Paramp Despised Yet Untouchable
The Kansas City Star quotes Professor Pate declaring the paramp a nuisance with impolite presence in society. He notes it is worthless decoratively or gastronomically and does not inspire happiness or intoxication, yet no one challenges it openly. The piece satirically highlights social nerve and conformity.
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Pate
Kansas City Star
Free Souvenir Photo at Renwick Hotel Gallery
Local photographer Bert Stone will be at the Hotel Gallery in Renwick on Saturday February 5 for one day only. Send a post card request before February 1, 1916 to receive a free neighborhood Shepherd of the Hills photo taken by the author in the Harold Bell Wright area.
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Harold Bell Wright
Renwick
School Notes Preview of a Busy Term at Local School
The report covers the first primary grades recording weather for January and a Washington Program while Grade 1 advances in addition and multiplication. Edith Claussen leads spelling with 24 headmarks, and eight students attended during the Blizzard as attendance remained low due to sickness.
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Edith Claussen
Ernest Gugger
Melya Black
Vernon Lindstrom
State v M I Bean and Lee Chamberlain court case
The local court last Thursday found M I Bean and Lee Chamberlain guilty of disturbing the peace. Each was fined ten dollars and costs. The county attorney, newly elected and not a lawyer, called the proceedings. A riot nearly occurred in the courtroom but the matter closed with a quiet result.
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State
Local notices and social updates from the week
Several residents report grippe and sickness with Mrs. Casper Norder on the sick list and Harry Falls improving after a recent illness. Charlson the jeweler advertises first class jewelry work. A Chicken Pie Supper is hosted by the High School Athletic Association on Saturday. Mrs. Nettie Heanen visits Martha Smith and travels to Webster City. Members and guests attend a John Winter home party last Monday. Due to bad roads a bob sled overturned, none seriously injured but Edred Packard sprained an ankle.
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Nettie Heanen
Martha Smith
Webster City
John Winter
Edred Packard
For Sale A Good Organ O Cheap
Brief classified notice offers an organ for sale at a low price. Contact box 91 Hardy IN for details and arranging purchase.
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Hardy, In
Johms and Helmke Announce Partnership Dissolution
Johms and Helmke declare the dissolution of their business partnership and plan a public sale event titled Public Sole Webuary. The notice outlines the ending of their joint venture and upcoming procedures.
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Johms & Helmke
Wee
Hawthorne Recovers as Local Notices Pie Supper
Mr Henry Hawthorne is recovering from pneumonia. Dont forget the Chicken Pie Supper at the I O U O F parlors and bring your family. Joel Maland died at his Kanawha area home after an appendicitis operation in Algona hospital. Berti Vantries of Algon a confessed to stealing a steer from Robert Kains farm and Robbing Model clothing store. He said he stole to feed seven starved children, oldest 10, youngest 10 months, in a one room hut. He has been held to the grand jury as county authorities care for the family.
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Algona
Berti Vantries
Algour
Robert Kain
Vantries
Kossuth
Beig
The Chesapeake retriever in breeding and deed
A writer in Outing extols the Chesapeake as the ultimate retriever capable of fetching any object moved by its strength. The author notes Beavers and similar dogs show wear from carrying hard items, while the breed’s aim remains to perfect retrieval, even in water.
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Beaver
Unkind Wifelike Cynicism Prompt in Womankind Phrase
The fragment hints at a discussion of cynicism in mankind and womankind. It contrasts cynical views between husbands and wives, suggesting gendered perspectives on human behavior within domestic life. The text is incomplete but centers on gendered cynicism.
Universal finger printing urged for wide adoption
In a New York Sun letter Wlademar Kaempffert former Scientific American editor urges universal finger print identification. He notes army privates already record prints and banks require thumb marks for checks. He predicts prints will protect life insurance applicants and civil service exam papers and aid criminal identification alongside Bertillon’s system.
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New York Sun
Wlademar Kaempffert
Scientific American
United States Army
Kaempffert
Wise Child and Mother in a Speakeasy Exchange
A satirical dialogue features a phlegmatic philosopher and a cynical man debating fitness for suffrage era society. The exchange touches on time, watches, and the value of entertainment, ending with a quip about waiting through three movies for value.
Pertinent Curiosity Dialogue on Garbage, Boat Progress
A child asks his father a curious question about the garbage man and the boat. The father explains that their boat’s progress was halted by rising water and mentions bailing out as the action taken. The fragment preserves a domestic scene with simple nautical imagery.
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Martin — Christianson
Tim Press
Sorghum
Bert Stone
Toway
Times Office
Louis Rabiner
Washington
Oren Selgelid
Casper Norder
Harry Falls
Charlson
High School Athletic Association
Fremont
Alee
Ventory Price
Flannalette
Tion
Ross & Maurer
Mr. Henry Hawthorne
I. O. UO. F. Pariors
Joel Maland
Kanawha
Opera House
Henry
Wifle
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