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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
9
A Saturday Evening Post fragment portrays Uncle Ephraim lamenting scarce money and inability to secure funds from a supplier. He fears hardship, jokes about preaching for income, and voices a general economic squeeze reflected in the era's vernacular.
A hotel clerk testified that a man in Room 13 was awakened an hour early this morning after an altercation or disturbance involving a Portar-Bild incident. The clerk stated the guest claimed no one was hurt.
Fragmented notice references Castoria products and a 30 year signature for Ellly use. Mentions children and Fletcher's Castoria, with stray lines about a bookkeeper and a window scene. The readable text suggests a historical consumer warning or recall context involving a medicine for children.
An unclear ad-like fragment touts LATA TIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary tonics, claiming peculiar effects. It mentions a gambler's wife facing uncertain purchases from sealskin coats to wrappers, with nonsensical phrasing and potential product promotion.
The Webb Kenyon act faces challenges as a U S appeals court weighs legality of shipping intoxicants into dry states without permits. The case targets the right to deliver solicited orders via common carriers and centers on a 1986 statute declared constitutionally altered by Webb Kenyon. The matter elevates state liquor laws to a federal concern, with implications for interstate commerce. Ames hosts Fathers Week at Iowa State College January 20 to February 3, Dairy Day on February 3 draws dairy breeders and milk producers to focus on practical farming issues.
Judge Donegal of SCart county District Court signs a temporary injunction against three Davenport saloon keepers for resisting Iowa dry laws. No contest to the injunction. a hearing on the petition for a permanent injunction will be held later.
In the Ames area farmers have seen land values climb about 57.44 dollars per acre over ten years. The gain surpasses the average per acre value of farm land in nearly every state, with exceptions including New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and California.
Uncle Johnie Phipps of Farragut, about to turn 103, is confined at home with grip. The long time outdoorsman chafes at being indoors during the illness while he was honored in life and lies to the Ws lodge where centenarians were welcomed.
The grip outbreak in this section grows deadly with Mrs. Henderson Aumack among recent victims. Authorities report rising fatalities since December 3 as the illness continues to claim residents, highlighting the severe impact on the aged.
Hardin county farmers band together to hire a county agent or agricultural expert to improve farming conditions. The Wright county success inspires the move as farmers seek a similar program locally.
The first reinforced concrete bridge in the United States was built at Rock Rapids in 1800, spanning the Rock River. It remains in good condition despite aging, and was designed by Wred erick von Himnerger, a friend of Prof. Joseph Melin, who introduced Melan arch bridges. Von Emperger, Melan's representative in the U.S., now resides in Vienna, Austria.
In Keokuk a crowd of 460 gathered as Will Nickell opened the saloon after sheriff John C. Scott testified and filed an information against Nickell. Nickell was arrested and held to the grand jury after a January preliminary hearing in Harrow’s court. Attorneys expect quick state Supreme court action. Seed Corn Outlook Discouraging in Cedar Falls reports only about 65 percent of seed corn from 150 tested samples being strong. Prairie City notes the death of Rev. James A. Ross, 60, a longtime minister in Des Moines conference with wife, son, and daughter surviving.
Cass county board votes to cease general farming at the county farm and run it as a dairy operation. The move aims to solve ongoing losses, as many had favored selling the property after years of financial strain.
Mrs Lewis V Harcourt, an American social figure and cousin of J. P. Morgan, is noted as a friend of Queen Alexandra and prominent in English society. Her husband Lewis W Harcourt, the first Commissioner of Works in the British cabinet, is slated for high colonial post as viceroy of India. The couple, married in 1899, have four children.
The lows Brewing Co formerly closed January 4 in Iowa City has reopened at the Iowa City Cream Oryald Produce Co. and plans future beer manufacturing. The creamery starts with 2,700 pounds capacity and will also produce barter daily.
Thomas Chantland, state oil inspector based in Badger, dies at his home in Ft. Dodge. Heart failure listed as cause. Chantland, 75, had lived in Badger for about forty years and was a familiar figure in the community.
Dubuque residents in Ayscade have sent a petition to the Tontomagues county board opposing any liquor permit for medical use in the town. Signed by over 400 citizens of Uiarade, the petition argues the permit would be abused. Supervisors referred the matter to the District vault as the proper authority for action.
The nipa palm yields a sap called tohe from the flower stalk, about 15 percent sugar when fresh. Philippine Bureau of Science findings show nipa sugar is equal to can sugar and can be extracted without crushing machinery, with 247 acres yielding 22,942 pociitea of sugar.
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