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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1898
Page
2
A rustic verse traces the life of a man from birth through infancy and youth to old age and death. It follows his folly, vanity, and downfall from office to ruin, ending with a bleak judgment on his last fate and moral decline.
A New Discovery tale from Cowden tells how Mrs Jones, wife of James Jones of Jones & Son, Cowden Mines, recovered after doctors failed. The piece also notes Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and invites free trial bottles at Cole's Drug Store. The text blends with old notices about California immigration, early rail plans, and a Jackson-area land guide, plus horse sale notes from Renwick.
United States Field Trials schedule at West Point Tupelo and Tupelo Mississippi with dates from January 11 to February 4. Mobile and Ohio Railroad agents will sell tickets from St. Louis to Mobilé at reduced rates with baggage car services and camping gear allowed. Several Mississippi agents restricted from certain routes to Tupelo and West Joint.
NEIGHSCREQOD NEWS notes several diphtheria cases at the school and reports missing days due to illness. Mr Campbell returns from a port where he attended a death. students with scarlet fever previously quarantined are back. Miss Disnan presided at a teachers association in Clarion. Woodwenl Camp hosted a supper amid stormy weather, drawing a good crowd. A State University representative visited, praising the school’s condition. The diphtheria cases are recovering well.
Community updates report Mrs x Chuck ill and visiting Tan a with family. Rev Hudson delivered an earnest gospel sermon to a large crowd. Five gatherings within a radius last Friday night, including at Mr Palmers and Mr Engstroms. Assessor Packard travels abroad. Mrs Rob Pierce suffers rheumatism. Charley Porters son ill with bowel inflammation. Luni church attendance noted. Wesley resident J W Hopkins visits. Literary Society debated travel versus reading with affirmative win, then Indians versus Negro as next topic. Sheriff Bradfield active in Wright county business this week.
Nellie Nash attending school in town and Dan McCauley of Des Moines planning a short visit before moving to Montana to join his brothers Hugh and Carrot. Dance at the opera house featuring an Algona orchestra. Wesley Graves back from a southern trip. Baptist Young People Union sociable at Spaf ford home on Jan 27. Eugenia McGauley and Mamie O Niel drove to Bode on business. Mrs Florence Utley formerly Florence McGauley optician examined eyes at Chas Tillson’s last Saturday. Bertha Conner left for Chicago to study music. Rev Cameron of Ida Grove preached at the Presbyterian church and will return next Sunday. Chas Conners visited Chicago to see sister and sights. Revival meetings closed at M E church with eight conversions. Rev Green making many friends and doing good work. Large attendance at meetings. Sunday School and church groups growing. Our Marshal hung in effigy near river wagon bridge last week. W H Robinson sold shoe stock in auction last Saturday and Monday by Luke’s harness shop. he will quit shoes to join the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. Dennis McMahon and wife of Minne...
Ris visits the former's mother this week and last. Rev Green starts revival meetings at Bede this week. Artell Sextette announced for Feb 10 as part of a popular lecture course. St James barber shop changes hands to Haff & Williams with Morris Huff selling stake. Lester of Humboldt college solicits pupils in local magic and plans to return Saturday. Van Hunt moves to St James hotel then ousted by Crandalls who take over. Editors set Humboldt meeting dates Feb 17–18. Revival ongoing at Evangelical church. Larimer visiting from Musselows. Irvings and others travel, Miss Myrtle Johnson ill with aunt. Klondike expedition plans noted. Local dog trapping trip to Algona. W. H. Millard dies after long illness. wife and children left. Israel Irish sent to insane asylum. hopes for recovery. W E Preving opens cigar store on Broadway. Chinese New Year celebrated. Jo Harrington joins Arcade dining room staff. Northwestern Co. trims crew amid dull business. Mrs. W T Osborne ill. Mrs. Alex Blue back from Lake Crystal. Mrs. E J Davis ill on 49th wedding anniversary. Eagle marks its third birthday. Wright county paper praised. H B Smith of New York visiting with W M Smith. Will McDonald now night train caller. Tom Thorn injures foot. Tacob Speich resigns as station agent in Kansas City. Sehneiders acquire new organ. TL Loobey trades for city meat market. Alattie Berner returns from La Verne to visit aunt. Ed Loobey and family visit John Loobey.
C E French remained in Humboldt until this week. Mrs Dr Dean toured Webster City Goldfield and Renwick. Isaac Ketman and wife visited friends around Humboldt. Measles cases rise locally. Mrs George Shesley, near Rutland, buried in Union cemetery after a lingering illness. T F Callahan sells timber to clear land for farming, wood used for fuel in Dakota and Humboldt. Elmer French expected Friday from Mississippi with his wife’s remains for Boal interment and memorial services Sunday the 30th at the Baptist church. High school debate on whether the North shared blame with the South for the Civil War.
An advertisement urges use of De Witt's Little Early Risers as a safe cure for biliousness constipation and sick headache. It promotes instant relief from coughs with One Minute Cough Cure and notes a meeting of The Wright County Teachers Association in Clarion on January 22.
A short, pointed item critiques local politicians in Hamilton county. Mentions nervousness and irritability, and notes an ad for Karl's Clover Root Tea ban that made Mrs. E. B. Warden well. Listing by H. B. Cole as a seller.
A fragmented classified note offers tree sales opportunities. It advertises Stark Nursery locations in Louisiana Missouri and Rockport Illinois and invites readers to send a postal card to learn the truth. It mentions name references and pay to salesmen, plus a hint that work is free and trees may be provided to club makers.
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