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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1898
Page
7
Dr J M Sherman announces an office in Renwick Iowa located in rooms behind the Post Office. The note lists the physician’s name and street area, indicating a new local medical presence for residents seeking care nearby.
Locals report L A Pope and Mrs. Jacobson ill this week while Fern Stodderd also suffers. Revival meetings begin at the M E church and later at the Baptist church. J Butler digs a well for Uncle Zeke Grandon. Henr Bevier’s shoes move to Union Bros. A legal case costs 566.60 plus about 100 in fees. Various dances, marriages, and home projects populate Renwick news as residents plan moves to Illinois and watch local business changes.
The Renwick column lists many residents and visitors including Wallie Harvey, W.T. Drennen, E.B. Butler, Andrew Cosgrave, Frank Clow, Bert Thompson, F.J. Stoddard, and Sheriff Bradfield among others. It mentions a windmill promotion by Bell & Thiel and a tongue in cheek figure by Wil L. Clark comparing local paper readership to paper length.
Farmers at Renwick held a meeting last Friday to discuss a cooperative creamery. Will McCurry chaired, with E K Jenkins from Ledyard explaining local plans versus La Verne style. A proposed butter manufacturing plan by Drennen failed to gain support. new directors were elected to study available creameries and report next time. The editor notes the move could boost Renwick's trade and asks for local business support. A separate legal item covers Charlesworth vs Rhiner over calf ownership, with a jury deadlock then a view of the mother cow showing dehorning evidence leading to a Rhiner verdict. The column ends by praising the Pines page and noting new printing from Omaha.
A teachers meeting for Renwick and vicinity is set for Friday evening and Saturday February 11 and 12. The program includes a lecture Friday night and activities Saturday, with details to appear in the next Times. All teachers are earnestly invited to attend. A Fulton chairs the committee.
Oats advance to 18 cents per bushel Corn to 1.05 Wheat between 72 and 80 Eggs 12 to 14 Butter at 13 Finessean HAVER quoted C2.00 Cattle price from S175 to 4.50 The figures are corrected January 27 1898 and reflect market quotation shifts for the commodities listed.
The notice outlines farm loan terms from R R Smith and promotes The Chicago Times World and The Daily Iowa Capital with a four month subscription offer. It notes rags for sale and advertising lessons, recounts correspondent recruitment, and sets deadlines for notices and letters to the Times.
The Chicago Times Herald is lauded by the Rome Georgia Masonic Herald as fearless, independent, and intensely patriotic with an unequaled news service, setting a bright example for contemporaries to follow.
A February 6 1898 meeting notice for G A R and W B C is issued by A N Starr and Amy Starr. Union Signal reports state liquor laws impact hard cider cases in New York and saloon rules under Martin law in Sioux City Iowa. Stanford University discharges forty one students for grade and conduct issues. Virginia debates liquor sale restrictions in state universities with broad opposition to repeal.
A men’s meeting occurred at the parsonage last Monday. Two sleigh loads of Sunday School scholars enjoyed a sleigh ride last Saturday. Miss Phebe French hosted her Sunday School class Tuesday evening. Revival meetings begin next Sunday with Evangelist W. C. Stewart of Waterloo assisting. BOYPU program next Sunday features devotional exercises, papers on Early Missionary Work by Mrs. F. E. Hudson and the Influence of Christianity on the Indians by A. B. Richardson, recitation The Dying Indian by Blanche French, and a trip description from J. R. Rawden by S. E. Drennen.
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