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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
2
The Lutheran church announces next Sunday services at Smith Park led by Our Sunday Seant. All children and friends are invited to worship at 10 49 a m. If it rains the congregation will meet in the church for regular services.
Local short items report Fred Rasmisserf and dairies safe in France, visits by Miss Myrle Sizer, Mrs. Otto Roepke and others, a theatre program at Vernon Theatre, a party for Warl Norder who enlisted, travel by Mr. and Mrs. Chris Brench, and commentary on beef production and Liberty bonds. Also mentions a shotgun remark and funeral for B O Blomgren in Kanawha with services at Fort Dodge Gowrie.
Local business leaders of The Commercial Club plan to organize Labor groups and assist farmers in the harvest. The secretary and Martha will compile a list of men needing help, urging Renwick Farmers Exchange Co. accounts to settle by August 1 before Lamy leaves. Fort Dodge visitors include Hansen, manager, and Mrs. Bigings and Vera.
An OCR fragment shows mixed numbers and codes like 8,000, 1,000, 4,000, and 49262 with 15,862.23, plus terms such as recerteerees and HOR Sernord. The text appears to be a garbled ledger or rates section with unclear context and incomplete items.
A wartime home economy note describes a Canadian woman cooking for a family with twelve pounds of cereal and a varied weekly ration. It lists substitutes for bread and desserts and a plan for vegetables, potatoes, and staples. It emphasizes practical meals and frugal nutrition.
Farmers report a record bean harvest with 15,000,000 bushels more than last year as Venish diet advocates tout beans as meat substitutes. The agriculture department notes extraordinary demand from war industries, urging careful handling while highlighting beans’ high nutritive value and patriotic use in feeding the nation.
Reports show over ten thousand tons of wheat in Iowa farmer hands located by the food administration. Wheat is claimed to be pledged back to the government for stalls and supply, with high production expected as records may fall. The piece notes rising U S wheat output during the month and reflects on economic business implications.
On June 21 1918 a paper purporting to be the last will of Edward Phipps was filed and opened. The court fixed October term for final proof and probate at which interested persons may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. Dated October 21 1918. Oxborrow.
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