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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
6
A disrupted report details a state convention in Des Moines with delegates and visitors, discussing issues, resignations, and electoral actions. The text notes attendance figures, key figures, and motions about amendments, with references to officials and local representatives.
The readable text hints at election discussions and public concerns but is garbled. It mentions towns, plagues, and young voters, with unclear details about dates, places, or outcomes. The piece lacks coherent names or concrete events to confirm.
Fragmentary statistics text from an OCR fragment mentions towns colleges and numbers but lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities to form a proper summary suitable for a newspaper card. The readable items are insufficient to determine a specific event, date, or person.
Wilson releases from Lewonworth to tend bedridden patient at his Tatler in Des Moines. The text mentions tuberculosis and Kenyon and Haley in unclear context, with interruptions and garbled spelling.
Fragmentary text mentions warblages and spraying actions at Taw State ad Teen Raye. Several garbled place names and terms appear, with unclear context about an event, orders, or warnings related to agricultural activity. No clear date, organization, or outcome is identifiable.
O Walter Barr of Wiehient Prekdaliege sued the Des Moines college for 3000 dollars alleging breach of contract. He claims discharge from a position was improper after involvement in a financial matter and cites an agreement entered on March 19, 191h for the yearly payments.
A garbled report discusses Marshalltown and Iowa counties receiving federal road funds. It references Bankhead-Wil, President Wilson, and past sums from 1917 to 1920, noting controls and apportionment limits with unclear details about state highway participation and county distribution.
A fierce storm hit Camp Badge causing water and mud chaos. Soldiers from the Second Regiment responded, mobilizing quickly to reach scattered stations and assist calls for help. None were seriously hurt, but equipment and vehicles faced flood damage and disrupted travel.
Oskaladka citizens organized a large public meeting to start a campaign for funds to replace a fire destroyed school, Ines Pown college. Jamon A. Devitt led a banquet before the program and about a thousand locals and visitors attended. Attorney General George Cosson spoke along with ET Mere dith W J Harding J R Harlan OM Evtwarle F Pann college Eugene Chapin and Virgil Renshaw.
Camp Dailra-lawa units travel toward the Mexican border with planned rations. Five days of travel cost about 8000 pounds of burden. Supplies include 2000 pounds of beans, 6060 pounds of tomatoes, 840 pounds of coffee, 375 pounds of evaporated milk. Panicked prices include 45 cents per pound for wheat and 400 pounds of Ward feud.
Report from Des Moines notes Camp Dodge troops will receive their first pay, about 5.50 dollars daily, while efforts to move funds and transport pay to the camp are described. Medical officers report sixteen infant paralysis deaths in early months, with monthly totals by January through November.
A partial reading from a local bulletin notes Iowa corn size improving and favorable weather conditions. In Independence, the group reports one strong, healthy crop, according to the weather service bulletin issued recently.
Paul Crowley, longtime member of the state food and dairy department, will take a position in the extension department of Iowa State College for the coming year.
Captain F. Love accuses newspapers of printing misinformation about clothing and food provided at Camp Dodge. He says false reports mislead Iowa readers and parents about soldiers life, blaming state circulation for spreading the rumors.
Blacksmith accused in a fatal murder case confesses to killing a friend after consulting a so called Seventh Book of Moses and witchcraft lore. Authorities describe a frail motive, a swift head severing, and note other indictments may follow amid a legacy of quack remedies and anti witchcraft fears.
The incident at a Nhaaloom bar ended with Serbian wrestler Bor Zebieh lifting Martin from near the bar and tipping him through the plate glass window. Police arrested both men and later posted bonds as the victim, Thanieh Marti, recovered from injuries noted as a pack of broken glass scattering the area.
General Carson Geyer, a British commander, is active in the large offensive against German forces on the Somme front. The report notes his role among the top leaders directing operations in Canad.
The passage outlines the Iroquoian Six Nations and allied groups, noting Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Senecas, Cayugas, and Tuscaroras as core members. It mentions the Neutral, Erie, Conestoga, Nottoway, Meherrin, and Cherokee tribes as significant peers in the broader stock, with Ohio’s discovery era views referencing early continental Native occupancy and the Lake Erie region.
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