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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
7
M B Church notes that R B Cook Parter and Ray Roberts will preach Sunday morning at Epworth League events. A Children’s Day program is planned for the last Sunday in June with church open for inquiry by letter or confession of faith and baptisms for those who wish.
Sunday School at 10:00 a m and morning service at 11:00 a m in English. Scriptural focus John 14 23 31. Local visits include Cecil and Faye Brown to Hebron ND Rev Cook and family at Eagle Grove. Regional social notes and school events across Renwick Lake City Glidden Cedar Falls. Weather and farming updates follow with a Renwick concert report and 50th anniversary alumni reunion notes.
State of Iowa notice announces R M Goettsch appointed administrator of the estate of Joseph Elveel a good deceased in Humboldt County. Creditors urged to settle accounts and present claims to the undersigned for allowance, filed with the clerk of the district court. Dated May 18, 1927. M A Wallitkatt, Clerk District Court.
The United States Biological Survey reports eight return reports of a pintail duck treated for duck sickness in Utah by Dr. Alexander Wetmore. A band No 619 tied to a duck released in October 1926 shows the bird lived at least 13 years, surviving hunters and poison alkali areas. Ornithologist notes in Condor call the record remarkable for annual survival despite dangers and disease.
A playful exchange in the Paradise Flats apartment scene features a man asking his partner to marry him, claiming he is in the seventh heaven if she agrees. The couple banters about marriage as a sign of happiness.
A fragment describes interior decor with silk lines hung in kitchen windows in white cream gray and tan tones. The article notes the hanging style as a silken haze favored by women, with care nearly impossible during laundry delays.
Mrs W Miller of El Paso Texas confronted a tramp who turned out to be her brother Charles Ostick. He recalled being sent to a Chicago bank by employers sixteen years ago, robbed after being struck and mind blanked, then wandered for years.
Dr Lawrason, noted tuberculosis expert, states adults rarely contract TB from milk but children are highly susceptible. He cites estimates of 122000 annual TB deaths in the United States, with around 9 760 among children dying from germs found in cattle.
Popular Science Monthly reports tests using heavy oil instead of gasoline showing promising results. Dr Joseph S Ames of the national advisory committee for aeronautics says diesel engines burning this cheaper fuel could be installed in navy planes soon.
A new projection device uses a gum shaped barrel to emit powerful electric light beams that can illuminate clouds up to five miles away. The press describes its ability to render signs, pictures and colors on night skies.
A garbled tale claims a king rewarded Beethoven with a fake diamond ring for the Ninth Symphony. The piece recalls Ludwig van Benthover and King Frederick William the Third of Prussia, noting the ring contained glass stones and was nearly valueless while the king faced large personal grants.
Montreal dispatch reports relics missing since a 3 year old Quebec Basilica fire were found New Year in a pile of stones at Villeneuve yards in Limoilou. Stones from the old church had been moved for construction material and later identified as Saint Victor and 4 Modesto relics. Villeneuve notified religious authorities of the discovery and the relics were returned to the Basilica.
The report promotes launching small airplanes from ships to speed urgent mails and parcels to ports. It notes successful catapult launches from confined ship decks and claims unmanned aircraft have reached objects 35 miles away, with anticipated range gains to 4100 miles.
After returning to Rockland Maine radio enthusiast R W Tyler found a broken tube. He improvised with a safety pin a flashlight tube and iron wire from a window screen and restored the set, delivering a full evening program with mellow sound, per the Boston Globe.
Dr Harvee of the Institute for Juvenile Research in Chicago reports that American boys today average at least five inches taller than their fathers did. Over 1,000 American-born boys were measured and compared with data from fifty years ago. The rise is attributed to better health and disease control knowledge.
Miss Oiga de la Barra, aged 21, vacations with Conal Whitener in Scotland. She has served as her father's secretary, Dr. Thomas de la Barra, who is the first foreigner to earn the Doctor of Philosophy degree at Glasgow University.
Partial readable notes describe defects found in com mercial fyelaries used for laboratory testing. The text mentions no ichelance and references steel before it GH park, with unclear context and limited details on purpose or origin.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently acquired gilded armor sleeves and a gilded backplate, tracing to the Radzivil family near the Poland frontier around 1625. Curator Deshford Deen notes the armor followed fashion, with sleeves extended beyond garments, reflecting foppish noble taste and elite craftsmanship.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a playful quarrel over manners at table. Miss Hubb is asked about the band she eats with while Boston Mel is told that eating is a process performed by the mouth and teeth, not by the hands. Mr Sapp counters with a literal description of mastication.
Imperial Research Institute scientist Dy. PL Poson Weimann reports successful experiments turning worn silk garments into higher quality thread. Old silk reges dissolved, processed into liquid, jelly, then plastic to be drawn into threads.
A motorist in Slippery Slap asks Lom Dumrm about Jerclomon’s family. Lom replies the clan is not large but quarrels and fights loudly, with one wife, seven children, multiple in laws, and many kin living with him. The Kansas City Star quotes the anecdote.
The German skyscraper in Hamburg rises 13 stories along the lines of the Flatiron building in New York. A corner resembles a ship’s prow and there is no elevated sidewalk. Upper floor promenades extend outside for office workers. It is hailed as Germanys nearest approach to the American skyscraper.
Health expert notes sun rays benefit undernourished children with rickets and other issues. Ultraviolet light from electric lamps serves as the next best thing. In Paris an indoor sandy-beach like playground bathed in UV light attracts children seeking relief from ailments.
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