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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
5
Community rounds up residents: Miss Gene Potter returns from Eagle Grove, Fay Browns visits, Yeoman family moves to Fenton, and others from Goldfield and Renwick are seen around. Commentary on match tip costs, a soldier photo service, free country quips, and a statistical contrast on iron and steel trade over decades.
President Wilson issues a proclamation urging nationwide observance of June 14 as Flag Day with patriotic exercises. He cites threats to national unity and calls for renewed dedication to liberty justice and united purpose in America.
The report records recent vehicle sales including Charles Lane Overland Martin Baumgartner Overland 83T Frank Black Willys Knight Frank A B Richardson Overland Six John Hefty Overland Six Antone Speich Ford Touring 8 Wike Ford Touring Albert Keller Ford Touring Carroll Richardson Word Touring Will Nissen Ford Roadster. backed by factories with unmatched capital.
Once a year Renwick visits our city with a play a band an orchestra and a tented pavilion. The company brings a merited name and draws good crowds for the big show. This year they present the great American play Rip Van Winkla with a date set for Wednesday June TM.
An American newspaper man finds a lone French soldier at the battle front carving a ring from a fragment of a German shell. The vivid image underscores sailors call scrimshaty and the human urge to craft even amid idleness. The piece riffs on sharksbone canes and old whalebone art from prisoners in the South, imagining an illustrated history of scrimshawing.
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