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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1899
Page
7
Peter Graves and Geo Richardson visit Renwick while locals travel to Webster City Britt Des Moines and Oswald Schneider families gather for picnics and baptisms. Report on Vernon Two schools lists attendees and behavior. farmers seek workers and advertise oats and barley harvest. Camp meeting at Goldfield opens with well known pastors and local promotions urge home trading and DeWitt’s laxatives.
A Humboldt county page lists a full day program with a 11 00 a m sermon by Rev A R Paul in the Large Tent reading the Declaration and a Humboldt Male Quartet. Pigeon shoot near Ball Park with prize money 10.00 and a long schedule of foot races including boys and men events, a wheelbarrow and three leg race, a pole vault style hurdle race and a Roxie Race open to all. Baseball match Goldfield vs Renwick for 15.00, followed by wrestling, supper, concert and a grand fireworks display. Also notes a marriage near town at Lew Olden's home, a panoramic Naval battle lecture at Opera Hall with 50 stereopticon views, and rail routes and special fares. Includes train times Des Moines to St Paul, plus a local Ice cream ad and reader note about DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
A notice invites customers to view fine wedding stationery and order plain or fancy cards on short notice. The item appears amid a mix of local notices and advertisements in a regional paper.
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