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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
2
The 4th of July in Renwick will be marked in the usual festive manner with celebrations organized by the local Red Cross. Attendees are assured that every cent spent will benefit the Red Cross and its good works.
Local items report visits from Fort Dodge, Kendall Wisconsin, and Woolstock. a boy’s illness improves. a Red Cross update corrects a financial figure. film about Abe Lincoln screens. a French monument for American WWI dead is noted. draft lottery drawings set for Thursday with about 1,000 numbers drawn to order registrants.
A garbled old notice touts various remedies for catarrh and coughs. It mentions Dr. Johnson and a firm Pee Cheauy Co of Toledo selling a cure claimed to cure mucous issues, with a dubious claim of one hundred dollars for the cure. Also references Halle Faulty Pills for constipation.
Lena Phipps widow and children thank friends and neighbors for choral tributes and help during illness and death. The letter notes local rumors about buffalo herds near Bancroft, confirms a herd exists twelve miles from Bancroft at a ranch near Swen City, and mentions the herd’s proximity to the town and gossip.
Reported Iowa draft notices and local notes from Camp Dodge. Included are references to registrants being called in August, farm price adjustments, travel between Griftin and Canada, and various community items such as bids, found items, and local events, reflecting wartime and civic concerns.
Mary Wood Butler, born April 26 1841 in Cameren Steuben NY, married Jonathan Butler in 1840 Katnianzoo County Michigan. She left seven children and died June 17 at age 76, with funeral in Hardy and burial Vernon Cemetery.
A quirky program lists a vocal pardon, audience invocation by Rev Figge, and songs including America and What Are You Going to Do to Help the Boys. Performances feature Edna Black, a double quartet, and a Girls Reading segment with Stars and Stripes in Flanders. John Brink leads a pantomime and the Kanawha address is mentioned.
Special to Time reports a series of local visits and greetings. Names include Kenneth Lovell Hector Janse Mrs Mason Mrs Chapman Leo and Mrs Wy Potter of Renwick with others from Algona and Goldfield. Recurrent themes are relatives calling, furloughs and towns visited with several couples listed among attendees and shoppers.
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