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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
6
A call to Americans to purchase War Savings Stamps on June 28th. Citizens are urged to pledge every penny they can, up to 1000 dollars, to support the war effort. The piece frames patriotism as a costly duty and warns against withholding funds.
A massive rail collision in Indiana involving the Carl Hagenbuck and Wallace circus train and an empty troop train near Gary Hammond left about seventy five dead and two hundred injured. The wreckage burned and many victims were incinerated. The engineer reportedly missed signals while speeding toward Chicago.
Remick defeated Humboldt 3 to 2 in a lively Sunday baseball clash. Harry Bonnwell starred for the home team with slick pitching and Humboldt’s hitters were stymied. The article urges fielding changes and notes the Sunday game drew strong local interest. Kanawha unbeaten visits next Sunday.
A military note states that about 900000 U.S. troops have been shipped from all embarkation ports, placing General March five months ahead of the plan for an army in France. Previous figures topped 800000, with further shipments anticipated as the paper notes a potential rise toward a million.
The adjutant general announced that 17 800 selectmen have been ordered to Camp Gordon Atlanta Ga and Camp Pike Little Rock Ark for a five day period starting July 22 194? These moves exhaust class L of the law selects as part of the July draft.
Aline Wollaires-Winput County hosts a convention with speeches from Mrs Francia G. Whitley of Webster City Iowa chairing the Women’s Committee of the Council of Defense. She advocates wheat conservation pork and government cooperation while outlining the Children’s Year program to weigh and measure all children under six. Doctors and nurses offer free services and local clubs coordinate the effort in Dows Clarion and Goldfield.
Edward Phipps born September 18, 1841 near Hopkinton Massachusetts died June 16 1918 at Renwick Iowa aged 77 years 8 months 2 days a Civil War veteran served in Co B 16th Wisconsin married February 1869 to Philena Thompson moved to Iowa 1872 farm near Renwick later town joined Christian Union then Baptist church had three sons W E Phipps and two daughters Mrs C Hi Long Miss Ore Phipps and Mrs S B Mosely and Walter H Phipps one son died at birth survived by wife three grandchildren funeral at Baptist church Wednesday June 19 at 2 pm conducted by Rev Nicholson interment Elmwood Cemetery
A writer in the Dublin Express defines a printer as a waggish knave unacquainted with commerce, a cheerful idiot and necessary evil, an irre sponsible party who never keeps a promise, echoing Byron and Johnson with a printer's promise noted in fragmentary quotes. The piece surveys public perception of printers in a dictionary style.
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