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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
14
Aptice of assignment for benefit of creditors directs Renwick Cement Co and Renwick Tile Co to file sworn statements of their claims with C. F. Plenmiiy, assignee. Creditors have three months from the first publication to present their claims and notify the designated official.
A collage of town tidbits from local visits and shoppers. Iver Svenson returns from Chicago to help Hans Madison. Miss Colan visits Des Moines. plans for a Renwick July 4th celebration and a sale of horses at the livery barn. Local stores tout made to measure suits at Richardson's and Beckwith & Son, with a Save at First National Bank offer. Fire damages hit multiple downtown businesses in Clarion. Text mentions Australia wheat acreage and early 20th century women's suffrage developments in Ohio and Indiana.
A community plea warns Boone township to reconsider plans to sell Smith park. The letter argues losing the park harms long term community welfare and urges residents to unite, support park preservation, and keep a local monument to progress and Mr Smith’s legacy. It highlights regional desire for more parks and natural spaces. The note also lists local notices and social items from Renwick and nearby districts.
An old advertisement claims Mall's Catarrh Cure cannot be cured by local applications and must be taken internally. It asserts the remedy purifies blood and mucus, was prescribed by a leading physician, and combines tonic and purifier ingredients. The notice invites readers to send for more information from CHENIN & CO of Toledo, Ohio.
Mrs Wmn Biging and her daughter from LaVerne visited the George Stoddard home. Mrs Ella Claussen and her daughter from Swea City called Monday afternoon to visit relatives. Mrs Fred Gugger, long sufferer from cancer, died at her west town home Monday morning. funeral services were held yesterday afternoon and the obituary will be published next week.
Laverne notes include Bert Lewison being called to Kelly, Mrs P V Janse ill, Lavina Blanshaw visiting, and three local youths enlisting in the army. A storm postponed the declamatory contest, a school board election re-elected Dr Janse and F J Chapman, and misfortunes include Florence Northrop’s broken wrist and Mrs Amspoker caring for a sick mother who died. J B Moulton’s store burned in Bagley Minnesota.
Spotted items include social calls by G Purdy H Bogard and Bert Lewison, wedding attendance Beulah and Fern Pinder, a stroke for B Keister, eye injury to Verne Beaver in Renwick, and Goldfield Highs basketball setback. Commentary laments modern life, fashions, and War themes. Community events include Mission and Cemetery Association meeting, church activities, and various visits.
Evaline Packard and Howard Person along with Edred Packard visited the high school on Tuesday. The eleventh grade studies Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America while the tenth grade plans Letter Writing sessions. Twelfth grade covers Monetary History and Bimetallism. The eleventh grade debated whether the American Revolution was just. A Declamatory Contest is set for March 29 in the High School Auditorium at 8 PM with 25 cent admission for adults and 5 cent for children.
E A Simpson and J A Jones of Boone Township visited our city last Saturday. Mrs Haugner hosted a small dinner gathering at six thirty to celebrate Mr Haugner's birthday.
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