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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
2
Local notes honor spring talk of paper hanging and garden chores as residents report visits and illnesses. Mrs. J. BE. Sterner and children visited Stanhope Iowa while J. Martin at Iowa City hospital, with arm amputations followed by surgeries. Easter dates, property rental ads, and local sales fill the page alongside remarks on rats and bounties across Britain.
Miss Sullivan left for Traer last Thursday while Miss Jessie Bluagner spent Sunday with Lola Peters. Oscar Olson visited at the A. W Running home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bleasner were visitors in Eagle Grove. Grace Harvey and Lowa Bhner were Algona shoppers. Jol Winter and Eyn visited Webster Guy. A baby girl was born to Edwood French on Wednesday March std. Mrs. Bleasner’s mother Mrs. Mickelson visited last week. The annual school meeting elected Chris Heggen to fill W F Bleasner’s seat. The Farm Bureau met at the school on Friday. They ordered a carload of flour from Marshall, Minnesota and fifty sacks from Humboldt.
The ad promotes VALS CATARREL MEDICINE from B. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It claims internal action on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and prevent chronic catarrh through repeated acute episodes.
Renwick High School hosts a chicken pie supper on Friday evening prepared by freshmen and sophores on sale by the girls of those classes. Meals start at 6:30 featuring chicken pie noodles mashed potatoes bread butter jelly and coffee. Renwick basketball teams played Belote in recent games with seniors graduating and a strong lineup planned next year after tournament losses.
The Fortnightly Club held its annual business meeting on March 10 with a large turnout. Officers elected were Mra T.R. McGowan as President, Mrs. R.B. Richardson as Vice-president, Mra L.W. Miller as Secretary, and Mrs. M.O. Rookwood as Treasurer. It notes a member leaving for Morris, Minnesota and previews a March 17 visit to Kenwick Women’s Club. Nearby entries mention local visitors, cattle shipments, personnel changes at Nissen meat market, and a new worker hired by Albert Helmke.
The Lunt Sunshine Society met at Mrs. H. W. Esistivar's home on Thursday afternoon with nine members. They opened with Bible reading, responded to roll call with verses from Matthew, and planned a 26 cent shower raising funds for the Christian Home Orphanage at Council Bluffs. Donations reached $7.26. $25 will be sent for the March 16 offering marking the orphanage's anniversary. The next meeting with Mrs. Roy Daggett near Kanawha will distribute aprons to members for outreach. Members will study Matthew in March and each share their chosen verse.
Miss Grace Richardson is home from Des Moines College. Mr and Mrs Andrew Frakes of Goldfield visited here yesterday. A trace of egg on the vest was once seen as a sign of prosperity. Douglas McLean and Donna May perform in What’s Your Husband Doing at Vernon Saturday. Mrs Chas Thompson enjoyed a visit from her sister Hazel Nelson from Huntt last week. The local school Leochern entertained many gentlemen friends at the home of Mr and Mrs R M Goetiseh last night. The Methodist Ladies Aid had a very successful food sale, disposing of their entire stock in a few hours.
Vernon Township principals report a successful two evening oratorical contest at Vernon Consolidated School Osvingg with many contestants. Dramatic class March 7 and Oratorical and Harmonies March 6. Winners include Nellie Green first dramatic. Frank French first oratorical. Genevive Thompson second or Laykin Thompson third. Miss Winifred Sullivan from Ross Conservatory trained the students. The school praises all participants and notes strong musical work under Supt. Tyler and an 80 piece orchestra.
A garbled and highly damaged OCR fragment recounts a chaotic scene with mentions of refugees, depictions of a wire barrier, and scattered place names and personal references. The text converges on a tense search or escape episode with distant hints of a village or town setting and authorities, all described in a jumbled, noncohesive manner.
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