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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
8
A dense community roundup lists residents, marriages, traveling visitors, and local business notices. Names include Mr. Wightman, Mrs Blasi, Arthur Collings, and George Larson. Mentions Waterloo, Algona, Goldfield, Eagle Grove, and barbershops, elevators, and contracts.
Fragmentary OCR shows a church gathering noting Sunday services at 20:30 and an evening program. A sympathy resolution was adopted in Camp 850 AM honoring a departed beloved husband with a prayer and minutes reflecting condolence and love from Emma Walker and others.
The note describes a school event with a planned performance titled Crowng the Fairy Queen. It mentions delays due to weather, a postponement to May 9, and a focus on improving attendance and digestion related to products sold by R M Guertach. The piece blends announcements with promotional lines and unclear names.
The Mason City vice report notes Mason City as a historically dry town with strict liquor regulation, contrasting it with Clinton which allows more alcohol and sees more arrests. It cites Mason City’s lower incidents and fewer crimes tied to liquor, while Clinton’s leniency correlates with higher public issues and controversy over prohibition.
A garbled text fragment describes a range of stray phrases and names including Br ay and Wall Street, with scattered references to people like Helen and others. The piece reads as a mosaic of quotes, misprints, and clipped dialogue about themes of loyalty, lighting, tempers, and a remark about a notable encounter on a street.
The fragment discusses meeting the fauna and literary references across England and America, noting lines from Dickens and images on tombstones. It laments erosion of history and hints at the faded landscape of Somerset or Baxthuryne.
A Des Moines report claims the Iowa legislature adjourned after debate on a prohibitory measure. Lawmakers cited limited publicity and a majority refusal to back reform, noting the failure to pass a complete ban within state limits while a moral reform mood lingered.
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