Renwick School Notes and Upcoming Local Events
Renwick notes highlight the Pomual Training event and planned May pageant with senior play on Friday May 18. Principal Supt. Rutsten met Cedar Falls staff about summer work while Ralaton plans to spend the summer in Atlantic Iowa. Baseball results show a 8-2 loss to Humboldt County and a future game against Wesley. Local sports and golf interest grow as students travel to Eagle Grove for practice.
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Rulsten
Cedar Dalla
Wesley
Match’s Origin and the First Green Sugar Frilege
John Walker of the sante-Volpiend era, not related to Hrevot, developed the first practical green footwear matcher in 1827. Within years it spread across Europe and America, replacing tinder boxes and taped splints of wood called spunkeriel as the common means of fire starting.
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Match
John Walker
Johnny Walker
Napa
Fiegleh
Europe
Armerten
Aintland
Walker
Teaching Emotions Through Self-Expression Debated
Hyrela Magazine reviews a controversial doctrine by Dr Charles W Burr advocating self expression as core to childhood emotion. The piece criticizes the approach as promoting intense feelings and questions its safety for children while noting supporters view emotions as fundamental to character.
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Yepart
Eugenle Ebelety
Charles W. Burr
Hyrela Magazine
Easy Way to Clean Silverware with Safe Polishing
A 19th century tip explains a simple silver cleaning method using teaspoonfuls of sulfoil and a dash of soda in a new aluminum pan, hot water poured over, then tarnish wiped away with a soft cloth. It warns against hard rubbing to avoid scratches and suggests finishing with silver paste and a chamois for a dull shine.
Faith in a Dog's Judgment
A text claims dogs can judge character by their owner’s guest dog at her servant’s engagement. It suggests dogs gauge disposition more accurately than people and are rarely mistaken. The piece presents a belief in canine insight without citing evidence.
Annual Financial Report of Renwick Iowa for 1928 fiscal year
Town of Renwick Iowa unrolled its annual financial report for the year ending March 31 1928. It lists Receipts from County Tax Auditor of State Independent Divisions State Bank Birat National Bank poll tax business and cigarette licenses day licenses penalties fines and street department snow removal and municipal utilities including water works and electric light works with detailed figures and miscellaneous income.
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Renwick
Iowa
Div
Fone State Bank
Birat National Bank
Ollite
Municipal League
Rings of Many Kinda Figure at Weddings
A New York Times item recounts whimsical wedding mishaps around rings and adornments. A bridesmaid cuts luck with the bride’s gold ring, a monocle glass is broken during a church ceremony, and odds and ends from gloves to umbrellas supply improvised tokens. One groom swallows a ring mistaken as a token, while others borrow or improvise jewelry moments for the rite.
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Tn Wmmbrella
Uie
Wesoon
New York
Cmes
Custom Wouldn't Work in Civilized Circles
Natives of the Gilbert Islands in the South Seas have long shared property customs. A Marshall Islands plantation worker returning with a bicycle sparked a dramatic shift as another native claimed half ownership, then the next craft, a catamaran, followed in a rapid sequence. Travelers report the practice is rarely abused.
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Gilbert
iSouth
Mhang
Natlyn
Marshall Group
Tim
Mackie
Gut
Ida
Blesclé
Formation of Petroleum Origins and Base Types
The geological survey notes the organic theory of petroleum origin is widely accepted. Parafin base petroleum forms from vegetable debris, while asphalt base derives from organic matter with more animal content. Both bases yield similar products except asphalt, which comes from asphaltic oil, and paraffin wax from paraffinous oil. Parafinaceous petroleum contains more kerosene and gasoline than asphaltic petroleum.
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The
Geological Survey
Plant Calories Jack's Mot er and the City Shopping Tour
An account from Intlanopolis News describes Jack and his mother Wa on a city shopping trip. They prepare to leave home with a focus on plant food and calories as a seed store is spotted near the bus tracks, prompting a stop to supply household needs.
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Jack
Bob
Gtr House
Planta
Todteshanks
Ind
Moller
House Plas
Intlanopolis News
Supreme Salesmanship In a Regina Leader tale about book sellers
A traveler in educational books and a business man duel over selling vocabulary aloud. The book seller claims his index holds sixty thousand words to vent contempt for idle travelers, while the businessman mocks the idea of selling such a lofty item.
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Khen
Ile
Regina Leader
Fragmentary Dialogue on Trade and Identity Missteps
Fragmented OCR text shows a scattered dialogue about a trade and personal failings. Mentions a poet, abuse, paralysis and blindness, a sale to a sister, and a reference to Alexandre Wells and an exchange of tens. The passage reads like an excerpt from a literary or biographical sketch with unclear provenance.
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vYho
Helle
Huitor Nust
Lewis Browne
Hefere
Alexandre Wells- Wan
The One Harmed Most in a Self-Caced Tale
A compact, reflective note explores self-deception and guilt, asserting that the only person harmed by deceit is the deceiver themselves. The language implies a personal code and a sharp, solitary moral stance.
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