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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1926
Page
5
The article extols First National Bank services including guarding funds paying and collecting checks offering loans sending money worldwide and providing travelers cheques. It promises assistance with securities business dependents and property and offers safe deposit boxes for valuable papers starting at one dollar a year.
Stockholders are reminded June 2, 1926 marks the twentieth milestone for Renwick Farmers Exchange Co. The notice recalls wartime price swings and industry changes, praises loyal patrons, and notes a pivotal shift toward a truly cooperative corporate structure under a new state law. The story continues next week.
The passage argues that parking chaos exists in towns big and small, with no universal rules. It notes Renwick has almost no parking laws and streets become private spaces for early arrivals. A universal need for curbside surveillance is urged to prevent indefinite car occupancy and curb monopolies.
A Mars themed simile laments tax load on Americans in 1920s rhetoric. The speaker notes that in 1924 national income reached 638 billions, with eight billions in taxes leaving only 38.76 for each 10 spent and 1.25 for every dollar earned. The passage contrasts past tax levels and argues for annual tax transparency, using Mars as a planetary anchor for public scrutiny.
A county jail booze party was halted when Sheriff William P. Hanan noted inmates veered from their routine. Investigators found liquor hidden in a separate jail section, seized by local officers, and smuggled by several inmates who used a new storage route.
City council met to read and approve minutes and pay numerous bills from vendors such as Globe-Mach. & Sup. Co. and Hawkeye Oil Co. A motion approved paying 549.85 from the Improvement Fund and 456.15 from the Road Fund as part payment on a drainage district tax. One bid for street commissioner services was accepted, proposing rates per hour for one man with team and helpers. The meeting adjourned with all aye votes.
Mrs. Gera Thompson, 75, was killed instantly when she stepped in front of an engine at the Rock Island depot in Goldfield. The accident occurred just as the locomotive was leaving the train to reach a water tank, wheels passing over her body and severing it.
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