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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
6
Church notices invite attendance at Sunday School at 10 00 and preaching at 11 00 and 5 00 pm with a 6 30 pm service. Also Sunday School at 2 00 pm and preaching at 3 00 pm. You are welcome to any or all services.
Evangelical Church lists Sunday School at 10:00, German Service 11:00, Y P A meeting 7:30, English Service 8:00, Thursday prayer services 7:30 with choir. Methodist Church notes Sunday services 10:30 am and 8:00 pm, Sunday School 11:30 am, Epworth League 7:00 pm, prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 pm. Your presence at these services is desired.
Lutheran church notes announce Sunday morning English service with the sermon titled The key to a quiet life. Sunday evening service also listed with a reminder to attend. pastorial name El Schedder, Pastuy appears in the notices.
The National Crop Improvement Service urges banks to fund young farmers and tenants to expand production. It argues banks should assess plans and willingness to repay, with bankers willing to back loans despite risk, aided by rediscount facilities and local loss-sharing. It notes food shortages and rising prices likely for years.
A calling to organize for agricultural prosperity urges improving farmers’ conditions and prices while preparing for emergencies. It argues prosperity hinges on farmers, notes current prices are adequate for now, and urges action in the county for early fall plowing after harvest.
The Barley Acreage discusses 1915 and 1916 barley yields, noting 229 million bushels on 7 million acres in 1915 and 1.1 billion bushels on 7.5 million acres in 1916. It argues barley price warrants increased sowing, outlines malting versus feed use, and advises planting barley ahead of corn with labor savings and options for hay or green feed for oats and barley.
National Crop Improvement Service notes barley should be sown after oats and spring wheat to avoid frost damage. In Canada May sowing extends to June, but in this country the second or third week in May is likely safe. Seed at 7 bushels per acre when seeding a three crop with clover and timothy.
The notice warns that all seed barley should be tested for vitality before sowing because seed is often damaged by heating. If a seed sample tests below 40 percent vitality, it is considered inferior and farmers should buy new seed.
National Group Improvement Service notes moisture conservation is debated but shallow cultivation kills weeds. Energetic farmers who weed promptly will achieve the best crop. There is still time to plant barley before corn and no acre should lie idle this year.
A reflective piece contrasts barefoot rural youth with city bred boys, arguing rural virtues persist but urban pressures claim supremacy. It notes urban reforms, health concerns, and shifts in taste while touching on tree crops like the Chinese wood oil tree and tung oil’s impact on varnish and cement priming.
Leather for shine in manufacture involves calfskin and horsehide for uppers and soles with various finishes. Birds studied by the federal Agriculture Department show stomach contents from 40 species, revealing many birds such as phoebes kingbirds catbirds swallows brown thrashers rosebreasted grosbeaks house wrens vireos sparrows cuckoos Orioles warblers larks and shrikes benefit farmers, while even crows and blackbirds can do more good than harm.
The piece notes households adopting cheaper substitutes as demand for high price foods falls. It forecasts broader consumption changes as prices ease, aiming at steadier living costs and better food distribution. It also mentions a style show with men's garments and a proposed reform by an educational institution.
Fragments discuss prohibiting fireworks to protect life and property and notable community concerns. Mentions a Pennsylvania almanac from 1866 and references austerity or incentive themes, with unclear context and dates.
An article surveys deep breathing benefits for athletes and youth, citing Dr Arnolt Hilter and New York Modern Record on diaphragmatic breathing to improve circulation and digestion. It discusses daylight saving’s potential to save energy and extend daylight for outdoor activities, noting public enthusiasm and behavioral readjustment challenges. It ends with a quip on how engagement to marriage makes people seemingly more tired.
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