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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
8
Most garments have been re marked for May selling with special values. White Chinchilla and colored Corduroy cloaks at 85 each. Silk Jersey coats 13.75. Plaids Checks and blue serge coats range 10 to 172.50. Wool and silk coats long lengths 14.78 to 24.78. Infants and children spring cloaks 1.75 to 5.50.
Variety of infant dresses offered in May sale across multiple styles and sizes from two to six. Includes pink and blue options, bibs, and lightweight fabrics suitable for warmer weather. Available in limited quantities with best selections early.
Local shop advertises discounted rain coats with low prices and clear stock. Claims strong savings on ladies outerwear and promotes a special S75 pongee rain coat as best value. Offers uneven phrasing but emphasizes reduced costs and ongoing sale.
About 30 suits on racks reduced for May selling. Wool Suits priced at 9.98 12.75 and 17.75 each. Silk Suits priced at 17.75 and 21.75 each. New Sport Cloth and Linen Suits for summer selling available at 7.0 10 12.5 15 and 16.5 each.
Silk and wool dresses offered at twenty percent discount for May sale. Styles include navy green plum black dark red gray and brown, all new spring fashion with regular prices reduced.
Silk and wool skirts advertised in stripes, plaids, and plain silks priced from 6.50 to 15 dollars. 86 wool skirts priced at 2.98 to 3.95 dollars, promoted as the newest styles and best value.
Fragmentary local report mentions Schlussehman organizing something and Seon Clob with unclear membership. References to Phipps repaying first e week and Father Straight teaching in the previous year. Context and specifics remain obscured due to garbled OCR.
Elen Hawthorn and Chirenee Purdy were married yesterday at the bride’s home with Rev. Figge officiating. A wedding feast followed as guests nearby. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hawthorn. the groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Purdy, is a local farmer. The couple plan to farm. The Times congratulates the newlyweds.
A period of community updates lists residents in LaVerne Algona Renwick West Bend and nearby areas. Reported are illnesses including pneumonia and tonsillitis, recent hospital visits surgeries, visitors from Humboldt Renwick Forest City and South Dakota, travel to Ft. Dodge and Monticello Wis, property transactions and a field meet. Baptisms, a temperance lecture, and school events at the local and Presbyterian churches are noted along with daily errands and shopper trips.
Special to the Times items report social visits and events around Renwick and nearby towns. Stella Schoolcraft is visiting relatives. multiple families and individuals spent Sunday with others. A wedding bell is anticipated this week. Luni Sunshine society plans a picnic stand sale with lunch items at noon.
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