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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1926
Page
8
Vernon Theatre shows White Thunder this Saturday May 29 featuring Yuklonn Canuet and Mio GoGetlor Cimmdy with Alonso Uratt of Wellen YD Ventura billed as star performer.
A June screening titled Three Faces Mags features a cast including Jette Gonadal Robert Aimay Henry Walthall and Clive Brook. The event emphasizes an aromatic, thrilling mystery plate of the Sewer Services Staveing with Fiat show shirts available promptly at 280.
Special execution issued by the district court directs sale of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20 Township 04 Range 27 west in Humboldt County Iowa to satisfy a debt of Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Three Dollars and forty four cents plus costs. Sheriff Wallace will offer the property June 1926 at the court house door in Dakota City Humboldt County Iowa to the highest bidder. Helsell, Helsell & McCall represent the case for National Life Association against T F J Stoddard and Ora M Stoddard.
The sheriff of Humboldt County Iowa issues a sale notice under legal execution to satisfy the debt of National Life Association and Frank Stoddard and Ora M Stoddahl. The property is described as the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter in section 17 township 98 range 27 west. The sale is set for the first day of June at 4 pm at the front door of the courthouse in Dakota City Humboldt County Iowa. Proceeds cover the debt plus interest and costs with redemption possible.
A northern rail line crossing the Arctic Circle in Lapland now stays clear with two rotating snow plows. Specialized knives cut through deep drifts, enabling freight and ore shipments to Sweden and Norway despite harsh, nearly untamed conditions.
A fragmentary note hints at creative proposals and personal sentiments. The readable text centers on someone urging happiness and a playful inquiry about allegiance. Names, dates, or clear events are not present to anchor concrete facts.
Professor J Bareroth of physiology at Royal Tau tion discusses a rare porphyrin disease seen in at least three people in Ehlanl. Teeth turn purple and skin becomes hypersensitive, requiring hands and face to be veiled. Porphyrin detected in eggs, origin and transmission unclear.
The article notes Porter Tosenhard paid $125,000 for a Gutenberg Bible leaf and that damaged pages were sold by leaf or in small lots to collectors who could not afford a complete Gutenberg Bible. Wells, a New York book dealer, split the volume for sale, with high prices for famous passages such as the Pen Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount. The 894 pages averaged about $150 per page.
Wool substitute yarns emerge from waste fibers as Poplar Science Monthly reports on a silk industry innovation. Officials from the Department of Contineres outline a fibre used in new fabrics, with Italian origins and U S adoption. The material promises woollike warmth and dyeable color for serge and related goods.
An Egyptian company in Cairo secured a government concession to educate Egyptians in provincial towns and villages through motion pictures. Arrangements include performances with over 100 cloned workers across countryside markets under the control of the Egyptian corporation.
German chemists reported in Service Magazine that carbon, a heat resistant substance, can melt under high current in a fine graphite cylinder. Using copper electrodes and an electric current, they observed melting of the cylinder bore and measured a melting point near 6300 degrees Fahrenheit, a finding tied to the transformation of carbon into diamond forms and the persistence of crystalline structures under extreme heat.
On a platform a sharp exchange occurs as a young, careful railroad porter denies humor and insists the engine is for the ordinary route to San Diego. The exchange reveals strict adherence to protocol and the train’s purpose without delay.
Archeologists report Stone Age relics at Finmarkens proving habitation up to 70 degrees north 26ar. Finds include ten utensils and a gateway to a shared culture across Denmark Sweden and Norway 3000 years ago. Evidence suggests mild climate and interregional visits among Finns Lappish peoples at saga era time.
The imperial household plans 17 elaborately decorated carriages this year to honor dignity, inviting estimates from several firms. Expected cost around 30,000 yen. No imperial carriages had been used since the 1993 Mem earthquake, when much of Mem was burned.
In a Kansas State Agricultural College report, J C Teterean notes that mental tests applied to freshmen fail to predict performance in abstract subjects while better predicting outcome in mechanical and acid material areas.
Excavations in Afghanistan uncover a new statue of a Buddhist master said to belong to the Greco Buddhist school of the early third century. The artifact remains intact and is prepared for public display in a museum.
Harry Ostrander told Milwaukee readers that Japan symbolized by Western rulers faces literacy gaps among its youth. He described Japan’s modernization after Commodore Perry and the spread of rickshaws, noting intense cultivation of cities and gardens to support the United States.
A dialogue notes that women’s styles are growing sillier each day while a reply admits they must keep entering sillier trends. The exchange contrasts perceptions of fashion's absurd progression.
A New York banker recounts John D Rockefeller Jr giving 10 million dollars to Egypt for building and maintaining antiquities. He recalls the young Rockefeller’s exactness and honesty, noting a childhood story of polite conduct after receiving a chocolate cigar on a train.
A navy pigeon lost at sea for over a year and a half was found in Coca Sola Canal Zone. The bird had clipped wings from a rainstorm incident, likely captured by a fancier who tried to lure it away from its navy allegiance. Once feathers regrew, the pigeon flew back to its home loft.
Weary snows drove deer from the higher range and onto the tracks near Hot Sulphur Springs Cola. A train was stopped and the crew chased the animals off the roadbed, delaying service for the day.
The report recalls a historic plan by a French explorer to reopen Lake Michigan's outlet by a ship canal linking the Mingis and Mississippi rivers. In 1822 the United States Congress authorized one canal project to open the route.
A Greenwich Connecticut cat vanished from its familiar spots weeks ago. An advertisement in the lost and found column asked the owner to forgive the pet and promise a welcome home. The cat was soon brought to the newspaper office and reunited with its owner.
A University of Town professor notes woodpecker deaths from traffic after observations on a 120 mile drive. Of 21 dead and 62 alive, crop and stomach contents show bread crumbs doughnuts corn and apple pieces. Birds stay on roads due to chase by cars and perches on poles, attracting them to highways.
An ill attended service at a Wilshire district church was disrupted when all lights went out during a Sunday evening talk. The announcer persisted in voice amid darkness, then an elderly lady in a front pew whispered a remark about the Times, leaving the moment unresolved.
The article recalls Graham Bell and the early steps in wireless and photophone experiments. It notes Bell’s 1876 telephone origin, demonstrations at the Philadelphia exhibition of 1878, and 1880 photophones linking light to sound. It highlights distances like 600 yards bridged for transmitting words and music.
A war veteran notes that many young men carry polished all metal lighters on chains for cigarettes. He recalls aging lighters used overseas, woven cords and trouble from a spark that could ignite fog. He says the older lighters were not fashionable but were reliable.
An overstock of panorama hats inspired an Eastern dealer to create straw sheen footwear. The uppers resemble straw with black leather trim, and the soles and heels use a straw-like material. The design aims for comfort and easy adaptation to the foot shape, offering a clean look with versatile fashion appeal.
A fragment discusses public reaction to contemporary art and the limitations of praise to sustain artists. It cites Walter Pach and argues that people must judge art independently, noting price offers little guidance and the public cannot be scolded into purchase. The piece reflects New York Times sentiment on art buying.
A doctor in Indianapolis was alerted in advance about a dinner engagement with a client. A billing error revealed the social date, prompting the family to settle the bill to spare embarrassment.
Glenn Q Wellington reveals Westmoreland N H homestead links spanning generations. The Albee family long held the property since 1787 and traces through ancestors including John Albee and Ichabod Altiew. An old stone fireplace and a surviving log cabin mark the enduring site.
Neva Zain, newly arrived from Boston, rents a Wollywood edge apartment while Mr Zain is away. Ruth Reynolds visits from the East and is shocked to find Neva reading the Old Testament to cope with loneliness. The exchange hints at generational religious shift in Los Angeles.
Amalia Harandy Ruiz, a woman from a town near Burger, reportedly has eaten nothing for five years after a 1920 hysterical attack with brain disturbance. She lived on milk until February 1921, then switched to daily injections of a tonic due to a severe stomach complaint.
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