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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
7
The notice lists gloves at $2 per pair with eight months since purchase, hats and veils at low prices, Diadem hair pins 25¢ a box, Georgette and Broadcloth collars, new silk and wool dresses, and silk petticoats priced from $2.75 to $6.50. It touts lower prices and good wear.
Five to six inches of snow fell last Sunday and may linger with more arrivals. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Scott host visitors from Kentucky as son Robert Charles is welcomed to the Olson home. Rebekah ladies stage “A Virginia Heroine” to a strong local reception and stock remains a concern with Dr. Richardson in Goldfield. Local trips include Mrs. Harley Gardner from Clarion visiting renwick, and J. A. Jones advertising for sale of sire pigs. A Halloween masked party delights students and teachers, while the Goldfield skating rink draws many youths from town and beyond.
Chanvel Hanes Ay deal completed as D O Strain sells stock to B R Green of Alexander. Green to take possession around Nov 1 and Strain plans to move to Dows to start a piano business. Red Cross notes report 43 members in Renwick with new member George Carter. Palmer school social basket auction raised 10 dollars. Chicken Pie Supper by M E Ladies Aid announced for Nov 7 at I O O F hall. House Bar Sale lists seven room residence on five lots with possession March 1. Inquire at TIMES for price and terms.
A mixed row of notices lists for sale items including a Victor table and a buffet via D. O. Strain, Ford Touring Car from Whyte Auto Company in Goldfield, and Jersey pigs for sale. Other notes cover farm and church activity, volunteers for the war, a Baptist convention at Ft. Dodge, theater news with Fatty Arbuckle, and local visits from Miss Buel and Mrs. Campbell assisting at a newborn.
Mr and Mrs F Moseley spent Sunday at Cedar Falls with relatives Walter Smith and family of Livermore spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Harriet Smith Bernard Haugner and Robert Smylie Jr and wives were in Ft Dodge Saturday on business Miss Angeline Donelson left Wednesday for Denver Colorado where she will start to work as a telephone operator Little Duane Blackwell cut one of his fingers quite seriously Monday morning via food chopper It was nearly cut off Dr Zinn accompanied by Miss Winnie Wood went to Cedar Rapids Sunday evening where she will enter the hospital for treatment Mr and Mrs L A McIntyre returned home Saturday from their trip through the western states They have been gone nearly a year.
The New York World argues that German autocracy rules by force and must be defeated in battle. With popular unrest rising, only field victories can sustain the regime, and continued Allied pressure will hasten its collapse and shorten the war.
Doctor Bergonie of Bordeaux praises a full breakfast as a substitute for the meager Bara-Dean Morning meal in France. He argues early day sustenance boosts effort and reduces waste, noting Europeans eat their main meal after morning work begins and often feel fatigued.
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