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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
2
Local readers are urged to read the advertisements from nearby merchants and patronize those businesses, supporting the hometown economy through this paper’s pages.
Special to the Tues column notes Adin Weiner sold his dray to John Bowes. Main street work began this week. Mr. and Mrs. Win Nissen visited in Renwick. Mrs. Briggs visited Harry Keith’s home. Ed Lovell and wife with Mrs. Merson and son traveled to Renwick. Edith Mills and her Renwick brother visited town. Congregational meeting at Fy Ws Amspoker. High School Thanksgiving program set for Nov 19. J R Coleard in Twin Cities shopping for Christmas goods. George Stone returns from the West after a year away. Teachers attended a meeting in Algour t. Aly and Mrs. Kroeger of Nebraska expect their daughter Mrs. A H Pfineer. Merson and Sidney visit Mrs. E D Lovell’s daughter. Mrs. Fbitt Wisconsin. Presbyterian Church ladies raised 80 dollars at harvest supper and parcel post sale. Mr. and Mrs. W P Godfrey and son DeRae visit son Glen at Gillespie home east of Renwick.
Grant Drake and family of Des Moines visit the R. W. Frank home. Amos Ameson and And Francs took stock to Omaha Sunday. Katherine Attig of Titonka assists at Henry Boge home this week. Hugh Pierce and wife visited in Hardy at parental Pierce home. Mrs. Pietz and her sister Mrs. Boge visit Henry Boge family with Mrs. Will Tier and Mrs. W. Frank in Renwick. Civic League gathering hosted by Mrs. Fred Wallner.
J C Oliver of Woodstock VI presents a white flint rock about the size of a large fist. An irregular hole, caused by a rusted iron vein, runs through one end. The long dock root grew through the hole, filling it solidly and extending beneath the ground.
During the Rocky Mountain locust invasion, skunks were noted as valuable for pest control and as a food source. The text claims skunks helped destroy insects and offer meat and medicinal oil uses, with potential domestication for farming despite historical biases and fragmented wording.
A string of social notes reports Miss Dorothy Ressinger visiting Thursday with Mrs. Nate and friends with Olin and Mrs. D. De Matheson. Idaho relatives visited, travelers from Renwick and Dés Maines share extended visits. The Cosma Theatre lease and management passed to the Chronicle editor who takes charge next Thursday.
Farmers began harvesting their corn in the locality this week. A. E. Clark bought a Ford from Claussen Bros. last week. Ike Smiths welcomed a baby girl since last Friday. Ver Shueya traveled to Chicago for an extended stay. Beulah Yauney attended the B Y P U Convention at Goldfield. Embroidery club met with Mrs. D. E. Myers. Mrs. Joe Wilcox and Gladys of Denmark, Oslo, visiting Mrs. H. Madison. Vernon School received first prize for best specimen book. Nellie Thiel is teacher.
Mrs Barber and Miss Delba moved to Natawhua. A few Lani men were autolog. Mrs Albert Brown spent a few days with brother Howard Bogard. Several drew butchering as cool weather set in. Claude Bogard began cribbing corn last Monday. Frank Barber A L Kearney and families visited Claude Bogards Sunday evening. Sunday School at Luni was well attended despite sudden temperature change.
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