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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
7
Community brief from Renwick reports ads for livestock and goods, a Goldfield visitor, local baseball plans, town policing changes, a bank status note, and a rescue search for a missing Woodward child. It records residents Claude Bogard’s move, ministerial visits, and a cautionary verse about advertising strategy.
Ed Palmateer to sell household goods and kitchen utensils at public auction Friday October 18 at 2 o'clock at his Renwick place. Items are nearly new and priced to attract bargains. Local notes discuss tobacco substitutes, wartime food conservation, and anti German sentiment influencing education and public discourse amid a strong war effort.
A candidate declares run for county treasurer in the upcoming general election on November 5th 1018. The nominee uses independent Democrat on ballots and urges support from voters in Renwick Times noting ownership by L W Millay and notarization by FL Blemmig on October 1 118.
A local admonition notes that law requires parents to keep their children quiet and away from the war garden, ensuring the young hopefuls neither roam freely nor disturb others in the area.
A garbled reminiscence questions what happened to the old taentonil pacifist who worried Britain’s navy kept the speaker from sending a German baby. The fragment hints at antiwar sentiment and blockade-era distortions.
A new pupil joins Ruth Hoard's kindergarten as the district notes upcoming Glee Club and Vode basketball events. Examinations disrupt Friday assembly while Sophomores perform post-poned program. The Study Center plans a Humboldt County session October 19 at Renwick High School. Basketball travels to Bade. girls win 26 to 5, boys lose 43 to 0 amid lineup details.
LU VERSE FEMS attends school while Gladys Look and Lon Godfrey suffer illnesses. Whooping cough cases appear among children. Stoddard and Spainiles visited from Renwick. Presbyterian Ladies Aid plans a church banquet. Mrs. Nameless Bemis and Mrs. Beardsly visit. Graig families travel from Mason City to La Verne. Rentz sells home to Cora Baumgartner and moves to Bancroft. The piece also includes fragmented commentary on German-American relations and U.S. policy amid war, reflecting uncertain public sentiment.
The piece argues Americans should be proud of soldiers fighting abroad and extend backing as reports arrive from battlefronts. It notes engineers use tools and weapons with equal skill, reflecting on peace efforts and the evolving war effort amid wartime sentiment.
A report details the U S food administration ration system and hotel and restaurant control measures led by J B Deeming W P Miller and T B Pettere of Maclington with headquarters at Huntington. It notes enforcement actions on bread and meals, and Hoover administration withdrawal of certain restrictions. The article cites hundreds of thousands of meals served annually.
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