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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1931
Page
7
A dated note blends uplift with commodity prices and local commerce. Prices listed include tankage 1.86, bran 1.90, middling 8.05, bone meal 2.40, leather milk 5.00, mush 2.75, oyster shell 1.05, coal 7.75, bark wire 4.25, meal 2.50, and Gold Valor flour at five cents per sink. It urges perseverance to regain prosperity and warns against deviation from prudent spending.
A long running legend about the Lost Dutchman gold mine remains unsubstantiated as search parties and authorities fail to locate any mine or body. Reports describe speculative clues, guarded claims, and repeated expeditions across the mountains with no concrete evidence of the mine or its gold.
In Weymouth England Rev BEL Corsten of St John’s denounces beachwear protests near the coast. He cites Deuteronomy, warning against provocative garments as worshipers visit the beach. The pastor condemns modern attire and urges modesty amid seaside demonstrations.
In Yronort Ohio mayor says $800 yearly wages are not enough to subsist. He criticizes council members for attending meetings in overalls and blue shirts while returning to drilling occupation to earn more money.
A fragmented note describes snakes using a tubex touchstone across a highway to permit crossing without self embankment. The text mentions Wales and a corrugation method, but details remain unclear and largely garbled.
Irregular OCR note reports a Lehigh and New England railway engine on the Augusta to Goshen line near Aigmelit with a robin's nest found on the brake lever of a locomotive. The incident involved a frightened mother robin and two fledglings, with neighbors unsure of any injuries or actions taken.
A fragmentary account describes Gospel truths brought to Guatemalan Indians, including a Spanish translation of the Bible portion and the effort to teach via dictionaries and grammars. It notes Anteeto Veo Iasquez walking 940 miles to study, cites a Bible verse in Spanish, and mentions attempts to render the New Testament into local language.
Sir James Jeans, famed astronomer, discusses how light from distant stars travels eight minutes to reach Earth and how we see them as they were in the past. He muses that many distant events may have occurred before we observe them, shaping our view of the cosmos.
Fragmented text discusses ancient rock construction materials and techniques. It mentions Woodinna as a first material, Lacedaemonian rock, and Roman tumbler locks with reference to Chinese use. The passage blends references to civilizations, tools, and methods in a broad survey of lockmaking history.
The excerpt discusses surface currents driven by wind, noting consistent steady winds can start currents in the Great Lakes region and in the Indian Ocean north of the equator. It mentions monsoon winds altering current directions and posits ancient wind forces moving vast water depths.
Work by Old Sculptors reveals a warble column bearing the head of Hermes and markers used at Athenian entrances. Excavations at Mhioy uncover a damaged statue of a woman with an missing heel and a piece showing Toace holding a flame. A British team near Toutrakl reveals an ancient temple opening with proto-Corinthian vases from the preclassical era.
A terse witness recalls a baby at a station being described as cheerful by a young mother. An onlooker asks what to say as confusion and weather talk mingle in the scene.
Mrs Custis of Veges Switzerland has formed the Seeing Rye organization to train German shepherds as guide dogs for the blind. Special trainers teach the dogs to guide their sightless partners through streets and crossings, with a select few dogs sent to assist in Europe. the program relies on trusted assistants and careful handling to ensure safety and confidence.
Canton engineers unveil a horizontal rotary drill that lays pipe underground without a open ditch. The machine uses a steel casing with a rotating cutter head and a side power unit connected by a flexible drive shaft. Officials say the boring system adapts to varying trench conditions and has been demonstrated as practical.
Italian priest Don Piccardo has taken up a side line repairing leaning towers. He has recently completed straightening three parish towers at Monserosa and Santo Stefano d'Aveto. Assisted by a few workers, he uses steel stays, wedges, and sand to realign the structures from the base after anchoring the top.
Isrola Marks, a robbery convict from San Quentin, learned his inventing skill earned nine hundred thousand in escrow after applying for a patent on an unpickable lock. A patent attorney confirmed the offer came from a rock firm, and Marks planned to use proceeds to bring family to California and start a business.
A whimsical description of weather signaling by whistles and sound patterns guiding shoppers in Columbia. It references amateur signals, forecasts, and a radio broadcast by a United States meteorologist named Georgy Meeder, noting how locals interpret signs days before printed forecasts.
Oregon poultry expert warns that Oregon turkeys are growing larger each year. If growth continues, battering and transport measures may become necessary to manage heavier birds.
A report from Chohalis Washington describes honey theft near Norn where a ton of honey valued at 250 dollars was stolen from a large bee stand. No suspects named. Local authorities urge witnesses to come forward.
The article recounts a legendary tale of a painter who supposedly created the opening image in the painting “Madonna of the Chain” from a sketch by a vine dresser’s daughter. It weaves a village hermit, a giant oak, a flood, a widow, and two sons into a moral fable about art and lineage. The narrative centers on a hermit, his oak shelter, and a girl famed for kindness whose care influenced the artist's work.
The article recounts the earliest white women in the Western regions. It notes the 1805 arrival of the first white woman west of record, who traveled from the Orkney Islands disguised as a young man seeking a sweetheart. It mentions subsequent arrivals like Maria Lasi Madeleine in 1801 and the 1812 York Factory settlers with 18 women.
The article traces the prescription symbol the capital R with a tail as a relic of ancient superstition. Dr Howard W Slageard of Yale associates traces it to an invocation to Jupiter for aid to aid treatment effectiveness. The symbol and related Latin term Recipe appear in old manuscripts with crosses.
Students of the seminary at the University of Marborg uncovered a late Firth century B C grave near the Rhon in Flun Geld. The burial contained 95 men, women and children, with notable finds including four dozen beads, a ring, bronze armaments, a bracelet, and a long buried woman with two earrings, a neck chain, large bracelets, a metal girdle and an anklet. The artifacts are stored at the provincial Tausetm in Kassel Gerni Travel Bureau.
A depositor confronted the Covtato Bank manager after a publicized photograph appeared in newspapers. The depositor asked if the man in the picture was the manager and then demanded his money, asserting the image did not show the bank's official. The manager confirmed the identity, and the dispute centered on the photograph and funds.
A lonely only child, Harold, begs his father to buy a dog. After waiting days and meeting a new sibling not yet settled, Harold mourns a lost chance and still asks, in sorrow, for the dog he wanted.
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