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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
5
A garbled local column lists recent visits and errands by residents such as Van Whiteman, Chris Ottoson, Ralph Anderson and Miss Ocey Loobey. It reports post office box reorganization by Postmaster Figi, school visits by Clarence Messer, and social calls across several towns. Also included is a long Renwick promotional excerpt praising land, climate, and upcoming developments, attributed to Funk & Smith.
There is more Catarrh in this region than all other diseases. Catarrh is a constitutional issue requiring internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, claims to cure by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. A hundred years of reward is offered for any case not cured. Bruggists sell the remedy and Hall's Pills are advertised for constipation.
A collage of 1917 items notes Youth's Companion subscriptions and McCall's fashion issues, with a 1917 Netherlands wealth estimate per consul Mahin. Salient quips address international marriage theories, London life, Zeppelin fears, auto danger, and wartime defense nerves, closing with a stray line on sport shirt fashion.
A letter dated October 14 1916 from the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry Fort Dodge Iowa informs Humboldt County officials that preliminary hog cholera control work is being inaugurated by federal and state authorities. The notice outlines initial steps and coordination for the disease control program.
Fount y meets and local farm groups form to apply hog cholera control measures. The aim is quarantine sanitation and vaccination to reduce losses. West Pocahontas reports an outbreak in the northeast threatening Humboldt County. Public stockyards are declared infected premises and hog shipping from yards is warned as dangerous.
An 1917 advertising pitch by J. K. Atherton promoting The Youth's Companion bundled with McCall's Magazine. It touts 052 issues of Companion, a free issue if subscribed now, and a forecast for 1917 plus a two-for-one price of 210.
A New York observer urges scholars to produce simplified versions of great works to reach educated readers who struggle with dense prose. The piece argues education fuels lasting literary interest and notes a need for plain language translations of difficult allusions and meanings. A side topic highlights the US shift to quartz glass production, its uses in labs, and new domestic manufacturing. It also mentions Brazil’s Aber passayon and its value for handicrafts and exports, including buttons and roofing material.
A technical journal notes that one ton of Pittsburgh gas coal turned into coke yields 90 cents in sulphate of ammonia 21 cents in Wenzel 72 cents in coal tar and 5000 cubic feet of gas worth 25 cents per thousand. Total value 3.11 dollars. As coal and coke industries grow these byproducts and others may be saved, illustrating vast waste-elimination potential in American business.
A committee of the Aéro Glob of America reports that U S steel makers have matched Krupp in Busen quality and American magneto makers have produced a magneto equal or superior to Germany's best. It declares no country can pace American manufacturing.
London post office authorities reveal a covert code scheme involving picture pout cattle to relay German wartime raids data. The piece notes ingenuity remains high across sides, with varied sympathies, and mentions Norway’s sardine embargo amid wartime tensions.
A St Paul pastor’s light remark about wives being kissed occasionally echoes in the Pioneer Press warning readers to be careful whose wife is kissed. The piece notes the joke’s playful tone but urges respectful discretion amid public attention.
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