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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
5
Ed Mason of LaVerne visits, cement deliveries increase, Stella Keister and Johanna Anderson visit Goldfield and Algona, John Schneider returns from the South. Eagle Grove Bank opens with 3000 guests. auto travel rises, a Humboldt fatal auto crash, and Hayworth telegram about a dying father. Kilt debate for soldiers in Britain. Molan fades to autos. Corwith Hustler notes Boy Scout veteran rank creation.
The Youth's Companion promises moral and mental value through stories by top writers and a focus on courageous wholesome life. For 1917 it offers 12 serials and 250 stories for $2.00, with a special 2-at-one-price deal including McCall's Magazine for $2.10 and extra calendar and dress pattern options. New subscriptions welcomed at The Youth's Companion office in St Paul St Boston Ma.
There is extensive catarrh across the region, claimed incurable in past years but now said to be curable by a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure by B. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo is advertised as a systemic remedy taken internally, with a $100 reward for failure to cure. Circulars and testimonials available. sold to druggists.
The article extols skating as a healthy exhilarating pastime with historic roots from Norse and Dutch beginnings, noting its American adoption by colonists and its current revival. It contrasts skating’s enduring appeal with fleeting fads and highlights scientific speculation about life on Venus shared at a Pan American Congress.
The report notes a growing demand for low-heeled women’s shoes and better grades of growing girl shoes. Stores include many eight-inch patterns in gun metal, Russia cast and white buck in spring orders. Lace shoes in various colors sell well, especially mocha, gray and white, at good prices. Men’s rubber-heeled goods in affordable lines rise as holidays approach and sale of felt slippers remains strong.
An Austrian engineer claims to have created a tire from wood fiber with bindings, following a pneumatic design with inner and outer tubes. Willow and birch fibers form the main material, no rubber is used, and the binder remains undisclosed. Officials note German ingenuity explores rubber substitutes beyond leather.
Cablegram from United States Minister Harris reports Sweden has yielded a new high explosive named Kausolit. It is said more powerful and deadly than any known before, with main ingredient perchloride of ammonia. Discovered by a firm producing superphosphates for farms, the company plans large scale manufacture for shells use.
A log hospital built by grateful convalescent German soldiers houses many dog patients. Even cynics will respect the tribute to four footed friends as the intelligent animals saved about 3,000 soldiers who would have died.
A melodrama scene involving choking grows to 2g horror as the versatile drummer of the house orchestra learns to emphasize the tension. The incident highlights stage methods to evoke fear while a performer acts out a throttling scenario.
A fragment reflects a Rochester paper scolding a mean man who leaks a leap year proposal in the press. The garbled lines hint at a debate over clever politicking and public storytelling in newspapers. The text also mentions “Jana” and animals in a playful, partially lost context.
The article surveys attempts to find domestic potash sources to end foreign dependence. It notes a rumored but unproven secret process for extracting potash, the kelp idea stuck in laboratories, and German monopoly effects. Despite optimism, results have lagged while scientists and investors press on.
A newspaper column argues that wartime lighting bans and air raid precautions encourage Europeans to start the day earlier. It notes benefits from waking before sunrise, going to bed earlier, and saving electricity, while cautioning against overemphasis on staying up late. The piece links healthier eyes to natural lighting and warns against indolence.
The text explains how Aness expands when frozen and breaks its shell while apples contract greatly during freezing causing a full barrel to shrink until the tapping board is lowered. It notes that some varieties suffer little damage if frost is removed gradually and that apples stay safe in a refrigerator car at 29 degrees below zero. Potatoes, mainly water, freeze easily and are ruined once frost hits.
A fragment discusses how laughter increases diaphragmatic action and stomach movement. It notes the diaphragm moves with each laugh and suggests laughter aids digestion beyond mood, referencing mechanical resistance to digestion. The passage emphasizes the bodily benefits of laughter on digestive function.
A high school principal was dismissed for mispronunciations and improper grammar taught in hot weather in shirt sleeves. The report argues modern education is overly strict in penalizing such offenses against etiquette.
The text suggests a controversial claim attributed to the American Psychological Association involving the phrase everybody is a mut with a proposed insertion of the word clac between everybody and is. The statement appears to reflect a critical or satirical take on APA wording and scholarly precision.
A minister complains that men give more money in tips than in the collection plate and states he is not dependent on Wallers for daily food. The remarks criticize tipping culture and preserve the minister’s independence from local merchants.
A University of California student reportedly succeeded in holding his breath for ten minutes. The claim suggests no link to real estate training, humorously noting the opposite of expected career trajectory.
A terse moral remark notes that among many in the world there are more worse than better than the subject, reflecting a skeptical view of personal standing and broader human judgment.
A fragment describes soldiers contending with gunfire and freezing weather in trenches. It notes a reference to wind and snow as a harsh element and briefly mentions the use of whiskey as a stimulant with no clear after effect.
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