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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1897
Page
7
Fragmentary text references school start dates, state fair, aliased notices, thefts of a wagon seat, local promotions, and community news. Mentions Renwick, Humboldt, Vernon, and Readerville style items about church pulpit exchanges, fashion ads, and lumber company promotions. Some personal names appear with vague actions and dates.
Personal mentions fill town news as residents and visitors are listed. A. Dobson of Eagle Grove, A. Orion and Miss Edith Keith, Rev. Richardson, Hattie Runwell, Miss Wille Christenson, Roward Martin, the Phee Hezzelwood party, and others are noted visiting, traveling, or ending time at local homes, farms, and stations with brief comments on movements and gatherings.
A garbled local page notes Tioney or hand for farm loans offered by R. R. Smith and includes scattered items: a frost incident, J. P. Smith’s health, prices on Ladies' Waists at Richardson's Cash Store, a stroke suffered by Cheesemaker Edassi, and W. B. Bersons finishing a new schoolhouse. Mentions Peters, old furniture repairs, moving into Bell & Theil’s upstairs, Charley’s return to store work, a Keystone Hardware ad, rent remittance by Mr. McIntosh of Grinnell, and farm improvements northeast of town with tiling and fencing.
Oats 15 17 cents, Corn 21, Plax 83 to 90, Wheat 35, Barley 20 to 22, Eggs 11, Butter 21. Hogs 3.50 to 33.60, Cattle 3.50 to 54.00. Corrected Sept 3, 1997. Fragments note Weaver vs Miles race results with Miles 82 Nelson 20 Weir 77 Leobey 9. Local notices include trades in Renwick and La Verne precinct remarks, a Goldfield visit by T. G. Doty, and region dairy and grazing leasing offers. Buffalo bones found while peat bed disturbed in Boone township. Lu Verne and Humboldt precinct voting context and candidate remarks.
A Livermore Iowa field trial between the Deering and McCormick Corn Harvesters found the Deering superior. Judges sided with Deering after two hours of comparison, citing lighter weight, no neck weight, and greater bundle size. Witnesses praised Deering agents and the hospitable setup. Estray notice for two sheep recorded. Also a note that Albia schools banned dancing for teachers, with protest implied at end.
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