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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1942
Page
4
Local notes report visits across Iowa towns including Kanawha Fort Dodge Swea City Eagle Grove and Algona. People attend reunions hospitals and teachers meetings while others relocate or travel to Minneapolis for charity events. Several families are noted with kinship ties and teaching assignments in nearby communities.
Local Renwick market notes list corn and other commodities. Community updates mention Everett Norder, Mrs. Sam Kiass, Elston Ashpole, J. S. Peer, Donald McGowan, Krausser family, Ole Begness, the Hoeffmans, Bill family, Gay Nerem, Verne Shelldorn, Frank Block farm, Malcolm Clowes, Side Lutheran and Like Lutheran churches, and H Gerald Leur Seu awaiting navy service.
Emmanuel Evangelical Church announces Sunday services including church school and divine worship at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. plus 8:00 p.m. evening worship. Various local notices follow including sales of Concord Grapes, car parts, and visits from several families to Fort Dodge, Ankeny, Luverne, and Wisconsin, plus church circle events and personnel changes.
BRC offers to convert old notes, judgments, or attestations into cash. This concise notice highlights a crediting service for legal instruments, inviting readers to convert their documents into immediate value through BRC.
New York report notes a pattern of tragedy among witnesses and victims in major kidnap and crime trials. Abe Reles died after leaping from a Coney Island hotel window. Mary McElroy, Donald Carroll Jr, and Charlotte Matthiesen are cited as victims whose families faced further suicides or dramatic outcomes amid legal proceedings.
Philadelphia resident William Ruhl, 81, settled a Camden property sale then discovered the $901 cash was missing from his pocket. After reporting to the police clerk, he searched again and found the money inside his vest, prompting sympathy from officers.
In Carson City Nevada a triple wedding took place with Eggar L Myrah of Salida California his daughter Grace Brooks and granddaughter Shirley Myrah marrying in one ceremony officiated by Justice of the Peace Richard L Waters. Myrah wed Lucy Camp of Empire California, while Brooks tied with Ira J Rhodes of Vallejo. Shirley Myrah married Clarence D Sear of Salida.
In McAlester Oklahoma L D Lackey a rural mail carrier moved his six room house 153 miles after a transfer from Wardville to Okemah two sections were split and trucked to the new site. He saved about 2700 dollars by not building a duplicate home.
In Chicago a Maxwell Street officer climbs three floors through smoke to rescue a trapped woman and two occupants. Patrolman Martin C. McCaw bursts into a locked room, awakens occupants, guides a woman and man to safety, then returns to search for more victims. All five residents are saved.
Mrs. Byrd of New Orleans has sent all five of her sons into military service. Malcolm and Marshall serve with marines in Far East zones. Luther is at a South Carolina army camp. Dennis Byrd, 18, has joined the home defense unit and plans active duty when eligible.
In western Pennsylvania agents seized a dagger inscribed with blood and honor in German and bearing a swastika handle among weapons and other items including rifles ammunition radios and photos of Hitler and Mussolini. Eight of 28 enemy aliens sought were in custody on charges of failing to surrender material.
In Newark New Jersey 12 year old Margaret Boylan died after drinking water during a game described as aloon tabbed as bartender and patron. Doctor Martland Essex County medical examiner cited an internal water intoxication finding. Margaret along with her brother sister and other playmates participated, with Margaret drinking about three quarts.
The article reports a Sacramento scene where civilians once urged soldiers to give them rides. Now, with jeeps, recon trucks, and soldiers driving, civilians watch as the military moves down the streets in armored vehicles.
A long fragmentary notice discusses a 1838 property title dispute in Fort Worth Texas regarding an oil rich parcel. It mentions owners J F Bland S E Richardson and J W Pree and others contesting land boundaries marked by trees and stumps, with marks found by Garrett indicating historic ownership.
Pittsburg report notes the Will Reoven iron ore mine has been idle for 24 years due to actions by Steel Corporation. The article cites ore production figures, mentioning iron concentrate around 2.206 million tons and an average ore quality near 63 percent, with context on regional supply and market impact.
Norfolk tale of a brindle bulldog that ran away for several days and was found by a boy. The boy and mother express joy as the pet returns home and shares a meal. A physician checked the boy for fever but found no serious illness.
A 15 year old boy in London took a gun and 100 rounds with intent to hunt Germans but was found with the weapon and ammunition. He had expressed a wish to join the army if he could, and his mother said he had made up his mind to act. No Germans were found.
In Los Gatos California a man tagged down a motorist after pushing his car over a 50 foot embankment. The injured driver F. L. Radis claimed the break and aid. Radis was sent to pick up the hitchhiker when the incident occurred.
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