Local News Items Gathered From Area Visits and Events
Elmer Meetenstrom visited over Sunday and Labor Day at the D J Christenson home. Families including Mr and Mrs M Babler and Mrs Church visited Roy Steven’s home at Searville. The Southwick reunion at Moville drew 85 clan members. The R R Rush party and Carl D Larson visited Minnesota fishing and friends. Thelma Norder and Henry Bloom attended the state fair in Minnesota and visited John Schneider in Minneapolis. Margaret Christenson will teach in Washington with E A Ralston as superintendent. A Huston Beauty Shop ad in Eagle Grove offers full services at moderate prices. Dorothy Dawson will teach in Cedar Rapids again this year. Naomi Hewitt also teaching there. Van Horns and relatives visited Otho Haas. a child’s hand injury occurred near Renwick from a feed grinder. Harry Bonwell said a Navy-relative Dane would be home soon from Portsmouth VA. George Baldridge of Clear Lake visited with his daughter Mrs Mernerd Yeakel. they traveled to Hampton and Clear Lake. Mr and Mrs Jake Blesie and relatives visited from South St Paul and toured Illinois, New Orleans, Wichita Falls. visiting St Paul and Minneapolis. Pas Kummeuw and two children from Ceylon Minn visited John Cabissen. they had been to Baltimore and M A where they visited daughter Mrs W W Schmidt in Pa. Folins Voss traveled to Philadelphia area with daughter Mrs Lewis Otto. Archie Bark and family of Mount Morris Ill visited west Friday to Monday with Charles Bark. they later toured West Bend grotto and had a picnic with several relatives. An Eagle Grove find of three one dollar bills was returned to the owner after an ad. others claimed $43.75 as lost, prompting joking about “Finders, keepers.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Christenson
Washington
E. A. Ralston
Renwick
Clsrs
Huston
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Dorothy Dawson
Cedar Rapids
Naomi Hewitt
Harry Bonwell
Dane
Navy
Duane
Portsmouth
Virginia
George Baldridge
Clear Lake
Mernerd Yeakel
Pas Kummrew
Ceylon
Mint
John Cabissen
Balimore
Belen) Schmidt
Folins Voss
Galesburg
Lewiz Otto
Renwick Market Prices and Local Social Notes
Market quotes for Wednesday Sept 7 from Renwick and surrounding events include tomatoes for 30 cents per bushel, and local social items such as visits by Miss Edda Helmke to Webster City, a Packard family reunion at Smith Park, and multiple weekend travels to Des Moines, Wartburg College, and Waldorf College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edda Helmke
Webster City
Charles Packard
Smith Park
Cows and Heifers in Strong Showing at Sale
Cows fed heifers and steers are set to bring full value at the sale with buyers expecting solid demand for prime stock and steady bidding across classes. Strong willingness to pay reflects healthy livestock markets and producer confidence.
M E Church Notes and Community Events
M E Church Notes by R Yeager lists Hardy Morning Worship at 10 a m and Sunday School at 11 a m The King's Heralds meet at Andrew Clancy home with Mrs Myron Clancy as hostess Hardy W FP MS plans a food sale at Kelling store on Saturday afternoon Sept 10 Renwick Sunday School at 10 a m Winston Yeager with Morning Worship at 11 Choir practice Thursday at 7 30 p m Sunday school board meeting at the church on Monday evening Sept 12
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renwick
Winston Yegger
St. Pauls Lutheran Church Weekly Service and Activities
St Pauls Lutheran Church led by Pastor J H Reents offers a German service at nine, Sunday School at ten with Maurice Nissen as superintendent, divine service at 22 a m, choir practice Friday, and confirmation instruction beginning a week from Saturday. The church extends invitations to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Nissen
St. Paul’s
Rou
Sunday School at 108 m Pastor to attend Men’s Retreat
First Baptist Church Ewing Holland hosts Sunday School at 108 m with Jameal Nelson as Superintendent. No preaching services Sunday due to pastor and delegation attending the Men’s Retreat at Iowa Falls over Saturday night and Sunday. Other items note regional visits and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jameal Nelson
Iowa Falls
Renwick Town Severs Property From District in 1938 Case
In Humboldt County district court a petition by Incorporated Town of Renwick Iowa and Mayor Dietrich Elmer seeks to sever land from the town limits alongside primary road No 60. The case asks for commissioners to appraise liabilities and a decree to formalize the severance with other relief as proper. Defendants are named and urged to appear by the October 1938 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura M. Smith
Iowa
Renwick
Dietrich Elmer
Township
St. P. M
Slong
Renswick
Court House
Dakota City
Low income group to get cheap rent in Schenectady
Schenectady near Schenectady business district prepares Schonowee village a five-building project with 219 apartments from two to five rooms each. Modern utilities include plumbing, electric refrigerator, gas stove and cross ventilation. A social worker will manage buildings offering dances, classes, and community rooms. Rent targets those unable to pay market rates, estimates around seven dollars a room with utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Schonowee
Schensctady
Schonowee Village
Teders
Frank Barclay
Barclay
Noahs Oldest Passenger Was Chinese Ginkgo Tree
Washington report notes Noahs oldest passenger aboard the ark was a Chinese ginkgo tree, a live survivor of the Jurassic era about 130 million years old. Dr. Roland W Brown of the U S Geological Survey explains the tree found near the White House resembles fossil forms. He calls such a ginkgo as remarkable as a twentieth century dinosaur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Washington
Arr
Roland W. Brown
United States Geological Survey
White House
Doctor Brown
Woman Dispatcher Claims Early Role in Airline History
Concord New Hampshire report highlights Alice Ome as a pioneering airline dispatcher since 1933. She works at the Boston and Maine Vermont Central airport, wearing a blue-gray uniform and leather gear. The article notes women dispatchers in northern New England and references safety regulations for air crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Marston
Airstar
Alice L
Boston & Maine-Vermont Central
Regulati
New
Ras Air
Be Kind and Send No Love Message by Cow
A fragment from a Regina Saskatchewan item describes a cow delivering a message. A woman near Gladmar tried to contact a neighbor but was cut off by a phone line. She observed the cow and attached a note, then tied the bag and cow in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
Gladmar
Se Ke
Six Nations Reinstates Ancient Mohawk Council
At Onondaga long house on Six Nations reserve near Brantford Ontario five new chiefs were inducted into the hereditary Mohawk council in the largest ceremony in thirty years. The ritual lines the historic transfer of authority as the council seeks to guide Six Nations affairs despite years under elected governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brantford
Ont
Canada
Onondaga Long House
Six Nations
Cayuga
Onondago
Onondaga
Picture Autobiography of Sitting Bull Shown
Smithsonian receives two drawing memoirs by Sitting Bull made during 1862 while he was a prisoner at Fort Randall Dakota Territory. The 13 drawings for Daniel L Pratt depict battles with other Indians and a foot wound that crippled him. A second set of 30 drawings for Lieut. Tear completes the autobiographical series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitting Bull
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Fort Randall
Dakota
Territory
Daniel L. Pratt
G. H Pettinger
Oswego
Ore
Ce Tear
Smithsonian
Hick
Bible Anthology Planned for Missionaries Use
Selly Oak College professor G C Hedfrey Phillips and colleagues plan a Bible anthology to aid missionary work among primitive races. He argues the Old Testament is hard for primitive readers and aims to create an accessible preparatory document with key passages from a missionary perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lond
Cgedfrey Phillips
Foreign Missions
Selly Oak College
Birmingham
Girl with Arthritis Leads Youth Baseball Team
Virginia Steverman, twenty one, manages the Chestnut Hill Beavers. Though partly crippled by arthritis since age one, she coaches infield drills, chats constantly on the field, and runs a weekly fight-talk meeting at her home for the boys after guiding the Beavers to ten wins last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Virginia Steverman
Chestnut Hill Beavers
Beaucaire Orders Camargue Bull Statue for Public Square
Paris reports Beaucaire will place a Camargue bull statue in its public square. Three wild Camargue bulls sent to assist sculptor Henri Courcier, commissioned to craft the second such statue in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Beaucaire
Camargue
Texas
Henri Courcier
Cat Club Organized in Elkin North Carolina
The Surry County Cat Club formed to provide homes for unclaimed cats and kittens, adding a new local organization to Elkin community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cat Club
Elkin
N. C
Surry County
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Elmer Meetenstrom
Shang
D. J
M. B. Richardson
Southwick
Moville
R. R. Rush
Carl D. Larson
Minnesota
Thelma Norder
Henry Bloom
John Schneider
Minneapolis
Kir
T. J. van Horn
Humboldt
Will van Horn
Estherville
Albert Les
Minn
Otho Haas
Andrew Onpedshl
Jake Blesie
End Sonm Inlaw
Frenk Shant
South St. Paul, Minn
Seturder
Ilinois
New Orleans
Wichite Falls
St Penl
Archie Bark
Mount Morris
Charles Bark
Gilbert Carlson
Pherman Bark
Robert
Alma Mickelson
Goldfield
Floyd Kelling
West Bend
Wm. Biler
Renwick Markets
Lae Cakaksien
Roger Sanborn
Mason City
Harold Saxton
L. W. Fleming
Wellman
Nadine Shires
Waverly West
Wartburg College
Elmer Larson
Joya
John Palmer
Britt
Relati
Fred Fredrickson Y
Jack
Chicago
Clarence Johnson
C. R. Yeager
BE. Cook
Algona
Carroll Packard
Midland
Roy McCurry
Whitey
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato
Renick Stringer
Verda
Des Moines
Ortis
Paul Oppedahl
Waldorf College
Forest City
Walane Pederson
Waldorf
Winston Yeager
Beth Figi
Daisies Blesie
Levoune Helmke
Mildred Fisher
Mary Lois Flemmig
Ivan Maurer
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Robert Watson
Omehe
Neb
Wm. Nissen
C. A. Richardson
Arlene
Braden
Wilbur
Nissen
Donna
Donald McGowen
Karen
Everett Greber
A.B. Richardson
Pam Altman
Gladys of
Fannie Baumgartner
James Kelling
Baumgartner
Gladys
Kellings
John Baumgartner
Harlan L. Larson
Law Estates
General Practice
Goldfield, Iowa
M. E. Church Notes
R. Yeager
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
J. H. Reents
First Baptist Church
Ewing Holland
Winfred Baker
Dee Moines
Marvin Gugisberg
Owatonna
G. Gugisberg
A. H. Stafford
Gloria
Sioux City
Yankton
Mise Blanche Jones
College
Ames
Stanley McCurry
Stanley Wilson
Leavenworth
Kans
A. P. Rowley
Brookings
Will Anderson
Earl Norder
Marshalltown
Henry Norder
Howard Granner
Shirley
M. C. Rockwood
Curtis
Newark
N.J
Vivian
Columbia University
Keene, N. H
Keene Normal College
Clara Shores
John Helmke
Edna
W. H. Friday
Irwin
Fred Schwandt
Weyllian Zentner
Friday
Nadine Shores
District Court of
Humboldt County
Lows
W. H. Long
Renwick, Lows
L. R. Turner
Renwick Savings Bank
Calla Meade
A. H. Stafford, D. V. M
Renwick, Iowa
S. L. Huntley
F. W. Fisch
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