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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
2
Report from Washington cites the rural delivery system as costly to farmers who pay box rents and home delivery fees. Postmaster general proposals would raise about six and a half million dollars by charging for rural box usage, with significant impact on small towns and farmers in the region.
Regular meeting minutes note approval of bills for lighting, hauling, and street work totaling several dollars. Resignation accepted, Rasmussen appointed street commissioner, and sidewalk deadlines set with penalties. motion to levy incidental and road taxes passed.
In a reflective editorial from the Atchison Globe the piece condemns the dead beat as a lesser evil tolerated in society. It argues the thief harms neighbors and erodes trust while pretending virtue and friendship to gain advantage and money without work.
Government offers 1.5 acres of farm and grazing land for settlement on the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock reservations. The offer runs October 4 to 23 with processing at Aberdeen and Pierre. Fast trains via Chicago and North Western link to the area. Applicants must file with the agent by September 19.
Death of Birs Biri Clough reported at a home event with family mourners listed. The obituary notes a long illness prior to passing and names surviving relatives including Wena ne Jefi ty, W. Clough of Topeka, Kansas, and others in Eagle Provo. Born Phoebe Catherine in Monteéel Cana, she is recorded with dates about 1831 and August 27.
Tickets for a colonists voyage to the Pacific Coast are advertised with daily sales from September to about October 131h. The tour, personally conducted by A Hutchinson, manager of the tour department, lists 222 Clark Street Chicago as the contact, with tickets available through North Western and Union Pacific agents.
A garbled science article fragment discusses a photo labeled She Dize-tiye Nace revealing a table of foods and their digestion rates. It mentions baked apples fish venison jam crabs and alcoholic drinks with varied pacing, noting one hour and lagging effects. The piece mixes food types with odd phrasing and unclear dates or places.
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