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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
7
A community movement, seeking methods to raise corn prices, halts plans for a loyal meeting. Attended Dodge meeting, spoke with a man in Dos Monica, but no decisive action. Authors aim to delay and discuss cannery funding, while awaiting clearer guidance. Need for tankage and extra orders to reach a viable deal.
Renwick High marks a record enrollment with ninety six new students and a total pupil body the largest in school history. Freshmen prepared for initiation next Friday, while an upcoming assembly welcomed all grade levels. The orchestra, sports schedule, and class officers were announced, with many names and positions noted by the yearbook-style recap.
Enrollment rises with six boys and nine girls for big year in elementary grades. Ronen Wiehers has been absent from school due to illness in the hand. Mr. McGarry arranged the sixth grade room with a portable bulletin board. Children bring in specimens including hatter ies, frogs, eggs, and various plants and flowers.
Nineteen pupils enroll in third and fourth grades this year with most in the fourth. Students started a simple slave project using orange crates, painted liver and green, while the third grade formed a Journey Club planning imaginative trips to homes of boys and girls in other lands. Visitors are welcome to the second primary. We are happy to have you with us.
Fragmentary note records enrolment for fifteen in the first grade and mentions the sided yrnla this year, likely a clerical inscription from a parish or school ledger detailing early year class entries and a related term. The readable names and terms point to a historical administrative record of education.
Scattered excerpts describe Clarenee Black missing something last week while glasses were changed. A room contains a turtle named Tommy and students discuss makeshift furniture from orange crates. The scene mentions cushions for the furniture and furniture in a library corner.
A notice from the era records the death of A. W. Gray’s mother with funeral attendance by Mr and Mrs Gray and the Gray children on Tuesday. The Fortnightly Club plans an All Nations party for local school teachers at Smith Park after school today. A weather note mentions recent heat, rain, and rapid changes, with references to 100 degree heat and clothing adjustments.
A fragmentary Saturday Review note recounts Schliemann seeking a Greek wife in Greece to complement his later life after Russia. He sought a match through a Greek tutor, who found a suitable relative. The bride passed a strict examination by heart, and the marriage proved him right as she supported his famed achievements in archaeology.
A medical officer in a Japanese prison study questions the link between body size and criminality. He notes fat men are not inherently lawbreakers, challenging the trope of the fat villain popular in literature. The piece cites Wilkie Collins and other authors to illustrate bias against corpulence.
A fragment describing Viki village in Norway as an ancient picturesque site. It highlights turf roofed cottages, multi layered dirt paths, spinning wheels, a peng ant church style, preserved carvings and a feather collection tag on a long stick used for waking sleepers.
The fragment outlines osmium as the heaviest element with specific gravity comparisons to water and other metals. It mentions Treidium and platinum as second and third, with various numbers and terms muddled, attempting to define specific gravity and standard references.
A fragmented 1919 era piece references General Allenby and British victory in the Middle East. It mentions an army of 91,000 with 46,000 horses, 10,000 rifles, and 23,000 mantles, advancing northward through desert towns and canal works. It links Nebi to prophecy and cites Allenby as shaping events from the West.
The piece surveys multiple language roots for the word grimace, tracing hints from Latin simia and Old Saxon geima to possible connections with Italian getmo and Spanish grim Azo. It notes modern scholars doubt a single origin, while artists once used grimacters to carve architectural heads.
The Mountain's Appeal notes thousands visit the famed Chartreuse monastery near St Bruno, with its wild landscape and winter beauty. Located in a hollow by Grand-Som, Cucheron pass, and Channechandes peaks near 7,000 feet, the area becomes a sheltered winter resort with sleighs and skiing.
The Tarthians, a warlike people around 259 B C in the Persian region, were famed horse archers whose tactics inspired proverbs. They fought by scattering darts then retreating with a backward-sheathed arrow flight to avoid closer contact. Their famed "Parthian shot" became a symbol of cutting remarks in response to opportunities.
A garbled excerpt discusses Greek and Latin learning, patriotism, and courage as manly virtues. It mentions Germany's leading economic items and a Prince You Bulow reference, claiming candidates for posts in a company and hints at Homer, Yergit, double bookkeeping, and stock business experience.
The passage reflects on how printed presses transformed knowledge access in ancient times. It notes limited literacy among people, general occupation types not requiring keen vision, and the shift once printing evolved prompting broader reading interest and self-driven work.
Detroit Free Press notes that disease immunity may develop in the future as populations gain partial protection through natural exposure and vaccines. The piece explains how the body builds defenses against illnesses like measles and mumps, with varying effects across racial groups and civilizations.
A colossal western white pine in Center Lake National Park Oregon is believed to be over a thousand years old and measures 29 feet 2 inches in girth and 140 feet in height. The tree grows on the canyon’s west side near a government camp along Anam Creek while erosion on the eastern slope has affected nearby roots.
In Longmeadow a wife learned to drive an old car and moved an oil pan from under it when she discovered the garage pan had been placed to catch leaks. On his return the husband, noting the missing pan, asked why. She explained the children moved it, and added she had forgot to tell him she had driven and cleaned the car.
A humorous incident at a maternal gathering ends with a small boy jokingly guessing a guest’s age by the rings on her necklace. The guest, a woman in her forties, reacts with a startled hug as the boy declares she is twenty two.
Noted educator William A McGaitey born in Washington counts Pa in 800 and educated at Waghlogton College Pa. He served as professor of ancient languages and philosophy at Minot University 1830 1899 and led Oto University as president. He taught philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1819 until his death in 1833. He compiled the Hefectic Series readers and other school books widely sold.
Bargain flauter Den tests two neighborhood stores asking how many candies a penny buys. One clerk says nine, the other ten. Den repeats the question, then returns to the first store to buy candy for a penny, unsure which price is correct.
An inexact excerpt notes a jail official earning a university diploma for a thesis arguing that fat men are rarely criminals while most crimes are committed by the slender, referencing a Manchester Cremedian context and a Japan link. The passage reflects selective views on body type and crime with unclear origins.
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