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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1938
Page
4
Local dealers quoted prices for Wednesday September 21 with market figures published under market news. The listing reflects regional pricing and market conditions observed by Seynectiin reporters.
Three loads of 350 pound Hereford calves and one load of 620 pound White Face steer calves arrived this week at the Great Western stock yards in Clarion Iowa. Buyers can avoid extra costs by purchasing privately. orders of any size or quality can be supplied. Call 104 to arrange viewing.
A collage of small notices depicts property for sale, visits, travel, and family events across several Iowa towns. Hank Kraft lists a town property. Fred and Rasmussen move into a new home while visiting Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Richardson travel to Des Moines for Christmas goods. Nellis family and Rosmary visit Burt. Charley Campbell and Mrs Starr host guests. Lois Packard Norma Legler visit Clarence Erwin. Rasmussen and Kerr visit Rasmussen’s family in Swea City. Know Your Neighbor club gathering near August Hoffman. Norene Griebel shows slight hospital improvement in Fort Dodge. A baby girl Roselyn Margaret born to Merion and wife at Eagle Grove. Garret Polander family visits Will Sterr and Eggerth clan. Polander is grandchild of Eggerths. Elsa Lochsinger of Hardy and Gene Potter and Vans Rohwer of Renwick named for October event at Humboldt district court in Dakota City. Winifred Baker resigns home demonstration role in Humboldt and Calhoun counties to teach at Vernon Consolidated School. Mr and Mrs Sierven and children, and Witham family from Meson City dine with Babler family for birthday.
Eagle Grove Market Sale invites consignments of surplus livestock including cows fed heifers steers and light feeding pigs. The sale promises full value and attentive service from manager S Schwenck and auctioneer R Uhr, emphasizing a common ground for buyers and sellers.
Meine Yanney hosted a seven o clock Thanksgiving turkey dinner last Thursday honoring Mr Yanney on his birthday. The party intended as a surprise but was nearly spoiled when he suspected a ruse over a family movie plan. The menu featured turkey with trimmings and a pink and white checkerboard birthday cake with ice cream. Guests brought useful and comic gifts and prizes were awarded after a bridge game.
A collection of small ads lists used brick for sale at 1 cent from Nort h Mills and furniture as well as a Majestic range and a Voss electric washing machine offered by Airs. Albert Kitley Renwick Iowa. Local residents Emmett Packard and Magvoketa welcome a baby girl born Sept 19. Social notes recount visits by Harlo Frisbie and son Donald and Miss Warner of Fairmont to Chris and Fred Rasmussen, plus John Brink and Arthur Riley visitors from Lu Verne to Dean Castleman. Jennie Swanson and son Otto traveled to Arnolds Park for the Spencer fair with extended family.
Officers of the Renwick Community Club and others met Tuesday night to organize for the coming season. Committees will solicit season tickets, with six meetings planned during the school year. The second Monday each month hosts programs, a 7 pm supper is provided, season tickets cost 3.00 and single admissions are 75 cents.
After two weeks of heavy rains the weather has turned cooler and flood waters have receded from riverbanks and basements. Furnace fires have been started and several light frosts have been reported in the past week. Despite the chill, residents can expect many warm days before winter arrives.
The text warns that angled curb parking creates difficulties for adjacent drivers and increases collision risk when backing out. It stresses parking so neighbors can enter and exit and advises slow backing, noting minor crashes are common though serious accidents occur from careless exits.
M E Church notes detail Pastor C R Yeager presiding over Hardy Morning Worship and 11 am Sunday School with W S James Superintendent. Renwick Sunday School meets 10 am with Winston Yeager as Superintendent. Monday the Sunday School held its annual officer election with all former officers re-elected. Thursday choir practice at 7 0 clock. Woman's Foreign Missionary meeting next Tuesday evening followed by a 7 o'clock covered dish supper. Mrs James Clowes to host Ladies Aid at her home Wednesday afternoon September 28.
German service at 9 a m Sunday School at 10 00 o clock Maurice Nissen Superintendent Divine Service at 11 a m Choir practice Friday at 8 o'clock Luther League meets next week Thursday St Pauls invites you.
Rev. and Mrs. C R Yeager accompanied their son Winston to Des Moines on Monday where he began work at Drake. Mrs Leo Piper and twins Malcolm and Marilyn visited from Marshalltown at Mrs P H Thiel's maternal home.
A preview of the upcoming World's Poultry Congress in Cleveland from July 28 to August 7, 1939. The Cleveland Museum of Art grounds will host activities with two exhibit halls the Hall of Live Poultry and the Hall of Nations and States. Over 200 fowl varieties and nearly as many pigeon varieties will be shown. Several nations have applied for exhibit space and more plan to participate.
American motorists spent about 7.5 billion dollars more than 11 percent of the nation’s income on automobiles last year. Purchases, accessories, repairs totaled about 3.5 billion. Gasoline expenditures neared 3 billion with nearly 1 billion from taxes. State and federal gasoline taxes rose, rates varied by state, and New York led gasoline tax receipts.
Article notes Britain will issue gas masks for dogs and horses in future air raids while cats largely rely on resilience. The Royal Society cautions that masking suffering may be worse than the raid, recounting a London house fire where a cat revived after burial, and spectators recall World War I cats retreating to cellars during bombing.
Provincetown Massachusetts reports the town crier, the U S official team, being outshouted by boys advertising hotels and restaurants. Despite aging 67 year old Kubik still delivering tides weather and notices, the board considers action against him but finds no threat to Provincetown’s quaint character.
In Cincinnati a Strange burial ceremony marked the sixty-ninth year as the Gorman family paid respects to members who died last year. About 400 Gormans gathered from various walks of life to undertake the annual pilgrimage of the dead. Col James E Gorman led a traveling rodeo and directed the procession.
In Johannesburg reports describe Dr. Robert Broom locating a right upper jaw of a primeval man at Sterkfontein caves near Krugersdorp Transvaal. The find suggests a transitional form with an enlarged canine and a continuous incisor canine series, linking ape to man.
Minneapolis report quotes Prof. John W. Ey ing of the University of Minnesota Astronomy Department stating sun spots act like refrigerants as heated gas expands and cools the atmosphere. He notes sun center temp around 7,200 degrees while surface reaches 10,800, and claims sun spot cooling could lower an object from the sun’s atmosphere by 3,606 degrees. He links magnetic storms and aurora borealis to sun spots and mentions Arizona trees growing better during peak sun spot periods.
In Schenectady General Electric labs researchers use scales with springs spun from fused quartz to record weight changes to 1/28,000 ounce under varying conditions. Quartz resists corrosion and temperature changes, with filament threads drawn at 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit and wound into coils about one inch long. The springs also measure moisture absorption of fibers by exposing them to water vapor and weighing via vacuum.
Tulsa delegates of the Oklahoma Dental society report women show more courage than men to undergo dental treatment. Dr J J Wells of Shawnee notes men often recall prior engagements once inside the office or chair. He recalls a Chicago classroom anecdote of a husky soldier forced to abdicate before pain.
Massachusetts debuts a new statute allowing municipal officials to publicize infected locations by notice methods deemed most effective for public safety, replacing a 237 year old requirement to display red flags near homes of infectious disease patients.
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