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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
1
A widow named Atsa Economical mourns her late husband for 18 months and rejects many suitors. She finally encounters a suitor who asks why she chose him, and she reveals a linen mark reading "Mente 1" as a clue to her choice. The scene unfolds with social tensions and a cryptic identifier in a rustic dialogue.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Dandeline claiming it cures dandruff and revives thinning hair. The copy promises smoother hair, shine, and new fine hair growth after a few weeks, urging purchase at 25 cents. It also notes the ad is a generic claim about scalp health and hair vitality.
Sidney faces the aftermath of a perilous night as Doctor Edwardes performs a miracle operation. KK, unmasked as Edwardes, battles guilt and duty while Joe confesses to a grim act. Sidney learns of loyalties tested, Carlotta’s heartbreak, and the street’s wary vigil as the crisis unfolds.
The article discusses beliefs linking cats to the supernatural and witchcraft. It cites Japanese folklore about a demon called the Nebishling returning to Earth each generation and joining a famed pottery lineage in revenge for an ancient slight.
A fragment from a boy’s essay notes pain in air and mood. The writer suggests many kinds of pain exist so that everyone might have a share, invoking a reflective line about perception and weathered feelings.
A miscellaneous 1916 clipping reports on policemen aided by worn food and ter wice on duty in signal boxes using electrically gouted plates. It also notes a new cafe with large windows for diners, a patent bead feeding machine, Chilean railway electrification talks, rising nitrate exports, a milk container spout, onion ration on a border patrol, and Whistler's White Girl selling for 20 500 pounds.
In Wagoner Oklahoma Viola Finical credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with pulling her through the change of life after years in bed and two surgeries She now does housework gardens and also helps neighbors This ad urges middle aged women to heed warning symptoms and consider the remedy noting many have benefited from it and that the product has carried women safely through the crisis
The piece argues waste in fires and rats raises national costs. It cites Philadelphia rat studies showing rodents waste food worth over a million dollars yearly and notes US fire premiums at 419 million in 1915. It claims at least three quarters could be saved by lower fire rates comparable to England, France, or Germany.
A garbled 1917 style machine transcription notes New York state intends to spend about seven million dollars on some government project or goods described as jars or noses, with unclear phrasing and details. The item appears to be a procurement or public works note from the era.
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