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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
8
Forbes Watson, driving an ambulance in France, recalls a Poilu at a Red Cross canteen who hid his sorrow and then found courage after a conversation with an American woman. He later thanked her in a letter praising Union Kranto-Americaine and the Red Cross as front ranks of diplomacy.
The piece promotes durable pig housing, detailing hinged partitions to swing up for turning pens, roof lighting with sash vents for ventilation, and tile foundations. It cites William A. Radford as authority and provides construction tips for efficient hoghouses, including ventilation spacing and materials.
A correspondent recalls finding a marble tablet high on a building’s wall in a Danube delta settlement near Vienna. The tablet’s inscription was visible only from a distance, prompting notes about the street and wall context in this early report.
The author argues for lowering the concrete foundation to the footing line to save material and labor. He claims up to 50 percent savings when using a solid foundation coordinated with the floor, and recommends hollow tile below ground level to maintain strength while reducing formwork and wall height.
The excerpt presents a view of humanity’s constant battle against nature, citing Charles M. Horton and Industrial Management. It discusses how individuals gradually yield to decay as a natural law, while early humans resisted this necessity and survived through self preservation and active defense against dangers.
Excerpts from a royal account book noted by Torquemada mention 2,060 loaves of very white refined salt in a mold for consumption by the lords of Mexico and 1,800 baskets of salt cited among yearly expenditures in medicine and surgery.
Two young girls discuss a man nicknamed the nutty young Cuthbert passing by. May questions if he sought exemption and Ray confirms. Ray explains his belief that if he won his wife’s father would lose a son-in-law to support.
The piece urges readers to lend money to the government by buying Liberty Bonds to support soldiers in France. It argues the cash will return with interest and frames bonds as the safest way to aid the war effort, urging even those without sons to contribute to a noble cause and protect fighters.
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