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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
6
An attorney for Los Angeles advertised for a chauffeur, about twenty applicants were questioned on qualifications efficiency and marital status. He then asked a Black man named George if he was married and the man replied I make my own living.
The fragment contrasts put and take with high finance and highway robbery. It hints at a Kodak salesman claiming profit from effort yet warns of risk and deceit in sales practices.
Polly Hopkins and Granny Hope sustain the squatters with a fresh lamb and milk while plotting to resist eviction. Polly tells Bennett that Evelyn and Marcus MacKenzie face danger and she urges Evelyn to seek help at Granny Hope’s hut.
Polly Hopkins lives with her father Jerry and Granny Howe in a dilapidated shack in Ithaca area Silent City. Neighbor Oscar Bennett is a Frooperous farmer. Polly knows that 6 is secretly married to Evelyn Robertson who appears wealthy. Marcus Mackenzie owns the squatters’ land and vows to drive them out. A stranger sympathizes with the squatters and earns Polly’s gratitude. Evelyn learns she and her cousin Robert Percival are funding the bounty. Polly conveys to Bennett that Evelyn cannot provide more money and urges patience amid regret over her marriage.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference prayer being more effective when combined with sweat in a Baltimore synagogue context.
Indianapolis druggist Joe Stokes known for tales and kindness tries rent collection in the industrial district. After a slow pattern he jokes about lenders and reports a lack of peace as his broker’s notices fail to yield payments.
James Murphy of Long Island City faced arraignment in the Long Island City police court for a smoking charge at a subway station. He claimed he had just bought a fare, lit a pipe, and had no place to put it, asking for leniency. The judge suspended sentence, noting the unusual circumstances.
An old man muses on progress and fading reputation, noting that public confidence is eroded though some applaud the acquittal of notorious crooks. The quip about a husband and wife humorously underscores misplaced trust in personal bonds.
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