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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
2
Billie Brownie asks Mother Nature for porcupine wisdom and meets a shy porcupine in the dark woods. The animal explains quills, salt craving, and independence, noting porcupines are quiet, nocturnal, and solitary. The Brownie learns the creature’s view before departing at dawn.
A compact excerpt on disposition, luck, and vanity noting happiness depends on outlook more than fortune. It compares temper to a tool and discusses how others overreact to dogs and noise. The piece closes with a plant metaphor and a copyright notice.
A famous company reportedly insured a fiction writer against loss of imagination a hairy man against baldness an actress against the loss of her legs and a timid man against a revolution.
A maker of violins and a German poet named Heine illustrate happiness as a state found within. Contentment and self discovery drive joy, while chasing riches or social status fails to satisfy. The violin maker stays put, choosing craft and contentment over pecuniary gain.
The Dearborn Independent quotes a Chicago professor describing a Sahara region that was once densely forested with a race of hunter farmers living there. The passage notes subsistence by hunting and tilling the soil in historic times.
Uncommon Sense argues new ideas like Christianity and evolution face bitter opposition from established beliefs. The essay, urging persistence, notes inertia and the need to push hard to win acceptance, using filing data cards as an everyday example.
A fragmentary remark on domestic life quotes playful lines about pets and home life with mentions of a mature Matilda and a dog and cat chorus in a humorous chipper mood.
U S forest service reports about 31 000 fires yearly across the United States for a decade with 15 000 000 acres burned annually, including 11 800 000 acres of forest land. The last decade saw at least 118 000 000 acres destroyed. Annual damage totals about 20 000 000 dollars plus harm to young trees and buildings. About 90 percent of fires are caused by careless persons.
In fall about sixty years ago the Multnomahs gathered wapatoo on Wapatoo Island. Squaws waded in the waters behind a small canoe to loosen roots with bare feet. They collected tubers, stored flour from the tubers for winter, and enjoyed fresh wapatoo boiled or roasted.
Senator Sorghum admits he is directing his campaign but likens the effort to driving a car from the back seat. The Washington Star notes a cynic is anyone never happy unless very unhappy.
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