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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
3
A vivid sea yarn of love and adventure unfolds with fighting and mystery. The narrative promises strong characters and expressive prose, featuring American themes and a red hearty pace that makes readers eager for each instalment.
A dying seasman recalls the voyage of the bark Apollo as crew fall to yellow fever and heat. The log records Captain Mitchell and first mate Wallen, with only a few survivors left in the stifling calm.
A shipboard crew member relives a buried past as Ting Wah claims a chilling truth about hidden Chinamen and a gray isolated house. Memories surge of his father and a servant, a pistol shot, and a deadly night that changed his life forever.
The narrative describes a grand Persian procession with royal chariots, gold tipped robes, and 12 Persian gems, followed by vast troops and royal retinue. The king admires his force, then leads it to war, forcing peoples to yield wives and turning peaceful highways into military routes.
A London review contends overemphasis on trivial textual marks in Shakespeare manuscripts. An English letter expert analyzes a single B in Sir Thomas More, arguing the letter’s construction mirrors a broader debate on autograph accuracy and literary authority.
In Denmark Belgium and Germany clash over flag colors claimed as historic rights. Belgium cites 13th century princes of Flanders as basis for black red gold while Germany points to medieval empire use. A playful aside notes plant names and a London market mix up as a vendor mislabels a flower variety.
Maro and his mother return to a lodging house and find a bed filled with bedbugs. The landlady disputes the claim and Harold insists all beds are taken and occupied by married residents with families. The muddled report echoes unusual local reactions.
The piece notes how magic mirrors figured in diverse cultures from Japan to the Aztecs and Mexicans. It cites an obsidian Aztec mirror in the British Museum used for various rites and crystal gazing, and mentions reports of mirrors vanishing into a fist during long silent staring before a vision may appear.
A British Army medical officer treats shell shock by analyzing patients dreams. He records nightmares and emotional recollections to identify disturbing visions and applies targeted methods to lessen their influence, as described in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
A fragmentary quip contrasts gendered car slang with a joke about steering, noting the speaker cannot see why a dent would be called she while another replies you never tried to steer one.
The London Chronicle recalls a British victim of a visiting American reporter who faced Dressmen demanding news. A fictitious interview ran in a local paper attacking politicians, illustrated by giant boots and the slogan Are these feet or yarda.
On the Munir fruit ranch between Van Nuys and Lankershim, J. W. Grimes and G. A. Huffaker measured an apricot tree claimed to be the largest. The tree is 35 years old, 54.5 inches in girth at 2.5 feet above ground, and 25 feet tall. Grimes, a prominent fruit industry figure, has toured frost regions of California studying apricots.
In a Birmingham Age-Herald item, Senator Twodddle says he is swamped with constituent telegrams and does not need to exert himself to gauge public sentiment. He notes the messages show the public pulse is accelerated.
A Boston Evening Transcript excerpt features the line At last the wolf is at the door and a follow up coaxing him in for a meal, illustrating a provocative wartime era pairing of metaphor and blunt appetite language.
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