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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1904
Page
3
A compact reflection on prayer urging faith in peace amid darkness. It cites Coleridge and counsels praying for what one cannot hope, while urging spiritual casting of selfish wishes.
The German impresario Hans German completes a theater troupe's voyage to the United States aboard the Rhineland. Rivalry erupts between Fraulein Barcon and Fraulein Brussel as the latter attracts the cast. Brussel forms a bond with Mr. Wittson a funeral director after a failed American debut, leading to a marriage proposal and a future in Boston.
A Milwaukee man recalls Payne a former Postmaster General viewed as entertaining with original speech. He and a friend once tried to reform a drunken companion, then Payne described the scene with a sharp, humorous image of washing his face in a mud puddle and drying it on a floor mat.
The treasury expert Mrs J Conard, famed for correctly identifying counterfeit notes, stood by her belief that a specific note was counterfeit despite initial department and expert disagreement. The note later appeared in counterfeit records in another department, confirming her accuracy.
In 1900 only eight states plus the District of Columbia had sufficiently complete death registrations for rate calculations. Connecticut Maine Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Rhode Island and DC form the Sequos report group.
Miss Charlotte Dodd, England’s top woman golfer, spoke at the Philadelphia County club about golf in Scotland. She notes Scots' passion and perseverance for the game, and mentions a crusty Edinburgh lawyer who wed late, claiming his marriage would not derail his golfing focus.
The article reports on a conversation about stage makeup for teeth. Mrs Parkay and Leading Mann discuss actors wearing temporary ivory to hide gold or blackened teeth for performances. The makeup washes off after the show, allowing normal appearance afterward.
William Waldorf Astor muses on the Russo Japanese war noting that nations in conflict harm each other and mocks a defenseless couple’s quarrels. He tells a parable of a country house with an elderly visitor who is always thought to be the other's guest due to the silence between spouses.
The piece lists famous figures who began major works or public careers late in life. Sir Walter Scott started at forty, Milton at fifty, Mrs. Henry Wood at forty-five, Cranwell at forty-one, and historical exemplars like Hesrin, Marlborough, Abraham, and Moses achieving prominence at older ages, illustrating a theme of delayed beginnings.
Barrymore and J. M. Hill discussed business when a beggar asked for alms. they ignored him until Hill apologized for his neck, chased the man, and gave him something. Hill stated he always helps the blind while Barrymore quipped that they cannot see what is given.
Chibert Livingston recounts a humorous tale about the servant shortage impressing itself on even babies. A storyteller notes a child’s nurse named Nana and comments that cooks come and go, making it hard to track staff. From the New York Miner.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a path, a struggle, and a monthly tale issue. It references names and terms but lacks coherent context, making precise event or entities difficult to identify.
Bulletin 90 from the South Carolina Experiment Station details inoculation of northern cattle with small amounts of blood from immune southern cattle to boost immunity against Texas fever. It notes a drop in death rate from 60 89 percent to about 6–7 percent after inoculation, with guidance on timing, age, and care of cattle, plus observed outcomes from 383 inoculated animals and broader implications for South Carolina beef supply.
The piece contrasts two farming models extensive land ownership versus intensive small farms. It argues land price and labor costs push toward concentrated ownership in the East and near cities, while the West lags except around urban areas. It suggests selling unused land to create better access for new farmers and notes social benefits from smaller, deeper cultivation.
The article explains horse nutrition per 1000 pounds of live weight, stressing maintenance plus extra energy for work, and recommends a mix of concentrates and roughage. It warns against overreliance on either, notes corn is widely used but can be overfed, and suggests replacing some corn with oats for better balance and energy.
Hairy vetch, a top cover crop, faces high seed import costs. Ontario seed from Germany yielded 3.4 bushels more per acre than German seed when grown locally, with price at five dollars per bushel. Farmers could cut seed costs by growing their own, improving returns. For sweet potatoes, plow shallow and ensure a hard subsoil bottom for stout, short tubers.
Farmers face rising concern over seed quality as cheaper, poorly cleaned, or old seed reduces germination and introduces weed seeds. Experts warn that soil humus decline, varying potato quality, and imbalanced nutrients like nitrogen and potash affect yields and mislead buyers into blaming varieties.
A compact pancake guide details making batter from two cups Falcon Self Rising Pancake Flour with milk or water for thin batter, or two cups Pancake Flour with two cans milk sugar or syrup and one egg. The flour is a self rising mix from wheat corn and rye sold by the best grocers.
A scrambled ad text touts Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry with 16 oz packages and claims against 12 oz packs. It warns grocers may push smaller sizes to clear stock and emphasizes that Defiance packages display 16 oz. and resist sticking, urging buyers to choose Defiance.
The fragment describes Mother Gray's powders claimed to aid children in New York homes with constipation nervousness bowel disorders and worm destruction. The text references free samples and an address in Omaha but is garbled and unclear on details or origins.
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