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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
8
A fragment references aspirations for a boy, noting concern about becoming an assistant to a female dance teacher in Detroit. The incomplete text hints at expectations for gender roles and mentorship in arts education.
The article describes multiple do it yourself gift and organizer projects for mother’s kitchen: a wall rack with hooks, a swinging shelf for sugar and salt, a bracket with a face edge boogel, and a decorative book marker and keepsakes. It includes measurements, materials like cardboard and ribbons, and stepwise assembly tips.
The article explains attaching a shelf bracket by securing one end to the shelf with a brace between two uprights and a U shaped insert. It then describes mounting a caster supported platform to allow movement and explains screwing castors to the platform. It notes a safety detail to prevent the pail from slipping and mentions careful work by a mother.
The 1916 Iowa banking report notes total deposits of $407,576,316 with savings banks holding $26,407,034 and state banks $108,166,001. Net deposits rose $25,897,901 in twelve months, fourteen new banks formed since Sept. 11, and total banks increasing by 56 year over year. State banks claim efforts to aid farmers, including lending for cattle feeding, with a reserve drawdown of $4,482,639 in sight drafts. The average reserve across all banks on Nov 1 stood at 26.6 percent.
Iowa rural routes face widespread changes as 184 routes have been cut since July 1 raising total routes to 2,242. Most counties now have multiple routes and carriers see varied pay from 44 to 160 dollars monthly.
Des Moines hosts the annual Iowa State Horticultural Society fruit show December 7 8 and 9 during the society's fifteenth convention. Wesley Greene announces a broad display of apples counting about three thousand plates with a strong crop year yielding over 7 million bushels, 4 million of which are marketed commercially.
Grinnell Warren Proctor, once with Grinnell Glee Club and noted tenor, has been engaged by the Chicago Grand Opera Company. His debut role is Walter in Thunlihatser. He studied under Sandor 8 Radanovitz in New York City and has gained notable recognition.
Three Pardes brothers Clifford Percy and Ross were arrested in Madrid Nevada after a police search of their home uncovered items identified by owners as stolen from Madrid Woodward Slater Huxley and nearby towns, ending a burglary spree.
Sund Memorial Hospital plans a $15,000 three story facility in memory of the president’s wife. The hospital will have a basement and thirty rooms plus two wards. Exterior described as Bedford stone with brick trim, and it will be a lasting tribute to care for the sick.
An old advertisement fragment urges sending 10 cents for a trial package of Anuric from Dr. Pierce and promises free urine analysis by chemists at the Invalids Hotel in Buffalo. It promotes health claims about kidney failure, urination changes, and general symptoms to prompt medical correspondence.
An advertising note touts Dr Pierce's Anuric tablets as a free sample remedy for dissolving uric acid and easing kidney related symptoms. It claims immediate relief from backache and kidney discomfort with Dr Pierce's Allaroie tablets and Favorite Prescription for weak or ailing women, sold in tablets or liquid with no alcohol.
A Los Angeles congregation held a funeral for a mortgaged debt of 1500 dollars at Sixth Avenue and Fifty Fourth Street. Five visiting ministers led felicitations while deacons carried the bier as the corpse burned on the banquet table amid singing and a brass-anthem crowd. Reverend Nathan L. Dowell raised 450 dollars in two days to fund the unique service.
The advertisement touts Resinol ointment and Resinol soap as offering instant relief from itching and a skin eruption and asserts that relief is permanent with rapid clearance. It promises affordable, simple treatment after years of suffering and costly ineffective remedies.
A fragmented OCR item references Higsing and Canalstent with phrases about preaching and practice. It hints at public collectors and personal behavior, but readable context is limited to suggest a local opinion on integrity and consistency.
Fragmentary ad copy and quirky lines list various remedies and products such as Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets and Denison's Coffee. The text includes playful phrases and vague literary allusions with scattered references to people and dates, reflecting a garbled newspaper filler style.
Inventors seek a cheap fire resistant finish for cotton garments. A solution of ammonium phosphate is applied to cotton to make it flame resistant, with reapplication after each wash. Estimated laundry cost rises about 16 cents weekly, yet many households cannot afford it and universal adoption seems unlikely. Public health advocates discuss preventing fires though usage remains impractical for most families.
Mrs A G Clemens of West Alexander Pa writes of years of hackache spine issues and vision specks, claiming relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills. She endorses the medicines and urges others to buy from local dealers or Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets are 50 cents per box.
A four year old recently gained possession of a pocket flashlight and discussed family matters with a slightly older sister. The child notes their father frowns often and never laughs, wondering if his laugh bell is broken.
A garbled humanities snippet references Caesar and muttered interjections about tactics and bravado. The disjointed lines mix phrases and mock Latin style with slang, yielding a fragmentary, comic tone without a clear event or attribution.
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