Marriage as a Contract Warns Against Unwilling Partners
A viewpoint compares marriage to a contract stressing that union fails if partners fail to meet its terms. The remark emphasizes commitment as essential to any lasting arrangement.
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
2
A viewpoint compares marriage to a contract stressing that union fails if partners fail to meet its terms. The remark emphasizes commitment as essential to any lasting arrangement.
A Fort Riley diary recounts the soldiers Christmas training trip from Mason City to Omaha Denver and Fort Logan to Kansas City and Ft. Riley. The piece notes examinations ration line quarters and the four teen day quarantine amid the move to training with two enlistees joining the aviation corps.
A poet muses on conflicting war reports from the front and press headlines. Voices dispute Kaiser Wilhelm’s fate, U boats, and British gains while the author wrestles with truth amid optimism and doubt.
Burt notes list a Busy schedule with the M. E. Church bazaar to be held Thursday. Dinner apron booth and parcel post packages will be for sale. Locals and visitors recount Thanksgiving visits and events across Burt and nearby towns.
Thanksgiving brought enjoyment to Portland with wall filled bread baskets. Raymond Bleich was sick early in the week. Plumbers finished Dell Fitch’s project. Young folks visited Jay Grover’s group before moving to Haugen Wisconsin. A A Graham visited Jas Lewick’s. Mrs Ethel McIntosh returned from Algona. Leona Putz helped Rosa Ringsdorff. Roy Mann to take Mann farm in spring. Jay Grover's car loaded. helpers listed. H J Putz sold two hundred young chickens for Thanksgiving. Mrs Putz credited for helping feed the hungry. Portland schools closed for Thanksgiving. some districts did not run Friday. Mrs C E B Sigshee hosted Thanksgiving with Chas Larson of Burt and John Dittmer families. Mrs Jay Grover and children visited Burt and Ward family in preparation to travel Tuesday.
Miss Verna Ringsdorf visits Burt with sister Mrs Stott while John Dittmer plans a sale. The text notes a good crowd and prices, Thanksgiving day entertaining by the Lewicks, Jay Graham family of Amboy Minn, O Stow family of Fairview, and Chas Phelps family. Interim mentions of Jay Grover shipping a car and various locals traveling. A quip about a wife finding her husband’s coat follows with a joke about fast living.
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