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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
8
Julia Bottomley describes a moire silk blouse and matching gown featuring a bodice with draped full Bust, tied moire bands, and a knit waist emphasis. The ensemble showcases fur trim on the blouse collar and a velvet bonnet with a fur ornament, illustrating contemporary fashion lines and construction techniques.
The article describes a stylish evening coat with a straight silhouette, shallow back yoke, and generous drapery. Velvet bands support the shoulder line, with a curved bottom and ornamental cord fastenings. Fabric options include silk or soft weaves, with fur collar optional for warmth and a chinchilla collar shown in the model.
At Cedar Rapids the Iowa State Grange closed with debate over allowing trustees and superintendents to participate in road contracts and standardizing road width to twelve feet. W J Lang of Le Mars presented a plan for a statewide road effort, but his motion failed to receive a second. Opponents warned of graft risks and sought to keep township officials out of contracts. Delegates urged farmers to organize to eliminate middlemen and highlighted cooperative elevators and surface companies as models.
Des Moines reports show the Northwestern advancing the Des Moines to coal lands corridor across 1000 acres of coal land in Dionrae County. The line across a 1400 foot right of way will cost about 60000 and requires costly cuts and fills in rough terrain. The railroad plans a northeast extension toward Oskaloosa.
Several hundred Iowa farmers plan to send a strong delegation to Des Moines to press for uniform county school books and better laws. The convention denounced the last Iowa Legislature for not charging primary dates to September and urged firmer regulation at the next session.
Pandemonium erupts at a Davenport Masonic banquet when a five story building catches fire. Firemen gain control within fifteen minutes as guests flee, with damage from smoke and water estimated at five dollars. Detective Whiting leads the investigation.
Burglars broke into the onionary store of OCH, Roling & com and took more than $000 worth of fountain pens. Police investigate the Keokuk area for suspects and trail leads.
A jury convicted Negregg of slaying and Davenworth of second degree murder. Mig Winifred Barrett, charged with killing her husband George Barrett last spring, faced a jury whose deliberations extended for several hours amid tense courtroom proceedings.
Hope 70 raise large sum as Red Cross Christmas seal campaign reports over 100 million seals printed and distributed. If joined end to end they would stretch about 2,400 miles from New York to Salt Lake City. More than 25,000 agents will sell and handle the seals with up to 100,000 volunteers. Millions of advertising impressions have spread nationwide to promote tuberculosis prevention and the sale of seals to fund local work.
An old advertisement touts Castoria as a safe pediatric remedy for infants and children. It claims the product has borne the signature of Lond a for over 80 years and urges mothers to use it for their babies.
Fragmentary dialogue snippets discuss large acreage and crows, a farmer’s goal, and a curious remark about a museum envelope. The passage blends half formed questions and responses with implied context.
The tale follows Algernon a treilance editor who learns the hard way that a regular salary has perks. His wife 80 is mentioned, and a gloomy pause ends when a Conlacap envelope arrives with three rejected stories and a tense note from the heartless editor.
A buyer in the southern city faced a problem with oversized Christmas seals. He prepared a Christmas package for his daughter and needed more than 100 sheets. He pasted multiple sheets onto a large sheet of wrapping paper to wrap the gift and conceal the present.
Unclear excerpt shows a crowd reaction described as unanimous with a humorous comment on a feathered figure. The fragment hints at lighthearted social dynamics and communal amusement in a public setting.
OCR fragment suggests a dialogue about love versus money and family involvement in marriage. No clear names, places, or dates are readable. The piece appears as a stray line or caption fragment without a defined event or source context.
A street encounter on a May day involves Jenny and her schoolteacher uncle discussing proper speech. He instructs on saying I am not going and correcting her suffixes as they walk toward the Maypole damce. Jenny retorts with a playful claim that nobody is going.
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