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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
6
A confounding tale from a town once notes a hotel manager trying to impress railroad workers with a grand reception. A prank by a rival leads to tainted water and the discovery of deceit, risking the hotel’s standing in the community.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for healing sore hands. Soak hands in Cuticura Soap suds, dry, rub in Cuticura Ointment, remove excess, and mail for samples. Also notes a public reaction to votes for women with a quoted remark from a New York Post item.
An 19th century ad describes catarrhal deafness as caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It claims local applications cannot reach the diseased portion and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine from J Chenay & Co Toledo Ohio with a $49 guarantee and free circulars.
A quirky exchange compares Indians to vehicles with autos idling noisy and finally quieted, as a husband questions the analogy and a wife elaborates with a playful, cryptic metaphor resembling a riddle.
Hap and May Lazards travel on a New Year’s Eve train to Columbus with limited funds and a faulty coal supply. A helpful stranger and Aunt Ada aid them after a rough ride, leading Hap to vow better budgeting and record keeping for the future.
A dream narrator imagines a transformed future where women are free from violence and control. She envisions safe lives, no child labor, and education for girls, with boys not forced into war and men sharing housework. The dream ends with a collective wish for new eyes and open books.
Dialogue describes a road so hazardous trains alternate directions daily making collisions unlikely yet a rear-end crash could still occur. Hap struggles to follow a pattern about traveling to Columbus via Pittsburgh with days shifting east and west.
A brief note by William George Jordan urges treating every day as a new year and starting fresh with personal resolutions rather than waiting for a calendar change. He emphasizes self improvement through daily commitment and consistent effort.
An advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup as effective for coughs bronchitis colds and throat ailments. It claims fifty one years of use in the United States plus relief from coughing with better rest and morning expectoration. Prices listed 40 and 90 cents.
An OCR fragment notes that nineteenth century Russian empresses, except one, were German by blood. It references regents and mentions German connections in the imperial lineage amid the era of Tsars and the ruling regency.
A fragmented notice markets a tonic named Bren Quining as a cure for nerves and aging. It touts a supposed powerful formula with a stated price of 9 million dollars. The ad mentions a fire department link and a mysterious coalireigon box.
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