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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
8
A humorous exchange at a New Year’s party features a color blind gentleman named Mr Higgins. One woman jokes how his condition shapes their festivities, prompting a playful quip about holly berries and mistletoe in a casual street scene.
In Trance era commentary argues that women’s gowns are art protected by copyright while many gowns are seen as mere decorations of nature’s larger works.
A quick dessert recipe using Plymouth Rock Gelatine to make four pints of jelly with desired flavor. An advertisement from Inquisitive Persons promotes curiosity as a social funnel rather than personal gain.
Lieut Col Joseph Thompson former Pennsylvania American Legion leader is cited for valor near Apremont France October 1 1918. Despite heavy fire he led his battalion under machine gun and artillery fire and personally guided a tank to reduce a hostile nest enabling infantry advance. He was honored after a luncheon with the Pennsylvania congressional delegation.
Miss Flo rence H. Meade of Chicago supervises a team of 15 to 20 at Library Bureau to check and distribute over one million American Legion cards arriving at Indianapolis. Cards come in at about 12,000 daily, with follow-up work to last weeks. Meade served with the Y M C A in Brest and later with the Army of Occupation at Coblenz.
Ex service men are urged to use district officers for matters with the United States Veterans Bureau. Many travel to Washington weekly, some walking long distances, seeking faster results than divisional headquarters provide. Washington American Legion posts struggle to aid veterans with limited means, while outsiders learn they must transact in their home districts.
An advertisement extols Diamond Dyes as easy for any woman to use on wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed fabrics. It guarantees color fastness and no running or fading, claiming even beginners can rejuvenate skirts, dresses, waists, hosiery, draperies and more. The note also references parliamentary quips from London publications about addressing the speaker.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments claiming it heals urinary issues neutralizes uric acid and alleviates rheumatism. It offers sample bottles by parcel post and notes availability in drug stores with ten cent mention.
A vegetarian guardian argues bats deserve protection as he confronts boys pelting a tree. The boys reveal they are throwing a baseball at nuts, not harming the animal, prompting a debate on animal rights and coexistence.
A terse note on sarcasm in film dialogue notes how motion picture talk is a matter of human speech. The piece from the Boston Transcript offers restrained critique of theatrical lines and delivery as a reflection of character and tone.
The Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger reports that U S Marines aboard the cruiser Pittsburgh, visiting Gibraltar after Las Palmas, found canaries scarce in the Canary Islands. They joke there are fewer canaries than snakes in Ireland, quipping that bird stores in the United States must wait for another shipment.
A fragment from the Kansas City Star shows a boyish exclamation in a rural setting. The mother responds with urgency as she notes the baby’s distress and cries after attempts to soothe him.
Eben Toothaker laments his son's college education seems wasted as the boy replies in unfamiliar phraseology. The wife notes Eben's low spirits after the student returns home, and the tale ends with a pun about Youth's Companion and the boy's apology.
A visitor asks Robert whose boy he is and the child replies with a clever quip. He says he is both mamma's and papa's boy. When pressed to choose he notes a wagon can have two horses, a witty solution to the dilemma.
Fragmentary OCR text records a dialogue about a wife reportedly turning a grottoh, with a brief remark confirming limited knowledge of the situation. The line suggests a casual exchange without clear context, making definitive news sense difficult. The source text is incomplete.
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