02 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
1
A garbled text discusses the rhinoceros horn growing on skin rather than bone and mentions old divisions of an inch into barleycorns. The passage includes stray dialogue about stopping someone from caring and a soaked individual tired by a bellawhin g, resembling a fragment from a longer dialect piece.
Defiance Cold Water Starch touted as superior for ironing and laundry. Advertisers claim its use saves time and money for households seeking crisp results.
A friend recalls Jack a brilliant civil engineer wrongfully labeled a burglar after a midnight arrest at a Fifth Avenue mansion. To shield Connie Calalum, now Mrs. Vicershy, he pleads guilty. The narrator learns the truth, revealing Connie’s marriage and Jack’s steadfast honesty.
A Frankfort paper quotes a war office view that theory claims one German equals five Herero but field experience in German Southwest Africa suggests five Germans are needed per Herero. The line illustrates harsh realities of colonial warfare and German military expectations versus ground conditions.
A discussion notes measuring the thinnest soap film to estimate atom size. It cites a film about twenty millionth of an inch thick and places atomic diameter between 0.2 and 0.9 nanometers, implying 200 to 900 million atoms fit edge to edge in one inch.
A granite monument six to seven feet tall marks the grave of Fall Riva’s leading cotton magnate. The block reproduces a cotton factory facade, a personal memorial designed by the deceased. An old friend quips that it needs a fire escape.
A single son in a family challenges his mother’s authority feeling the home exists for his benefit. After a sharp scolding, she whips his hand with a ruler. He endures the hurt and retorts that he does not care what he is, declaring I am a gas jet.
The Japanese view whiskers as a sign of backwardness and prefer dense underbrush for mice, while they master wara and politics unseen by others. The piece contrasts their alleged information networks with the “barber shop” knowledge of Americans, noting a claimed disparity in youth awareness.
An instructor from the University of Pennsylvania recounts a Christmas holiday memory dating ten to twelve years back. Provost Q C Harrison hosted a dinner for the then provost Dr Willem Pepper and greeted him with a playful joke as Dr Pepper arrived late to the crowded drawing room.
Jean Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon, famed for clever schemes, reportedly clashed with the laird of Craigmyle over brick making. The laird,-Grargmyre, in Aberdeenshire dialect, answered that the bricks were nearly ready but doing well enough.
A running record of Senate and House actions from January 14 to 20 includes Beveridge’s bid for a set date to vote on statehood, opposition remarks by Mr. Bate, discussions on citizenship for women married to foreigners, posturing on a cotton statistics bill, and the impeachment proceedings against Judge Swayne. The period covers electoral vote counting plans, campaign fund investigations, and staffing notes on army demobilization.
A Quincy woman Lizzie Williams recounts twelve years of illness with weakness dizziness and heart and digestive symptoms. She credits Dr William Pink Pills with restoring health after two months of treatment in 1903 and notes improved appetite strength and vitality. A London fashion anecdote follows about a wealthy American and decanters marked G O D.
A garbled advertisement pages claims Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cures constipation indigestion liver complaints headaches and biliousness with a money back guarantee. Also advertised Defiance Starch and unrelated language jokes appear in the jumble.
An Irish sounding exchange shows Defiance Staroh pressed by her old father about chores and marriage prospects. He warns of consequences if she does not visit home and discuss a potential suitor. The dialogue reveals tensions in the family and social expectations.
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