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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1923
Page
8
Havelock Ellis catalogued 1,080 British geniuses from the Fourth century onward, excluding those with unknown parentage. He found most sprang from very large families, with geniuses often being the eldest or youngest child. Only a small share were only children, per Clurey Magazine.
Mrs. Clarence R. Edwards of Boston wife of Major General Edwards leads an exchange for disabled World War I veterans to sell their handmade goods. Started April 10 with $2,000, the program ships proceeds to hospitals or patients, supporting craft items from canoes to jute rugs and hammered jewelry. Authorized by the American Legion auxiliary, the venture covers veterans in multiple states and the District of Columbia.
Dr Edward J Barrett of Sheboygan Wisconsin national vice commander of the American Legion was veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars. He served as major in the Second United States Volunteer Engineers and as assistant surgeon in the Forty first Infantry during the Philippine insurrection. He led Fox Hills hospital Staten Island and later the port of embarkation hospital Hoboken New Jersey during World War I. He commanded the Sheboygan Legion post in 1920 and served as Wisconsin department commander and national executive committeeman in 1921 1922.
Mr Swigel discovers three pounds of meat missing from dinner. His wife insists the cat took it, pointing to a guilty look. They weigh the cat and confirm three pounds on the scales, leaving the man puzzled about the missing cat.
Advertisement extols a simple Plymouth Rock Pink Gelatine jelly as best for a large family. One box yields four pinta of attractive jelly with no cooking required and no lemons needed.
In Farm Life a stubborn father Standpat and mother refuse their daughter's plea to bob her hair. The girl pleads daily for weeks, but the parents stay united. Even after the cut, she remains unhappy with the result.
An advertisement touts ole'a Carbon salve as rapidly relieving burning itching and torturing skin diseases and claims it heals without scare. The pitch directs readers to consult a druggist or mail 60 to The J. W. Cole Co. in Rockford, Illinois for a package.
A fragment notes Mary Roberts Rinehart’s piece in American Magazine about camping with men. It contrasts a man’s tolerance of a woman’s presence with being bothered by her, and uses a metaphor about a slovenly dressed woman and her clothes. The passage ends with a musing on stage life and stage money.
A tale from a Chicago Tribune clipping recalls a ten year old Maggie and eight year old narrator performing a duet at a public school exhibition. After singing eleven of thirty three verses a father led the pair away from the stage ending the act.
Mrs Carter awakens to her husband claiming a ghost appeared in their bedroom. He insists the specter was not a typical figure but a donkey shaped apparition, prompting her disbelief and reassurance of safety inside the home. A strip of humorous anecdotes follows, including Oliver Herford and a tale about a bishop hosted by a city missionary.
Merrill, nine, notes chickens lay better in zero December cold. His father, returning from the yard in frigid Indianapolis weather, observes hens stay warm in nests and still lay eggs. Merrill quips that on the nest they might as well lay.
In ancient Athens at the height of power the Grecian foot was deemed the most perfectly formed and proportioned among humans. The text notes that love finds a path while opposition often gives up.
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