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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1911
Page
8
A Massachusetts Naval Reserve member aboard the San Francisco mistook the moonlight for distant shore. The officer questioned the crewman after his awkward cry of Light ahoy Moon ahoy was corrected to moon. The exchange underscored the humorous misfire on watch duty during the cruise.
A local ironworker and his wife welcomed a baby boy. A friend joked about naming him Mat after a former associate, prompting a playful exchange on the street as the father clarified the name would be Matregs, not Matt.
A public exchange questions cheaper postage with a man who prioritizes his own need to write letters and questions why he should help others. He doubts the benefit to mailers and challenges the argument for lower costs.
Legislation passed and proposed in Des Moines tightens highway passing rules with fines up to 100 dollars and imprisonment for noncompliance. A separate senate bill aims to curb fraudulent default divorces by appointing an attorney for defendants.
Three masked men blew the vault at the Farmers Bank in Sherrard Nebraska April 4 and escaped with about $100 after finding the silver chest combination. A hotel guest heard the blast and alerted authorities but the bandits fled through a rear window into a stolen bogey and headed to Rock Island. Maj Morrisey to rest in Iowa.
The Clip erfeld commission on submerged land reports a 6 land area in Winols Springfield Illinois worth about 250 million dollars has been seized from the public domain by private interests. The document is ready for presentation to the Illinois legislature.
Idna Cooper was killed and five companions were badly hurt when a Chicago Great Western motor car struck an automobile carrying six youths near St Joseph Missouri. Stanley Clark, one of the injured, died. Also reported a former Iowa mayor, J M Brenton of Canania, held in Deadwood South Dakota jail on bootlegging for half bread Indian charges.
Columbus Ohio February 2 Lowans claimed about half the prize money in classes they entered at the national corn show. Iowa Grain Improvement association members dominated awards across several divisions. Des Moines Miss Louie Postlewait arrived to lobby for an amendment to the nurse registration law in Des Moines.
The body of James Ruggell Deal of Bella Flame, Ta, was found on the Nickla Plate way in Hammond Indiana after a likely accident. Authorities are investigating but details remain scarce.
An elderly father disapproves the match as the daughter, clever and hopeful, pleads for time. The lover grimly asks if it is over, while the daughter teases that the doctor’s permission must come first before renewed hope.
Mrs Horton of Katonah New York describes repeated painful finger nail inflammations over twenty five years. After trying various prescriptions and findings irritation with skin she used Cuticura Ointment nightly with success. In weeks the nails grew out clean with no more suppuration or inflammation and she reports no recurrence.
A chaotic lunchroom scene unfolds as a cook debates a meal that was deemed burnt while a cyclist and others react. The dialogue centers on a scorching insult and a playful misnaming of the Cannibal King as he faces the cook's fiery temper.
A Baltimore reader credits Resinol Salve with curing a 15 year scalp eruption after a recommendation by a prominent local figure. The note, from Rey, H OC, Jones, Extension, La ziness at the Zoo, hints at a broader effect though the main focus remains the scalp treatment. An unrelated Portuguese revolution note mentions Lisbon zoo animals falling ill after bombardment.
A fragment urges careful use of Castoria with its long standing signature claim. It also recalls Dustin Stex as a boy delivering water to an elephant and now delivering diamond necklaces to opera singers. A remark on boasting vs thinking and speaking follows.
Dialogue shows Puggles proposing a hand and fortune to Jessie, who declines saying the fortune is too small and the band too large. The exchange highlights humor about wealth and social ambitions.
Advertisement for French bean coffee claiming a healthful drink from a 10 by 10 garden patch yielding 50 pounds or more. Mentions 80 day Wisconsin ripening and popularity in France and Germany. Offers seed catalog and unupassable vegetable beetle kits for 15 or 31 cents with mailing details for John A Salter Seed Co. La Crosse Wisconsin.
A playful clipping mixes a senator Newlands debate moment with spoof quotes about eloquence and a garbled note on food elephants. It also parodies Defiance Starch and a beauty remedy claim, ending with a quip about a pessimist unable to enjoy apple blossoms.
A fragment from a column reflects on a woman’s view of a ideal mate who can tidy her finances while matching humor with practicality, suggesting marriage as a balance of support and wit.
Mrs JG Johnson of Scottville Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of hard farm work. She says she relies on the remedy for herself and her daughter who suffers painful periods and irregularity. She asserts the product has no narcotics and notes it has helped many women.
A reader article discusses curing constipation with a laxative approach. It mentions an elderly expert and a Detroit resident offering guidance on using salts and waters, promising natural bowel movement and tonic benefits. The piece notes skepticism of ineffective methods and promotes a claimed remedy.
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