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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1922
Page
7
A collage of wry vignettes recalls bankers’ wives facing realities beyond money, a broker's office twist, and a humorous postcard of Uncle Eben. It also notes a con man’s advertisement and a reader’s sharp reply about hose patterns. The tone is brisk and sardonic.
The ad touts California Fig Syrup as a universal remedy for sick children. It promises rapid cleansing of the bowels and liver, claiming a teaspoonful will restore a joyful, well child within hours. It urges mothers to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with proper directions on the bottle.
Albert Wehenkel heads the new Roosevelt American Legion hospital at Camp Ouster Michigan opened from a former community house. Ex service employees run the facility for tuberculous veterans with private rooms and running water. After arrest, patients enter vocational training to prevent idleness. Wehenkel, a tuberculosis expert, served seven years with Detroit health board and two years in the army medical service.
Charles Hanford, renowned for Hamlet, steps from stage to sea as he becomes chief yeoman in the Navy. He views the career shift as playing a larger part, returns to work and recently staged The Merchant of Venice for a George Washington post American Legion fundraiser.
A hotel adopts a rule allowing women to smoke, provoking a wary reaction from a female guest who jokes she may quit smoking rather than comply. The exchange captures social tensions over new policies in a bygone era.
In a vignette from Everybody's Magazine Caroline begins a routine cleaning job then dons black after learning of her uncle's death She vows to mourn for four months and later suggests changing the black to a waist up mourning indicating evolving dress rules and personal bereavement norms
Whipple 8 Hall reports that a veteran delegation traveled 10 000 miles to attend the American Legion national convention and cautions ex service men to avoid the Orient unless they can afford repatriation. Siberian front veterans and many Russian wives travel to the Islands as merchant sailors and now rely on the Legion and auxiliary. Destitute veterans and locals fear exploitation as natives undertake most manual labor and clerical tasks.
An East gid¢ missionary notes men favor a cheap lodging house as it fosters self-respect. The manager explains the appeal with a sign demanding gentlemen leave valuables with the clerk, revealing a curious dynamic behind the lodging house’s allure.
Sergeant of the seventy-ninth division left lines at 10 58 am on November 11 1918 and was killed attempting to capture a German machine gun. The report places him at American Legion headquarters as claimant for the honor of being the last man killed in the war. At 11 o clock he reportedly fell amid the American lines.
A fragment from a Kansas City Star style column shares a tale of a mob forcing a man along a rope and questions about his alleged crime. The piece also includes quips about domestic science dining and a joke about overwork ending with quitting.
A Danish club in London heard a joke about King of Denmark's Greenland trip. A lone Eskimo in a small canoe boarded the royal yacht and received gifts. The Greenland commissioner then revealed the man was an escaped convict who had broken prison yesterday.
A lighthearted note cites a poem line about a girl’s heart flutter from a lozenge with a stamped message. It jokes that a bigger candy impresses modern girls, suggesting cheerfulness is better than nothing.
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