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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
5
An advertisement touts Nature's Remedy NR Tablets as a mild effective laxative to keep the digestive system in good order, claiming users will feel healthier and happier. It emphasizes quick relief and overall well being through regular use.
A farmer near a junction with telephone wires reports free radio reception from a makeshift setup. A hole cut in his door admits signals while the interior fills with various noises. The scene blends comic outlandishness with a jab at suburban villains and Rome era references.
A fragmentary note references a christening with Muriel as mother and a motherly blessing. It mentions a fatal question about germs or grouches as a humorous aside from Farm and Fireside.
Airplanes are guided from the ground by a wireless control system. A plane carries a receiving set that interprets impulses from a ground control station acting as the mechanical pilot’s brain, with compressed air motors operating the controls to perform maneuvers.
An ad promoting Pape's Cold Compound tablets claims rapid relief from colds, noting one tablet can break up a cold within hours. The ad also hints at changes in portraits and a remark about a married woman not being mis understood.
The piece traces Valentine traditions from 1710 German handmade cards to Anglo-Saxon love letters. It notes the world’s oldest extant valentine owned by Frank B. Baer of Cleveland with over 2,000 items and recalls early 19th century home made art, witty “love nest” jokes, and the shift to machine made cards.
An ancient English Valentine era piece notes sailors departing for ships as lovers bid farewell amid sea and sky painted scenes. French valentines once crafted by nuns featured hand painted bouquets and silk thread mechanisms for telescope-like reveals, reflecting cross channel romance.
Poetic lines describe a tiny house with a pleasant garden inviting two people to settle in together. The speaker appeals to a beloved partner to share life in the intimate dwelling and shared space.
A nostalgic poem contrasts old fashioned valentines with modern science and psychology. It laments sentiment replaced by analysis and eugenics era scrutiny, noting love as once vivid now filtered through Freudian and academic lenses.
A familiar household staple Castoria promises relief for colic constipation and diarrhea in infants. Advertises Castoria as safe for babies advised by doctors and available from every druggist, with claims of daily usefulness and sleep relief for anxious nights.
A four year old narrates a Joyous Christmas scene where Joseph's dilapidated toys crumble. His mother expresses sorrow as the boy notes a new bird in a cage shedding fur and pieces break apart.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as an herbal tonic to cleanse impurities and improve liver function. It claims to build strength, aid debilitated individuals, and restore healthy weight, with tablet or liquid forms and a 65 cent tablet option by mail from Buffalo. A brief humorous snippet and a Cincinnati Enquirer quote appear nearby.
An old advertisement extols Dr Caldwell placebos and laxatives from 1875. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and Byrup Pepsin as safe mild remedies for constipation biliousness headaches and indigestion. The notice claims longevity of use and requests free trial bottles from Deph BB Monticello Illinois.
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