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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
5
The article mixes pecan farming notes with a shift to reinforced concrete ships and career opportunities. It mentions the pecan industry facing unpredictable yields and high prices, Italian concrete naval vessels, dockwork use, and demand for chartered or certified accountants, plus historical notes on naval events and political figures.
Long list of local developments and incidents across Iowa towns including water and power debates, school construction in Town State, franschises for utilities, resignations, a typhoid pneumonia death, a county treasurer election, a fatal farm accident, a jail escape charge, and changes in county offices plus upcoming public works projects and court actions.
Reports from southern Italy and Sicily describe a devastating earthquake killing about 200000 people, with Messina and Reggio worst hit. The king and queen aided victims as Red Cross pledges and donors provided funds. Relief teams, ships, and international aid moved to assist survivors amid ongoing aftershocks and widespread famine fears.
Hermion Paley theatrical agent was arrested in Seattle after admitting guilt to embezzling money intrusted for deposit three months ago in a Chicago book. Other figures include Bishop W M Williams held on fraud charges in Omaha and Wilbur Wright winning the Michelin cup after a 73 mile two hour leg.
Summary of fragmented notes including a teenage suicide in Lena Mississippi, a murder by a boarder in Chicago, a drowning during skating, copper production figures for 1908 by states, a Kentucky truce near Breathill county, gold moved from San Francisco to Denver, an unknown Chinese death on a Southern Pacific train, a long war with Yaant Indiana in Mestoo ending in a peace treaty, a naval clash near Sonora, and a western Europe snowstorm affecting France and Britain.
Alary Kyehra Moore Dayla, wife of Ma Edwardt Davia of the New Orleans Picayuna, has died. More than six thousand people attended President Roosevelt’s New Year reception. The court of claims awards $200,000 to Oregon for Civil War era adjustments affecting Washington and Idaho. Taft withdraws to preserve party harmony, followed by Foraker and others, clearing the field for Theodore E. Burton. The first homeward troops of the American unity of pacification leave Cuba for Philadelphia. Count von Bernstorff is presented as German ambassador to Roosevelt. Winthrop of Massachusetts accepts first assistant secretary of state post under Taft. Twenty thousand union workers in Wilkes-Barre greet the president in support of Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison.
William White reports long standing kidney pain with bloody urine after a stall road collision. After years of illness he tried Dean's Kidney Pills and says they brought rapid improvement, claiming they did more good than seven years of doctoring. Sold by Fos t Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
A garbled miscellany reports the Texas ship's harbor stop at Savannah with cargo of paper and carbides. amid fires, sickness, and rumors of attacks, it mentions a Park Opera House blaze in Erie a highwaymen raid near Tulsa and other scattered items including suicides commissions and financial shocks.
A pithy reflection on Diogenes praising worldly wisdom yet folly for exposing it. The quote advises superiority in insight without boasting to others.
Readers criticize a writer whose work appears in magazines with sharp sarcasm. Quotes accuse the author of clever tricks and lack of substance, reflecting heated debate over literary merit and publication exposure.
Fragmentary quotation shows a woman praising perseverance in love while noting a humorous mispronunciation about money. The exchange hints at devotion and domestic partnership themes without clear context or named persons.
A Lowell Massachusetts contestant titled Miss Louisiana Pretty is described as falling asleep and remaining unconscious for one to three weeks without lasting effects. She awakens believing only a single night has passed.
A Lowla Villa mother recalls her daughter near nervous breakdown from coffee. After giving up coffee and tea, drinking Postum and Grape-Nuts, the daughter improved and became healthy and busy with five children and charity work. The advertisement credits Postum and Grape-Nuts with recovery and cites the slogan There’s a Reason.
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