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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1934
Page
8
A reflective column recalling habits, reading choices, and debates on grammar and style. The writer recounts quitting smoking, distills memories of Keokuk connections, and notes enduring opinions on punctuation, usage, and sentence structure with a mix of humor and older newspaper voice.
A social idea for troubled times, the Popcorn Ball, suggests low cost entertainment boosting well being. Women prepare dyed popcorn bouquets to pair dancers, string popcorn chains for partners, and serve simple refreshments like popcorn and fruit punch with light garnishes.
A Montreal Herald piece reports Swedish archaeologist Doctor Nih Jen says Bronze age bronzes show knowledge of harmony and keys. Found horns joined in sections likely used for ritual and battle, with duets among Vikings, bronze drums, and a Viking harp-like amber bridge.
English author Misa Stoddart cites Burhhard Diebold's Book of Good Works. He records acts of mercy across the trenches and skies in World War I, including a British airman shielding a German convoy, a Russian staffer aiding prisoners, and a Frenchman showing humanity toward a German reader.
A playful exchange unfolds as a husband asks how his wife looks in a thin hat and muses that he wishes he had valued the hat before asking her to marry him. The lighthearted dialogue centers on a simple fashion choice and relationship sentiment.
Prof Pay Cooper Cole of the University of Chicago spoke at a Chicago Women’s Club luncheon. He discussed how civilizations borrowed for 1,500 years, noting shared primitive backgrounds, cultural traits, and superstitions across peoples. He cited Roman head-hunting practices, corner stone rites, and ancient offerings, tracing influences from Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India through Greece and Rome to northern Europe.
A concise look at common and regional superstitions. The piece notes ladders, coal holes, knocking on wood, moon position, umbrellas in houses, and door usage as luck factors. It cites a magazine quiz on personal superstition levels and ends with a quip about horoscopes and devils wearing horseshoes.
Levi Bank of Waynesburg, Pa leaves $20000 to a school for carving instruction after a dispute over women's imbilty. Charlie Brown, 75, famed meat carver at Simpson's In The Strand London, credits a woman with teaching him and says women are better carvers with a lighter touch and instinctive knife placement. He still carves daily despite age and notes his wife is a superior carver.
A brief, period voice note on carving technique emphasizes steady stance and tight grip. It warns men fall as knives differ from choppers or swords and suggests keeping a steady, billiard-like focus. The passage also echoes the proverb Do, always gets more heard than Dont.
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