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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
6
Denmark imposes a state backed system where housewives keep a character book for servants. A police station issues the book to young workers, granting door key access and independence. Upon leaving, two weeks notice is required and a return report is filed. lingering unemployment triggers an accountability year.
A fragmentary note from Pepys diaries describes gathering May dew on a May day and its supposed beauty benefits. It contrasts an earlier entry about wife and maid traveling to Woolwich for air and facial wash with a later worry about her leaving at three in the morning to gather May dew and the risk of harm as she travels with her coach.
In Hanisy Jeng lind a new sewerage plant costing $350,000 will treat 9,600,000 gallons daily. Officials say the effluent is so clear that fish can thrive indefinitely. The exchange on economic puzzles underlines the era’s climate of reform and progress.
During a British campaign against Afridis, Indian hill tribesmen join the British and some Afridi recruits prove valuable. One sniper problem is resolved when a new recruit, claiming his father was the dead sniper, explains he knows the enemy’s ways because the sniper was his father.
A Montreal woman says a 25 year eczema battle on her leg was cured by Cutleura Remedies after doctors failed. Swelling faded and new skin formed in two months, avoiding leg amputation. The physician reportedly endorsed Cuticura for his own patients and she remained cured over seven years.
The article describes harem women in Morocco who decorate their faces with elongated eyebrows reaching the ears and small black dots on the chin. It notes the women tend to be fairer than men, largely because they live indoors away from the sun.
An old Castoria advertisement urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria noting it has safeguarded infants and children for over 80 years and carries the familiar brand trust The Kind You Have Always Bought.
A fragmentary 19th century ad style collage shows patent medicines and eye remedies. It includes Allen's Foot-Ease for sore feet, Marine Eye Remedy promoted for red and weary eyes, and Kino's nervous system cures. The piece references doctors, druggists, and a vague political jab about speeches and wind gauges.
The well informed seek a simple pleasant liquid laxative with known safe ingredients. The California Fig Syrup Co advertises Syrup of Figs and Pixie of Benna as a gentle effective remedy, urging purchase only of the genuine product at fifty cents per bottle through leading druggists.
Des Moines insiders report that supporters of John J. Hamilton were defeated as the prohibition state convention ruled his platform had not been properly brought before the body. The platform called for sweeping reforms including a prohibitory amendment, direct election of national officers, anti gambling measures, and recall power. Delegates O. D. Ellett of Marshalltown and I. W. Crown of Ames were named national committeemen, while several state offices and the primary results were also detailed.
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