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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
5
The anti passes law takes effect July 4 triggering resistance among rail officials who hold credentials. Doctors Morse and Kenefick represent N W line and Milwaukee road respectively and face choices between passes and official posts. Dr Mote, former Republican delegate chairman, resigned and delegated his proxy amid the uproar.
A noisy scene contends with a pass holder who cannot act as notary, as Dr Kenefick faces meddlesome rules while Democratic chairman of the Fourth Ward. Debate echoes statewide on public offices and a pension board role, with hints of party bias and loyalty tested by law.
A county cousin charms the plow scene as a city Miss yawns after a dance. The girl rides the plow with agile grace while the city beauty lingers, and morning light highlights her freshness.
A reprinted Algona Courier opines that advertising drives demand across markets from dry goods to real estate and even romance. It notes a Boston paper’s sensational portrait of a "Hub" beauty yielding hundreds of marriage offers, then parallels Virginia’s contest prizes. The piece asserts advertising makes products and people sought after while unseen goods are neglected.
A compact excerpt explores contrasts between two homes. One frames a world of strife kept out and love shut in, while the other portrays home as a realm where the small are great and the great are small, a father's kingdom and a mother's world alongside the child's paradise.
A reflective piece extols home education as the finest kitchen school with a mother as teacher and a dutiful daughter pupil. It argues true beauty flows from soul virtue, praises a cheerful, honest girl, and urges girls to be pure modest and family centered as the father, mother, brother, and sister rely on them.
Last Saturday in Eden Township a quiet wedding joined Geo Eden of Buffalo township and Louise A Sprieck, with Rev EB Lack of the German Lutheran church officiating. Only close family attended as both families are prominent local residents and respected. The couple, described as well suited, will begin life together on the groom’s farm property east of town. The Topic extends best wishes for long happiness.
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