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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
4
An advertisement touts a 30 day trial offer for a rupture treatment device by Easyhold Co. It promises a risk free trial, with a money back guarantee if not curing or improving the condition. The text urges recipients to share the trial with others.
Fragmented local notes recount weeks of farming, weather, and traffic incidents. Mentions include a near accident on Burt Algosa road, a car crash, crops across northern Iowa, flax and alfalfa planting, and Farmer Picnic attendance at Altona with general community updates.
Sale advertisement for eggs priced at six dollars per hundred.Listed with location in Woden Iowa and contact person Lewis. Includes terse sale note and price per unit.
Local items report visits from Port City figures and relatives. W L Sutthes takes a farm rest. Hinzedorf and Del Finck travel for business and county seat trips. Mrs J Ditumer of Algona plans Paris visit. a school meet occurs at Centratachogl No 5 with a picnic in Sterling.
Mary King and sister visit. Mrs Albert Sorensen and Mrs Gjerdes call at Helm home. Pred Krieger helped Ole Hanna. Floyd Dingman family visited Helm home. Miss Rath Swingen and Martha Helm visited Gus Swingen and Rabenberg homes. Bertha Doege visiting brother Carl. several visitors on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The article recalls Henry Ford's 1904 debut with a clean, polished car that won repeatedly and boosted Ford's name worldwide. It notes a Baltimore Bay ice track time of 4 epsed of one mile in 894.5 seconds and cites the Ford Times from July 1903 praising Ford's growing popularity and the rise from thousands to millions of owners, before describing industry beginnings. The tone reflects early 20th century automotive enthusiasm and the branding impact of Ford.
Classified notice invites watch and jewelry repair work at the Topic office. Listing also advertises a Tig Wood's Separator 36x54 with an 18 horsepower Minneapolis engine, two and eight years old respectively, in good condition. Contact John Pink, President of the company, Titanics 2.
The article discusses massive financial movement toward Cuba tied to the sugar industry, estimating crop output in the island nation, its population, and the impact of foreign capital. It frames Cuba as a focal point where global gold-like wealth accumulates through sugar profits and related trade.
Dr William Graves of St Louis reports no discernible change in shoulder blades of humans over 6000 years. He measured 1500 blades from people and animals last July and August, noting the vertebral borders are alike in humans and primates. He cautioned against concluding continent-wide habitation by earlier peoples based on blade similarity.
Instructions describe making baskets from hazel nuts filberts peach pits and silk strand craft items. Soak filberts in hot water drill through shells carve meat remove edges and fit with a grass seed and silk floss to hang in a sunny window.
The Society of Meat Importers in London reports British meat intake has fallen about 33 percent since before the war. Prewar UK consumption ran around 1,800,000 tons annually, now estimated at 1,200,000 tons due to high costs. London dispatch notes Englishmen and Englishwomen still favor meat but cannot afford as much as in the past.
An obscure Island article notes Helgeland and England's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds linking a small island to imperious migratory birds. It cites a German mention and discusses falling horse numbers due to rising food prices, arguing farmers may abandon horse breeding for future work stock.
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