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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
1
A breakfast scene unfolds with two nobles faced with a debt bet over a meal. One laughs, the other pays as the bill settles the wager. The narrator watches, tears of mirth streaming, recalling the comical feast and the jovial clash of appetites.
Dr. Horton suspects Langdon’s troublemaking in a club braggadocio. Pearl yields to temptation after a note from Langdon. The couple attends an opera reception where Langdon appears with a chorus girl. Horton ends the evening by aiding a sick patient.
After a railroad wreck near Harrisburg, claim agents reportedly settled with injured passengers. An Arkansas victim described a railroad man offering a $2,500 release, amid tales of a coach plunging down an embankment and the need for medical care.
Doctors condemn the high French heel for harming posture and throat health. They cite how lifting the rear foot changes carriage and warn women against fashionable shoes that force unnatural strain. Contemporary Greek sandals are praised for natural breathing and beauty.
Dean Bowman recalls a Boston Daily exchange story about a private still in New Hampshire. The Granite State item described a suburban still but referred to a young man from Company A who ran for corporal, was beaten, and became a private still. The Boston Herald noted the humor and truth in the anecdote.
Fragmentary verse laments Napoleon's burial fate and seeks a vast ocean tomb. Poem declares his spirit fierce as tempest waves and vows his name endure in distant annals while imagining a cosmic grave beyond earthly limits. The speaker invokes Lana of birth and invokes doom through a glorified curse.
The Countess of Northbrook formerly Viscountess Haring is praised as one of London society’s handsomest women. She often hosted at the late Earl’s country home in Hampshire and oversaw hostess duties, with the Earl devoted to her and proud of her portraits.
A city trend shows sanitary plant boarding in uptown neighborhoods as families vacate homes for summer. While cats stay to guard houses, plant care is provided by florists who dislike the term boarding and instead label the spaces as sanitariums for plants.
A gaunt speaker in a Massachusetts town asks how to introduce Jacob A. Riswan. In a joking exchange, a friend declares Riswan the most distinguished man in the country, then reveals he has never heard of him and questions the claim.
Miss Margaret M. Janes recounts six years of exhausting city teaching and nervous collapse. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring sleep appetite and strength enabling her to return to teaching. Many colleagues report similar improvements and praise the pills sold widely in drug stores.
A garbled column recalls President Roosevelts reception at Mrs Roosevelts newly bought Alabama home with a swift rescue of a climbing woman. It then covers legal battles in Bangor and punchline anecdotes about English damages and a Parisian chapel misadventure, plus remarks on John Fiske and French leaders.
Paris reports confirm M. Witte will sail with plenary powers to negotiate peace. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse is booked from Cherbourg on July 26 carrying Witte and a Russian delegation including Prof de Maartens, M. Shipoff, General Yermolot, and other officials. The Times and Journal des Debats view the appointment as Russia’s serious pursuit of peace.
The Walter Scott special train from Los Angeles to Chicago arrived at Polls Street at 1 a.m. after 44 hours 54 minutes on the rails, beating prior marks by hours and underscoring a 23 hour and five minute improvement over the Santa Fe Limited. The consist included a baggage car diner and private living car, with Jeff Los Angeles leading the run.
London July 11 Field Marshal Lord Roberts attacked the British public and military for neglecting national defense. He argued the army was inadequate and poorly trained, while praising no government, urging strong land forces to deter invasion. The remarks followed a motion by the Earl of Wemyss and March challenging Gladstone’s invasion denial.
The report suggests General Leonard Wood could be sent by the President to eradicate yellow fever in the canal zone mirroring his Havana success. If Colonel Gorgas fails to contain the fever, Wood may be reassigned to oversee the effort alongside Gorgas as chief medical officer on the isthmus.
Captain W. W. Jackson of Washington D C testifies of severe stomach catarrh and protracted suffering. He reports relief after using three bottles of Lorine, praising it as an infallible remedy and recommending it to others. He cites his service as a veteran of the Blazy Hawk Mexican and Civil Wars. The testimonial is directed to Dr E B Hartman president of The Hartine Sanitarium in Ohio.
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