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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
5
An Accominication from West Union Iowa discusses purchasing both wild and cultivated ginseng roots. It states current prices from 0.75 for wild and 5.00 to 7.50 per pound for cultivated roots depending on quality, with a stated aim to set a definite price upon sample submission.
The Register and Leader rebuts a critic who claims Town land has been hooped and must lower in price. It argues Iowa soil remains superior, future farm values will rise, and farmers should keep Town farm rather than seek better returns elsewhere.
A reflective piece on facing life with pleasant countenances and hopeful thoughts. It contrasts deception with genuine cheer and ponders age, peace, and the enduring value of hopeful attitudes in adversity.
A garbled passage discusses privilege crossing warnings, imagined obstacles, and the stress of aging on business. It mentions old age worry, a lighthearted saying about laughter aiding health, and a general uplift in mood during convalescence. Names appear distorted and unclear.
Local notes from Portland list residents visiting and traveling to nearby towns including Alcona Burt Bancroft Irvington Waterloo and Plum Creek. It records visits births a coffee bean incident and a finger amputation surgery performed by Drs Rhinehart and Adams.
In a sunlit meadow Jake Muller and a mule work a hay rake as a bumblebee nest spills from the grass. The bees bite and swarm into Muller's clothes causing the mule to spook and scatter the freshly cut clover hay in a comic, if messy, scene of rural misfortune.
A garbled quote attributed to W. Rovwn Ul Gotten Gring blames figures like J. D. Rockefeller for dishonest gains and alleges Equitable Life Assurance Society officers stole $160,000,000 over 30 years. The language mocks Wall Street as deceitful and hints at restitution plans.
Fort Leavenworth dispatch declares Frank G. Bigelow an embezzler of millions is favored in prison rules. It accuses officials of treating him as an honored guest while others in stripes and shaved heads toil under stricter discipline. The piece questions unequal treatment and cites Bigelow’s crime as warrant for harsher oversight.
The Chicago Record-Herald features a new daily front page cartoon by rising artist Ralph Wilder. Praised for bright, good natured humor, his drawings cover everyday life and current events with light critique.
A man recalls a Southern newspaper trick where a subscriber paid to support a rival and received a costly public notice. He describes buying a job lot for $80 after a friend was told to rug up, illustrating pressures in newspaper promotions and notices.
A speaker recalls a paper notice that life choices hinged on. He describes his father’s youth and a distant job posting that redirected his family’s path, including a girl who later became his wife. The tale links chance reading to a transformed life arc.
A discussion on household self-sufficiency and frugal living notes a family can keep four cows or three pigs and poultry, plus a fruit and vegetable garden, to half the family's living bill. The piece cites wages and income as drivers of self-provision, with a wife and children contributing through labor and occasional sales of milk or butter to cover pasture and feed costs.
A claim that Liquizone plans the largest single ad buy near a million dollars. The piece argues newspapers are the primary publicity medium for department stores, food makers, steamship lines, theaters, and other advertisers. Newspapers are praised as educators of advertisers and crucial return on investment.
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