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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
6
A playful ghost story unfolds as four people hide and seek in a story about a fru-loving young man posing as a spirit. The scene centers on indoor light effects, with one side of a face or mustache growing longer, adding a humorous twist to the spooky prank.
Early New England practice of sending parcels via neighbors is illustrated in Joseph Hawley’s Northampton journal. Stories recount neighbors packing dresses, dry goods, and food for trips to Boston, with families rallying to help, and a humorously practical driver delaying to wait for trunks.
Des Moines reports the state board of parole, with governor’s input, denies parole to lifers including George Weems, James Burns, Otis Green, and Frank Jackman. Fivecoat is denied parole. Jackman may get release due to tuberculosis. Weems could gain later if he provides depo sitions about the Ridpath murder night.
Mr Grandon praises wife’s talents while friends tease him about her speaking ability. An admirer jokes about sharing meals with Mrs Grandon, and the husband deflects with humor. The scene unfolds with light, tongue in cheek banter from a Youth’s Companion excerpt.
A reader from Chattanooga Tennessee reports a severe skin condition on her baby’s neck and her own hands that resisted other remedies. She credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with curing both cases in a short time, noting relief after using a full set of Cuticura products. She mentions another uncle’s baby and another child affected, signed Lilie Wildher of Eleventh Street, February 16, 1997.
A fragmentary piece blends a line about a philosopher Jerome M. Jerome with a London hospital scene where a woman awaits surgery for a poisoned leg. The house surgeon explains an amputation, while unrelated text promotes laundering and starch products. The passage displays garbled OCR style and disparate topics.
Miss Stella Schaffer delivered the valedictory address for the graduating class of the Electric Medical College in New York City. It marks the first time in over ten years a woman earned the honor. Micd Bchaffer also won the electro-therapeutic prize. Your Druggist Will Tell You That Marine Eye Remedy cures sight issues and sells for a small price. A two faced woman is more dangerous than a barefaced lie.
The text appears as a fractured OCR line discussing life and death with the phrase the fear of death is never strong and an unclear reference to someone who has learned how to live. no verifiable entities or events are readable for a fuller summary.
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