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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
6
Baldy Barnes and his companion Jane shelter Frederick Towne as Edith Towne vanishes. A bag with a ring and money triggers memories of Edith, Delafield Simms, and past ties. Towne shares his plight while Jane quietly steers toward finding Edith and returning her home, amidst a cozy campaign of hospitality.
Jane Barnes a Sherwood Park resident is intrigued by Edith Towne left at the altar by Delafield Simms. She later encounters Evans Follette, a neighbor softened by war who has long admired her as Baldwin Barnes helps a tall distressed girl on the way to Washington.
The piece presents pithy maxims on self-reflection, behavior, and belief in people. It contrasts optimistic and pessimistic views while urging discreet conduct and cautious political faith. It closes by questioning whether American good sense is inexhaustible.
A Popular Mechanics feature outlines how trainer Charles Gay of El Monte California teaches lions to walk high on tightropes and seals to ride horseback. The process starts with a wide plank and meat rewards, progressively replacing planks with narrow ones then iron pipes and cables, lengthening height and rope length as the animal learns. Training spans months and includes safety mats for spills.
A prominent businessman bitten by a mad dog is rushed for Pasteur treatment. As doctors prepare the antirabies serum, the patient amasses a long list of names and declares he will bite those people if he goes mad, drawing a humorous contrast to his grim danger.
A physiologist asserts that the blind can perceive better by ear than the sighted. The article claims smart individuals can effectively see in the dark using hearing, noting blind people exploit the ear’s latent abilities more than those with normal sight.
By Ruth Wyeth Spears offerings for a rag rug project using wool rags and crochet hooks. Instructions cover circles squares and triangles with color changes and border stitches, plus a special notice about book offers on sewing projects and patchwork leaflets with ordering details.
The text answers ten questions on language, religion, science, and weather. It covers alliteration, claustrophobia, undoing actions, large numbers, biblical flood dating, brass composition and mining, differences between interest and curiosity, soda in soda water, mentions of God in Esther and Song of Solomon, and how iridescent cloud colors arise from diffraction and water droplets.
The text notes a stylistic device where the same initial sounds repeat at the start of multiple words in a nearby sentence. It discusses how alliteration creates rhythm and emphasis, and mentions its use in prose and poetry to draw attention to phrases or themes.
A reflective line from George Eliot highlights that human pity, not wisdom, sustains us. It emphasizes compassionate action as the true aid in hardship.
A passage extols self reliance in learning, arguing that youth gain by facing life’s storms rather than sheltered seas. It uses sailing metaphors to claim responsibility drives effort, growth, and best abilities, attributed to Newell Dwight Hillis.
A compact reflection on character citing Froude that virtue is steady love of good and steady scorn of evil. The note frames noble character as consistent moral dedication rather than momentary virtue.
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