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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1904
Page
3
A fragmented poetic passage invokes wind from the open sea and a looming grave. It weaves archaic imagery of tides, stars, and breathing life into a haunting, dreamlike scene attributed to Arthur Kelehamty.
Lena Whilers confronts J Perkins and proposes a plan to host a wishbone social to raise church funds. Perkins resists yet hints at buying entertainment, while Deacon Holmes listens. Lena later declares a plan to stage a farming themed event with tickets and a $100 stake.
In Hollyville, posters spark a fundraising plot as Lena and Mrs. Logan join Walter Holger to plow a field for a novel contest. The crowd cheers as steady furrows form, a shared effort to cover Perkins debt and fund the village event.
The notice describes a planned gathering at Lucas farm southeast of Holly on Thursday at 2 p.m. Admission is 25 cents with reserved seats along the rail fence. Proceeds figure as a $100 offer by Mr Perkins to the church, sparking tensions among attendees and local witnesses.
Residents confront a grimy dispute involving Walter, Lena, and old Shylock Perkins over a $100 debt. The quarrel centers on a shoe dealer, church funds, and a moral test of payment. Lena hints at explanations to calm the fray while Winters mocks the unfolding manipulation.
A short recollection from B A Widener about his son Joseph. The boy uses chairs as a train with a visitor posing as a passenger asking where to get off. Joe answers Chicago with a playful mispronunciation, Misty Catago.
A garbled old verse extols the fragile lily and its virtue. It speaks of tender hearts, winter fading, and the lily’s modest beauty. The piece shifts to religious imagery of souls, heaven, and piety, ending with a faded reference to a Pearson’s Weekly context.
Actor William H. Crane met Speaker Joseph Cannon in Cannon's capitol office. After a cautious greeting Cannon joked that seeing Crane without paying a dollar and a half was a peculiar pleasure, prompting Crane to quip about the embarrassment of walling among public men and not being paid.
George Ottd Draper of Hopedale has issued two new books praised for originality and humor. He visited a large city library seeking Patmore’s poems but was offered Te Moore's works instead. The incident highlights his interest in finding a preferred poetry volume.
The article lists several U S battleships with their figures. The Texan is the oldest at 301 feet and 6,816 tons displacement, the Malti at 488 feet and 12,500 tons, the Georgia at 185 feet and 0 tons, and the California recently launched at San Francisco at 503 feet and 14,000 tons. Texan speeds sixteen knots while California claims twenty two knots despite heavy armor and rapid fire capability, likened to a swift greyhound.
The article discusses skim milk value and use on farms, noting farmers selling milk for shipment to cities and reserving skim milk for feed. It highlights rising demand for unsalted sweet cream butter, with Ringwood Illinois creamery producing about 30 000 pounds monthly, much of it unsalted, and expanding markets in England and among immigrant communities.
A friar observed during a creamer y visit that the combined churns and butter workers were in perfect conjunction with no smell. The buttermaker noted the equipment had been in use for a year and praised its cleanliness and cooling efficiency, contrasting with other factories where conditions were poorer and noisy workers were kept out.
The article notes that rapid or excessive growth increases blight risk in apples and pears while ash land tends to suffer less. Spraying is deemed ineffective. disease control relies on pruning blighted twigs, with emphasis on removing all blighted wood late in fall to prevent holdover infection.
Garden guidance notes cutworms as a persistent problem in all alterations. It recommends wrapping stems with loose paper at set start to deter worms and using tin cylinders for protection, detailing dimensions and assembly to keep plants free to grow.
A New Hampshire press account warns that browntail moths pose health risks from their barbed hairs. Contact with skin can cause irritation and dermatitis, worsened by windborne hairs landing on clothing. The article notes summer infestations and cases of widespread skin eruptions among residents.
A jumble of reminiscences and anecdotes references Os Mack Buttito and Melville promoting causes. George Ade’s opera The Sho Gun faced edits, trims and stage-struck praise as writers and managers debated wording. A chorus girl pleads for speeches, Ade responds with wit about having nothing to say.
The Defiance Starch Co offers twenty six ladies in five states a chance to win a round trip to the Luis Exposition by sending the largest number of trade marks from a ten cent package. Mail by September 1 1904 to Omaha Nebraska. Delany starch is highlighted as the superior product with 16 oz and extended value.
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