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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
3
A mumbled scene unfolds with a man returning home and asking for his mother who waits upstairs in a war zone. A boy hushes him and references a hidden range. The dialogue shifts to fragmented wartime patter and a quip about Zeppelins fooling distant posts.
In a terse exchange two unnamed men discuss the European war offering consolation. One notes wealthier neighbors travel to Europe while he remains home and jokes about the disappointment of not going to Colorado.
An ex-corporal from the regular army sought a park job by claiming bayonet drill proficiency. The district leader suggested no civil service exam was needed, just a letter from captains confirming competence to convince the commissioner.
Theorea asks how Hamlet may have challenged artistic norms. The quoted reply suggests belief in acting as a form of queering.
A woman from a western town narrates stomach trouble and weight loss until trying Grape-Nuts and Postum. She reports improved digestion, relief from heartburn, weight gain, and restored energy after a ten day trial. The ad promotes The Road to Wellville and products from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
Des Moines records a population of 105,519 with a gain of 19,113 since 1910. Statewide census results indicate varied gains and losses across counties from Dubuque to Sac and Fayette, with Ames reporting 6,100 residents excluding nonresident students.
Hoff, a farmer from Clinton Clarencea, along with his team of mutes and wagon, plunged forty feet from a Mississippi river high bridge onto Little Reek Island. He climbed out, freed his mules, and crawled back to the bridge, unhurt aside from minor bruises. The wagon was crushed, mules unscathed, and the team had backed off a railroad bridge causing the crash.
C Bills Williams, coach of the Iowa City high school rifle team and former national champion, died at a local hospital after a second brain operation to improve eyesight. He had suffered eye strain from target shooting over years and was the national champion two years prior.
Des Moines police recorded the busiest year in history ending March 31. The department reported about 11,002 arrests, up from 7,727 the prior year, with intoxication arrests rising significantly.
Des Moines hosts the start of the Women's Peace Party in Iowa on June 13 at the Coliseum with capacity about 10 000. Zva Marshall Shonts of New York and Iowa-born, Chicago resident to lead kickoff. subsequent meetings planned across the state. Also in Iowa news Col George W French herd released from Chicago quarantine next month at Iowa Farm near Davenport. Ames graduates report record numbers of degrees. Roy Williams named deputy to Secretary of State Allen. job placements for Towns State College graduates in teaching agricultural and home economics programs.
Rainfall over eight inches at Garydon Indiana last week. Two hurt in a Clio storm. Miles-Waller family marks 60 years in May. Gov Clarke appoints delegates for Upper Mississippi River Improvement conference in Dubuque on June 4. Ames to build a new hotel worth 100000 this summer. Elmer Wepier jailed in Mason City for stabbing his brother Louis. Tay elected grand chief of the Minnesota division of the Foresters of America at Sioux City. Old city hall and two by four jail structures razed for new 50000 municipal building. Sioux City area noted as strongest in US in mortgage trust report. OBrien county property valued at 40 million, up 2 million. farm land up from 76 to 80 per acre. Rev F W Sweet delivers address for Des Moines College anniversary in a tent marking 50 years since founding. Sioux City could gain fourteen more saloons pending population official count.
Charles City reports two men dead instantly Arthur Regel 30 died while trimming trees at the Will residence Hig neck injuries. Walter Barney 22 killed when his auto rolled on Floyd road. Waukon records Allen Wines 16 electrocuted by live wire touching a 13 200 volt line before collapsing.
Washington views the German note criticizing U S and British actions after the Lusitania sinking. It defends submarine warfare, cites flags and misidentifications, defends Falaba sinking, and accuses British and shipowners of using ammunition on passenger liners. It argues Lusitania carried war materiel and Canadian troops and calls for full understanding.
Professor J A Rogs exposes harsh realities in Lima Peru in his book South of Panama. An excerpt notes high Indian birthrates and rapid urban deaths from taboretitosis malaria and malnutrition. It cites overcrowded housing and tenements owned by Sociedad da Beneficentes.
Fragmentary observations discuss railway rate control by Dominion authorities and rising university attendance across sixty one districts. A Alberta advert describes settler Howard of Blackie detailing profitable ritual farming and expanding holdings boosted by climate and cultivation. letters praise health gains and land sale interest in the region.
The incomplete dialogue touches on suspicion and neutrality in art while noting two youths and a preference. The fragment suggests internal conflict and social perception without clear attribution or context.
A Providence woman reports relief from severe backache bearing down and fatigue after using Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the remedy helped her work in a factory and manage household duties, and she recommends it to friends.
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