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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
3
Henry Beach Needham presented Connie Mack with The Jinx, his first baseball fiction, and Mack reacted with surprise at the quality. Needham’s other baseball tales also please, suggesting fans will enjoy both pieces.
Tris Ford maneuvers to lure star lefty Barney Larkin from Punxsutawney to the Giant Killers. Larkin shines in debut with Detroit, striking out 15 in a 27 batters outing, while Ford juggles discipline and publicity as the pennant chase heats up.
A rule of radium used by physicists is a shade under an inch long and about an eighth inch in diameter. It contains 100 milligrams of radium bromide, produced from twelve tons of ore, three tons of hydrochloric acid, five tons of carbonate of soda, one ton of sulfuric acid, ten tons of fuel burned in reduction, over a month of work and five hundred crystallizations.
The text notes long standing use of seeds to extract oils in Japan with rape seed oil for frying and lighting, cottonseed oil as a rapeseed substitute, and mentions ancient knowledge of olive oil extraction.
A playful exchange centers on reading habits as Hla One Wish and Mra discuss Honey I can read you like a book William. Str and H respond with a quirky wish for more reading, adding lighthearted, domestic humor.
An advertisement touts Cutleura Soap for the complexion and Cutlenre Soap for daily use, with Ointment for occasional relief. It promotes Cuticorn Talcum as part of the Cuticorn Toilet Trio to keep skin scalp and hands clean and white.
A shopper considers rugs, the store owner hedges on approval. The five year old daughter interrupts, urging caution since her baby brother’s birthday is tomorrow and delivery should be timed carefully.
In Kamchatka Petropavlovsk is the principal city with about 1500 inhabitants. The region's needs include flour, salt, tea and sugar while resources such as fish, caviar, and furs are noted. Historical mentions cite large reindeer numbers and Sahuen fish catches in midsummer.
A patient recalls being urged by a doctor that abdominal pain indicated appendicitis. The speaker confesses self blaming for ignoring warning signs due to repeatedly reaching into a pocket for money.
Sir Ouver Lodge criticizes spiritualistic descriptions of the next world calling them surd. He cites a Sunday school boy who fears leaving behind his naughty deeds. The boy asks if he will be very thin in the better land, prompting a sober remark on the afterlife.
An international association of agricultural missions has been formed to heighten agricultural production worldwide. Members will spread modern farming methods to every land, boosting the global food supply and countering hunger.
Fragmentary dialogue recalls a dangerous reform push with a warning about moving to the front. The exchange suggests tension over leadership and risk in policy changes.
Advert says Eatonic cures acid stomach by removing acid and gases through the body once the cause is removed. Claims relief from bloating indigestion sour stomach and gas. Says over half a million users report benefits with a drugstore guarantee.
A West Park Ohio teamster William Haase writes of a severe leg sore lasting years that resisted doctors and medicines until Petersons Ointment cured it. He endorses the product and notes many other letters praising eczema piles and skin diseases. Buffalo based Peterson Ointment Co sells boxes by mail order for 196 cents.
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