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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
2
A satirical verse urging women to abandon dieting and embrace curves. It mocks dieting culture and celebrate fuller figures as spring fashion trends. The poem playfully targets Gillies and Dame Fashion while declaring joy for Tubby and Fair-Fat by the bathing season.
Old timers lament modern youth dances as rules shift with a boy escorting four girls to a dance and no one else may dance with them without permission. The piece cites Jimmy Neville and the Jazz as contemporaries in the evolving social scene.
The passage recalls youths dancing in a hall with a strict social code and shifts to a reflection on Abraham Lincoln’s early failures. It contrasts carefree dance memories with Lincoln’s series of political and personal setbacks before rising to become a great national figure.
The article notes the Kansas City scene resembling Herbert Hoover on the first Republican ballot with President Coolidge and Andrew Mellon backing Commerce Secretary Hoover. It asks readers how they feel about the situation and their opinion.
Patterson gained 36 votes across Emmet Palo Alto Dickinson and Clay counties on Tuesday. He holds 80 votes overall and could be declared the nominee if his lead persists as recounts proceed in Kossuth County where the board of Supervisors began a second recount.
George W. Patterson and Breakenridge faced heavy legal representation as recounts proceed across Kosssuth County. Report from Algona on Wednesday places Patterson ahead by 36 votes in the district amid contested results.
A Lakota committee of farmers and businessmen collected 17000 in a single day to complete the church building. The basement was finished a year ago and services are now held there. Also notes visits by Mr and Mrs Jay Budlong to Chicago sites and a visit by Mr and Mrs Garrett Landaal to Lynden Washington for family ties and a Wisconsin homecoming.
Doan News records George Johnson and family at Algona on Saturday, Robi Ward and family at Algona last Wednesday, Ted Hoover and family at Algona Saturday evening, and numerous others visiting relatives including at Crystal Lake, Wesley, Nevada Iowa, and Portland. The Davidson Players Cass show drew many Deans residents, sightings of a new baby girl, and a schedule note for a meeting with Mrs Howard Andrews on June 21.
Florence Station miss Eda Amelsberg dies at 50 after long rheumatism and illness. Detailing her life from Shannon to Florence, burial rites, family sorrow, church devotion, and funeral at the old home with ministers from Prairie Dell and Forreston Grove. Also council minutes noting 1927 tax rebates and street work in a closing town meeting.
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