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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
6
Arthur Guy Empey from Jersey City volunteers for Britain after Lusitania sinking. He trains in London and France, hears heavy guns, learns trench life, and endures the first bombardment. His unit goes into front-line trenches where he experiences death and goes over the top in a brutal fight.
The narrator recalls volunteering for bombers' school in France, detailing jam tin bombs and Mills bombs. He describes training, improvised munitions, and the dangers of faulty fuses, alongside the humor and fear of early bombing tactics and trench life.
In a hot spell the Tommies enjoy a luxury bath by a deep creek. The sergeant major orders a fifteen minute bath parade. Soldiers line up with rifles and bayonets, soap and towels, marching to the Divisional Baths near a loud pump.
The piece contrasts Shelley's ease in a boat shaping many poems with Coleridge's famed mind endangering productivity. Both men face different fates as their creative lives unfold, one through leisure and the other through unfinished work.
William A. Radford argues for permanent farmstead barns built to last with proper lighting ventilation and sanitary equipment. He advises consulting manufacturers for durable stalls feeders and dairy barn layouts to save labor and improve cleanliness, urging buyers to discuss plans with lumber dealers.
An article argues dairy barns can be planned to be sanitary and easily cleaned without high labor costs. It discusses two-row cow layouts with central feed alleys, better drainage, and easier access for milking, plus a basement barn example in Winona County showing reinforced concrete bridges and moisture control through hollow tile walls.
In Osceola Iowa official W W Day treasurer of Ted Men Lodge No 28 extols Tanlac a tonic distilled from plant barks and berries. He recounts chronic indigestion sleeplessness and nervousness alleviated by Tanlac urging friends to try it and advising druggists to stock it.
Opals expand with heat more than other stones and push against their settings, breaking the grip of gold and causing the gems to fall out.
The line questions a brilliant woman and her choice in marriage. It notes a sharp remark about her husband, implying social or intellectual critique within a witty exchange. The quote hints at a humorous, perhaps antiquated, view on partners and judgment.
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