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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
6
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The barely readable text references beliefs about luck and death tied to a house, a Venus statue, and various oddities. It mentions a mural in Wayunk, Pa, a burglar tale, and a garbled note about a fire patrol seat. It also alludes to naval officers on a boat, glass making, and a tornado insurance notice from the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Company with financial figures.
A blaze in Tampa's northern city area burned for four hours, consuming 55 acres and 308 buildings including four cigar factories. Loss pegged at 1 million dollars with one death and thousands displaced as power and water failures hampered efforts. Several factories and residences were destroyed, leaving many out of work and shelters opened by St. Joseph's convent and local households.
An avalanche near Goppenstein in Berne province, March 2, triggered a towering atmospheric wave that toppled a Lochberg tunnel hotel. Thirteen people died, fifteen injured, including an American engineer Mervart. The hotel housed tunnel workers, not tourists, and adjacent post office and police station were badly damaged.
Interstate Commerce Commission opposes Senator Fulton’s bill to bar railroads from raising rates until the commission passes on reasonableness. The commission warns that letting a single shipper protest block rate increases would create an inflexible rule harmful to railroads and potentially to the public.
Peking reports the Chinese government will surrender the Japanese steamer Tatao Meru, seized February 7 by Chinese customs cruisers off Macao while unloading rifles and ammunition, numbering in the thousands. Paris notes a report from General d'Amade of casualties in Morocco as French forces clash with the Madakra tribesmen.
A feuding mother and brother spar about appearances while a father interjects with comical admonitions. The scene closes with a humorous quip on love, followed by an advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease and a proverb about wealth and virtue.
The ad touts a coffee jelly product made from sugar coffee and gelatine to be prepared with boiling water. Priced at 10 cents per package the note invites grocers to arrange mail delivery if stock is unavailable and promises the item as a delicious dessert with sugar and cream. A second blurb hints at a forgotten $20,000 deposit from 1884 prompting readers to search memories for old deposits.
Readers are invited to send 25 cents to H Remick Co of New York for the words and music of nine pieces from the Merry Widow Opera, a current rage in London Paris and New York. The promotion appears in the paper's advertising columns.
Fragmentary notice blends product names and quotes from various sources. It includes references to a pharmacy item “DROMWO QUININE,” mentions of people such as Mr. Jawback and Mrs. Jawback, a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote, and stray lines about weather effects and sermons, producing a collage rather than a coherent event or story.
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