16 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
1
A fragmentary poet's note on common flowers by the roadside, praising modest blooms and their simple beauty. The piece muses on gathering blossoms to brighten vases and home spaces, with affectionate language and playful phonetic spellings.
In Santander a moonlit quay frames Captain Davies as two masked figures close in. He fells one with a brutal punch and moves on to his ship, where a mysterious man later slips aboard the Spanish bark, pausing before vaulting over. The skipper taunts the lateness of the rendezvous as cargo is hoisted.
Captain Davies wanders Santander on a hot dusty day and recalls a kiss in a church. He watches a Spanish mate and a veiled man with a fez and bandages, then recalls a Sussex night and the York Castle voyage as dawn nears.
The crew discuses the death of a Spanish mate found with a knife wound aboard. The skipper mutters Latin prayers and dismisses the injury as a Wwormua while the woman sinks back into the water.
Quaker City fans recount a 19th century baseball tale about Cub Stricker of the Athletics. Frank Day recalls a 1889 League Park trip where five runners were picked off stealing, and Stricker's throws left umpires calling dead outs despite close plays.
A fragment from a New Orleans Times poem describes a night scene where a sermon in the night stirs a reader. The speaker questions self worth and the quiet power of unseen charity and divine words in the dark.
Time estimated in 1903 that thirty four American cities had provision for public baths, reflecting mixed investments of land, buildings and equipment totaling 2 879 242 dollars. There were 196 municipal baths, sixty seven beach and fonting baths with limited year round use, and sixty nine indoor baths open in winter as well as summer.
The Treasury records two 8 cent stamps credited to the conscience fund. A Feb 10 1906 letter to Hon. Leslie M. Shaw explains the sender’s intent to donate stamps to offset past untruths to Uncle Sam.
The report describes Gaberieau troubled by visitors and his servants placing photos for guidance. An author summoned the servants to consult curies, but they were puzzled and asked the visitor to smile. The visitor complied and announced Mastoy was not at home.
A St. Paul paper from February 18 highlights a sharp weather contrast. Western States faced severe cold and storms while Western Canada enjoyed springlike warmth. The report cites delayed trains, cattle hardship, and widespread discomfort versus mild packing in other regions.
January saw more settlers move to Canada than any prior January as Western lands fill with an excellent class of settlers. Government agents in the U S coordinate special excursions for March and April and offer information to prospective settlers.
The report by Commissioner Garfield finds no evidence of extortionate beef prices or improper market manipulation by Chicago packers. It shows only modest profits, with 1903 profits at two to three percent and 1904 around one and a half percent. The study, based on exhaustive data and US government verification, rejects charges of profiteering and extortion aimed at western packers.
A long discussion of rare triple plays notes two famous instances: Paul Hines in early baseball history and Harry O Hagan in 1901 with Columbus and Newark. It also mentions two triple plays by Kansas City in a single game in the American Association and oddly shifts to a tale of a woman and man in a rickshaw fleeing a lioness in South Africa.
French actor M. Coquelin announces candidacy for senator from Boulogne-sur-Mer. He vows to improve the profession, contest funeral service bans in Paris churches, and elevate actors to Legion of Honor status while arguing acting embodies human comedy and social progress.
A fragmentary and archaic style note speaks of a poor scholar and a vow to keep a beloved close. It references learning, envy, and a pledge that love endures despite threats of theft or departure. The text mixes distorted phrases and names, creating a cryptic literary mood.
The Makratti women of western India are described as ideal wives. The piece claims they worship their husbands as gods, love their children, and take interest in jewelry. It asserts these three traits define domestic peace and ideal behavior.
A correspondent reports police in a Russian town have confiscated every typewriter as dangerous tools for disseminating unapproved literature. Each machine is registered and its owner identified by the police, making arrest possible at any moment.
The Canadian government increases efforts to attract settlers by novel advertising used at the World’s Fair. The campaign aims to boost immigration from the United States to the Canadian West, signaling stronger movement toward western settlement.
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