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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
8
In a London Tit-Bits tale a vicar playfully asks a young Sussex household daughter her name after two American children caused disruption. The girl retorts to Mr Preweter to stop, joking that he crossed the christening dope on her.
An old advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as the simple home dyeing solution for sweaters skirts coats and even draperies. It claims rapid, fade resistant results across wool silk linen cotton or blends and guides readers to tell their druggist their fabric type.
Excavations in Crete uncover a distinct Early Cretan civilization with a vast palace at Knoasoa featuring a drainage system praised as absolutely English in design and engineering.
The article explains water’s colorlessness in its purest state with a blue tint when viewed in bulk. It notes Loch Katrine water’s near purity with minor carboniferous matter giving a faint brown tinge. It describes color due to light reflection as with soap bubbles and rainbows, and that stagnant water appears colored due to surface growth and light interference. It also mentions taste from dissolved salts and atmospheric gases.
A brief Salem News quotation depicts a young girl shunning education and work, alleging she attaches herself to men. The fragment hints at social judgments and gendered stereotypes in the era’s commentary.
The text analyzes federal finances from 1866 to 1919, detailing surpluses and deficits, growing direct taxation from 1910 onward, and the shift from indirect to direct taxes. It notes large receipts from customs and internal revenue, rising income taxes, and urges scrutiny of government spending with expectations of four billion dollar annual expenses.
A columnist urges readers to engage in public affairs, not politics, by contacting their congressman and senators. He argues joint military spending is burdensome, notes Congress plans to build battleships costing about 900 million dollars, and insists citizens can influence policy with small actions like writing letters. He stresses the need for ordinary people to devote time to consider government finances and armament limits.
Emil A. Berndt of Honolulu reports to the Cincinnati Times-Star that a weapon storehouse lies within the extinct Holeakala crater. Three white men with cave knowledge reportedly stumbled upon the chamber while wandering. It contains crude stone hatchets large quantities of slingshot stones spear points and other implements of ancient warfare.
The text notes weaving dates to ancient times with mechanical aid emerging in 1780 after the fly shuttle invention, highlighting the progression from manual weaving to mechanized processes beginning with that key development.
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