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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
8
A fragment quotes Horace Metcher urging prudence to stay in school. It adds a line about Fortuna smiling on some people and Aaugha at many, hinting at luck’s uneven hand.
Charles Brenton won a three corner contest to remain president of the Dallas Center board after 24 years in the post. The Iowa legislature debated age of consent measures and municipal control while local deaths and incidents were reported from Muscatine to Sioux City.
A fragment mentions Bulgarian Blood Tea claimed to purify blood, aid digestion, and support health, sold by druggists. It also notes red-brown Dresden porcelain coins from Meissen used as small currency, advertised as washable. The piece ends with a quip about winter and meals.
B. M. Roszel of Winchester is named state historian and head of the Americanism Commission for the Virginia American Legion. He also serves as historian of his post. Born in Baltimore he earned A B and Ph D from Johns Hopkins and taught in Washington DC before leading Shenandoah Valley Academy since 1908. He served 18 months in the Army, discharged as a Major, and later joined the Reserve Corps.
The American Legion will access a vast 1000 film travel and educational collection from the Bureau of Commercial Economics for free Legion post exhibitions. Films are numbered in a special catalogue, with costs limited to express charges. Distribution centers will be set up nationwide.
Jacob Telnowitz an adjutant and Americanism director of Chicago Post No 161 of the American Legion changes his name to Jacob Legon Tenny claiming to honor the organization He says Legion should set an American naming standard and notes he is the first man to name himself after the Legion He is a lawyer and a Democratic candidate for municipal judge.
A vintage medical advertisement claims every drop of blood must be pure to prevent rheumatism eczema and other diseases. It touts a 50 year old blood cleanser sold widely by druggists and offers free literature from the Chief Medical Advisor at 169 Swift Laboratory Atlanta.
The snippet blends an ad for Cuticura pimples and a daily skin routine with stray lines about good manners in New York schools. It also notes a railway velocipede invention, a farm sale ad, an inquest witness line, and amusing dialogue on partial strangers, plus a reflection on speed development from 1882 to motorbikes.
A clergyman quizzes a group of youths about blue beans and a puzzling riddle. A backbench voice offers a wary answer about hens as the room falls into a tense silence. The scene hints at moral lessons and a sly teacherly gleam.
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