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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1928
Page
2
Mrs. Duck proudly commends her eight ducklings for sleeping with the water and learning their lesson while Sir David Duck and Sammy Saabage exchange barbs. The barnyard critic belittles the birds as absurd, but Mrs. Duck defends her brood and asserts their worth.
A fragmented reflective piece contrasts practical life with vanity and social awkwardness. It muses on the difficulty of using certain items and people, noting the stubborn nature of love and disease, with aphorisms about vice and self-deception.
A playful verse notes seven stars and seven nights, ending with a handshake that foreshadows a parson joining after the encounter. The quirky line suggests a domestic or moral linkage in a lighthearted, McClure newspaper style.
Leonard A. Barrett argues daily effort hinges on spirit rather than energy alone. A cheerful outlook eases tasks and fosters perseverance. second best limits progress, while loving one's work demands full effort for best results and returns.
The noon lunch club chair warns the speaker that ten minutes will be allotted for his address. The speaker responds with the topic Time Space and Life in a dry, wry tone.
A tale about a young job seeker discouraged by an editor. The editor warns that newspaper work demands long hours, high energy, and little pay. The piece argues that true success comes from desire and relentless determination, not merely qualifications.
Martin Johnson's field portrait labels African beasts with vivid, biting epitaphs. He calls the buffalo a dangerous customer and the zebra a rowdy, while the leopard is a killer and the rhinoceros perpetually troublesome.
Advertises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription claiming to make many women healthy and happy. Promotes tablet or squid forms and urges purchase at neighborhood stores. Provides a Buffalo New York address for free advice.
Seedling Torreyn trees, or Savern, from a 100000 year old Florida flora were added to the New York Botanical Garden collection after Dr. John K. Small’s state tour. Native to a narrow belt along the Apalachicola River in Florida, they resemble yew and can be grown in yew climate conditions.
Supervisor of M. G. M. productions, Lucien Hubbard, explains Yosemite wonders to the leading actress on location. He points to BE Caplittan and claims a giant glacier left it, then jokes the glacier has gone back for another rock.
A philanthropist E Harkness urged against speculation at the University club after donating 250000 to New York Memorial hospital for four grams of radium. A Kansas City Star anecdote about a deacon and a preacher warned of misjudged value. The report notes 42 percent of U S homes lack electricity despite modernity. Switzerland leads per capita electricity use due to abundant waterfalls.
Popular Science Monthly describes a colossal electric shovel planned as the world’s largest. The machine, 120 foot boot with an 82 foot dipper, can scoop about 15 cable yards of earth in one stroke, enough to lift a ten story building’s top and deposit dirt into the stands at an open pit coal mine in Danville, Illinois.
Excavations at Tout ders court Lothbury London unearthed Roman artifacts including a leather shoe sole bearing a corn mark at the little toe. Nearby fragments of glass display exquisite color and pattern. The find highlights infirmities of ancient women's feet and offers insight into daily life a millennium ago.
An old physician notes that Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin remains the gentle, vegetable laxative remedy for constipation and related ailments while warning against drastic purges. The ad claims safety for adults and children and promotes free prepaid sample offers.
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