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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
11
A fragmented note wonders why a man killed a goose guarding a golden egg and hints at greed and disappointment. It contrasts such myths with a claim of zinc ore wealth in parts of Japan, implying economic tension between desire and resource abundance.
A pasted advertisement extols Dr. Pierce a uric acid eliminator claiming it dissolves uric acid like hot water and cites a Buffalo hotel origin. The piece includes testimonial from Mrs. Sarah Berthold in Des Moines Iowa praising Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription for women s health and notes druggist availability.
Fragmentary dialogue contrasts summer trees with winter trunks. The exchange questions how nature shifts dress with seasons, using a whimsical tone about trees displaying green foliage versus stored coverings in cold months.
Fragmentary verse and dialogue about a child pouring tonic into a clock, with scattered lines mentioning Alabama ranks and southern states as a separate group. Contextual clarity is limited by the garbled text.
A humorous fragment shows Wise Youngster asking what is cut from the paper as Little Johnny hides a mystery clipping. The gag mentions a line about wooden slippers and a Cuba report noting 600,000,000 feet of timber.
Des Moines reports nearly ten thousand persons in fourteen state institutions under the board of control. Total population now 5,789, up 200 from 1944. Sanitarian at Oakdale and Glenwood’s Feeble Minded Children home at capacity with long waits. Several facilities crowded. new wards under construction at Woodward and Rockwell City.
Waterloo reports the death of Guy A Feely former speaker of the town house at forty one. A prominent Black Hawk county lawyer born in the county served in the Spanish American War and taught in Waterloo at eighteen before studying law at State University. He was admitted in 1891 and practiced with his brother Elmer J Meely. Feely served in the Thirty second and Thirty third general assemblies and twice sought attorney general, losing to George Casson. He was active in the Knights of Pythian order as chancellor commander.
A fragmentary Boston Transcript snippet notes reactions like a bundle of nerves and a neighborly look, with a reflective remark on easier forgetting those who wrong our neighbors. The item captures social quick takes and gossip tone.
New York report cites Dr Sauer urging iron as the primary source of strength. He warns many seek cures in medicines while iron deficiency cripples vitality and performance. The text promotes Nuxated Iron as easily absorbed and guarantees strength gains with proper use.
James Merna a subway guard on strike confesses to police that he set off the dynamite that wrecked Lenox Avenue station on Oct 25 and says the plan was funded by the carmen union to demonstrate for 11,000 workers. Five of six arrestees are union officials. the sixth is a chauffeur. Captain Tunney says investigators have evidence funds came from the Carmen's pylon.
Berlin reports German naval units attacked trade lanes from the mouth of the Rhine toward Holland on November 12. Several steamers were stopped and searched, two brought to a German port, while British cruisers shelled the raiders without inflicting damage. A nether steamer followed but did not reply. A torpedo boat force returned safely after brief shelling.
Berlin reports no success for the Triaslins in their eastern front attack aimed at aiding the Roumanians, viewed as likely the last ramification of General Brusslou's offensive. Petrograd says infantry fights persist in Quilia and Volhynia with slight Russian gains per the war office statement on Friday.
A pilot flying from Chicago to New York reached Governor’s Island at 8 56 p m Friday after 87 minutes aloft with two stops at Erie Pennsylvania and Hammondsport New York The journey covered about 673 miles at an average 110 miles an hour Nine thousand Carranzistas to concentrate at Jiminez Mexico to exterminate Villa forces reported by Mexican Ambassador Arredondo via El Paso dispatch
Gen Francisco Gonzales, Juarez military commander, said Colonel Garcia and eight Villa men brought to Juarez would be struck unless ordered sent to Chihuahua City.
An item urges households to beat rising prices by avoiding costly meats and trying Skinner's Mataron with spaghetti as a cheap nutritious option. It promotes a free cook book from Skinner Mfg Co Omaha Neb for many recipes.
Fragmentary text alleges a beauty doctor swindling young women and mentions a “Golden Bay” discovery. It references remedies, pills, and European cotton production figures and hints at a dreamlike, unfinished narrative.
A letter collection from women across North Crandon Wisconsin Lawton Oklahoma and Roxbury Massachusetts praises Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound for easing displacement ulcers and inflammatory symptoms. The notices urge others to seek confidential advice from the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co while a stray joke about contractors and ministers appears in the text.
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