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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
8
Readable fragments show ad style copy with references to Adirondack camp Life magazine tone and mentions of manford’s balsam of myrrh from Hanford Mfg Co Syracuse. Prices listed as 60e and 2.00 then odd dialogue about dinner and attire.
Prominent doctors endorse remedies for kidney bladder and urine problems. A physician advocates a cure thirty seven times more powerful than others for removing uric acid. Patients are urged to consult a druggist for a 60 cent trial box and to consider Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for weak women and Golden Medical Discovery for the blood.
Arkansas senator Jeff Davis recounts a trip to eastern Kansas. He says arriving on a late train with only a small handgrip, he found no baggage handling at the hotel depot. The night porter, acting as multiple staff, declared luggage would not be collected in advance, implying tight security and limited service.
An ad extols Cuticura soap as a birth friendly product for babies with soothing oils for irritations. A courtroom vignette from Judge Clayton in Alabama features an aged black witness asked about an oath, replying with humor and a sly grin. The piece ends with a quip about a Shakespeare adaptation in progress.
The fragmentary text contrasts a broker's actions with future prices while noting Tilwauan weather affects traders. It hints at excuses for staying in business despite contradictory signals and uncertain market conditions.
Des Moines reports Albert M. Deyoe, Iowa superintendent of public instruction, addressing the Teachers' association. He urges more state and local funding for rural schools, calls for new school plans reviewed by a state architect, and supports closing unsanitary one room schoolhouses. He cites rising teacher wages and compares national wage levels while noting municipalities must invest more in education for robust student development.
In Mount Pleasant Miss Flossie O Nell and her sister, with their mother, barely escaped death when they tried to cross train tracks. Tessie O Nell dragged her prostrate sister from beneath an oncoming Burlington train as the two collided and were knocked down before the wheels. The mother was thrown between the double tracks.
Mason City moves to retry funding for a high school as petitions circulate to ballot a $250000 bond for construction or a $36000 levy for related purposes after a court set aside the prior $990000 measure.
Satirical column fragment notes the proliferation of societies aimed at preventing various ills and jokes about forming defenses against the preventers. Mentions Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh ad copy and a few quips about finances and Aging.
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