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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
6
A Gatrespondent reports on Marine Corps recruit training where knowledge of rifle parts is stressed. An instructor questions a novice about the balance location, revealing gaps in basic firearm familiarity during morning inspections.
Washington launches a national campaign to curb rat destruction with Stearns Paste. Government purchases run into thousands of dollars to protect food supplies valued at over two hundred million dollars annually. Housekeepers are urged to buy a thirty five cent box to prevent further losses.
A colored citizen told the board chairman he has no wife and is only engaged yet asks to go to jail for exemption. The remark reflects ongoing discussions on exemptions and civic duties in Philadelphia.
Warfard University announces the opening of its medical school to 19 women students this year marking a shift toward coeducation and expanding access for female medical students.
The text discusses a statue memorial by Saint Gaudens for Washington and quotes Mrs. Moore praising its mystery and tone. It frames the sculpture as a monumental work likely to endure public debate and evoke strong opinion across observers.
The ad touts Warner's Safe Nervine as a cure for nerves fatigue insomnia and neuralgia. It claims direct action on nerve centers produces restful sleep with no harmful effects and notes it contains 10 dare codes. Sold by leading druggists and available by simple send on receipt of rains events. Warner's Safe Remedies Co. Northester NY ad filler.
Years ago France imposed a tax of two francs per lighter on cigars to curb portable heaters affecting government monopoly matches. The law provoked complaints as quality declined and smoking rose, with advocates pushing to rescind the order despite higher tobacco taxes.
A snippet shows a speaker criticizing an unreasoning complaint about early wakeups at six o'clock and chores involving a furnace. The passage includes garbled dialogue and incomplete phrases, reflecting a rough transcription.
A reader laments the war tax impact noting paying six cents for a nickel cigar and joking about prices. A cheerfully cynical response hints at cheaper smokes and mocking vanity among women.
The U S food administration urges small growers to guard a large homegrown potato crop from winter spoilage. Lau J Sweet notes main wastage causes and offers storage methods to prevent sweating, moisture, sprouting, and disease while recommending careful sorting and temperature control to preserve market value and seed quality.
In Kobe a fashionably known bathhouse reported two deaths in mid June linked to a ghost tale. A woman died inside the bath and two days later another woman died after being brought home, with her mind allegedly disturbed during the bath. The keeper denies sensational storytelling and hires no street orators to debunk the ghost, yet former patrons do not return.
Fragmentary OCR narrative depicts a chaotic scene in Billings gate Ash market London with a narrator and a series of misheard phrases. Characters exchange insults and linguistic terms as the tension escalates toward conflict. The piece blends dialogue and berated language with interrupted speech.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble and may not know it. Kidney disease can cause back pain headaches nervousness and despondency. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is advertised as a remedy available at drug stores or by mail order for a sample with a small test payment.
Mrs Russell Sage, aged over eighty eight, recently consented to ride in an automobile. The report notes humor about poverty and happiness as a contrast to wealth.
Gompers of the Anterian Nation of Labor objects to women serving in war work. Commissioner Williams of New York seeks penalties for householders who waste city water.
A garbled excerpt shows a busy street scene with fragmented dialogue in a mock historical voice. The text hints at a hurried exchange between figures named Hilsong and McPhersen, with stray phrases suggesting pursuit, politeness, and tension amid a chaotic urban moment.
Fragmentary ad offers money for use of Gat c cannot be coated with wet catatool medicine. Mentions Hali's Catarril Medicine taken internally through mucous surfaces. Claims forty years market with testimonials. Sold by Cheney & Co., Tateda, Ohio.
St Henry Hoyle is noted as giving a $115,000 holding to St Norbert College in De Pere Wisconsin. The report discusses the garden work and pay, showing a profit of at least ten cents' worth of radishes.
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