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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
2
In a chatty letter from Denver area, Pat Gilligan extols Lookout Mountain and the Colorado scene. He jokes about marriage plans, notes delays during travel, and describes autos, scenery, and local people while inviting the recipient to join him for a honeymoon in Colorado.
The passage mentions Arthur Reynolds a Chicago banker raised on a farm near Panora Guthria county Carrie Chapman Catt formerly of Floyd county led American woman suffrage and Frank Lowden governor of Illinois born on a Hardin county farm The Rev Newe'l Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Boston born on a Harrison county farm
Rupert Hughes defended his film The Unpardonable Sin before Pennsylvania’s rigid censor board. After a heated exchange the board allowed the movie with no cuts following testimony from Hughes and a Marion Indiana family tied to real events. It will screen at Algona’s Opera House on Nov 3 with 3 p.m. matinees.
An aggregation of Pacific Island natives presents vocal and instrumental music described as the sweetest of all, among the foremost entertainers to visit the country. They perform at the Algona Opera House on Thursday evening, November.
A narrator admires three girls and praises one in a modest serge suit with a vest and collar. While others wear low necklines and flashy heels, the restrained style is praised as admirable and refreshingly plain. The piece likens modest dress to lilies amid sunflowers.
Miss Anna Lauretty Johnston daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Johnston married Harry W Hanson banker and attorney of Conrad Montana at the brides home on East Kennedy Street The Rev B M Southgate officiated with only family present The couple begin a wedding trip to Montana and will reside there The Advance notes the bride is among the community’s most attractive young women and wishes are extended from many friends.
Readable fragments show notable Iowans born or raised in Cedar county Story county and other areas. Figures include Herbert Hoover John R Mott Frank Mondell Reed of Missouri Bishop Stuntz Lewis Bashford Sunday Taylor Roberts and others with ties to Iowa farms towns and institutions.
The article previews The Gumps stage show with Andy and Min in a lively musical comedy featuring a snappy chorus and comic acts. James R. Frager plays Ardy the goat and Bessie Clifton is Min. The piece notes matinee and evening shows and urges early reservations for the November 5th engagement in Algon.
The piece notes rising demand for late popular music and the strong influence of Hawaiian music on American hits. It highlights that about nine tenths of today’s popular tunes are based on Hawaiian music from native island musicians, who develop distinctive styles with limited consolidation of musicians.
Next Sunday will be observed as Good Literature Day with a full house and a special program. Meetings continue all week at Dean with a Sunday program under deaconess Miss Daisy Kropt, including The Challenge of the Cross and The Foolish Virgins. An address by the Pastor on the Virgins is planned. Everyone is invited.
A Hallowe en program followed by a pie social will be held at the Masdale school house two miles west of Woden on Halloween night October 31. Special entertainments planned. Maria Aukes, teacher, notes piano and organ lessons Mondays and Tuesdays. contact Hazel Hopkins at phone 91. Weeks paid.
Four spring Chester Whites for sale registered herd. Also lost or estrayed find at Titonka Iowa near Raibsamen's. A variety of small notices include wheat for sale and a request to notify Joe Lamoreux. Property needs owner to prove and pay for this notice.
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