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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
6
A motivational appeal encourages young men to join the Navy while they are fit for travel. It promises world-wide sights, hard work, shore leave, and a 30 day vacation, plus two years of service to become physically and mentally prepared for success. recruiters are available at nearby stations or via the postmaster.
A stream of short notices from Algona and nearby towns reports births, marriages, visits, travel to St Louis for the World's Fair, and local happenings. Items include baby announcements for Klenk, Woolridge, Hansen, Krause families, a marriage in Burt, moves of residents to California and Missouri, and reports of deaths and illnesses among residents and farmers. The column also notes a dancing master appointment, a funeral in Willburg, and a typhoid fever case.
A bank in the city displays a so called mystery clock said to run without winding or cleaning. The article explains the device uses a rotating earth like mechanism with a bisecting sphere and magnetic compass, claiming celestial and lunar forces influence the hour hand.
The Portand item reports S A Schneider resigning as cashier of Pirot National to become secretary of Mason Gily Mortgage and Loan Co. Other notes mention visits, weddings, deaths, births, sales, and local business plans across towns, with several names and dates from October 1904.
In playful verse and notices, the piece contrasts old time arts and romance with modern women described as powerful and independent. It reflects shift from bearded men and courting tropes to female independence and new stereotypes. Community notices follow, listing livestock for sale and animals taken up.
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