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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
8
Two boys wait to accompany Patty to her gate as Florence sings a hymn and taunts them. Herbert sternly orders Ike to inform his mother of any future misstep, while Florence murmurs a troublesome song about their friend. The scene ends with taunting echoes as the group departs.
A thirteen year old boy Herbert Illingsworth Atwater Jr with his friend Henry Rooter start a local venture named the North End Daily Oriole funded by an Uncle Joseph gift. Florence Atwater writes a poem accepted for publication on cash in advance causing friction. Florence and her friend Patty Fairchild visit, while Terence remains aloof as the youthful quartet navigates publishing ambitions.
Patty Fairechild leads a lively game night at Atwater and Trouter with friends Florence, Henry Rooter, and Herbert. The group drafts secret questions and answers, writing and signing them to be kept private, while flirtatious banter and a boisterous chorus of laughter color the evening.
Florence returns home morose after watching three outsiders on the porch. In a library conversation, her parents discuss Julia’s social rise, noting many suitors and the family’s concern about a newcomer whose name few know. The scene hints at tension over introductions and expectations.
In a tense family scene Mrs. Atwater and her husband discuss Julia's engagement and the impact on their elder relative, Grandpa, who may live alone. Florence, curious and outspoken, probes the secrecy while the adults fear dramatic consequences and a possible death by own action.
Eugene G Grace of Bethlehem Steel and Charles M Schwab share a friendly golf rivalry. A famous match reportedly began with Grace claiming five strokes while Schwab boasted a four. Grace outpaced Schwab again with a one on the third hole, challenging his rival to top the score.
An old advertisement promotes Cutt cura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and scented economical option for face and baby care. It lists it as part of the Cutt cura Toilet Trio with Sean Ointment and Talcum and claims it renders other perfumes superfluous.
The report recalls that Emile Rathenau quipped his unlucky day was Saturday, citing two near-fatal incidents on Saturdays in his life, including a childhood runaway injury and a later stairwell fall. He was later assassinated on a Saturday, notes Le Petit Parisien.
A Marion County State Bank official recalls a young man opening a savings account for his son Arthur Duvall. The patron asks to change the account name to Dorothy, prompting a light moment about the child’s nickname.
A Cleveland woman arriving in New York gave a porter a dime as a tip and explained she would walk two miles instead of taking the bus. The porter relented and offered the tip back, but she declined and chose the bus. The tale appears in the Cleveland Plain Dealer with a humorous aside about low prices from Yale Record.
Experts in Gothic wood carvings at Westminster Abbey, London, unveil a time friendly cleaning preparation to remove dirt from the choir stalls and tomb alabaster without damage. The solution will reveal original colors and may whiten exterior stone to restore its historic appearance.
A Chicago Journal clipping tells of a woman seeking a business man by phone. The operator’s cheerful greeting masks a grim twist as the caller learns she is speaking to a morgue desk. She ends the call and decides to write a letter instead.
The report recalls three figures at a wedding the father handing a cart to a stranger the preacher's wife receiving the wedding fee and the best man rejected for the last time by the bride.
A Louisville editor recalls Henry Watterson as a gourmand who loathed gluttony and urged minds not to fixate on food. He tells of a lord's smoking room filled with hunting trophies and skins, where a fat glutton admires the displays and asks if the host ate all of it himself.
An onlooker asks about Zeke Dawdle while Squire Witherbee explains Zeke is supervising at a new store construction. He oversees workers with his wife running a boarding house nearby, ensuring bricks and girders are placed properly to avoid spoilage.
The couple has just arrived from their honeymoon trip. They discuss their impressions of Niagara Falls and share reactions to the trip with friends and reporters.
A newspaper line mocks Miss Atwater by implying Fortune lends her a tool of revenge. The phrasing suggests a sensational tabloid tone, hinting at a dramatic plot device without detailing events or outcomes.
The brief note surveys shifts in men's attire over 800 years, noting frequent style changes and even a contemporary punk speaker could discuss them. It contrasts fashion with broader cultural trends, hinting at the enduring interplay between dress and identity.
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