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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
8
Frances Dunen argues in The Joyous Art of Gardening that love for a garden is democratic and available to all social classes. She notes that joy comes from tending plants and making a space feel like art, not from money spent, and that gardens can be intimate companions rather than mere estates.
Springfield City Prison Keeper Henry Mes ter reports 520.15 in cash plus prisoner meals and vegetables from the municipal farm. About 400 bushels of corn were raised on a 20 acre plot near the water works for sale to police and fire departments, with additional vegetables bringing 190. Mes ter says the farm benefits prisoners physically and morally. Commissioner Roy R. Reese approves the plan.
The text warns against overplanting with large trees and stresses early removal of misfit growth. It urges open lawn spaces, border plantings, and maintaining harmony between art and utility. Emphasizes a natural plant use without overbearing architecture and a balanced design approach.
Camp Dodge officers favor drafting all men who reach twenty one during the war period. They support Lieut Gen Young’s proposal to call youths from nineteen to twenty one and note Civil War figures of over three million men under twenty one. The plan would end June and include men turning twenty one by year’s end, creating a larger trained force and easing exemptions for married men.
Des Moines engineer Sam Salyer dies after southbound M and St. L freight derails at an open switch near Minburn. Fireman badly scalded. possible tampering investigated. Fort Dodge brakeman Joe Mishler injured jumping from engine. Also reports hand car collisions near Correctionville kill three. road funding eyed in Black Hawk County. Kiron postoffice robbed of 180.
Passengers on four Western railroads now use the off the tray service. Walters with large trays moves through the cars offering sandwiches hard boiled eggs fruit pies cakes hot coffee milk and more. The service targets women travelers especially those with children.
The Open Air School for tubercular and able children plans to operate on the roof of the new courthouse in Sioux City. Henry Mets, city member of the county board, supports the plan and expects no objections from the supervisors. M G Glurk intends to open the school this term with about thirty children from across the area.
Fragmentary lines describe travelers doubting their direction near a poorhouse as a flashlight confirms they are on the correct road. The Christian Register presents a terse, cryptic scene implying uncertainty and determination.
An old advertisement touts Cutleura Ointment and Soap for facial care with a free mail sample offer. It also includes a stray note about Indianapolis students asking teachers questions labeled as howlers, with shown Q A pairs on Columbus and Washington.
Transparent Cookery, a Corning firm, produces glass pie dishes and baking utensils that resist heat and handle like ordinary crockery. The Scientific American notes this lets housekeepers see puddings and pies clearly inside. The text also mentions a bathtub chair seat staying level in any position.
In a tearful scene the bride clings to her dog Mullins crying Muffing will be sick after biting a peddler’s leg earlier that day. The terrified husband pleads for the cause and a socialite notes Mullins’ misdeed as the scene unsettles guests.
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