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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
6
A dubious notice from Georgetown DC describes a real haunted house listing offering a weekly walk and house access. It targets a "ghost layer" to haunt and terrorize, citing demand for specters and a local organization opposing the spooky arrangement.
A fragmented account describes women in a Kington cafe scene lighting cigarettes and carrying vanity cases. Observers note tension between propriety and modern flirtations as staff and patrons discuss smoking by women and the perceived shame or acceptance in social spaces.
Ather fayecazis disseminates weather information via telegraph and printing to 27 theaters in the territory. The plan uses wireless and wireline channels to reach viewers, with messages projected during showings after afternoon papers publish weather reports.
A fragment describes a planned dam system with a spillway and canal to harness electric energy. It mentions the Gatun spillway dam and a power house near a 115 foot lake, with gates to cross a waterway and references to officials and the use of federal funds.
The text describes invisibility concepts amid war, noting strange uniforms and watchers in darkness. It mentions phantom operators, restricted movement, and a mysterious discovery of a perfect plate of perusoryuction within a manupod stomach, attributed to science rationales and museum preservation.
An incomplete dialogue describes a patient resisting examination with phrases like you surprise me and a doctor failing to obtain information. The snippet hints at a dramatic encounter but provides limited context or outcome.
The Scottish Rite temple in Washington is finished after three years of construction and will be dedicated in early October. Built at a cost near $1,000,000, the landmark has become the headquarters for the territory temple operations and will serve as a symbol of the Rite's World involvement.
A state report by municipal treasurer George Maunsell shows 31 Iowa cities and towns increased expenditures to 32 million for the fiscal year ending April 1, 1915, from the previous year. The main rise is in improvements accounts with heavy investments in paving and street work. Receipts stood at about 9.77 million with total expenditures near 14.88 million.
The college reports record enrollment growth with 88 students in the Uteval arts department and 191 Freshmen. Trustees plan a new fundraising drive aiming to raise $5,000 by Sept 4, 1940 to expand resources and endowment to about a million dollars and a projected value of 780,000.
A man identified as Tolivson, about 24, shot himself at Cadwallader place near Knoxville after an altercation with a woman who had been staying there. He died instantly from a self-inflicted bullet to the heart. The incident occurred near Cadwallader’s north of Kyoxville.
There is a possibility Osceola High School could raise enrollment to match similar sized high schools in the United States. The article notes a current enrollment of 230 pupils, with 88 paying tuition, and discusses the potential reaccreditation impact on tuition-driven growth.
Bue County Engineer Yowa Falls—the county attorney has begun action to recover 1241 claimed as county charges for Gardner hiring men for county drainage and road work. The claim is filed on a state complaint with officials at Iowa City. Iowa City merchants meet October 1 14 under State University Extension to plan a commercial club conference.
A special election approved issuing bonds totaling 39700 to fund a new high school building costing about eight million dollars. The vote was 270 for to 254 against.
A town youth, Grinnel Raymoed Harriman, won a one year scholarship to the American School of Classical Studies at Rome. He departs despite wartime travel dangers, having studied at Wisconsin and begun fellowship work in classical languages.
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