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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1930
Page
6
Carl Krause of German Valley plans a modern bungalow near the German Valley store with a cement walk to the highway and roses along the path. May run for recorder could be Harriet Warburton Lakota farmer's wife who toured town Friday eyeing a possible county recorder bid after a near miss four years ago.
An ad heavy brief notes Squill Kill a red squill rat and mice poison claimed to be safe for poultry and pets and recommended by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. It touts a 50 cent price with a money back guarantee if it fails to kill rodents. The piece also mentions related local notices and community tidbits.
Numerous residents travel for business and social visits from Windom to Britt with shoppers driving to Kanawha, Algona show attendance cited. Drug Store ads list sprays and remedies, wall paper and paints. Local families and students, including Tidman, Budlong, and Young, figure in visits and illnesses.
Census enumerators in every town and division started fieldwork yesterday with thirty days allotted for rural districts. Maurice Kell bought a $400 paint spraying machine Monday and will compete with Gov. Hammill in the painting business.
In the Farmers Elevator News chatter a visitor asks about fertilizer on strawberries, Palmer jokes about cream and sugar. The page lists Sterling chick feeds Raven Feeds 25 ton car, Big 40 hog fattening mix, 30% Mash, and a Blue Brooder. A jail-house joke concludes the issue with strawberries not in season.
Owing to available hatching eggs at a low price this season, orders for baby chicks will be accepted at the listed prices until further notice. Breeds include White Leghorns Plymouth Rocks Red and Black varieties, Wyandottes Buff Orpingtons and more with options for twice weekly hatches and custom hatching after March 26.
Miss Hazel Budlong returns home from Hampton for a week long vacation with her mother Mrs. J J Budlong and relatives. Walter Anderson ships a car of cattle to Chicago Saturday night and accompanies the movement. Seven other loads are sent to eastern markets. Miss Elsie Schmidt returns from Ball Sanitarium Colfax where she was treated for rheumatism the past eight weeks. Her father brothers Meinert and Warner drive to bring her home as she improves. Carbola Dry Dip offered at the Drug Store. Rufus Lindhorst family reported ill. Mrs Homer Downs Mrs R C Ball and Mrs Howard French shop in Algona. Paint brushes and house cleaning goods at the Drug Store. Rasmus Hansen the florist works to plant early crops. Q B Smock of Chicago cousin of Dr R C Ball drops dead Monday night, remembered by many readers from twenty years ago on the Whitcomb Ball farm.
An agricultural note highlights a method that increases yield at minimal expense, claiming results typical of large scale adoption. The text implies widespread applicability and potential efficiency gains across farming operations.
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