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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1956
Page
1
The amount of sleep each person needs is individual. Adults may need seven hours or more, infants twelve hours nightly plus a nap, older children nine to ten hours. Sleep quality depends on a level bed, warm covers, proper pillow, quiet dark room, comfortable temperature, and fresh air. Regular routines help maintain sleep needs.
A 1955 Milwaukee road tax bill discussion notes Sen Boydston stating the plan to operate on Sep 5 1955 with taxes roughly equal to last year and ten years ago. The statement says railways own and maintain rights of way and pay taxes but oppose allocating tax funds for railroad special benefit while rail transit competes with other transport forms.
The Town Council met Monday evening in the Council Room at the Bank with Mayor Nath and several members present. The minutes show routine reports and payments to various departments and entities including Public Employee's Retirement System, Water Utilities Fund, State Tax Commission, and other vendors. Salary disbursements, rent, and utility costs are itemized, along with sanitation and public safety funding notes and minor repairs.
The piece discusses guiding child imagination through storytelling and exposure to stories poetry and music. It covers mulch tillage to conserve soil and water using residue on the surface with shallow loosening and careful planter setup for row crops.
Iowa shorn wool in 1955 could cloth more than three million girls with sweaters. Iowa ranked 11th nationally in wool production at 7,919,000 pounds and in value, with Iowa sheep ranchers earning 3,326,000 from wool sales. Iowa also ranked second in sheep and lamb slaughter, accounting for 10 percent of U.S. meat production.
ISEA and local education groups push a $300,000 drive to buy Salisbury House in Des Moines as the association’s new home. The 42 room mansion, built in the mid 1920s by Carl Weeks, cost $1.2 million originally. ISEA bought it in 1953 for $260,000 and has since remodeled for 30 staff.
The ISEA total investment rose to 387000 with a book storage room added. A building fund of 87000 was on hand at purchase. The campaign relies on members and business firms, with 24630 subscribed to date in this phase.
Iowa State College extension agronomist E R Duncan says a normally developing plant uses water better, so apply a moderate fertilizer rate even in a dry year. He notes 1955 carry-over and dry weather may leave nutrients in the root zone, supporting moderate rather than high application to sustain corn yields.
An item notes This an' That ucky Heareis in his 31st year as Detroit Tigers manager. The text also mentions a 1960 intersectional football game set for Ann Arbor between Michigan and Georgia Tech, and various historical sports notes.
The report notes adding Duncan in 1956 and cites 1954 as an example where adequate rainfall with even distribution produced a good crop despite low spring subsoil moisture.
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