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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
5
Stylish white frocks gain color touches with trims and scarves. The article highlights cloche and off-face brim hats, including a two-toned felt design and black velvet cloche, plus sundry accessories like kerchiefs and silk circlets to finish a chic summer-to-fall look.
New York State College of Agriculture expert L M Hurd notes adding wet mash boosts hen lay rate. Missouri College data show late molt hens produce more eggs in winter. Advice covers summer feeding, green foods, shade, water, skim milk, and controlled evening rations with lights used after September 1 to prolong production.
The article argues against frequent diet changes for pullet flocks as it disrupts egg production. It notes many poultry keepers blame feeding when yields lag and continually alter rations, causing birds to fail to acclimate. It cautions only changing a ration after proving unsuitability.
The text explains duck and goose eggs require more moisture than hens eggs and must be kept fairly damp during the final two weeks. It notes the impracticality of hatching mixed eggs in small incubators due to size differences affecting heat.
Poultry guidance advises dry warm housing with ventilation for strong eggshells, sun exposure for hens, oyster shell, and twice weekly egg marketing in summer. It recommends selecting vigorous cockerels, shipping old hens to market, and small-scale duck keeping with weatherproof shelter, planer shavings litter, and alfalfa or straw as bedding.
Dr. William H. Sadler in Collier's Weekly calls fear a basic human emotion shared with animals. He argues faith is the definite cure for fear, with common sense and judgment aiding, though civilization has not removed fear but our imaginations amplify it.
London Tit-Bits relates Sir Hugh Rigby the new doctor and baronet honored for services during the king’s illness. A hospital boy tells a fellow patient that Doctor Rigby attends him and the king, assuring him he will recover.
In Hottbridge England the school district splits into two factions over installing a shower bath in the school house. An opposing school board member derides baths after ten years while a ninety year old anti-bath advocate recalls not bathing since childhood.
Four year old Io Joseph complained of something in his shoe and, after his mother looked, found nothing. He suggested perhaps it was in the other shoe.
Two massive locomotives are being built in Manchester England for South Africa. Each engine measures 90 feet in length and weighs 220 tons. The pair will cost nearly $160,000 and are touted as among the largest in the world.
A plainspoken sports note argues that everyone should participate in baseball a bit to stay active and enjoy the game. It promotes casual participation rather than formal competition and emphasizes personal fitness through simple play.
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