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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
6
The article discusses unbalanced dress styles for girls from two to six, favoring simple ornamentation, draped irregular skirts, and restrained beading. It notes a fifth birthday party outfit with georgette, ruffles, bows, and a parasol, plus color coordination to keep one hue dominant.
A description of children’s party wear and juvenile styles notes heavy use of silk designs with borrowed color schemes from Egyptian and Ainenian motifs. Frocks for young girls increasingly imitate mature fashion, with two piece blouse and skirt sets, ribbons, laces, and dainty cotton subsidies shaping a lasting vogue.
A livestock guide from Colorado Agricultural College outlines how proper pre farrowing care boosts pig crops. It advises separating the sow days before farrowing, clean warm dry pens with guard rails, minimal bedding, controlled exercise, and reduced grain plus laxatives to prevent constipation. Night checks and light observation help ensure piglets survive and prosper.
Heat the advice urges sanitary pig care to stop intestinal parasites. After eggs hatch, worms enter lungs causing coughing and pneumonia, stunted growth, or death. Clean pens with boiling water and lye, exclude sows from dirty areas, and keep pigs on fresh pasture with clean water, bedding changes, and no mud holes.
The article explains alfalfa as a cover crop and hay source, noting heavy removal of potash and phosphorus and limited nitrogen uptake by soil microorganisms. It recommends annual first cut for hay when used as cover, with two further cuttings on the ground, and a rotation of no more than three years in orchards followed by two years of clean culture before replanting.
The article notes that obstinacy exists in farm animals as they mature. It describes reactions when pulling a cat's tail or leading a calf, with animals bracing themselves. It emphasizes that as horses and colts mature their strength grows, making obstinacy harder to overcome to train a working horse.
A portable adjustable base secures a gasoline engine without floor bolts. Heavy wooden beams attach to the engine and floor with a removable rod locking all four beams. Holes align to hold the assembly firmly in place.
Fragmentary text describes attaching floor beams and engine mounting to machines to achieve proper belt tension. It notes sliding components into place for engine installation and mentions rods and alignment steps.
The plant louse, though small in appearance, multiplies on shrubbery and foliage causing substantial damage. Early control is essential before curling leaves. thorough spraying of both leaf surfaces with nicotine sulfate solution is recommended for cucumbers and melons, ensuring all insects are struck.
The text stresses valuing a woodlot like any crop, monitoring market conditions as prices vary, and choosing timber wisely. It notes some timber is of little value for saw logs and details costs of cutting hauling sawing and shipping. Estimating salable timber by individual trees or representative sections aids planning. Supervise extraction to ensure efficiency.
The article argues milk or buttermilk aids rapid growth and helps prevent cocci diosis in chicks. It notes milk is valuable especially in the first eight weeks, though sanitation remains essential to prevent the disease.
Fleming Brothers offer a 192 page veterinary guide with 89 illustrations to help livestock owners. The book, valued at $100, promises scientific tips to locate recognize and treat animal sickness and is mailed free postpaid to any reader who requests it.
A tour guide leads visitors through tombs in the Valley of Kings and presents the mummy of the high priest Nepta. A humorous guest questions if Nepta’s illness was fatal, and the guide quips that it was not, suggesting a permanent cure despite the mummy’s appearance.
An eminent authority warns against laxatives like pills and salta that cause permanent injury. The ad argues Nature's lubricant method aids regular bowels and presents Nujol as harmless, non-medicinal lubrication used in leading hospitals and available from druggists.
A tavern landlord at Wayover and a lounging guest discuss an unusual pairing as local pride Nar arm in arm with climate Har walks by. The Kansas City Star snippet hints at a juicy scandal in progress.
An advertisement urges women to consider Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and bladder concerns claiming it restores health and may help back pain headach es and fatigue. It offers a free sample by mail from Binghamton NY and notes availability at drug stores. A schoolboy quip about teachers and temper closes the snippet.
An old advertisement urges American families to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to relieve weakness and restore health. It emphasizes women can regain energy and perform daily tasks with the product's aid.
Gap Johnson asks about a smeared face on Runt Gup after elderberry eating at Rumpus Ridge. Runt explains he was eating elderberries and is teased by Kansee City Sime about his appearance.
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