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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a weekend event at a Boat Office and references several names like Bubnahed Weekly and Macond Class Sattar. The readable text hints at a local notice or brief about personnel changes or actions, but specifics are unclear.
Mr and Mrs Bernard Phelps and children visited Mrs Edna Fisher and daughter in Portland. Earl Zwiefel and Martin Laraen hosted afternoon visits. Mamie Speicher spent Wednesday with Harvey Graham Sr. family. Louie Huber and Hari Zwiefel families joined Graham brothers at Sunday events. Harvey Graham Sr. and Rob ert hosted, Lois and Donald visited nearby. Roy Clark Burt Jake Godden Leo Fox and families attended Carrie Graham home for Sunday supper. Carrie Guerton Norma Jean visited W J Stewart in Sibley. Harold Taft dined with Harvey Graham. Gertrude Boekelman dined with Velma and Ellie Larsen. Carrie Graham Ruth Lottie George visited Leo Fox near Lone Rock. Pedy.
Wesley News reports numerous residents visiting or returning from vacations and military service. Families from Clear Lake, Mason City, Des Moines and beyond host relatives while Cpl Ivan Johnson and Capt Don Lichtelg finish furloughs. interviews note church and reunion activities, travel to Camp Grant and overseas service.
Certificates no longer required to purchase used farm tires. new and used truck tires still need certificates. Regular vehicle inspections every 6 months or 5,000 miles. Gasoline and non-highway coupons updated with various validity through 1945. Heating season coupons and processed foods validity dates listed. airplane stamps remain valid with removal required for purchase.
Farmer Henry Schlichte of near West Union reports catching a mole on his farm wearing a tiny silver ring on a burrowing finger. He speculates about the mate and its absence that night as the animal caused havoc in lawns and fields.
Allan Sanderson and companions swam in a pond north of town to test a claim of catching fish with no tackle beyond a pair of shorts. He reportedly caught fish, though details remain unclear about the method and outcome.
Mr and Mrs Ralph White of Park City boarded a Madrid train to bid departing guests farewell and chatted with recent visitors until departure. They missed their stop and rode to Tama, the first eastbound station, enjoying an extended visit with relatives.
Evergreen plants require balanced plant food for health and beauty, though less than deciduous varieties. Feeding improves color and uniformity, with Blue Spruce benefiting from extra feeding. Use 2 pounds per 100 sq ft for small hedges, 4–5 pounds per 100 sq ft for medium bushes, or 1.5–2 pounds per inch trunk diameter for single trees, mixing with loam and applying in 18 inch deep holes around the tree.
Extension nutritionists label sweet potatoes as Group 1 protective foods rich in vitamin A. They supply vitamin C when cooked with skins, with water drained promptly. Serving ideas include buttered hot potatoes, grated raw pudding, and half shell presentations with pecans or raising.
The article explains that bullfights begin long before the arena with breeding and training. It notes bulls must be fierce with fine hide, upright ears, tall horns, and brave temperaments while toreros need fearlessness, agility, and years of close bull interaction. It cites boys on stock farms and children practicing with blankets as future toreadors, common from Mexico to the United States.
Japan is largely mountainous, with limited cultivable land but high production. Principal crops include rice tea tobacco potatoes barley and wheat with two annual harvests common in the south. Fruits are plentiful though often inferior. oranges and sugar cane grow in Kiushu valleys. Silk worms camphor tree mulberry wax tree lacquer tree and other crops support a diverse agricultural base.
Experiments with twelve male volunteers tested meals during eight hours at minus twenty degrees. Three small high fat meals at two-hour intervals better offset cold than one large high protein meal, lowering internal and surface temperatures by two thirds and leaving subjects one third as cold.
The disease, now known as a virus, has spread from Kansas to West Virginia and Mississippi, with Peoria the northernmost known center. It affects American elm and several varieties but not Siberian or English elms. Leaves yellow, drop, and trees may die within weeks to years with no recovery.
Guidance on handling frozen fish emphasizes buying fresh then freezing promptly for peak flavor. It notes fish should be used quickly, and warns thawed fish deteriorates rapidly, with advice to plan meals around market shipments and avoid prolonged storage. It covers whole, drawn, dressed, steaks, fillets, and skin-on options from main fish like halibut and salmon.
Tankless heaters provide space saving and fuel economy by eliminating heat loss from a storage tank. Connected to the house boiler, they heat domestic water year round using non corroding copper coils in a cast iron body and are available in many sizes for new homes after the war.
Geneticists pathologists and other specialists have developed methods to speed crop improvements and save space in trials. The Agriculture Department notes tomato varieties tested for fusarium wilt resistance in hotbeds with soil heavily infected, under favorable temperature and moisture. Seedlings that resist wilt survive while susceptible ones die, revealing other desirable traits in days.
The interior of a piano offers moth food and shelter allowing infestation to spread. To quarantine them, hang a muslin bag with about four ounces of paradichlorobenzene inside the piano case and seal all cracks for a week until fumes kill the pests. Do not spray piano parts unless the manufacturer guarantees no damage to wires.
A careless match tossed on a wet street in Clarinda ignited surface gasoline and started a fire trail under a parked car. The blaze flared beneath the vehicle, prompting a fire department response.
A pigeon at the Red Oak courthouse was seen entering the auditor’s office and the treasurer’s office, inspecting files and accounts. Staff trailed the bird during its unusual tour of inspection, even peering under an office file.
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