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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
6
Learn to make and install a simple device in 30 minutes that fits any car, truck, or tractor. It claims better lights ignition and stronger starter action, prolongs battery life, saves gasoline in all seasons, and helps start on the coldest days. Details by mail for $1 postpaid from CELEX, Box 626, Council Bluffs, IA.
Associated Master Mechan offers rebuilds of machine tools to perform like new with expert workmanship at low cost. Located at 118 LaSalle Street Chicago 5 Illinois, contact for in shop service and estimates.
A psychologist estimates that a 70 year lifespan allocates 45 years to work 20 years to sleep 7 years to sports and walking 5 years to shaving and dressing 7 years to pleasure 3 years to waiting 2 years to eating 1 year to telephoning 30 hours per year looking in mirrors and 4 hours per year wiping the nose.
Wartime shortages left doctors abroad and at home overwhelmed. Patients queued overnight, waits grew long, and many physicians were away in Asia or Europe. The piece recalls how clinics ran under strain, with doctors joking about overwork and patients leaving the office dazed and misdiagnosed amid a new era of medical scarcity.
Pattie, drawn by early market strawberries, recalls her life with Philip, a WWII veteran, and their son. From war separations to a faded happiness, she clings to fragments of love, family, and the scent of gasoline on his hands as time erodes their memories.
Mrs Mary D Major of Pendennis Kansas endorses Faultless Starch in a letter lauding smooth ironing with no sticky residue on the iron. She claims the product makes ironing quick and enjoyable by providing ironing aids and a simple hot starch method without cooking.
Use dry hands when washing woodwork and apply whipped soap jelly to prevent streaking. Protect walls beside door frames and baseboards with a cardboard strip to prevent splashes.
A recipe note explains using chopped celery tops and coarse celery ends to flavor roasts and bread stuffs. To make a celery soup base, combine celery tops with the coarse ends, cover with water, and cook until soft.
This note traces the Conestoga wagon to the Pennsylvania Dutch in Lancaster County, notes its blue body and red top, and mentions six-horse teams. Historians place its origin in the mid-19th century, with the Philadelphia to Lancaster turnpike opening in 1784, and caravans often moving westward together.
A practical breakfast guide suggests eggs as a core dish several times weekly and includes fish options like creamed white fish on toast or codfish balls. It notes variety meats such as kidneys liver or brain as good morning dishes to diversify the meal.
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