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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1923
Page
8
Designers embrace a flexible fall silhouette with straight-line coats, shawl collars, and wide sleeves. Outerwear features rich materials like rock sable and dyed squirrel, with matching caps, turbans, and scarves. School wear includes wash dresses and bloomers, while machine and hand-knit garments offer wide variety for young women and children.
September brings school time and changing wardrobes as cool days arrive. Woolen hosiery remains in vogue from last fall and popular sports styles influence outfits with velvet, duvetine, and suede textures.
United States Department of Agriculture reports garlic bulblets in wheat cut milling value and market price by 20 to 60 percent. Maryland and nearby areas show widespread infestation with bulblets sown with grain, causing multi million dollar losses annually despite eradication methods.
Instructions from H. M. Page at Missouri Experiment Station describe using arsenate of lead to kill potato beetles. Suggested methods include mixing 1.5 pounds of arsenate to 50 gallons of water or 1/2 ounce per gallon, creating a smooth paste with water before diluting, and applying with a duster or dust gun. Alternatives include mixing one part arsenate with fifteen parts lime or one part Paris green to twenty parts lime, dusted on plants when dew is present.
Nebraska agronomists advise pasture management to keep sweet clover tender and palatable. If stork is insufficient, mow high to leave eight inch stubble and five buds to regrow, as clover may become woody and unpalatable if overgrown.
Farm guidance shows refilling nearly empty small silos with shocked corn to extend winter feed. New silage atop old is fine if the top layer is not moldy, though it is less effective than fresh field silage stored at the proper age.
Over 308 field men were added on July 2 to the project led by the U S Department of Agriculture to purge common barberry across eight states west of the Mississippi. Survey work aims to finish the western section by year end with continued resurvey and chemical treatment of sprouts and escaped bushes using salt solutions.
Agronomist E B Holden of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture warns that winter wheat and oats often harbor stray rye and barley. He recommends roguing a portion of the field after heading to remove foreign plants and leaving a patch for next year.
Iowa State College crop specialists praise Rosen rye as a top late fall pasture for swine. Developed at Michigan, it adapts to poor soils and may be seeded late August to September at 2.5 to 3 bushels per acre. It winterizes well and can return as spring pasture or be harvested for grain. It can also be ground for hog slop.
An old farming note proposes a low cost fly repellant for dairy cows. It details a homemade mixture of coal tar dip fish oil whale oil and laundry soap to be diluted to eighty gallons and sprayed on ten cows twice daily for forty days, costing one cent per head per day.
The article urges dividing cockerels and pullets as soon as possible to prevent the stronger birds from dominating feed. It emphasizes selecting the best birds for egg production and mating based on constitutional vigor during early development.
The red and purple raspberries like Cuthbert and London grow best on sandy clay loams while black caps such as Greggie do well on rich clay loams. Both red and black tolerate other well drained fertile loams.
Readers are urged to ensure pigs have ample clean water during hot months for health and efficient feed use. The notice stresses water access as critical to keep pigs thriving and productive in summer.
The Chevrolet 8-Passenger Sedan is advertised as ideal for families offering year round weather protection and a home atmosphere for five. It appeals to men with power and reliability and to women with fashionable lines and fine finish. Priced at $860, Flint Michigan.
A press agent hints at a sensational theft claiming a star lost $100,000 in diamonds. A New York reporter questions why no public complaint is filed, while the Louisville Courier Journal notes the star has not “missed” the jewels.
Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has been in use for over 80 years to relieve babies and children of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, and Diarrhea, allaying Feverishness arising therefrom and regulating the Stomach and Bowels to aid digestion and rest. The genuine bears signature.
Women of Great Britain welcome the introduction of a bill declaring the mother of every legitimate infant to be guardian jointly with the father for all purposes and with equal authority and responsibilities. The measure is seen as the first step toward The Mother's Charter, a goal pursued by 200 women’s organizations.
Cuticura soothes baby rashes that itch and burn with hot baths using Cuticura Soap, followed by Cuticura Ointment. A little Cuticura Talcum is dusted on at the finish for fragrance. Advertisement price 25 cents.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a poor man desiring tools and wealth, asking a passerby what he would choose if able to acquire anything. The man replies he would be a capitalist, highlighting a wish for financial power.
An advertisement touts Swamp Root by Kilmer as a premier remedy for kidney and liver ailments. It claims mild, immediate effects from a vegetable-based formula and offers bottles in two sizes, with a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Elmer Co. for a bottle.
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