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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
8
Readers are urged to join a nationwide quilting wave as many sewists switch to quilted sofa cushions and covers. The article showcases varieties from calico patchwork to taffeta and velvet, detailing techniques with wool batting, basting, and front or back quilting methods.
In a 1927 depiction by Julia Bottomley a youthful matron frock features self tied bows along the hip and front. The look pairs a bolero blouse with a fitted hipline and a crepe dress with plaited panels and irregular draped hems. Velvet hats complete the ensemble as a stylish touch.
United States Department of Agriculture offers a fish chowder recipe. Ingredients include cod or haddock 1.5 pounds or alternative seafood, four potatoes, onion, carrots, salt pork, milk, crackers, and optional flour thickening or tomato variation. Method: fry pork and onion, simmer with vegetables in water, add fish, then simmer until tender, thicken with flour or crackers, or use stewed tomatoes instead of milk.
The United States Department of Agriculture presents a holiday fruit cake recipe intended for gifts and long keeping. It lists ingredients including raisins currants candied fruit nuts and spices with method notes on fruit preparation beating butter and sugar folding in eggs and flour and baking in a greased tube pan at a slow temperature for several hours. The Bureau of Home Economies confirms the recipe as satisfactory.
In a bureau of home economics recipe, Corn Rabbit is described as a substantial lunch or supper option with a trust salad and French dressing for contrast. The method combines canned corn, green pepper, onion, and cheese over crackers, cooked gently then melted cheese poured over the crackers to serve immediately.
Javelle water can remove various stains on uncolored cotton or linen but damages silk, wool, and some rayons. The preparation uses washing soda and bleaching powder with a mercury-like solution. stains are treated briefly and followed by rinsing with sodium thiosulphate and acetic acid or oxalic acid gelation to neutralize chlorine residues.
The piece argues that a future successful clerk must possess seven core traits: Courtesy Neatness Punctuality Energy Self-reliance Initiative and Honesty. It urges readers to self assess and fix weak areas to avoid an incomplete bridge to success.
A sales ethic piece urges salespeople to believe in the value of what they sell and to act as a true benefactor to customers. Sell joyously only what the buyer needs at a fair price, otherwise avoid the sale to protect the buyer, employer, and self.
The text suggests the first instrument arose in the Stone Age a simple bow produced sound by twanging. It notes adding shorter strings led to the harp. It also mentions drums created by stretching animal hides over hollow togs.
England restricts staged plays to licensed works under an 1843 act. No plays may be acted for hire until submitted to the lord chamberlain who can license or refuse. An examiner reviews plays for licensing. A 150 fine applies for performing unlicensed works and the theater loses its license.
Bahama Islands see growing fruit culture with tomatoes pineapples and oranges cultivated. Sponge and sisal remain principal island commodities. Introduced livestock such as oxen sheep and horses thrive but livestock raising receives little attention.
Dialogue snippets reference a tarier father who trod the quarter deck, marked as a quaint phrasing in the New Bedford Standard. The characters Mrs Puddle Mrs Muddle Mrs Wuddle discuss heritage and seafaring imagery in a humorous exchange.
A Realtor named Wineman touts California climate and Pasadena to an Easterner, claiming 865 days of sunshine a year and calling it a conservative estimate, highlighting a lighthearted clash over weather boasting.
Dialogue shows a concerned parent warning about Wille smoking and urging restraint around his sister. The exchange suggests family dynamics and protective attitudes in a domestic setting.
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