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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
2
The tale follows Santa in the North Pole workshop as he explains the Christmas hurry. He revels in last minute tasks gifts and surprises for the coming year. Santa describes visiting city children via fire escapes and the joy of hurried preparations.
The piece explains the origin of the phrase blackest darkness from ancient Greek myth. Erebus denotes darkness of the lower world and the gloom of the underworld. It describes Cerberus, the three headed dog, and notes Erebus as a son of Chaos and father of Aether and Hemera in classical myth.
The piece argues men seek a bad reputation to appear grown up and manly. It cites Goody good styles, hypocrites, and youth gangs led by boldness. It notes Polonius warning Laertes and a college fraternity song praising balance between not too fast or slow.
Leonard A Barrett discusses art and music as mirrors of the viewer's character and perception. He argues that beauty in nature and kindness in others reflect our inner qualities, citing Wordsworth and David Grayson and urging readers to give the best to the world to receive friendship in return.
A historical essay outlines the discovery of microorganisms from Leeuwenhoek to Pasteur and Koch, detailing bacteria abilities, immunity concepts, and how infection, vaccination, and antibacterial serums shape human health in a concise science update.
Swine specialist H A Zavoral of the Minnesota extension warns that feeding hogs an all corn diet fails to provideEnough protein for maximum gains and cost efficiency. Trials at the Minnesota experiment station show corn only yields 0.5 daily gain and higher feed cost than corn with buttermilk or tankage. Recommendation favors self feeding tankage with oil meal or a mix of two thirds tankage and one third meal for better growth at reduced cost.
The guide urges livestock owners to maintain weekly feed records including dates weights and costs plus monthly values of kitchen waste and milk fed. Weigh the pig monthly to track growth and determine true production costs for a profitable hog operation.
Agricultural notes advise Rams fed a pound of grain daily during breeding season with constant water, while emphasizing alfalfa hay for growing colts and protein needs. Successful sheep breeders stress strict culling, cattle need mineral access, and docking ewes and lambs early aids mating and growth. Beef cattle require protection and adequate feed, and early spring lambs should start grain at three to four weeks with a creep for lamb access.
The article cautions that drinking impure salt water may disrupt bodily balance. It cites Prof J Arthur Thompson and London Weekly on salt balance, blood salinity, and the risk of delirium from salt or water deficiencies affecting health.
Forest rangers in the Pacific West census grizzly bears and report the species is nearly extinct. Once common in coastal forests, the bears face vanishing numbers as hunters, trappers, and habitat loss push them toward disappearance.
A fragment notes a man wrote a booklet about fishing this summer and an exceptionally large catch. The readable text hints at a seaside setting and a personal account of fishing results.
A garbled extract reads as a personal message about affection and domestic life, mentioning cooking and a hoped-for partner. The text is fragmentary with stray phrases and unclear references, offering little concrete context or identifiable subjects.
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