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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
6
A holiday recipes spread offers English plum pudding and steamed Cranberry Pudding along with sauces and sweets. It includes detailed steps for making puddings, butter fudge, Cranberry Sauce, and a baked orange garnish, plus notes on substitutions and serving ideas from the Western Newspaper Union.
The Christmas Crib mirrors southern European Christmas traditions with names in multiple languages from Creche to Nacimiento. From St Francis of Assisi’s 1223 Crib near Assisi to Naples and Oberammergau, cribs evolved from live animals to elaborate, ornate pageants, reflecting Renaissance realism and regional devotion.
Crop estimates rose for white potatoes increasing availability for civilians. Buy by bushel, not by the pound, and watch price shifts to guide budgeting. Figs up, grapes down. Prunes and raisins back on ration lists due to low stocks. Cyabmeat and some cheeses rise. Milk rationing trial to ration milk to consumers by paint. Save fat to give to the butcher. a tablespoon daily aids recovery.
A charming legend from Austria tells how a poor shoemaker lit a candle for travelers each night. During war and famine the light remained, inspiring others to place candles in windows. On Christmas Eve, the village woke to peace as candles guided the Christ Child, a tradition that endures in cards and homes worldwide.
The text discusses Vule' as an ancient name for the Christmas season and the disputed derivation. Some philologists support an Anglo-Saxon root from hweel meaning wheel, linking it to a sun’s circular journey around the earth.
An old Irish tale says Mary and the Christ Child roam on Christmas Eve seeking shelter. To help them find refuge, a lighted candle is placed in each window and kept burning through the night to gleam through darkness and guide any wanderer.
Commandant Archibald Henderson, first Marine brigadier general, led Leathernecks in swamp fighting and ordered a withdrawal during a Plug Ugly riot in Washington. In civilian clothes he shielded a cannon muzzle, prompting marines to seize the gun and arrest the rioter. A pistol shot was deflected, and Henderson remained unruffled as they jailed the gunman.
Wartime leather demand prompts farmers ranchers and sportsmen to safeguard hides and pelts from cattle sheep deer and elk. Key steps include preventing blood in hair removing fat and meat keeping flesh side up avoiding washing salting heavily folding edges and delivering to a hire dealer before freezing or drying out.
Lipase in most milk can create a bitter flavor when fat breaks down into fatty acids. High temperature pasteurization and careful cooling reduce this effect. Raw milk often contains lipase. skim milk lacks fat and does not develop the off flavor.
War damaged merchant ships face torpedo and mine injuries plus collision and grounding risks. Ice lanes bend propellers and weaken plates, delaying returns to service. In summer 5 percent of tonnage is laid up. winter up to 12 percent. One month saw 783 ocean going vessels under repair on 40 U S yards, while only 492 ships were overhauled and sent back to sea.
Dr. John J. Sampson reports a 16 year drop in heart death rates during pregnancy from 15 percent to 3 percent, linked to cardiac obstetrical clinics. Early diagnosis, pregnancy termination when needed, close monitoring, activity limits, and tailored delivery plans reduce risk. Obesity control and corsetry help minimize circulatory strain. cesarean versus vaginal delivery depends on the case.
Dr Douglass S Mead of Pennsylvania State College argues basic English as an international language would be easy to learn and promote simple phrasing but lack of synonyms would cause monotony and hinder expressive nuance. He notes it favors business negotiation over emotion and that irregular verb uses with prepositions create lingering complexities for foreigners.
The Appian Way started in 312 B C under censor Appius Claudius Caecus. It stretched 132 miles from Rome toward Capua along the coast, initially 15 feet wide for military use. One branch went to Reggio. the other to Brindisi, linked to Levant trade at Bari and the empire’s Near East.
The article promotes fumigation as a safe effective and cheap method to control insects in grain. It asserts that a thousand bushels can be freed from pests at about five dollars with no hazard to grain buildings or the operator.
Funds held for the protection of policyholders by 840 capital stock fire insurance companies total more than 740 million dollars in United States government bonds.
Practical advice covers care of rayon fabrics pressing and ironing tips to avoid damage, fabric mending habits to extend wear, safe use of extension cords, dairy curdling prevention with soda, moth protection for woolen items in clear jars, and an odd note on using a cock-necked clothes sprinkler to spread French dressing with easy cleanup after use.
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