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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1957
Page
1
Iowa Conservation Commission officials say rabbit prospects look excellent with cotton tail numbers at their highest in years. The rabbit season runs January 1 to January 31 with a daily bag limit of ten and shooting hours from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Thrifty sewing patterns offer No 1420 for three blouses with sizes 12 to 20 and bust 34 plus 2? yards of fabric. No 295 provides cosy boots with knit directions in small to large sizes. Send 35¢ for blouse pattern and 25¢ for needlework pattern to Audrey Lane Bureau in Chicago.
A 22 year old bachelor Hi Lewis, owner of 50 acres and a rustic cottage, guides Alwin Benedict into the mountains for fauna photography. Benedict buys Hi’s clothes, misreads a perfume tin that spills skunk scent, triggering a comic chase and public panic.
The Kossuth County ASC reports a busy 1957 with $7,528,350.77 in loans and purchase agreements for corn, beans, oats and grains. It also lists reseal earnings, storage moves of 5.43 million bushels, and incentives for wool and soil and water conservation as it plans for 1958 Acreage Reserve signups and soil bank base establishment.
James M Hansen 52 died at his Waterloo home after cancer illness. Former Clear Lake resident, he worked as butcher at Jimmy’s Food Locker and later taxi driver. Survived by wife Maxine two daughters and son, two brothers and three sisters, funeral in Clear Lake with burial there.
Lester F. Drestler retired after four decades serving as the rural mail mariner for Waverly Route 3. The route expanded from 32 miles to 64 miles since he began.
Milton Lee Hart of near Essex was killed when he fell 85 feet from a water tower as he slipped while tightening bolts on a tank leg.
A distorted report states heart disease becomes the top cause of death after age 45, while accidents lead in youth. It notes five leading causes for Iowa show mortality from 16 to 74 and that overall risk remains high but people live longer.
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