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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1921
Page
6
A rambling editorial riffing on Civil War ships Kearsarge and Alabama compares 19th century armament to modern naval power. It jokes about moonlit navigation and a graduate ensign who discovers lunar lessons were neglected, highlighting government naval education costs and romantic moonlight myths.
A historical account explains how naval powder safety works. Labourers in ship magazines monitor powder brands by color-indicator tests, with purple streaks signaling decomposition. Daily checks record temperatures while biannual surveillance heats samples to 65.6 degrees and watches for failure.
A vivid anecdote explains voice pipes on ships two to four inches wide carrying messages when other systems fail. The tale centers on a brass or composition tube linking chart house to engine room and a clever machinist. A humorous clash ends with the admiral chasing an unruly prankster through the ship.
A Leipzig monument rises about 800 feet and marks the Nations battlefield where Napoleon was defeated. An enclosure surrounds a base cut from a vast earth trench. Nearby Rome’s Capitolina Hill hosts Victor Emmanuel II’s memorial, costing $20 million and took 81 years to finish.
The American Forestry Magazine explains how eggs show protective coloration. White eggs come from hole-nesting birds like owls and woodpeckers, while bright blue and speckled eggs rely on hidden nests among dense vegetation or grass-woven nests to avoid detection.
A fire guard at the Shenandoah National Forest, isolated at a lookout, found three bears at his post with no weaponry. He pleaded to leave for a gun but was told by the district ranger that forests were dry and a fire could start anywhere, so he stayed. An unknown intruder later approached his post.
Prominent Iowa hog raiser BE Beckstead declares high priced stock foods unnecessary. He claims five pounds of ordinary mineraling mixed with filler yields 100 pounds of feed, keeping hogs healthy and worm free. Beckstead sells mineraling kits via The Mining Chemical Co Philadelphia for two dollars.
Buy and sell notices include wanted and offered property from Tom Helfner and Otte Callica. Listings mention a Golden Pop Corn device and a house with a garage rate, plus an apartment house in Titonka. The wording is fragmented and partially unreadable.
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