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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
4
This note suggests color accented towels in yellow or red with appliqued motifs for kitchen decor. It mentions a 18 cent panholder with plaid effect, possible Nincheon cloth motifs, and napkin corner designs using flowers leaves and tendrils to create distinct sets. Send your order to:
Nelson lures Leland to his Nelson home and shoots him over Sheila. He hides the body beneath cement poured into a pit, planning to burn the trough and blend the scene with the floor. A misstep leaves him trapped as cement hardens around his leg, leading to police discovery and his hospitalization.
Parents are warned to watch for rapid runny nose headaches drowsiness or loss of appetite in late summer as possible early signs of infantile paralysis also known as poliomyelitis. The article emphasizes quarantine early serum treatment and keeping flies and mosquitoes away from the ill, noting iron lung use and limited nerve cell regeneration.
The piece traces La Conga tempo from Africa where enslaved workers walked in a three step rhythm with a fourth hitch to Cuba where the same rhythm evolved. It describes chains, jam sessions around fires, and how the four beat with a hitch became the modern La Conga dance.
Mrs B A asks about a boy who broke his leg last April, wore a cast six weeks, then walks with a limp. Answer: muscles supporting the arches weakened in the cast. Proper exercises will correct this condition.
Timely picking and proper storage can save thousands of bushels of tomatoes before first frosts. Early harvest allows partly ripe fruits to finish ripening in basements or frost-free areas, with nearly ripe, half-red and pink-blue varieties ripening over days to weeks. Grass-green tomatoes won’t ripen and should be used for chow-chow or pickles, while frosted vines may still yield salvageable portions protected from the cold.
Electricity, a relatively new tool on the farm, speeds efficiency in the push to strengthen national defense. Farmers have used it for five or six years and now broaden its use from households to farm jobs. It milks cows and cools milk in dairying, broods chicks and lights houses on poultry farms, heats beds and irrigates for truck growers, and powers equipment from grinders to refrigeration for marketing.
U. S. Department of Agriculture engineers H. L. Garver and Paul G. May propose a cross-cut wood saw powered by a quarter horsepower electric motor to aid rural electrification. The plan, costing about $25 including the motor, includes automatic shut-off devices and mimeographed distribution. Wood remains a primary farm fuel.
Winter lice on livestock can be controlled with dusting powders. Use one part pyrethrum to three parts flour or three to five parts talc or flour with derris. These mixtures work against sheep lice and ticks. Apply with a small hand duster for quick coverage.
The Barbara Bell Pattern No 1450 B offers a long sleeved waist length collarless jacket with a square neck jumper. Fabrics include corduroy and wool blends for sizes 11 13 15 17 19. Materials require three and a half yards for the jumper and jacket per size with busts 29 to 37 inches.
Collier's notes ground motion can persist for days after a major quake with many aftershocks recorded for weeks. The Tokyo earthquake of September 1, 1923, was followed by 1,256 aftershocks within 36 days.
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