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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1959
Page
6
In 25 years as a rural mail carrier and hobbyist nicknamed Rock Russell Kent gathered a valued collection from Hepburn. He notes one of his prized pieces is an agate sphere formed in spare time over six years of patient work. The sphere is nearly perfect, missing only a small linch by about 21,000ths.
A long list of Christmas day and holiday visits across Portland and surrounding towns includes Mrs. Victor Fitch and Korene, Ben Leech and Duane Metzger visiting Mrs. Duane Metzger in Mason City, and many families hosting dinners and parties at homes in Burt, Algona, Woden, Bancroft, Ames, and Livermore. Other notes mention hospital stay for Mrs. Duane Metzger, travels to Wisconsin and Lincoln, and remarks on local shopping and a quip about tomorrow.
A health department notice urges good health and warns against drinking and driving to avoid accidents. It emphasizes valuing health and life in the new year and avoiding actions that could ruin 1959.
A hen on Joe Hershberger's Kalong farm laid an unusually large egg measuring 844 inches around. The egg reportedly contained two normal yolks and another egg complete with shell inside.
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