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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1946
Page
4
Clerk recalls a past customer showing off a fishing rod during a police court encounter. The scene includes a window view, cluttered stock, and a curious exchange about today’s availability. The third visitor arrived a month earlier with the rod but was prevented from handling it.
A Chatty shopkeeper explains postwar delays in fishing rod production due to bamboo shortages. He notes seasoned bamboo and wartime supply chains, then meanders through urban curiosities, wartime reminiscences, and light social gossip about celebrities, theater, and a Pearl Harbor veteran. The piece blends humor with a mosaic of 1940s city life.
Instructions describe cutting foundation fabric, sewing pockets, and forming a 30 inch deep laundry bag with a front pocket and hanger top. It notes yard amounts for chintz and tape, pocket construction details, and finishing stitches, with a note offering a 15 cent book containing 33 pages of home sews.
Jefferson Textiles' Co. of Punxsutawney Pa offers a new line of tarpaulins at reduced prices for trucks cars and machinery. Midweight water proof tarpaulins with reinforced corners and grommets every three feet cost from 6x10 ft at 6. to 9x12 ft at 10.80 and up to 20x20 ft at 40.00. Quantity discounts and custom sizes available. Satisfaction guaranteed. Inquiries to consumer services division or via dealer channels.
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