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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
1
A Minnesota agricultural paper argues drainage raises farm value and productivity. It praises cost sharing, warns against low bids, and urges careful planning, outlet assessment, and maintenance for underdrainage projects benefiting land owners and the state.
The article explains how beavers are expert lumberers using nocturnal work habits and precise tree felling to direct falls toward building sites. It describes their tools like teeth paws and tail, swimming balance, diet of bark shoots and water plants, preferred trees such as cottonwood willow and birch, and how they construct dams with mud and logs.
A brief exchange notes the doctor pressing for quad exercises to aid recovery for the patient’s husband, while Mrs. N-Like questions the approach and seeks clearer guidance. The dialogue hints at a tense medical consultation.
Home art instructor Miss Araminta Holman advises yellow as the ideal light bright warm color for a north room with no shading. She suggests yellow or orange translucent curtains, light background tones, and woods like walnut oak bird's eye maple or cherry to suit a den or bedroom.
A historical recipe details one and a half en pfuss of rice with pork sausage ham and vegetables. It instructs browning onion and pork in butter then adding ham seasoning and cooking before adding hot water and rice to simmer until firm. The piece notes jambalayas use leftovers and suggests chicken sausage shrimp or oysters as alternatives.
Large potatoes are scrubbed and baked until tender. The centers are scooped, filled with finely minced cold beef mixed with gravy, then topped and baked to a brown. Scooped potato is mashed with butter and milk or shaped into rolls, then baked.
A historical recipe describes Graham pudding using sweet milk egg sugar molasses sada graham flour currants or raisins. The method calls for steaming three hours and serving with lemon sauce made from cornstarch lemon rind and juice.
Old fashioned recipe for pumpkin pie begins by boiling peeled pumpkin pieces until soft then pulping. Mix pulp with milk eggs sugar ginger salt and butter then bake in a short pastry crust with buttered top and nutmeg garnish.
A quirky recipe fragment describes making dumplings with fruit flavors and a sharp note on not washing hands. It lists mixing flour sugar and cream of tartar with watchy for a sticky batter, dropping onto a pan, covering tightly and letting rest twenty minutes.
A fragmented note discusses basic home needs like curtain strings and simple fixtures. It hints at saving money while avoiding extra purchases and keeps a casual, incomplete account of domestic chores and choices.
Doctors report a grip epidemic causing back and urinary troubles that weaken the kidneys. Kilmer Swamp Root, an herbal kidney liver and bladder remedy, is promoted with a sample offer for ten cents and full sizes listed at druggists.
Bobby explains humor about cars and noise. His father praises curiosity but jokes about the lack of a brass band at the front of the car to justify why a new model may be quieter than phones. The exchange reflects a playful father son habit.
An old advertisement touts 10 cent Cascarets for biliousness and constipation. It describes torpid liver and clogged bowels causing souring digestion and headaches, promising a nightly cleanse that works while you sleep and keeps you feeling well for months.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote recalls a philosopher noting changing tastes as people age. The speaker contrasts childhood fascination with a "Congress of Wonders" exhibits to adult interest in a spider’s smashing mobility, calling it a radical shift in amusement ideas.
Historic notice urges mothers to check Castoria bottles for the ZZ signature of Wy Ju, claiming the remedy has served children for over 300 years and remains trusted for infant and child use.
Two sober citizens meet on a Babylon street and predict the dancing craze will end. They claim the world will outgrow such madness. The remark is noted as dating back 2716 years before Castles took New York by storm.
An advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine as a cure for dandruff and limp hair. It claims a 25 cent bottle doubles beauty, dissolves dandruff immediately, and prevents hair loss by stopping scalp itching and feverishness.
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