Local Happenings Across Tatonka Community
The Tatonka area reports gatherings and visits as families host and travel. Walter Haack and Carol Haack celebrate at Forest Rode home. many relatives from Woolstock, Minnesota Lake and Elmore attend various dinners and New Year events. Health concerns include Mrs. Bartlett hospitalized with virous pneumonia and Mrs. Lloyd Bartlett recovering from a hip fracture. The Good Will truck visits January 17. Mrs. Anna Alke and Jennie Alke recover from injuries. soldiers Wilbur Willis and others prepare for service.
Cows Chewing Boards Signal Mineral Deficiency Says Expert
Iowa State College extension dairy man Floyd Arnold warns cows chewing boards indicate mineral deficiencies in feed. He advises farmers to analyze minerals and adjust rations to prevent health and production problems.
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Floyd Arnold
Iowa State College
Temporary Cribs Provide Storage Solution for 1949 Corn Crop
Farmers facing crowded barns can use temporary or semi permanent cribs to handle the 1949 corn surplus. Tips from Successful Farming include selecting a well drained site, elevating a solid floor, ventilated slats, vertical sturdy sides and a weather resistant roof to aid drying and deter moisture and pests.
Earthworm Helpers in Soil Management Study
U S Department of Agriculture tests at Beltsville Maryland show fertilizer raises hay yields more with earthworms present. Fertilizer boosts yield by .52 tons per acre in wormed soil versus .28 tons without worms. An earthworm census found five times as many worms per acre in a three year rotation system versus continuous row cropping.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Beltsville, Md
Heel Flies Distress Cattle In Pasture Behavior
Dr N D Levine of the University of Illinois notes heel flies cause cattle to bolt across pasture and avoid standing in water. The flies do not bite but scare cows, affecting weight and comfort.
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N, D, Levine
University of Ilinois
Medical Consultant Endorses Bed Rest for Common Cold
A medical consultant cites rest in bed as a time tested, sane and effective relief for colds. He notes no salve or nose drops reliably prevent or cure colds and warns against excessive laxatives. Rest with fever reduces severity, spread, and complications while steam inhalations aid early upper respiratory moisture.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
United States
Statisticians Forecast Decline In Divorce Rate
Statisticians project a continued drop in U S divorces after a peak in 1946. 1948 divorces numbered about 420 000 at 2.9 per 1000 population, down from 1947 and well below the all time high. Nevada Florida Idaho Texas Arizona and Arkansas had the highest rates. Eastern states lowest. trend shows shift from north to south and from east to west.
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United States
Ard
New York State
Enoch Arden
Nevada
Florida
Idaho
Texas
Home
Arizona
Arkansas
Vermont
Delaware
South ‘Carolina
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Rot Threats Rise in Young Forests and Lumber
Forestry specialists warn sapwood in second-growth stands is more prone to rot than heartwood. Builders and farmers using lumber from buildings without basements face greater decay risk as wood from younger trees remains susceptible to decay fungi.
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U.S. Department
of Agriculture
Canada Nears Oil Independence From Edmonton Fields
Canada shifted from importing 92 percent of its petroleum to producing oil from Edmonton area fields. At a rate of 100,000 barrels daily, production already covers prairie needs and may meet Dominion wide demand by 1953.
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Canada
Edmonton
Prairie
Sound proofing materials absorb and trap noise
Sound waves reflecting off hard surfaces bounce wall to wall, wall to ceiling, and ceiling to floor. Acoustical materials are porous and absorb sound on first impact, preventing rebound. Offices homes and public places increasingly install sound proofing materials.
Chimneys Guidance for New and Existing Structures
Advice outlines three key steps for new chimneys: install a five-clay flue liner, use cement mortar for joints, and extend the foundation to ground level. Wood framing must avoid contact with the chimney. The text begins detailing recommendations for existing chimneys.
Winter stalk chopper fights corn borers in fields
Iowa State College extension entomologist Harold Gunderson says a stalk chopper can kill about 50 percent of corn borers during winter months when ground is frozen. A disk performs nearly as well but cannot be used in frozen ground. Some leaf breakage may occur and not all borers are defeated.
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Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Robert Brown
Kansas City
J. B. Wortman
Hie Bershman
Joe
Lucretia Clapper
Eugene Newell
Sioux Center
Hip Bershman
Howard Picht
Wayne
Shell Rock
Albert Werenga
Cinda Joy
Dolmage Hospital
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Lloyd Bartlett
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Frank Mehlan
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Harry
Marlin Albertson
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Hev. J. E. Albertson
Fred. Adamson
Park ‘Hospital
Mason, City
iMirs. J. L. Intermill
K. W. Swan
Harold Gartnerlow
Garman Pflibson
Ottosen
Nels Benjamin
Gehe
Lynde Kaye
Bode
A. M. Petersen
Robert Wilson
W. J. Denton
Katie Rode
Forest. Rode
Wm. Schutter
Henry Franzen Jr
Diers
Paul Christ
Lakota
Carol Haack
Anna Alke
New Years Day
John Alke
George Alke
Janice
Bud Alke
Neal Michaelsen
Louis Seegebarth
Lone Rock
Mary Alice
Guttenberg
Alton Schwandt
Wartburg Seminary
F. H. Bressler
Wayne, Nebraska
Chase Reeds
Billie Lee Copas
Jake Whitehurst
Ventura
Frank Fisher
Alvin Honken
Louis Huber
Buffalo Center
Lou
John Huber
Lenus Isebrand
Raleigh Pannkuk
Minnesota Lake, Minn
LeRoy Pannkuk
Minneapolis
Sever Pannkuk
Woolstock
James McColley
Ralph Reder
Oscar Corre
Alexandria, Minn
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Mrs. Reder
Jim
Pfe
Gerald Perude
Canny
Carson
Colo
Billie Lee Co~pas
Dows
Perdue
California
Jennie Aike
Alke
Goodwill Industries
Sioux City
Titanica
John Tjarks
J. E. Albertson
Albertson
Ralph Alexander
Sar Johnnie
Schaller
Ralph
Peterson Building
Carl Veer
Extherville
Howard French
Jean
Herb Potters
Norfolk
Nebraska
Wilbur Willis
Forest Willis
Mason City
Des Mones
San Diego
Elton Attig
Titonka
Wilbur
Armed Service
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Julian
Julie
Chrischilles
Algona Advanca
Titonica
Theo
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Chrischilles & Herbst
Theodore Christhilles
Senus Isebrand
Mortis Isebrand
Dick Downs
Cedar Falls
Town State Colege
Bob Downs
Morningside College
Sioux Cry
Everett Sloper
Slough Bridge
Iowa
Herman Pannkuk
Elmore
Minnesota Lakes
Minn
Richard Isebrand
Michael
Morris Isebrand
Lois Peterson
Titonka Savings Bank
Tyke Theatre
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West Side
Barbara Stanwyck
van Heflin
James Mason
Daniel Boone
Winchester
James Stewart
Shelly Winters
Steven T
Mecnally
Super Suds
Ige
Callies Bros
Bonacker
U-Save Food Market
Devries Sales CO
Swan Furniture Funeral Home
Kenneth W. Swan
Enthaimer
Titenka
Lows
Suaws Barber S
Modern Cleaners & Tailors
Algona, Iowa
Mr. Farmer
Titanka
Bancroft
Burt
Estherville
Davis Packing Co
Intermill’s
Titanka, Iowa
Wheaties
Bliss Coffee
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