This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
2
Julia Bottomley surveys midwinter fur fashions and costume jewelry, noting restrained but elegant furs, new pelts, and varied coat lengths. She highlights headbands, wreaths, beaded necklaces, colored pearls, crystal necklaces, bracelets, and the virge pearl trend as essential evening and afternoon accessories.
Reports from the United States Department of Agriculture describe snowshoe rabbits as a major factor in forest loss in northern Minnesota during 1924. Planted trees especially white pine suffer heavy damage including defoliation and bark loss with 79 percent of trees in one plantation eaten and 43 percent fatally harmed, prompting cooperative control efforts statewide.
Indiana expert R D Canan recommends a limited silage and grain mix for the dairy herd sire with 400 pounds ground corn 200 pounds ground oats and 100 pounds oil meal. He stresses clean stalls ample exercise outdoor paddock access and gentle nose ring tethering to promote breeding strength and comfort.
The spinach plant is described as a backbone of garden nutrition due to its mineral and iron content. It can be grown as a fall winter and spring crop across regions south of the Mason and Dixon line and in some northern areas. Two sowings in fall around September 10 and in October provide fall supply and winter carryover. An early spring planting or two yields a fresh harvest after winter beds, ensuring supply until warm weather.
The article notes a shift from gardening to garage space as joy riding and tinkering with cars encroach on home plots. It describes gardens yielding to garages and autos taking half of the time once spent on cultivation, stressing vegetables as a year round American necessity.
After heavy rain the garden soil often packs and bakes once dry. Loosening the soil around plants keeps it workable and provides advantage for young plants to establish and grow.
A respiratory poultry disease sweeping the U S over three months is tentatively diagnosed as fowl diphtheria at Kansas Agricultural College. Most affected birds show worm infestations. Tobacco dust and olive oil treatments, along with strict sanitation and yard cleanup, are advised. Lye and mash methods address tapeworms, with repeat dosing as needed.
Guidance on pruning plum trees to maximize root growth and balance top and root. Instructions cover cutting root ends, trimming tops to match roots, and selecting buds to encourage spreading growth. Also explains preparing raspberry and blackberry plants with a strong root system and cutting back old wood to spur next year's fruiting.
Experiments fed 876 pounds of pumpkins with 278 pounds of brain to fatten hogs yielding 100 pounds of gain. Two percent tons of pumpkins equal one ton of corn silage, priced around $3.30 per ton for silage, with concentrates at $20 and legume hay at $14. Pumpkins thus appear worth under half the silage price per ton, likely more than $3.30 but less than $6 per ton, with pumpkin seeds remaining in feed for their nutrition.
Seets are one of the most healthful vegetables and should be grown for salads in home gardens. A motto of "a place for everything" helps gardeners store tools. Buttermilk can be used in mash with meat and scraps. Consider growing popcorn, hardy chrysanthemums offer late blooms, and watering needs vary with winter cold.
An advertisement touts Tanlac as a life restoring tonic to rebuild strength for the weak and undernourished. It claims blood cleansing and digestive improvement lead to regained appetite and weight, with millions of users and over a hundred thousand testimonials.
An advertisement touts Totat-0 as a potent remedy for joint pains. It claims rapid relief from throat and chest colds, lumbago, and rheumatic aches, asserting it surpasses ordinary treatments and works when others fail. The language urges readers to try Totat-0 for immediate soothing effects.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.