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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
6
In south Wales near Swansea a village named Torchys claims a world championship for auburn hair with a persistent clan-like purity in marriage. A local medical officer notes conservative patterns, while a separate court case in Marylebone addresses alimony for an infirm bootmaker and a drunkard wife.
Mothers urged to keep a box of Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children to ease colds feverishness teething and stomach troubles throughout the season. The ad claims 80 years of use and satisfaction with all drug stores selling the product.
An old advertisement touts Joint-Ease as a remedy for stiff joints and rheumatic pains. It promises fast relief, noting the product is aimed at joint ailments and is sold through druggists across America at sixty cents.
A family recounts multi generational use of Resinol Soap highlighting perceived skin benefits across three generations. The testimonial cites household routines and routine applications on various family members including women and children.
A laboratory method uses a cogged wheel and a mirror to bounce a light ray between teeth. By adjusting wheel speed so the light is cut off on return and later viewed through a notch, observers deduce the light’s velocity from the known wheel speed.
Boschee's Syrup is advertised as soothing throat and lung irritation from coughs and bronchitis. It claims to heal the mucus membranes and provide restful sleep, touting fifty eight years of world-wide household use and easy morning expectoration, with sales wherever medicines are sold.
President Angell of Yale laments “almost too many colleges” in America naming Tusculum Fordwood Chicora Tarkle Pomona Kenka and others while noting England has too few with Oxford and Cambridge. A playful quip likens Cambridge to a schoolboy misnaming elements as “oxygen and cambridgen.”
An advertisement urges consumers to look for the Bayer name on Bayer Aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure authenticity, claiming the product has been proven safe by millions and prescribed for 23 years and warning that imitations may be dangerous.
O D Fear, an insurance agent in Fairmont West Virginia, writes an average of 12 policies a day for five days hoping to set a new world record. The piece blends his claim with unrelated advertisements and a jokey headline about Judge Tunkins.
Do you know that adding one half teaspoon of Calumet Baking Powder to poultry stuffing makes it light and fluffy and helps prevent sogginess. It’s a simple kitchen tip promising better texture and cooking results.
A rumor of a man named Bill dying and leaving a fortune circulates after a banking incident. Police say the death occurred when a policeman shot him as he climbed out a bank window. The claim of a fortune remains unverified.
Rust on cereals stems and leaves is caused by fungi spreading via spores. Orange leaf rust and stem rust affect wheat, with pustules and orange yellow or reddish colors. Barberry plants, especially Berberis vulgaris, help spread stem rust. eradication is advised and early rust appearances should be reported to the Colorado State Agricultural College botany department and Barberry Eradication program.
W F Parks won a ten litter Poland-China pig contest in Indiana with a total weight of 2774 pounds. He fed sows corn tankage skim milk and pasture, then gradually increased feed. after farrowing the pigs were raised on a creep and later on corn shorts and skim milk. He credited clean pasturing and avoidance of old hog lots for their thriving health.
The corn stalk borer overwinters in the top root of old stalks shielding it from cold. In spring the adult moth or miller emerges and lays eggs on growing corn. The larva bores into the stalk stunting the plant and causing breakdown before ears mature. Injury varies by locality.
The USDA says seeds of poppy cornflower cowmoa summer cypress larkspur snapdragon snow on the mountain and sweet alyssum may be sown on ground just before winter for early spring germination or on fall prepared ground very early in spring while soil still freezes.
Cracked and dirty eggs fetch only a little more than half the price of clean fresh eggs with sound shell. Maintain clean nests with straw sawdust or hay and keep docks indoors during muddy weather to cut dirty egg losses.
The article notes high corn prices make self feeders or fodder feeders especially profitable. It cites economical gains from balanced rations and the advantage of feeding off the ground to avoid grain spoilage during wet weather.
USDA notes a field demonstration in Wapello County Iowa with over 70 sheepmen showing copper-sulphate bluestone treatment for stomach worms. Queen City Missouri hosts 2000 sheep on a dozen farms aiding research while Vienna Virginia nets long term study. Dr E M Nighbert reports near total worm control at low cost boosting mutton wool and breeding profits.
The article outlines a method to sprout oats for hens using two quarts of dry seed oats soaked in a cloth bag. After five days the feed is ready, with one pinch per hen, fed daily to keep birds healthy and improve egg fertility and hatchability.
Farmers raising poultry on a sizable scale face a protein deficit as they lack sufficient buttermilk or skim milk to boost ration protein. Access to alternative protein sources could improve egg production, particularly in early fall and winter months.
Three or four grains per stalk can yield three to twelve stalks per hill. Weaker plants should be pulled to prevent reduced ears. Three healthy stalks per hill typically average two to three ears per stalk.
In sod orchards plow shallow to avoid disturbing feeding roots that surface. Two years of clean cultivation will push roots downward. Then maintain cover crops and clean cultivation to prevent disturbance.
The passage extols practical farming methods and cautions against costly dairy gear. It notes the value of rotation, proper labeling, and winter feeding to keep stock efficient. It also praises sowing grass seed while snow remains, with melting snow aiding germination.
An advertisement touts Tanlac as a tonic that builds flesh and strengthens digestion, claiming 100000 letters of thanks from users. It describes the remedy as Nature’s builder from roots and herbs and urges immediate use to relieve fatigue and illness, noting benefits for torpid liver and rheumatic conditions.
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