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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1943
Page
3
The Titonka Topic, published in Witonka Iowa, announces postal registration and subscription terms. Rates: 1 year 150 dollars in Kossuth County and Titonka area, 2 dollars outside the county. Canada and foreign rates vary. Subscriptions not renewed discontinue one month after expiration unless extended by arrangement.
A Wheaton Ill paper notes Uncle Sam seeks 250 women for WAVES to free men for the front, while a garden club discussion reveals quirky wartime questions. Members wonder about potato seeds in hills, tomato transplants in the ice box, and a neighbor who cut potato eyes, humor helping them cope with wartime shortages and busy home fronts.
A humorous column recounts odd food experiments and a patient who sat on ration points. The narrator muses on farming asparagus, cooking radishes, and a doctor visit where a man complains he sat on six ration points. Peach picking hints arise in Georgia while strawberries bloom in Iowa.
Iowa State College extension dairy specialist Floyd Arnold says using good pastures, hay or silage, ample water and shade can blunt the usual 20 to 30 percent drop in milk from July to October. He urges prioritizing milking cows on the best pastures, supplementing with grain or protein, and avoiding overgrazing to keep cows producing.
The passage describes checking the upper elevator frame attachment to the goose-neck frame for worn bearings at roller ends and loose roller shafts. It notes centering shafts in holes and filling with babbits, avoid binding rollers, and replacing worn needle eye spools. It references Extension Circular 200 for illustrated instructions.
Summer gardening hinges on planting timing for long mature vegetables. Carrots beets sweet corn and bush beans should go in first in early July north and mid July south. Remove finished vines, compost scraps, and replant after harvest. seed depth varies with seed size and soil moisture.
Titanica Churches Good Hope Lutheran and Ramsey Reformed schedule morning worship at 10 30 with Sunday School at 9 30. Confirmation class public examination and a special congregation meeting follow Sunday services. Annual Sunday School picnic planned for Sunday July 11 at Mrs Anna Alice farm. Ladies aid meets Wednesday July 7 with hostesses listed. Choir rehearsals tonight and Thursday evening. Ramsey Reformed notes multiple services, Young People Club, and choir rehearsals. monthly offering for General Fund.
Immanuel Lutheran outlines English service at 10 30 Sunday with Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 30 and Luther League activities Sunday evening. Ladies aid gathers Thursday with Mrs Albert Loeschen and Mrs Henry Mayland Jr as hostesses. Nearby Titonia church location four miles east and one mile north.
Instructions advise sowing slightly thicker seeds after sowing season, firm soil, and light covering with grass clippings or sand. Use narrow boards for moisture and transparency, removing them once seedlings appear. Also notes residents of Decorsh puzzled by a tall, viney plant in T. A. Jayne's victory garden with no consensus on its name.
Sunday School at 10:00 a m and 7:30 p m evening service at 11:00 a m with 8 15 p m preaching July 1 church women’s society meeting hosted by Mrs Bolenoug and Mrs Carlson Breeding places of flies can be controlled by scattering manure in fields every two to three days
A 33 inch eel was landed by Bremer County Clerk of Court H. C. Richman at the Topic Office, recorded on typing paper.
Farmers who missed winter repairs can still prevent breakdowns during the small grain harvest. Extension engineers advise thorough prework checks, replacing broken slats, ensuring correct length, and proper rivet placement. Check elevator frames, roller shafts, gudgeons, and canvas strap tension. measure diagonal frame distances with a straight board and adjust with tie rods.
Mrs Nora Larnon of Charter Oak lost her wedding ring while shocking barley in a field thirty four years ago. Last week Dickie Wells found the ring while cultivating corn. The ring was in good condition with only a scratch from farm implement contact. Read the Want Ada.
Denver H. Spamm, former Emerson resident, shattered an eight hour record by driving 2,001 rivets in 9 hours 28 minutes. Mrs Spamm plans to launch the ship related to her husband’s record work, according to DESK BLOTTERS at the Topc Office.
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