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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
3
A suburban housewife asks a jeweler how to pronounce a ring name, debating turkoise versus turknoise. The jeweler, after inspecting the ring, delivers the punchy reply that the correct pronunciation is glass.
A humorous exchange shows a diner pressing for the remaining half of a duck meal as the waiter laments the need for another half to be obtained, joking that they cannot go out to kill half a duck. The scene highlights a playful, restaurant dining moment.
A terse private note expresses love and intent to marry, mentioning a wife the writer claims not to have known about. The fragment hints at a relationship drama or miscommunication with a possible inquiry into a spouse. No further context available from the readable text.
A Q and A column offers guidance on flood control booklets from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, restoration of weathered paintings and prints, linoleum bulging, waterproofing a concrete porch roof, replastering walls, rodent control, storing wood in cellars, shingles spacing, and differences between ready cut and prefabricated houses.
Prominent quilting note describes an appliqued bedspread titled In Gayest of Scraps Frisky Fido with a patch and bow motif. Pattern 2541 includes a quilt block diagram accurate pattern pieces directions for making the quilt diagram yardages color schemes and a mail order address.
Sewing circle at 2 Eighth Ave New York seeks 15 cents for Pat form. Enclose name and address with payment.
Industrial diamonds are widely used in industrial establishments for grinding wheels boring wire drawing dies and sawing hard stone. They also cut glass beveling works and are employed in optical horological and machine processes for cutting fiber metals and hard compositions.
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