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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1947
Page
4
Classified items invite orders for Welp's Chicks at Isebrand Produce and a W-1 Cultivator shank offer. A vacant quarter section farm wanted by A M Petersen is noted. Card of Thanks from Julia Stott and Fred Steck er expresses hospital gratitude. Sulphatone marketed at Isebrand for pig health. Brown Swiss Bulls for sale from Michaelson Bros.
Numerous social visits fill a week in small towns with kin connections spanning Manchester Iroquois and Sibley. Guests include the Anderson Allen Warburton Gutknecht Koppen and Gutknecht families with trips to Okoboji Lynden and Pilot Knob as weddings birthdays and cataract checkups mark gatherings. A new baby joins the Olson family in Algona while storage tips urge water tight lockers for food.
The National Geographic Society notes Tanganyika under British mandate hosts a growing 60-chief federation north of Lake Victoria. Independent chiefs govern their realms while electing a chairman, sharing a treasury and a public court. A royal blue purple robe judiciary uses carved chairs, with turquoise turbans and lion-skin sandals. The federation funds a four-year school for chiefs’ sons where headman selection comes via student election and a court enforces school discipline.
Glass cooking utensils withstand higher heat shocks and are easy to clean. They provide even heat, uniform browning, and allow serving from the same dish to save dishwashing time. Avoid sudden temperature changes and do not use ovenware over direct heat. Use a grid on fast heating electric stoves. grids can be obtained with product labels.
The article notes many chemical and process products are recent, with firms reporting that nearly half of 1942 sales came from items not existing or produced in large quantities in 1923. It cites major companies across divisions as reliant on post WWI research, with plastics highlighted as a key new product group.
Rare Avere orchid, the albino lycaste skinner known as monja blanca, bloomed in Northwestern University’s botany conservatory for the first time since arriving from El Salvador nine months ago with Dr. Margery C. Carlson. The plant, gifted by an Indian seller, was carried wrapped in cloth and straw and now astonishes observers with its prayerlike center.
Nutrition consultants warn that eating most meals away from home in restaurants, dormitories, or army messes can leave diners short of vitamin C. To maintain intake, eat more tomatoes and citrus when possible, and snack on these foods. Use fresh vegetables or cook with minimal exposure to air water and heat.
Scientific tests show pork boosts bread nutrition by supplying lysine missing in wheat. Researchers Hoagland Elis Hawkins Snider fed rats bread with pork, finding bread plus pork raised protein intake and lysine adequacy. Fresh ham and shoulder cuts all showed similar protein value to pork alone.
Wartime demand accelerated growth in the U S dry milk sector from 1940 to 1945. Production of all dry milks and related products rose over 50 percent, totaling 1 117 338 000 pounds in 1945 versus 738 892 000 in 1940, led by nonfat dry milk solids and dry whole milk gains. Top producing states were Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York, California, Michigan, Idaho, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and Washington.
A cautionary notice explains gasoline vapors are invisible and heavier than air, risking ignition and fatal fires in farms. Kerosene can emit explosive vapors when heated, leading to quick ignition in stoves. Vapors evaporate rapidly from open surfaces and must not be exposed to air.
Selenium compounds behave differently inside the body. Sodium selenite in a soluble form delayed and killed smooth muscle. sodium selenate in concentrated form had little effect. Selenium, common in Rocky Mountain soils, becomes poisonous through plant uptake and livestock consumption, injuring sheep and cattle.
Recent studies show perosis or slipped tendon in chickens and turkeys due to manganese and choline shortages. The malady causes the Achilles tendon to slip from its groove, crippling the bird. A feed company now uses spectrophotometry to assure proper manganese and choline levels in mashes.
Misa Mamié Limberg spends two weeks vacation at her parents in Mas on City while Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith visit family in DBikader. Neighbors host a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. Hendrickson who moved here recently. Martha Ehlers and friends vacation at Arnolds Park. A shower honors Mrs. James Buns at the Lutheran church parlors. Nancy Peters returns home from an extended visit with Louise Humke in Ackley. S. J. Hoff visits Polk City with Hoff family. Brett Senne and D W Senne, Clifford Eiseenmann and Date Rit tenhouse fish in Minnesota. May Goslin visits son in California. William Wood family visit Leon Gilner in Forest City. Ray Valley family visit relatives in Dows. Richard Van Hoorn and Grace return from Marion, South Dakota. Gunder Anderson and family visit Herbert Carsten. Claud Allen party returns home. Mrs. DeBoer of Kanawha visits Nancy Peters. Wayne Jones plans a two week trip to northern Minnesota. Martin Smith and family join Legion event.
Sunday afternoon ballgame at Mason City noted. Mrs Henry Gerdes and others were callers at Forest City last Tuesday afternoon. Local commercial club members and wives hosted two potluck plans at the Woden path Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Jerman Bune visited Britt last Friday. Malinda and Dorothy Giesking from Mason City stayed at Ernest Giesking’s home.
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