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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1953
Page
2
Card of thanks expresses gratitude from Elof Pearson Ella Brant and Ward Mehlan to friends relatives and neighbors for cards gifts calls and support during and after hospital stays at Mason City Vercy hospital and after.
Mangiled Elmer Dodson of near Lineville sustained a thumb injury after his hand was caught in a new hay baler. Several fingers were mangled in the accident. The article also notes water as the cheapest item in livestock feeding, stressing its role in efficient gains due to adequate water supply.
Toronto expands by merging 12 suburbs, boosting population to about 1.2 million within 240 square miles. A 24 member Council governs Greater Toronto with centralized planning, housing, transit, water, and public services while suburbs retain taxing powers. The Toronto Transit Commission will coordinate public transport.
Jefferson Medical College surgeons used a combined mechanical heart and lung apparatus for 26 minutes to sustain an 18 year old girl during heart operation. The device, invented by Dr John M Gibbon Sr, is not a cure all and may help congenital defects in young patients.
London professor Guy Pas coe Browden of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine defends housewives fatigue work patterns. He urges frequent rest after short work periods and avoidance of standing, poor lighting, and hunger. The piece questions when housewives will finish chores and meals.
New Mexico cotton fields replace many migrant workers with geese to weed cotton. Geese eat weeds including Johnson grass, reducing labor costs. They starve in the first year but must be sold after a year as cotton becomes preferred. Geese have been used in other crops like strawberries.
The text notes soil testing is ancient, dating to 1600 A D. It recounts an Indian brave who sat on the ground for hours to judge warmth. if he did not sneeze the soil was warm enough to plant beans.
Mary Zoller returns from two week visit with Wells and Winnebago relatives. Several families travel to Fort Dodge Oelwein Or Emmons and Spirit Lake for visits. Local youths join camps in Arkansas and Texas. new baby Sidney Dwane born to Rising Sun Kienitzs. birthday gatherings at Dontje home.
Alvin Skinner, Adel’s oldest active businessman, runs a plumbing and heating shop after 52 years in business begun with his father in 1901. He looks toward retirement in the near future while continuing local service.
Mrs. Grace Coolidge has donated about 82 000 of her late husband’s executive office papers to the Library of Congress. The collection, deposited in 1929 by President Coolidge, covers correspondence from his administration and forms a key part of recent American history research. It sits among extensive presidential papers and cabinet files, with letters from Hughes Kellogg Meélion and other cabinet members. The Lindbergh files reflect the public reaction and proposed honors and stamps.
Australia introduced the Jindivik, a pilotless aircraft developed at Woomera South Australia for advanced weapons tests. The 23 foot long craft, half the size of combat fighters, aims to threaten supersonic jets and potentially carry an atomic payload amid a UK Australia program that began in 1947.
Meridian honors Jimmy Rogers the Singing Brakeman with a statue at his grave site. A full steam locomotive and four cars are welded to the pedestal. The event was pushed by the Meridian Junior Chamber and rail groups with Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb backing. National Hillbilly Music Day was proclaimed with governors in attendance.
The Manchester Guardian notes the tale of Nicholas of Myra born in the late third century. He joined a religious order and gave to the poor. To aid three noble daughters with dowries he secretly left gold bags for three nights, inspiring the pawnbroker symbol of three golden balls.
A countryside morning describes oats harvest showing evolving views on farm machinery. The narrator notes horses fading from the scene as man and machine work together, urging acceptance of the age's tools and materials. Also mentioned are corn borer fly larvae Lydella stabulans gri sescens released from New Jersey labs for Midwest experiments.
The piece notes readers trading cookbooks and collecting buttons as a hobby. It recounts a local meeting about sorting buttons, a potluck, and a plan to hold a future gathering. It mentions Hawaii sugar cane borers and corn borer control, and asks readers for tar removal tips and rosary plant advice.
At Montezuma Frele Keating marked a half century of printing service. He completed 50 years in the trade, with the last 45 years spent as a printer for the Montezuma Republican.
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