Local Newspaper Subscription Rates Across Counties
The paper offers 82 telephones and lists annual rates: 91.50 in Mosuth County and Titonka trade area, 2.00 outside Kossuth County Titonka territory, 2.60 in Canada and foreign regions. Subscriptions to within the county or Titonka territory may auto renew or be discontinued only on subscriber notice or publisher choice. Other subscriptions lapse one month after expiration unless renewed or payment extended by arrangement.
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Mosuth
Titonka
Kossuth
Canada
Humorous Snippets From Daily Life and War Time
A collection of light quips about beauty parlors shirts and collars, curious dreams of John L. Lewis, safety reminders on cigars and guardianship of a cigarette, and jokes about doctors questions and can openers. It reflects wartime household humor and feminine domestic ventures with a nod to curbing waste and hunger.
Margins note on gardens and hogs in wartime letters
A wartime clipping jokes about backyards raising hogs and strict rationing. It mocks loose pork causing damage to victory gardens and urges hog owners to muzzle their animals. The piece lampoons wartime nutrition claims and fears aphids while poking fun at fashion and women’s alcohol use.
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Victory Gardens
Summer Care for Laying Flocks to Boost Egg Production
County extension director A. L. Brown outlines summer flock management. Keep birds in a cool ventilated or well insulated house, provide abundant clean water, limit fat by modest morning confinement, and monitor for lice and mites with sulfur dust and roost treatments. Use paraffin creosote spray or oil paint, keep cracks sealed, and if possible offer good pasture.
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A. L. Brown
Pigs on Pasture Need Some Feed
On pasture in late spring pigs plus sows need feed beyond mothers milk. Start with rolled oats or coarse ground wheat, then add a protein mix as pigs reach 3 to 4 weeks. By 50 to 60 pounds, feed shelled corn with protein supplement, grinding feed if protein is scarce.
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A. L.brown
Norway Sailor Faces New Voyage After Ship Sinks Near New York
Norwegian merchant Seaman Knute Bakken, 24, recently visited his uncle Knute Bakken of Decorah, shipped across oceans and endured submarine-infested waters. His vessel torepded within 40 miles of New York, sank in fifteen minutes, but all crew survived. He has heard nothing from his family in Lier since the German invasion and has joined another ship.
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Norway
Kaute Bakken
Knute Bakken
Decorah
New York
Lier
Choose Breeders Among Chicks Now
Poultry expert C M Bite advises selecting breeding stock early for fast feathering, rapid growth, and superior meat. Mark the best weight gain by 4 5 weeks, cull at 20 weeks, and watch breast development by week 12 to ensure future breeders.
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C. M. Bite
Town State College Extension
Rice
Drying and Brining to Boost Home Food Preservation
In Kossuth county women with blue ration coupons begin preserving foods at home using drying brining and storage of roots squash and pumpkins for late summer and fall. Miss Alma Schultz predicts dried produce will add variety and value next winter with peas beans corn apples and pears among those dried. Quality depends on variety speed and prep. county extension will offer instructions about July 1.
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Kossuth
Alma Schultz
County Extension Home
Better Iowa Gardens Beet Greens and Pruning Advice
This guide covers thinning beet rows to 2 to 3 inch spacing and using both roots and greens after thorough washing, thinning carrots and parsnips for proper root shape, replanting beets or tarrots after spring onion use, and pruning black raspberry shoots to 25 to 30 inches height by removing 4 to 6 inch tips to encourage side branching while noting red raspberries should not be pruned similarly.
Local News Briefs From Community Church and Farm
Irene Gray has been sick with the measles. Mr and Mrs Harold Schain and son of Katnar were Sunday guests at the William Huisman home. Mr and Mrs John Pannhuk and family were Sunday visitors at the Henry Gray home. Fire in a brooder house at the John Beenken farm Monday morning burned the floor and some baby chicks. The annual mission festival was held at the Ramsey Reformed church last Wednesday with a good crowd attending and dinner and supper served by the church ladies.
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Irene Gray
Harold Schain
Katnar
William Huisman
John Pannhuk
Henry Gray
John Beenken
Ramsey Reformed Church
Nelson Brothers
L. A
Rails
George Arends
Covina
California
John Rode Sr
Jacqueline Callies
University of Minnesota
Orchesis, University
Miss Gardiner
James G. Winn
Bennett
Colorado
B. A. Pannkuk
BE. J. Buss
Carl Veer
Pannkuks
Carl Watson
Titanica
Here
Garner
The
Lutheran Church
Anna Alice
Alice Pannkuk
Grace Sietsema
A. Mardorf
Soybeans Provide Late Planting Option for Iowa Farmers
Iowa experts outline soybeans as a profitable late crop for wet springs and flooded soils. Middle May to June 15 planted varieties like Mukden Richland Habaro can yield well, with July 15 hay potential. inoculation and adequate seeding per acre emphasized.
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Iowa
Richland
H. D. Hughes
Iowa State College
Swyters and Heesch Visit Hospitals and Homes
Mr and Mrs Wm Swyter and Virgil Heesch visited Mrs Virgil Heesch and infant daughter Rose dyn June at Buffalo Center hospital Friday evening. The Swyters were business visitors at Blue Earth and Minors Thursday and called at Timer ngelbarta home near Elmore.
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Wm. Swyter
Virgil Heesch
Rosedyn
June
Hospital At
Buffalo
Center
Blue Herth
Timer
Ngelbarta
Elmore
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W. F. Hamstreet
Sffonka
Pierre Sartor
M. D
Sfponeka
Fowa
Dry
E. J. Gallup Chiropractor
Kei
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H. I. Torgersen
Bentit
Roy C. Ball
Calla
Kossuth County
L. A. Winkel
Ice
Quinby
Algona, Ia
van Ness and Brunson
Attorneys
Helse Bidg
Quarton and
Miller County Bavings Bank
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Henry H. Huisinga
W. L. Tindall
D. O. Osthopathic
Woden
Chisago
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Sherman Meyer
Sawyer Building
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Iowa Gardens
Polka Dot Beauty Shop
Forest City
Schwen
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Mary
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Forest City, Iowa
Chek - R - Chi
U.S
U. S
Swea City Hatchery
Swea City
Tyke Theatre
TRE Anst Mat Pictures
Buckaroo
Chas. Starrett
Forest Rangers
Fred MacMurry
Paulette Goddard
Johnny Doughboy
Jane Withers
Baby
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Hamilton Hatchery
Young’s Produce
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