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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
8
A late teens fashion feature highlights sportswear chic for Seventeen and older youth. Crepe overdresses, plaited skirts, and embroidered blouses pair with knitted weaves and fiber silk textures. Garments emphasize casual elegance, practical outdoor wear, and expert finishing with braids, rosettes, and girdles in white beige or gray.
The article discusses matching capes and dresses with printed fabrics in simple, practical styles. It highlights colors, Egyptian-inspired designs, and combinations with plain silk or crepe, noting collars at the neck or side and button fastenings at top and bottom.
A U S Department of Agriculture guide explains how to identify unprofitable hens by July through molt signs and leg color. Pale legs and beaks indicate low producers, while strong laying hens show bright red combs. Selecting late-molters and vigor for breeding improves future flocks, as demonstrated at Beltsville Maryland with Rhode Island Reds showing higher egg production and value.
Clemson entomologist Prof A F Conrad outlines moles control methods using Paris green on roasted peanuts and strychnine in pellet form. He urges careful handling, avoiding direct contact, and recommends poisoned traps as less effective than poison bait.
United States Department of Agriculture reports in Farmers Bulletin 1916 the value of systematic cleaning and sterilization of milking machines. The article cites rubber tubing teat cups inflations and vacuum lines as critical parts and compares heat sterilization to other methods, noting significantly lower bacterial counts with heat. All work occurred under actual farm conditions with farmers or their workers handling the equipment.
BR O Rose of the University of Minnesota promotes farm co operatives to form spray rings to lower initial costs and allow a single spraying machine to reach 150 pounds pressure. The plan helps control leaf hopper and related pests on potato vines while enabling members to buy spray material collectively for lower prices.
Plan to obtain seed soybeans by allowing beans to fully ripen and threshing on a wagon sheet or in a tight wagon box with a stick. Best seed is saved this way, avoiding cut and cracked beans common with other methods. Dry storage is essential, spread on clean surface and kept in a crib or granary with good air circulation to prevent dampness.
Farmers learn that spraying at the precise right moment determines success. Do it on time to avoid repetition and extra costs, reducing labor and anxiety. The timing becomes the cornerstone of efficient farming and profitability.
The piece argues for balanced farming with three or four main cash crops and several small ones. It stresses using varied products to keep workers busy and land fertile, delivering steady income rather than extreme diversification.
Sweet clover is used in hog pastures as feed and leaven for hogs. Hogs eat the tender stems well, but the plant grows tall and coarse and then hogs eat less. Farmers have pointed out the trade off between early palatability and later coarseness.
A Midland hotel bridge builder from Omaha credits Tanlac with restoring his digestion and curing his rheumatism. He says his appetite and stamina returned, enabling him to work on steel or concrete all day. The ad touts Tanlac and its large sales, urging not to accept substitutes.
A humorous note from Sunday school quotes a boy proudly recounting that they learned all the ten conundrums, reflecting a lighthearted family moment observed by the Boston Transcript.
Public health notices claim many Americans suffer undetected kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is advertised as a remedy with reports of success. An insurer’s physician says many insurance declines stem from undiscovered kidney issues. The ad invites sample bottles and cites drugstores carrying the product.
An advertisement touts Cat cura Talcum as an antiseptic and fragrant dusting powder for face skin and babies. It touts economical use and positions Cat cura as part of the Woflet Trio with soap and ointment.
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