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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1956
Page
1
The Timonka Topic issues weekly from Titonka Iowa with post office entry as second class. Subscriptions cost 2.00 yearly in Kossuth County and Titonka trade area, 2.50 elsewhere, and 3.00 for Canada and foreign countries. Subscriptions continue unless subscribers notify otherwise.
Lyn Connelly rails at NBC for airing Queen for a Day praising its loud potpourri of desperate desires and crass humor. The columnist questions CBS and NBC motives and laments the loss of NBCs World of Mr. Sweeney.
Iowa State College entomologist Harold Gunderson notes the dry warm 1935 season followed by a dry fall favors grasshoppers chinch bugs and corn borers. He warns future outbreaks depend on spring weather crop conditions and pest management timing with early orders ensuring insecticide supplies.
An education feature discusses adolescent questions about careers and the parental role in guiding choices. It covers using aptitude tests, exposing youths to professions, visiting workplaces, and using libraries to explore vocations.
A tale from Tripoli ice fishers describes a 14 pound northern pike head used as a prank at Sweet's Marsh. The head was tossed to a companion who dropped it on the ice, prompting disbelief from a passing Waterlo o fisherman. The piece ends with a warning to ignore stories of wild pike fishing at the marsh.
Radioactive tracers measure blood concentration and waste excretion in animals to assess tissue deposition after four days. Allen notes tracers won’t answer all questions but are valuable in live stock research and in testing other substances like sulfur and calcium. Not all experiments require sacrificing animals as safety measures remain strict. Parking fines at Iowa State University fund scholarships aiding about 130 needy students over four and a half years.
Iowa leads the nation in Kentucky bluegrass seed, timothy seed, and red clover seed over a decade. The 1955 USDA summary shows Iowa produced 19,910,000 pounds of bluegrass seed, 9,300,000 pounds of timothy seed, and red clover seed ranking third, with Creston identified as the bluegrass center.
Maquoketa mourns the death of Miss Anna Bowman age 97 a resident since 1861. She was one of the town’s oldest residents and lived in Maquoketa for decades.
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