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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1951
Page
2
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The Portland 4 H girls gathered at Carrol Rasnussett’s home Tuesday with 12 attendees. Miss Mathre of Algona demonstrated meat cooking. Local residents including the Larsens and Zwiefels visited, and Harvey Graham underwent appendicitis surgery in Algona.
Reports note that phosphate deficiency causes incomplete kernel fertilization and lopsided ears. To boost next year’s yields, apply phosphate along with nitrogen and potash, and improve soil tilth to enhance water and air infiltration for corn, alfalfa, and sweet clover.
The USDA proposes a single DDT treatment to prevent termite attacks on woodwork for at least five years. Mix 5 percent DDT in No 2 fuel oil and apply by trenching around the building foundation about 30 inches deep, saturating soil both in trench and fill at one quart per cubic foot.
A welded iron and pipe milk pail rack uses a bottom support of two 4 inch pipes with a small gap for drainage. The stand can be set directly in soil or embedded in cement for mounting.
The agricultural department expects a fall harvest of 969000 barrels of cranberries, a 15 percent rise from the 967700 barrel record set in 1649. Massachusetts New Jersey Wisconsin Oregon report higher outputs, while Washington’s crop exceeds average but trails last year.
Ralph Odom Florida assistant attorney general maps pirate treasure sites with lithographed Florida charts citing legends like Billy Bowlegs Blackbeard and Lafitte. He bases locations on Library of Congress research and reports treasure found near Miami Marathon Key and Panamá area. Charts note silver bars elephant tusks and a 1865 rum shipwreck, with some loot already souring.
In Raleigh a recruiting sergeant crafted a decoy tobacco blend containing tobacco, rubber bands, match heads, hair, lint, pencil shavings and shotgun shell contents to deter a persistent moocher. The moocher smoked, returned later seeking more, unaware of the ruse.
A Bronx area hoax broadcast warning of enemy planes and atomic attack sent hundreds into a panic. Stanley Gordon, 23, admitted building a four watt PA system and was jailed 30 days in the city workhouse for disorderly conduct and causing fear.
Egypt faces renewed locust swarms that historically devastated Nile Delta fields. After invading Somaliland French Equatorial Africa and the Anglo Egyptian Sudan, the insects have penetrated along the Nile. farmers warn of severe impact on Egypt's cotton and agriculture.
Local notes list visitors to Wesley including Mr. and Mrs. James Lincoln and five children from Malcom, Zeno Neuroth’s return from St. Ann hospital, and many townsfolk on trips to Mason City Des Moines and Dubuque. Attending district meetings, hospital updates, and a March 24 Methodist food sale are noted along with school closures due to road conditions.
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