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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
2
Local notice outlines subscription prices for Kossuth County Titonka area and abroad, with terms on continuing subscriptions, expiration, and payment extensions. The column muses on wartime life, bread, steak dinners, and draft deferments with period reflections and reader humor.
A lighthearted, mixed collection of quips and observations from wartime life. The narrator riffs on everyday mishaps with coffee, sugar, and funny busines slogans while children question grownups. The tone is nostalgic and gently humorous about home front efforts and common talents.
Parents and pupils enjoyed a March 3 piano recital at Mrs. Wm Planz home. Numbers included duets and solos by Kathryn Schutter Lillian Planz Delores Franzen Phyllis Ullman Marjorie Schmidt, with pieces ranging from The Merry Go Round to Oh Master Let Me Walk With Thee.
Immanuel Lutheran ladies aid met on Thursday March 4 with Johanna Franzen and Minnie Harringa as hostesses. The group sang hymns and heard a Gospel reading, Hebrews chapter 11, and prayers by Rev. Plant. Delores Rode was welcomed as a new member and lunch was served.
Homemakers should wash unbleached muslin before cutting to allow shrinkage. Nora Workman of Iowa State College notes unbleached muslin is not preshrunk. USDA tests show average shrinkage nearly one tenth in length and slightly less in width, risking undersized clothing after first wash and smaller sheets.
Wesley couple Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welter marked their 58th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, while Ben Felt and his spouse celebrated their 60th anniversary on Wednesday at their Rockledge Florida home.
Spring salvage in Iowa proceeds with strong turnout at district meetings. WPB urges countywide rally day coordination and early collection of heavy scrap iron and steel. The program now accepts waste fats in any clean tin container to speed mobilization, replacing prior can restrictions. Housewives urged to contribute small fat amounts promptly and avoid paper or glass containers.
The piece urges every farmer and urban dwellers with space to grow a full year supply of fruits and vegetables, aiming for 125 quarts per family member and encourages community plots for city residents. It warns to use soil wisely, promote canning, and notes no clothing rationing is planned though vigilant against hoarding. It frames total war as civilian effort and warns excess purchases aid the enemy.
The article stresses planting as early as the ground can be worked, with potatoes peas beets and other cool weather crops best planted in spring. It recommends fall plowing for earlier soil work, use of superphosphate for tomatoes and potatoes, sanitation of plots to control pests, and planning from spring to frost with successive plantings and direct sowing of resistant varieties.
In Tama H H McVey displays a sacred Lily of India blooming for the first time. The four year old wine colored plant stands 4 feet 10 inches tall and 12 inches across drawing many residents to view the rare flower. Mr and Mrs William J Sheppard of near Knoxville mark their 57th wedding anniversary with a return trip to the same dining spot near Knoxville where they were married.
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