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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1943
Page
2
Titonka Topic reports post office status in Titonka Iowa and subscription terms for Kossuth County trade area. It mentions rates, renewal rules, and delivery policies plus a humorous quip about taxes in a song hit and a California golf drive anecdote. It also notes servicemen enduring mud and hunters saving shells.
A collection of dated quips about post office mail, rationing, windshield stickers, and courting era routines. A young officer candidate jokes about a horse stuck in the mud during an examination. No clear event, names, or locations beyond generic wartime references.
Inspection and repair of the combine is vital as it is complex and time consuming. Read the instruction book, clean the machine to ease inspection, and start with belts. Check belt tension, bearings, and shafts to avoid wear. Inspect cylinder bars or teeth, listen for noise, and replace worn parts to prevent cracked grain and unthreshed heads. Replace oppositely opposite parts to maintain balance and ensure even clearance between cylinder and concave bars. Adjust end screws to align the cylinder.
Seeds from last year should be tested for germination at home using moist cloth on a plate technique. Before field work, clean up scrap around the farm and save metal. Dairymen should grow most roughages this year, especially high protein alfalfa, and consider sudan grass as supplementary pasture. Keep livestock off pastures during spring thaw.
Iowa State College official C A Iverson outlines home sanitary practices to keep milk clean from farm to plant. Clean cows and utensils, proper udder washing, small milking buckets, clean surroundings, and rapid cooling below 46 degrees help prevent dirt and bacteria. Also notes four main sources of off flavors and stresses not mixing old and new milk. Richard Brownell of Wyoming Iowa sells 80 hogs at Chicago for 15.75 per hundred, highest price in 22 years.
Loaded 155 mm artillery shells were scattered along the railroad right of way near Corning and Willisea. One shell had been tossed about fifty yards from the main find.
A Canadian aircraft instrument factory worker in the acceptance room helps prepare gear for shipment to assembly plants in Canada and the United States. Canada, with a population and income far smaller than the United States, has built a massive war industry, directing $5,000,000,000 in contracts and supplying planes, ships, tanks, guns, ammunition, and equipment for Allied powers through the Department of Munitions and Supply.
Morning worship in German at 11:00 led by Rev. F Snuttjer. Sunday School at 10:00. Evening worship at 8:00. Young People's Club meets Tuesday at 8:30. Choir rehearsal Tuesday at 9:30. Verse: Righteousness exalteth a nation but sin is a reproach to any people.
Immanuel Lutheran directed by Rev Wm Planz lists English services on Sundays at 10 30 am German on third Sunday. Sunday School 9 80 am, Lenten services Wednesdays 8 pm, Confirmation Wed and Sat 9 30 am to 3 30 pm. Choir Friday evenings. Good Hope Lutheran led by Rev Alfred QC Mardorf holds service 11 am, Sunday School 10 am. Central offerings include Birthday and special American Missions offerings. Luther League meets Sunday 8 pm with plans. Lenten devotional services Wednesdays 8 pm. Confirmation class Saturdays 8 45 am. March 30 features Rev W B Schoenbohm presenting films on Lutheran Crippled Children's Home at Jamestown ND at 8 pm. public invited.
Doan church invites worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday School at 10 30 a m. The pastor offers consultation for transfer of membership or confession of faith. It notes freedom to worship and urges local budget contributions as the second quarter ends this week.
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