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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
2
A nutrition and shopping guidance piece argues housewives should buy diverse beef cuts beyond porterhouse and rib to lower meat bills. It explains carcass composition, notes chuck and round offer substantial yields for daily meals, and suggests asking butchers about cheaper options.
An editorial discusses beef cuts and pricing, arguing there are few ribs and loins for porterhouse or sirloin. It suggests shifting to fore quarter, hind quarter, and other cuts like flank shank and chuck to lower costs, and recommends learning cuts to maximize flavor and value.
Rump pot roast uses 3 pounds beef rump with salt pork and vegetables simmered four hours. Dumplings mix flour baking powder and milk, cook 12 to 15 minutes. Smothered beet features rump or elec with oil, tomato sauce, and slow simmer three hours.
The article notes calendar advertising as the most popular publicity form for merchants in China. It contrasts Western and Japanese methods, cites China’s thriving newspaper scene with about 8 000 daily circulations, and highlights how calendars arriving yearly become important public notices viewed daily by readers.
A new England syndicate aims to operate a fleet of airships worldwide. It seeks ground near Southport to build a 120 to 150 foot tower with mooring and an elevator to take passengers to gondolas. Smaller non rigid ships carry 32 passengers, larger carry 40. Larger rigid airships under construction would carry 150 and travel globally. Feeder flights between hubs at 18 cents per mile.
A St Joseph Gazette note explains winter feeding aids birds by supplementing limited natural food, helping chicks get mosquitoes and reducing pests. Feeding crumbs outdoors keeps birds nourished and can reduce mosquito bites next summer while benefiting garden insects and song.
A government report claims the fuel problem is solved in North Dakota where the western half sits atop lignite estimated at 600 billion tons. Farmers dig it from the surface and supply coal locally. in 1918 about 1 billion tons were mined. Prices to farmers range from $1.50 to $2 per ton, and coal supports local power for grain elevators, boosting regional wealth.
Captain of Industry at Three, Little Edward, aged years, visits his grandmother often. Last Sunday afternoon he cuddled in the big easy chair before the fire as his mother urged him up. He smiled, saying he beat her to it, insisting the chair was his.
A tranquil man voices doubt about socialism literature and the feasibility of applying socialist ideas in business. He argues one would be too old to actively participate in demonstrations after reading and understanding the writings.
The Home Sector cites 250 to 300 American front line troops listed as missing in action but believed dead or presumed dead. The piece notes delays in insurance benefits and explains why many veterans are carried as presumed dead rather than missing in action after November 12, 1918.
A Milwaukee family traveling to Indianapolis with two children slept in their car after a storm and darkness forced them to stop at a gate. They continued at dawn, realizing they had spent the night in a cemetery near Gary and Indianapolis, per the Indianapolis News.
A seafaring husband and his wife, seven years after choosing a Caribbean island as terrestrial paradise, return to New York with plans to retire. They critique tropical life and express desire for an old-fashioned New England winter in Connecticut.
Local notices invite tradespeople to bring work to D A Schultz shop in Titonka Iowa and advertise poultry and dairy sales. Mrs FR Prussman offers Rhode Island Red eggs at 1.00 per dozen while K J Lewis sells Thoroughbred Barred Plymouth Rock eggs at six dollars per hundred. Farmers urged to feed Security Food Compound to cows calves and deliver butterfat to the Fitonka Creamery.
A merchant in Woden advertises a wide stock including restaurant supplies cigars tobacco soft drinks and confectionery. Lunches offered at all times on short notice with day or night service and reasonable rates.
Dr L Dupcan Bulkley of New York details personal use of phenacetin with soda to end a severe cold after taking powders and rest. He claims repeated success for patients threatened with grippe and notes no failures in arresting the trouble.
A California syndicate has secured a long term lease on numerous Cyprus copper workings and will install modern mining equipment funded from California capital. D G Jackson of San Francisco leads the copper partnership as engineers move to replace Phoenician era plants. War delays halted plans until after the armistice.
A Belgian woman recalls a German subaltern ordered to locate billets who visited her house. He commented on a mantelpiece bust reproduction with arms missing and asked if she chopped its arms off for a room to house American relief delegates. He left offended, but the episode had no sequel.
After forty years living in seclusion at the Visitation convent on Connecticut Avenue and I Street NW, the sisters emerged to walk the streets of the national capital as the building and grounds were sold for a substantial price. The once-isolated order had rarely stepped outside, and neighbors note the site’s near razing by wreckers.
A ten thousand dollar gift from John Crompton of Manchester funds prizes for designers and weavers of original cotton fabrics in British colleges and weaving schools across the empire. Entry rules require half of submitted fabrics to be entirely cotton. the rest may be up to seventy percent cotton threads. The Textile Institute of Manchester appoints a committee to collect samples. Venice travel routes include canale entry from the railway, canal boats called gontolas, and tram-steamer links to Lido and lagoon islands.
Candidate 0 Wolfe announces on January 5, 1920 his bid for the Republican nomination to represent Kossuth County in the June primaries. He urges voters to support him at the polls and asks for their backing.
P Healy announces candidacy for State Representative from Hancock County subject to June 1920 Republican primaries. Dated Britt Iowa January 26 1920.
H C Adams of Algona Iowa announces candidacy for re nomination in the Republican primaries set for June. He seeks to continue representing the 47th Senatorial District in the state senate.
Earl F. Peterson of Algona announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Kossuth County Recorder. He asks for voters of the June primaries to support his bid and expresses appreciation for their backing.
FOR SHERIF T am a candidate for sheriff of Kos suth county on the republican ticket, subject to the decision of the voters for the June primary. George F. Heckman, Algona, Iowa.
W A Foster of Algona Tows announces his candidacy for county coroner as a Republican in the June primary. The statement signals a formal bid under party guidance for the Kossuth County position.
Arthur R. Moulds announces candidacy for sheriff of ScosSuth County as a Republican for the June primary. He seeks the support of Republican voters in the county and pledges to uphold law enforcement duties.
Dr G J Glapsaddle of Titonka Iowa answers calls day or night at phone 96 Titonka Town.
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