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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
3
Fashion notes describe ornate women’s suits and frocks for youth with black and wavy hair styles, pecan shades, short skirts, sash-like waistlines, and Deauville knotting. Descriptions include fox scarves, twills, picot-edged black taffeta, bow ribbons, apron fronts, and side-fastened jackets with pin-checked tweeds and bustle hints.
The Kansas City Star traces the religious affiliations of U S presidents from Washington to Wilson. It notes Episcopalians, Unitarians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Reformed and Disciples of Christ among leaders, with occasional ambiguity over Lincoln and Jefferson.
A governor appointed committee reports against subsidizing rural physicians to improve timely care in farming communities. The piece contrasts past delays with modern autos and better roads enabling 30 to 40 mile per hour emergencies. It laments the old country doctor and notes his replacement by the striving new era.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat suggests building a fully concrete house in tornado frequent regions to resist wind damage. It questions if a poured house could ever be toppled and cites past destruction in St Louis as proof masonry isn’t an obstacle to tornadoes.
A Sahara themed film scene ends with a critic silent as the producer hopes for praise. The producer then asks for feedback and hints at advertising value while the critic reveals disappointment over the lack of bathing girls amid the sandy backdrop.
The United States bureau of fisheries plans to cultivate freshwater pearls from Mississippi river mussels with over 500 species noted. A major crop is planted this year to be ready by 1928, with laboratory work at Fairven Texas aiding development of the industry.
The Baldwin apple originated on John Ball's Wilmington Massachusetts farm near Lowell after 1740. It was named Woollpecker or Decker then Buttes, spread by Deacon Samuel Thompson to Colonel Baldwin who popularized it by 1784. The original tree survived until 1817–1832 and a monument now marks the site.
The article notes that Nighthawks and whippoorwills hunt chiefly at night with dawn shifts by swifts and swallows. They possess large mouths and sweep over wide country areas, catching vast insect numbers. A single Arkansas nighthawk stomach yielded six hundred insects.
A 7500 cash prize program invites women to submit at least 101 new Grape-Nuts recipes not used as breakfast cereals. Winners receive 50 each and contribute to a cook book. The cereal is described as nutritious baked grains with vitamin B and minerals for healthy digestion.
The Postum Cereal Company announces payments for each submitted Grape-Nuts recipe and prizes for top entries. Applicants must mail complete recipes on separate sheets with full address and meet eligibility rules. multiple recipes allowed but only one per sheet.
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