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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
2
A notice from the Titonka Iowa Post Office states the paper is distributed to a territory reached by no other paper. The entry appears under Second-Class Mail Matter with foreign advertising representation by The American Press Association.
Home demonstration agents of land grant colleges introduced Betty, a tight-fitting dress form, to farm homes and towns across the country. About 631 Betties were made in Merrimac County New Hampshire, costing $590, as women report clearer self view and better posture, prompting inquiries to county agents about obtaining one.
The passage extols spring as a universal impulse that awakens fishing travel gardening and violet gifts and praises the sensory delight of plowing in mild land with a calm team while cows roam fields and evenings evoke contentment and pastoral life.
The piece evokes milking sounds and farm life as spring magic, from cows at work to distant rooster crowing. It argues that cosmic forces shaping moon stars forests winds and suns are vital to well being, and living close to earth and sea brings contentment and health.
The article stresses planting potatoes in April or May using Northern seed stock and a mix of Early Six Weeks Red River Ohips and Green Mountain for continuous harvests. It then outlines mid summer planting for beets carrots kohlrabi parsnips and turnips to ensure winter storage, with variety notes and storage tips.
Mr Edward Christenson returned home from Appleton Minnesota after an extended visit. Mr Will Swanson of Gibson City Illinois has been visiting with his grandmother Mrs Theo Fredrickson. John Fitzpatrick was a caller at the home during the past week.
Over the past week, Garner and Klemme visitors shopped at the Electric Light Co. in Britt. Rev and Mrs Kruse and many others from Buffalo Center, Titonka, Goodell, and surrounding towns called on residents, with several traveling to Minneapolis for visits or medical treatments.
The Ringsted Dispatch questions the states tax hike and notes the 38th and 48th General Assemblies failed to fund new or ongoing state educational and care institutions. It argues budget deficits and coal costs drove millage increases and warns against blaming the GOP administration for rising living costs.
Children at the school are happy over the arrival and installation of a new slide praised for safety. Mothers complain about repeated mending of wearing apparel while some teachers reportedly shouted the chutes when spectators were absent. Local visitors Jennings and wife from Waukesha Wisconsin visit Hadleys en route to the coast.
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