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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
6
Readers are presented with a collage of summer fashion, fabrics, and accessories. Descriptions cover hats, embroidery, lace trims, belts, and novelty items from leading shops, noting colors like blue and Delft, and items such as pelt hats, corsets, and plaited accents. The piece also mentions general fashion retail trends and the push for novel goods in watches and jewelry.
Jagged OCR notes describe miscellaneous health and travel hints. Mentions methylated spirits, pepper bags, and cleaning powders for dishes and luggage. Obscure lines reference refreshing powders and domestic uses, with garbled spellings and stray phrases.
The piece notes Seth Adams as an early Merino importer and influential Ohio breeder. It describes a proposed Beth Adams Memorial Building at Ohio State University, to house a lecture hall, library, memorial room, and associated facilities, funded by sheep organizations and state legislature, with a cent per sheep contribution proposal.
The study balances corn rations against feeds to evaluate cost per 190 pounds of gain. It finds fed corn with bluegrass, clover, alfalfa, alfalfa and rapeseed, and other mixes yield different pounds of gain per given pounds of corn, with costs reported in dollars and cents for each diet.
Fragmentary report notes the International Live Stock Exposition Association meeting last week. It mentions formation of a liquor legalization committee, adoption of bylaws, and selection of twenty one directors at an event involving various stakeholders.
Purdue University plans a May opening for its Dairy Department creamery, operating on a commercial basis with milk from Zormeré in the nearby city. The new equipment includes separators, churns, vats and cream ripeners to study digestion and dairy processes, led by Prof. Van Nortian and N. Slater of Talviamaan, Minnesota, a veteran creamery operator and Purdue instructor.
The article stresses selecting cows by milk capacity to improve profits. It notes many cows produce 3000 to 4000 pounds annually, while some exceed 12,000 pounds. It argues for better breeding and culling to raise herd average beyond 6000 pounds and warns against keeping low performers.
A fragment from a dairy report discusses creamery duties and supply issues. Makers consider covering canvas to keep dust out and prevent cream from freezing during winter. Suggestions include supplying hay bales or heaters to prevent cream from freezing and maintain quality.
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