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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1912
Page
6
Practical farm guidance on drying corn for fodder, feeding dairy cows, and managing poultry. Highlights include keeping livestock healthy, storing feed, using separators, and valuing dry forage. Emphasizes moisture, weather, and careful handling to maximize cattle and hog gains amid rising prices.
A garbled OCR passage lists numerous Iowa politicians and regions such as Cherokee Woodbury Pocahontas Spirit Lake Sioux City and Sioux Center with party affiliations Republican Democrat and names like Joe Alten Mapletho Craw and Guy Ginett. It appears to be a roster of candidates for the next Legislature with mixed clarity.
Plymouth County totals list many candidates and votes from Taft to Roosevelt and others across numerous offices. It records auditor Clark and clerk of courts, sheriff, attorney, treasurer, and school superintendent results, noting Republican and Democratic leads and scattered incomplete or formatted entries.
Fragmentary OCR suggests Crawford Depleun results with 15 of 24 voting units, Hatt Rodnevet figures and an implied 1 100 vote plurality for Wileon.
The text notes Waldorf College president at Forest City returning to the senate at the start of the year. It references political figures and a Democratic party victory with several numeric tallies and names, though the OCR is garbled.
Editor L. Long argues that Minnesota and Wisconsin use road funds poorly. He urges creating an active highway commission of three and placing automobile license revenue under its control to start permanent road construction and eventually support a mill levy for expansion.
Iowa associations chiefs endorse a state police and detectives division to protect rural districts, arguing capable officers should be available during major incidents. The plan also seeks improved identification and control to prevent the sale of deadly weapons.
Seven people were saved from Freeman Current's residence after a fire while in their night clothes. Angles broken and suffered injuries. rescue by college volunteers and five firefighters. D. Guntog, 22, a yard worker, died when a car load toppled. coal dust and debris hampered the scene.
A historical discussion questions whether battleships should be built without armor as modern high power shells threaten armor effectiveness. It notes armor gains were small over 60 years while gun power rose, argues for removing armor to gain speed and firepower, and cites historic ironclads and current armor thickness in battleships.
At Harwich opening of the Textus congress Thomas Welch describes Tweed designs from Sir Walter Scott era. Black and white tweed gave way to brown dyed checks, then black and green and blue broken checks. Trade boomed as colors spread, with dyeing advances linked to Garry river and Killiecrankie references.
The superintendent of the Johns Hopkins Botanical Gardens, Willam OH. Witte, proposes an automatic method for recording sea temperature changes. Water in a bow tank drives three devices a high and low thermometer a copper levered recorder and a revolving drum with alcohol filled tubes linked by a diaphragm and lever to log temperature changes. The pilot house can read the records.
The piece discusses two forms of golf one that avoids ball hunting and one where players hunt the ball as a science. It describes ambteur anddies, groups of two to four, and the aim of locating the ball before continuing play.
A garbled passage portrays characters in a street setting with errant speech and unclear intent. The dialogue fragments reference bustling Fifth Avenue and hints of awkward conversations about size and cost, leaving the scene disjointed and open to interpretation.
A damaged snippet references Sir Frederic Trevens in connection with a royal operation, likening the king to an apple or watermelon in a casual remark. The text is fragmentary with unclear context and entities.
An unclear dialogue fragment features a horrified relative and Mrs Meddley discussing New York underworld and the notion of a subway system, suggesting curiosity about urban transit. The text presents clipped lines and odd spellings.
The piece notes public resistance by women and groups toward a secret ban, urging openness and fair rule. It highlights calls for transparent fashion and social policy, emphasizing patience and inclusive dialogue.
A brief, humorous line shows a speaker asking about participation in a “wet on filen” task and answering that they perform sentry duty at the breakfast table guarding the milk pitcher each morning.
Fragments mention a person called Smith and a bill poster role. A woman comments on her husband and states she is not feeling well. Text appears as garbled OCR withIncomplete phrases and stray quotes.
A reader testifies that switching from starchy and greasy foods to Grapenuts cured long standing stomach and digestion problems. The account recounts relief from indigestion and pain after two weeks, with complete recovery in two months, enabling eating freely.
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