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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1923
Page
6
English streetcars are double deckers with rooftop seats and now fitted with shaftless periscopes. Experiments show the device will enter general use. mirrors at car ends let conductors view upper decks from the stairs, noting high level movement from the footboard to save time and prevent crowding at halting points.
A disappointed friend recalls being told the election would be a walk over, but the former candidate admits it was not easy and suggests the doorstep effort changed the outcome.
A reflective line notes that people often avoid discovering certain facts or truths. The phrase evokes curiosity and the reluctance to confront hidden knowledge.
Secretary Work announces a fact finding commission to study the nation’s irrigation and land reclamation system. Members include Julius Barnes Oscar Bradfute James Garfield Elwood Mead Berkeley Thomas Campbell David Davis and John Widtsoe. The inquiry aims to address funding, home ownership, and future land development.
The Highway Education board launches the third annual safety campaign with two contests for elementary pupils and teachers. About five hundred prizes from the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce will honor essays on Highway Safety Habits I Should Learn. Contest runs until December 4, 1923.
Treasury announces approved new uniform designs for United States notes silver certificates and federal reserve notes up to 100 dollars. portraits will include Washington Lincoln Jackson Grant Franklin and Jefferson with back designs similar to current gold notes aiming to foil counterfeiting and standardize currency. The two dollar bill faces removal is under consideration with Jefferson slated if kept in circulation.
Count Yamamoto on behalf of Japan expresses gratitude to the United States for disaster relief. Masao Hanihara hands the message to the State Department as Japan credits American aid and Red Cross efforts. The note links relief to wartime treaties and hopes for world peace by strengthening U S Japanese friendship.
Black knot, a serious fungal disease, affects plum trees and sometimes cherries. It causes olive green to black swelling on twigs and fruit spurs, spreading spores in spring and fall. control hinges on careful pruning and burning of infected material.
Guidance on feeding work horses emphasizes generous rations. It recommends a grain mix of corn and oats, about 1% pounds of grain per 100 pounds of horse weight during heavy work, plus roughly one pound of high quality hay per day per 100 pounds of live weight. Water access and noon hay are advised.
The Missouri experiment station shows rapid flock improvement by selecting the first crowing cockerels and early laying pullets for breeding. Early crowers in Leghorns and fighter breeds appear around six weeks, heavier breeds by nine weeks, and marked birds receive extra attention until maturity.
Dampness or draughts in the poultry house cause roup. Remove nasal accumulations, rub the sick hen’s head with camphorated grease, and use a coal turtle as a preventive aid. Success depends on cooling and curing the ailment before the bird becomes devitalized and help becomes impossible.
United States Department of Agriculture advises selecting seed corn from fields with proven success. Choose ears from high yielding, disease-free stalks and protect from insects with tight husks in the South. Dry thoroughly after gathering, cure in a dry airy place, then store in a dry, rodent-free location for best long term gains.
Opinions differ on the best harvest time. Minnesota experiment station official Andrew Boss says start when three or four lower leaves yellow and drop, placing corn in milk or hard dough stage for dairy cows. For beef cattle, he suggests leaving corn until fully dented unless heat or drought force earlier harvest.
An old poultryman notes that there is no single best breed for beginners. Depending on who you ask White Plymouth Rocks Barred Plymouth Rocks Rhode Island Red supporters all claim their favorite is superior. The list includes White Wyandottes Orpingtons Leghorns Anconas Minorcas Campines and Blue Andalusians with each having a supporter.
Advice on managing small flock poultry to optimize meat sales and winter laying. Sell young cocks and keep pullets for laying, dispose of hens over two years unless meriting another winter, and avoid carrying surplus roosters. Emphasizes keeping flocks young and vigorous.
Wheat can be a satisfactory ration for brood sows when combined with higher protein feeds and minerals. Sows must not become over fat or fed a ration nearly all wheat. with careful management and supplements like legumes, wheat becomes an effective component of the diet.
A critique of American social exclusivity compares the past four hundred society to modern elites. The piece mocks old hierarchies and notes London and American standards of beauty, breeding, and cleverness now fail to guarantee admission to elite circles.
Mose Sampson faced a jailhouse question as the judge pressed for an alibi. The prisoner, speaking in a thick patois, declared not guilty and offered a garbled response about an alley he escaped through with chickens. The reflection notes how even a stubborn man can reveal himself when giving advice.
Dr. R. V. Pierce, famed Buffalo physician, promoted Favorite Prescription as a pure regulator of women’s ills based on Native American remedies. The ad touts its long use by women and urges readers to send 10 cents for a trial package from Dr. Pierce’s Invalides Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
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