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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1943
Page
8
A collection of thrift era home hacks including heat for hands from a hot water bottle in a clothespin bag, a dress snap for cuff ease, measuring tape on bag handles, a heated old hoe repurposed for edging and chores, test frying fat with bread, refrigerator cleaning with warm water and borax, a brick as a sewing-anchoring aid, monkey wrench handle repair with pipe for leverage, and a pineapple macaroons frosting mix for white or yellow cake.
Margaret Nichols and Kitty Chatchett held property in joint tenancy. Kitty's death benefits Nichols with 200000, while Elsa Chatfield, disinherited niece, arrives as tensions rise. Detective Huntoon Rogers questions morphine causation amid lingering doubts by the district attorney. Reed Barton emerges as a potential motive suspect.
The narrator recalls a late night drive to Hollywood with Elsa Chatfield in a working girl dress and an overnight bag, reflecting on youth and Aunt Kitty’s morphine overdose as Reed Barton talks about beauty and a warning tone threads through encounters with Reed, Anne, and Huntoon Rogers amid nightlife and seekings.
The narrative revisits Katherine Chatfield's death, with Reed Barton revealing he believes no clear murder motive existed. Inspector Rogers notes a faint chloroform odor and old police conclusions of death by action, while Barton recalls family tensions and financial strain from Chatfield’s mortgage.
A lively 1940s cinema page notes James Cagney in The Magic Lanterns and Robert Donat in The Adventures of Tartu while Abbott and Costello perform in Hit the Ice. Parisian glamour meets wartime nostalgia with Midtown Vignette and Manhattan Mural sketches and Broadway whimsy.
A vintage Barbara Bell pattern promises a stylish jumper with back buttons and a round-neck blouse. Pattern No 1858-B offers sizes 11 to 19 with busts 29 to 37 inches. Size 19 needs 3.5 yards of 39 inch fabric and blouse fabric separate.
The phrase rro patria on donor pins signifies a patriotic appeal to country. The Balkans consist of about seven states in common historical reference. The Golden Rule appears in the book of Matthew in the New Testament. In aerial combat a common wartime ratio is one ground crewman per aircraft, or one man on the ground for each flyer. Damocles was suspended by his host, King Dionysius, with a sword overhead.
The compilation presents five numbered items listing common phrases and figures. Item one names the Answers sequence. Item two names six nations in Europe including Yugoslavia Romania Bulgaria Albania Greece and Turkey. Item three cites Matthew chapter seven verse twelve. Item four notes an approximate ratio of fifteen to one. Item five mentions Dionysius as a proper noun.
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