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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
1
An unsigned pane of humorously deranged notices lists bizarre items for trade and sale including guns swords maps planes and historic memorabilia. Named figures appear in spoof notices from Goering Goebbels Mussolini and Franco to evoke a satirical wartime marketplace.
A quirky collage of verse mocking postwar public life and politics. It presents a fictional ideal figure who shuns publicity, focuses on producing results, and desires victory in war while mixing in satirical lines about media, garden chats, and OPA price cuts. It mentions Lucius Brann and Elmer Twitchell in playful asides.
Readily available vegetables and berries inspire home canning. Learn two hour rule from garden to kettle, proper cooking times, and two fruit conserve recipes Strawberry Rhubarb and Three Fruit Preserves with step by step sterilization and sealing guidance.
Dr. William A. Albrecht of Missouri U describes soil’s fourth dimension, fertility, as key to crop production beyond weather and erosion. He cites soybeans tests showing fertilizer increased yield from 20 to 25 bushels, stressing soil responsibility in war-time food supply.
Lynn Chambers presents a compact menu slice featuring leftover ham potato salad spinach and a grapefruit strawberry salad with whole wheat bread rhubarb dessert and a beverage. The items emphasize practical use of leftovers in a balanced meal.
Guidance on making Sunshine Strawberry Preserves Raspberry-Cherry Conserve and Sour Cherry Currant Jelly with steps for selecting fruit, cooking, adding sugar and pectin, canning in sterilized jars, and paraffin sealing. Includes instructions for pressure canning and water bath methods for spinach asparagus green peas and vegetables, plus a note to obtain a meat roasting chart from Miss Lynn Chambers via Western Newspaper Union.
The article advises testing printed rayon with clear water to ensure color does not run. If water is color fast, soap suds will also be safe. It covers hem alteration, removing creases, bulb care, dirt in mouldings, stain removal, and waxed thread technique for buttons.
Popular observations suggest avoiding rut in cooking with clever substitutions. Use soured milk for muffins, pair rice pudding with chilled seasonal fruits, and try orange juice and rind in biscuits. Lamb or ham patties respond to mustard, fish benefits from accompaniments, and tomatoes can be stuffed with cucumbers cottage cheese and sour cream.
The Bituminous Coal Institute reports a new sulfa drug, sulfaguanidine, will soon raise poultry and dairy supplies by fighting cecal cocci disease in chickens and calves. Tests show reduced mortality to 12 percent of prior rates when chickens receive 0.5 to 1 percent in mash, with immunity building as infection is arrested rather than eliminated.
A prominent clergyman spoke to hundreds of middle aged spinsters at a National Spinsters’ Pensions association gathering. He urged them to fight for economic independence, declaring you must fight and win and pass it on to your children.
A brief 10 day suggestion promotes treating constipation with lemon juice and water each morning. It touts lemons as rich in vitamin C and other nutrients, claiming improved digestion, energy, and resistance to illnesses. The admonition guides readers to try this wake-up drink and see if it helps.
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