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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
3
Dodge 1 ton chassis and cab with duals and a 1939 Plymouth Tudor listed for sale. New 1 ton Dodge pickup offered. Mrs. Frank Raymond, a young mother with two children, died in a kerosene explosion at her Soldier-area home. No witnesses. a five gallon kerosene can with a blown bottom was found beside the stove.
Westinghouse scientist Robert I. Sterling unveils a foamed plastic insulation that swells to 100 times its volume when heated. The light, fire resistant material fills metal wall sections, promising vast insulation with low cost for farms and appliances.
An AVMA report highlights spread of respiratory infections from coughing cattle in a cowbarn. It notes an unusual case of tuberculosis of the eye in a heifer linked to a coughing TB cow stanchioned nearby in England. The AVMA urges isolation of animals with respiratory symptoms to protect the herd.
Seed field mice ruin cucumber, cantaloupe, and watermelon crops by eating planted seed and snipping young plants. H A Bowers, Clemson college crop specialist, notes meadow mice destroy seeds after planting and pine mice topple plants at the ground.
Local residents return from trips and visits across Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin. Lakota Don Wartman came home from Minneapolis while the Schroeder family vacationed in Ely and along the Canadian line. Numerous relatives friends and nurses are mentioned with travels hospital stays and gatherings through the week.
Geography class tours the world visiting peers abroad starting in Malaya with a boy named Bunga. Grade reports note 13 perfect in spelling, second graders adjust with new teacher Miss Bierle, and First Grade enjoys circus themed lessons. Wesley girls enter Mercy Hospital nursing, Briarcliff College begins for another student, with a final line on Swiss skiing.
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