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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
4
The Ti Tonka Café promotes a special Sunday dinner event. Aimed at attracting local diners, the notice highlights a curated menu and limited seating for the weekend. Reservations are encouraged to secure a table.
Wadstor Reporter defends Iowa road policy amid claims of neglect in Palo Alto county. The author argues the state’s road law, not an emergency measure, spurred extensive, lasting construction nationwide. The piece asserts Iowa counties, including Palo Alto, have pursued a constructive, permanent road program.
The author argues Iowa road work requires drainage before paving and highlights durable bridges and long-term plans under current law. He compares Lincoln and North Iowa highways, notes rough stretches in Palo Alto and Emmet counties, and asserts Palo Alto has substantial concrete and graveled miles with future hard surfacing plans despite claims of exhausted funds.
A 1922 letter from L. T. Mayne criticizes Palo Alto county roads as the worst and denounces endless campaigning for pothole ridden repair. He urges a genuine conservative program to spend on permanent roads and a system that lasts, noting local frustration with shifting funds and uneven county gains.
W H Wellhuse of Town State College urges early summer and fall fly control. Fly traps with good bait reduce large fly populations in Iowa towns.
The article traces Maine's history from early voyages by Leif Erikson and John Cabot to Capt. John Smith. It covers Gorges and Mason's claims, York's 1625 settlement, and Maine's fusion with Massachusetts before becoming the twenty third state in 1820. It notes Maine’s prohibition era start and its Republican shift since 1854.
Article notes flies breed rapidly in heat and manure piles, urging cleanup of garbage to reduce breeding sites. It quotes Mr Wellhouse on flies carrying disease, mentions burning garbage to kill breeding grounds, winter kills many flies, and recommends fall extermination and early summer swatting to limit populations.
In Iowa diversifying farming includes beekeeping with 65 attendees across two sessions. Forty participants keep bees for profit. Demonstrations at E B Ditimer in Portland Twp and Selin Ecklund's in Grant Twp on August 22 and 23 mark the fourth such event this year. The next session will cover winter bee care and preparing packing cases for cold weather.
W E Dittmer, a Kossuth county boy, led the demonstration for Iowa State College Extension. New Italian queens were introduced in all colonies to increase egg laying before winter, using shipping cages with a sugar layer to separate queen from bees. The five day acclimation period is followed by colony inspection to confirm egg laying.
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