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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
2
In advance notice advertising rates listed. Space advertising yearly contracts four per inch, less than yearly contracts fifteen cents per inch, each insertion. Local advertising one cent per line for first insertion five cents per line for each successive insertion. Positioning noted at twenty cents per line for insertions.
A clipped verse mocks a doctor as a germ infested dope concoctor. It notes he takes naps and is called upon by friends and foes in happiness and woo across day and night. The piece ends by lamenting cramps on pay day and the futility of cursing.
The feature discusses herbs and weeds as medicines and warns of dangers from vegetable remedies. It notes burdock, taraxacum, belladonna, and digitalis as examples and cautions against self treatment without a doctor’s direction. It also covers seed corn selection, drying, and storage practices for next year’s crop, urging vigilance for possible early frost and careful drying to preserve germination.
The article advises saving seed corn from the best and most mature ears for 1915, noting the abnormal year and potential frost. It recommends selecting seed early from one's own fields if a variety proves hardy to local conditions and stresses preparing for next spring.
L G Malibault Co of Minnesota reports on alfalfa as pasture forage and asks whether alfalfa will make good pasture. The note seeks guidance on its suitability and feed value for grazing.
In experiments with growing colts, alfalfa pasture produced excellent results with high protein aiding growth, while red clover offered similar benefits but too watery a feed for work horses. Cattle and sheep face danger of bloat on alfalfa and clover pasture, especially when dew or rain wets the forage, making timely cutting important.
The article promotes dairy education via farm demonstrations at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa from September 27 to October. Five cows with poorest records and five with best will be shown to prove that looks deceive capability and that testing reveals true producers and poor performers.
Library open Saturday afternoon 2 to 5. Mrs St D Temple jigbration for the day. Embroidery Club meets at Mrs S S Hudson home this Thursday afternoon. Mrs Victor Lamoreux to entertain. How Do You Know Dewelt The Litonka Topic Lried printing obituary in German last week but Editor Wolfe cannot read the language, causing errors in the proof.
A church notes page includes lines about an upcoming annual conference in October at Ft. Dodge and subscription renewals due by September 30. It urges stewards to meet, a baptismal service next Sunday, and invites participation in services. The text mixes humor with moral guidance and references to public warnings and commonsense prescriptions.
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