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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1957
Page
8
A health bulletin notes Mary Worth’s family shows no illness but can spread Tularemia to humans. Iowa officials advise washing hands after handling game and thorough cooking. Tularemia often presents with fever chills and headache. seek early medical care. Benjamin Franklin is cited as the first U S postmaster.
A dragline at a gravel pit near Correction Ville uncovered a complete skeleton in an ancient burial. Mechanicsville mourns its oldest resident, John Cutton, who died at age 95.
Iowa sheriffs and state safety officers fear teen age drivers use farm to market routes for drag racing. They report tire marks indicating activity and say racers post lookouts and use shortwave radios to monitor police calls. Some crews even code name race locations on the radio.
Iowa health officials warn rabbit hunters to handle wild game with care as tularemia or rabbit fever reappears. Eight human cases were reported in 1955 and four in 1956, with transmission through infected animals and ticks common. Wear rubber gloves when dressing wild rabbits or handling raw meat to prevent infection.
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