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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
2
Official county paper lists advertising terms and rates including 3 cents per inch local insertions and 15 cents per inch for yearly contracts. Also shows 19 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents per line for each subsequent one, political notices at 20 cents per line per insertion.
Notice warns all auto owners and drivers in Vitonka to stop speeding after publication. Any vehicle exceeding 46 mph will be arrested under town ordinances, issued by Mayor Fisher. Editorial commentary criticizes local papers for partisan coverage and promotes better local reporting.
Local residents including Mr and Mrs W F Rike and families share visits and gatherings around Algona. Activities cover church socials temperance club, Burt and Titonka calls, farm matters, and school notes listing tardies and perfects across grades.
Absences linger from illness as Beginners enroll Nora Hilgen Myttlé Sachau Loise Brena Ailie Muller Walter Andersen and Henry Tademaker. The first grade wrote to Paul and Mabel Dieckman. Earl and Ralph Dahl treated the class to home made candy for Warls ninth birthday.
Local notes report Mrs C W Plugsh of Normand te visiting with daughter Mrs Gen Lamoreux and relatives. J H Dieckman of St Paul writes of good job handling Rock Island supplies. W Oaks and sons of Broken How Ned arrive to tile the Lund place in Wesley township. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Hopkis of Garinga township. Al Falkenhaier of Algona visits while draining land west of town. E B Taylor dredging on local land. Cosgrove buys land east of his old home. price not disclosed. Jack Monson of Burt injures his finger tightening a burr while repairing a disc. Weslay prospectors Dy Carmory and Joseph Tmenth cock tour farms with Banker Cosgrove. Heath cock praised as industrious farmer. Rumors about Pat Gilligan and an alleged shooting at Titonka debunked as prank after telephone checks.
Fragmentary OCR reading mentions Irish figures and a general rule, with garbled phrases about danger and meeting. includes stray names and disjointed references to horses or stalls and weights, not forming a coherent event or notice.
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