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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
4
John Nelson returns from a two week visit to Racine and Milwaukee Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs L Tripp welcome a baby boy born last Tuesday. Dozens of local visits mark a busy week with Wessels Jutting Boekleman Bruhns and Sleeper families among those hosting and being visited. Several residents report car usage resumes and farmers building new structures. Theodore Albers sick. Yahnke and Wessels host Friday gathering.
Miss Martha Maas assists with house cleaning at the Melz home in Hebron this week. Mr and Mrs Wm Baum and sons of Germania visited the Hertske home. Rosie Trasamar visited the Otthaffe home. Miss Jennie Rippentrop returned from visiting her uncle K Rippentrop. Einora Olthoff was a guest at the Baum home in Germania. Fannie Helmer returned from Miller South Dakota after months away. Marie Melz and Annie Trasamar called at the Baum home. Mr and Mrs Joe Jurgens and daughter visited the Furst home. The first dance of the season was at Ford Koppen’s as a surprise to Mr Koppen. Minnie Seibold and brother Jon attended the Bertha Baumen wedding in Germania. Ben and Grace Rippentrop and Sadie Patterson visited the Hertske home. The dredge is expected to start work soon. John Roelfsema called at the Helmer home. Wm Olthoff sold cattle to L G Wolcott of Germania. A gate agent visited. many farmers bought gates. The Hertske boy was ill late last week. Glenn Smith was sick under doctor’s care. Tony Hill visited his brother John. Clara Mitchell visited Alice Julins in Buffalo Center over Sunday. Lydia Hill will work for Mrs.
In Germania this summer Will Meyer undertook carpentry work at the Ford Kop home. Rufus Olthoff invested in a copying machine and will clip horses for local farmers until spring. Max Dahims and the Misses Bauman visited Aunt Mrs H Maas. Laura Lepley returned to Buffalo Center for school after an eight week vacation. Hannah Schneider became new telephone operator at Germania central office. Winterminter, former central operator, returns to Minnesota. Mrs J Jonson and Buffalo Center children visited J Lepley. Paul Hertske bought seven head of calves.
Local residents report meetings at the schoolhouse causing a day off for students. Social visits, business calls, and family gatherings fill days as neighbors travel to Algona Britt Sexton Burt and Titonka. A new Ford car, a baby born, and several illnesses mark the week in Portland and surrounding farms.
A carved set of small community notices shows Mrs Elvidges mother Mrs McDonald visiting and Miss Peters spending spring vacation with her parents. Mr and Mrs Peter White honeymoon at Lake City. Arthur Peterson of Algona visited, Miss Josephine helps at the Ditmer home, and Louise Rike attended school Friday. Bagster guests at the Graham home include A D Graham family and F O Stow family with James Sewick. L R Daniels and wife visiting Burt Monday.
Burt and vicinity residents report visitors from Lone Rock Algona and Bancroft. A new garage is being built, decorations for the school yard progress, and efforts to form a ball team. Concerns include theft from a grave, community illnesses, and a typhoid death among Mrs. Mal Jomsfeldt’s family.
A jumble of community occurrences is reported, including tenth grade exam results with praise for a pupil and tutoring by Miss Ninyori, Sylvia Anderson’s busy week of painting for neighbors, and a girl with an ear abscess requiring medical care. Delegates named for a missionary meeting, illness updates, and social visits are noted alongside various local happenings.
An item notices a special sale or promotion for a collection labeled The Topie The Homestead and related brands The Topie Wallace The Topic Chicozo. Details are unclear but indicate a marketing push targeting shoppers.
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