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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
5
Iowa tests at the agricultural experiment station show seed size greatly affects potato yields. One eye pieces produced about 76.5 bushels per acre, two eye pieces 94, quarter tubers 109.5, halves 113, and large whole tubers 140.5. Experts recommend 2 to 10 bushels per acre for seed, noting extra seed can raise final yield significantly.
Second grade and Advanced first year readers receive large certificates for twelve months perfect attendance. Louise Bins dropped from the Primary Honor Roll while Grace Sleeper was added. Students earn praise for multiplication practice and 100 credits wins. A marshmallow roast honors the losing side of the Primary Home Credit contest. Mariel Wolfe celebrated a seventh birthday with treats. Intermediate and Third graders study Riley and Stevenson's poems. Eighth graders Bether and Pearl Helmer enroll. two pupils leave for new homes. The school plans a Community Clean Up Day and reports $38.25 raised last Friday. Donations of five dollars from Miss Budjong and Rev J A Troke are noted. A notice lists high school method expenditures. The Daly Players seek to form a Titonka baseball team and plan a Friday meeting at Hean’s Hall.
Farmers report Frank Kouba sold his eighty acre Corey Tarn farm north of Wesley for 225 dollars per acre cash. The piece discusses Cummins in 1918 politics and potential candidates Henry Adams and Frank Woods. Local items include community notices from Wesley and Britt, brief society happenings, and scattered war talk about Zeppelin raids and mine plans.
Frank Foster and Victor Lamoreur spent Saturday in Titonice meeting locals and buying groceries. They purchased liver cheese and pork and were described as a healthy looking pair taking home what one paper called life giving eats.
Announcement lists runner duck eggs for sale in pale light fawn and white, offered by Jenta Yor and others. Price given as $3.00 per hundred with location in Woden Towie.
An editor’s commission laments their own ridicule of a man and proposes a mock obituary as the community reflects on national failings. The piece catalogues the man’s life events while noting many details were mentioned without praise or privilege.
Statement of ownership for The Titonka Topic, published weekly in Titonka, Iowa. Details the manager publisher landowner Lea Wolfe of Titonka and the bondholders and security holders led by Mergenthaler Linotype Co. New York. Notarized April 1915 by Budlong, Notary Public.
A resident in Kuna Idaho writes to a recipient named Wolfe describing a harsh winter and arguing against school consolidation. He criticizes travel for rural children, praises local land and irrigation projects, and warns that consolidation harms isolated families while offering dubious teaching quality.
The piece argues that towns long lacked safe places for children to play and urges creating supervised playgrounds. It notes cities boast big playgrounds but warns they must be well managed to channel energy positively. It stresses empty lots or vacant spaces can still serve youth if opened and supervised responsibly.
A notice states three hogs arrived at the claimant's place including one black with white markings and two red pigs. The owner must prove property and pay costs to reclaim the animals under police authority.
The Joint Boards of Supervisors in Winnebago and Kossuth counties Iowa approve amended classifications and assessments for numerous tracts. Changes raise or lower values and levy a total district cost of 9151 500 with per tract amounts set and interest at a fixed rate beginning after adoption.
The Times Republican notes Goldfield Iowa advances agricultural teaching in schools with an extensive program. Students study beef cattle dairying corn and silage through lectures, visits to farms, and lab work. Plans include a ten acre student plot, a corn crib, and a tanning club as part of the evolving agricultural curriculum.
A collage of brief items reports a daring thief in Newcastle with a dog savagely guarding a collar, a Wisconsin man Dies after 50 days on artificial respiration, an 18 year old in Sunbury swallows tacks, Berdie Smith sentenced to life for pennies theft in Charleston, Pa, Governor Brumbaugh notes no liquor-related campaign funds, and a 29 year old thief returns torn trousers to Banniman in Elkhart with no clue to motive.
Library opens Saturday 2 to 5 pm with Mrs. Chas Ball as librarian. Ladies Club meets with Mrs. Ty D Temple. Bookman magazine to join library reading list via subscription donated by Mrs. Wolfe. Club notes relief work by the Commission for Relief of Belgium with New York HQ outlining widespread women’s organization support and charity ships sailing.
Algona Courier notes John Bohannon, a public benefactor, intends to bulld two or more houses to aid community housing or disaster relief efforts.
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