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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1937
Page
2
A hometown column lauds President Roosevelt and the re elected F. A. as facing wartime duties. It urges lawmakers to justify their records in upcoming elections and predicts teachers will prove their capability, while warning Minnesota sign jumpers and urging drivers to stop at every stop sign.
The Knoxville Journal-The Journal doubts success against what it terms a Roosevelt assault on the Supreme Court. It argues Roosevelt and the Farley machine wield decisive power and suggests their aims are clear and unstoppable.
The Greater Towns Commission reports California death rate at 11.8 per thousand while Iowa shows 10.6 despite Iowa’s older population. Iowa’s 65 plus share is 7.4 percent versus California’s 6.4 percent, prompting strong insistence that Iowa is advancing in health.
The Webster City Freeman-All argues that men over seventy are not mentally disabled but reach their peak after seventy. The piece mocks younger men claiming they know all, while at seventy they discover how much they misjudged. It portrays sixty and fifty as pretenders and stresses enduring insight with age.
The Algona Advance calls for a citywide effort to improve the town’s appearance this spring. It advocates eliminating visual eyesores and promoting order and beauty through a coordinated clean up and paint up campaign.
A long column lists numerous Wesley area residents and visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hopkins, Rev. and Mrs. G Paul Carlson, Mrs. Julius Kunz, Mrs. Ida Grattidge, Miss Phyllis Dougan, Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Bottom, and many others. It notes arrivals, visits, and outings, a town clerk change from James red A. Dickman to Thomas McMahon, and various household events, travels to Des Moines and Rochester for clinics and weddings, plus upcoming events like a spring bazaar and a Doan P T A meeting.
Sunday services will be in German with English basement translation. An evening music program at 7:45 features the local high school band and glee club under the Young People's Club. attendance urged. Honest Larry Beenken and Gertrude Harms and Henry Van Hove baptisms recorded. Sunday School notes show 205 in attendance with 253 in the hour. 81 scholars and one teacher were missing. Continuous crowding noted. aim for near perfect attendance.
A fragmented report lists Tan Youngs and Mra. Christensen among visitors on Monday, with references to Andrew Hangen and Dean Andrews. Mentions of Dale Biruters, Mason, and Toby Ve je teletsges appear, suggesting a local social or school context.
Eye Observing in Mason City Globe Gazette notes theatres would adopt vigorous handling of disturbances to make performances more attractive and compel disturbers to conform to normal behavior.
A fragmentary honor roll shows names including Will Rode from Mtonka Iowa and Wm Koch from Apr 1 1938, Thompson from Towa FW Schram, Hamilton from Montana, Martin Asche from Lakota Iowa, with entries dated April 1 1938 and January 1 1938.
Upper Des Moines notes that civic knowledge sustains democracy and wards off upheaval. Mesdames Chester Lamoreux and George Bonacker traveled to Algona Thursday to visit Jake Isenberger in the hospital, awaiting transfer to Iowa City as he battles diabetes.
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