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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
2
The Titonka Topic notes Lee D. Wolfe and C. B. Wolfe as associates with Frank Foster listed as foreman and linotypist. The weekly publication is printed every Thursday and mailed from the Titonka Iowa post office as a second class matter.
A collection of era notes and opinions on World War I covering modest political philosophy, wartime economics, and public sentiment. The author critiques ammunition profiteers, urges universal service, and discusses a Des Moines Register allegory about anti Christ and the four emblematic powers.
A speaker argues against tax measures aimed at enriching millionaires and billionaires. The speaker expresses confidence in the president and advisors to block what they call blatant injustice to ordinary citizens.
The author argues that postwar conditions will bring demand and credit abundance, with debt largely held by citizens and public spending funded by taxes. He notes wartime employment and savings as catalysts, comparing potential recovery to the post Civil War era and forecasting renewed business activity despite scarce goods.
A lively verse promotes a community clean-up day. The song urges women to gather trash, old clothes, magazines, bones, and discarded items to sell or recycle. It celebrates neighbors, wagons, and the junkman calling, highlighting economic and civic benefits.
Community message urges trash pickup and garden work to beautify towns with Uncle Sam seed packets while a bizarre aside references a blue fear and home remedies. The text mixes civic volunteerism with unsafe instructions on pest control and disinfection.
Odor based repellents are described using lavender oil mixed with water in a glass atomizer to spray rooms and table linen. The text notes that some scents are offensive to flies while others are pleasant to people, listing several plants and blossoms.
Notice to settle all accounts owed to Titonka Grain Co after its sale. Payment before April 15 requested. Also included is a thirty-year-old market prices list from Story City showing corn 30 cents oats 20 cents wheat 60 cents hogs 3.50 cattle 3.50 butter 14 cents eggs 15 cents and a reflection on newspaper pricing.
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