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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
2
A Manilla Times editorial riff on advertising habits arguing that those who avoid ads for reasons of tradition cost, failure or ignorance should rethink their stance. It claims restraint in advertising harms business and uses humorous analogies to urge proactive promotion.
The Cloquet merchants auction raised startling sums last week with a case of beer selling for 2100, a small keg of butter for 1000, and a rug for 3000. Purchases used auction money provided by local merchants, not government funds, as the crowd enjoyed the wild spree.
A 240 acre farm near Lake Washington, sold fourteen years ago by C V McGraw to John Davis and later to Richard and Margaret Speers, paid off the entire $26,000 mortgage in full this Saturday. The Speers received full title after the last payment, with farm receipts covering the sum.
The piece extols corn, praising Golden Bantam with vivid, humorous imagery. It notes the ritual of buttered ears and the mouthwatering joy of a corn feast, while playfully invoking biblical and classical references to corn and wine before returning to a celebration of seasonal harvest.
Hans Selveg of Sandy Point caught a 150 pound sturgeon at Lake of the Woods last week. The record remains the 256 pound monster taken at Bixby Island years ago, still the all time largest.
The Lake View Resort editor argues bankers oppose postal savings as unfair competition but notes printers face the same subsidy. He says bankers remain silent while printers lose money on stamped envelopes from Uncle Sam, calling out alleged double standard in government support.
Verne Soltau of Sauk Center discovered a complete elk horn set with skull and jaw at the lake bottom. The horns, likely from a century ago, were about two and a half feet long now, and probably once reached at least five feet in length.
A 12 point rise lifted the general average of prices paid farmers in the United States for agricultural commodities to 76 percent of pre war level for the month ended July 15. The July 15 index for all farm commodities was 19 points higher than a year earlier, with grains up 52 points and cotton and cottonseed up 43 points. Meat animal prices declined 6 points from a year ago, while market declines since July 15, 1938 show the index has fallen notably from that date.
A nostalgic look back lists social dinner guests including Miss Mary G Hallock and Messrs Roy Ball and Roy Budlong. Bits report a barn struck by lightning near Iron River Wisconsin, sales of farms and land around Burt Portland and German township, residents moving to Elwell, teaching plans, a newborn, a funeral, a near wreck north of Estherville, and notes on Gifford’s merry go round investment. The item mentions Rev Meuller’s trip to Merrill, and long land trips once made by Peter Reibsamen.
Thirty years ago reports note Rey A H Wood and wife with Mrs J J Budlong returning from a western trip, Harry Presfield named editor of the Woden Watchman, a baby born to Mr and Mrs Ben Longbottom. R Woolridge and family head to Libertyville Illinois, Herman Ward returns from Colorado, A B Davis new agent for Way Johnson Lee Co elevator, Sheriff McDonald arrests Jonas Parks for illegal beer sales, beer to be spilled on courthouse lawn in Algona, talk of establishing an electric company to link Titanica with the hub, Fred Westendorf of German township injures limb in fall, Dr Packard attends, H E Paine advertises Dinner Party Coffee, W F Fisher announces two car buggies up for sacrifice sale.
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