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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
5
The Wesley column lists numerous local social events and visits. Mayme McNamee leaves to visit relatives in Mason City before returning to Dubuque, while Mrs. Oliver Young is sick. Many residents and гости attend picnics at Clear Lake, visits to Britt, Des Moines, and Garner, and a forthcoming wedding at St. Joseph’s church for Rita Studer and Leo Young.
Mrs M W Conwell reached for four weeds in her strawberry bed and picked up one end of a seven foot ball snake. The Knoxville Journal says she dropped it immediately. City employers grant the only ones who have their troubles. At Villiscalas a team of work horses trampled owner F Henry Carmichael after he fell in a stall. He was cut and bruised badly.
A Brooklyn Iowa tale reports a family traveling from Nebraska halted in town for two days when their cat, a large Persian valued at 260 dollars, jumped from the car. The feline was later located under a Brooklyn home’s back porch, bringing relief to the touring family.
Mr and Mrs M dward Gilbert of Montezuma spent Saturday to Tuesday at the homes of Dr and Mrs W J Tindall, Mr and Mrs Frank Mongan, and families, with neighbors from Crystal Lake and Britt. Oliver Anderson hosted guests from Keister and Minnesota for dinner. Ray Valley hosted several local relatives for Sunday dinner as does Ted Trulson’s, while W W Dirksen heads to Rockwell City to umpire a junior event. Charlene Fay, daughter of Herbert Hanson, was baptized at the Lutheran church with sponsors named.
Shirley Rwicheill celebrated her eighth birthday with fourteen friends at her home Monday afternoon. A nutritious lunch followed games and gifts, while relatives and neighbors visited and shared in the cheerful gathering.
H D Hughes head of farm crops at Town State College advises that once weeds are controlled in soybeans, cultivation should stop. Many fields now have soybeans tall enough to shade the ground, reducing weed regrowth and likely eliminating further cultivation in most areas.
A local peace court approved Marle Adams of Gillette Grove as the assailant in a biting incident. Witnesses testified Adams acted after being struck and abused by Theodore Tielbur, leading to Adams biting the other man's ear in a dispute.
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