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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
5
Read of corn prices offered to local farmer John Erne, Chautauqua success at Titanica, and wide harvest activity including threshing crews. Reports cover school construction progress, jostling road weather, local visits, mission Fest receipts, and upcoming hog and horse shows with regional attendances.
Yessie Cagawell prepares to leave charge of the Ilvary Saturday. The Woman’s Club meets at Mrs. TP Reilsamen’s home this Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Reibsam en assisted by Mrs. Mayne Petersen. An appeal from the War Library Committee seeks items for library activities and shipments. Donations of clean, usable books and magazines under two years old are requested for ship ment, with discarded, worn, or outdated volumes avoided.
A bustling update from Kossuth county describes harvests with oats and early corn yields, local visitors including Mrs. Petersen and Miss Velma Romans, and townsfolk Frank Kettwleh and Jatin Rade helping with field work. It notes church rededication plans, John Laebrwart’s trip to Ardmore, and Chester White hog breeding advances by S. A. Reynolds including shipments from Earl Bloom.
N De Vly of Davenport chairs a joint Iowa district and federal exemption board meeting at Waterloo and Des Moines to decide if claimants without solid affidavits will be denied exemption. Seven day deadlines for submitting detailed evidence, with focus on farm-based claims and cross-district uniform rules. The two boards pledge uniform standards to evaluate each case and speed decisions.
The article reports on winter wheat viability with yields from 25 to 30 bushels per acre in Kossuth territory as prices rise. It notes farmers preparing ground for plowing and fall seeding, outlines schedules for seed testing in towns like Jefferson and Waterville, and mentions recruitment and physical exams for local draft-related service, including R. Smith and others.
The note states 32 Red Cross subscribers plus 11 magazine subscribers, with 75 percent of the total allocated to local aid making $266. A new year donor is Br. R. M. Wallace. A Red Cross committee organized this week at the First National Bank workroom to gather materials for garments and bandages, inviting those who can sew 20 items to begin Friday afternoon.
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