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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1943
Page
4
Miss Donna Haynes visits from Chicago for a week with her parents, as the Wesley baseball team extends its winning streak by defeating Lotts Creek 4 to 1. The column notes numerous visits, family gatherings, baptisms, and multiple short updates on residents' travels, military service, and social events in the Wesley area.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Black and daughter Lois visited Blue Earth last Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Swift and baby stopped at Mrs Swift’s sister Mrs Walter Meyer on Wednesday while traveling from Estherville to Blue Earth due to Mr Swift’s sister's illness. Mr and Mrs Wade Ball and George Boehm were business visitors at Elmore Tuesday. Mrs S P Powers and Mrs Walter Meyer visited Blue Heart last week Wednesday. Miss Lois Peterson left Algona Wednesday evening for Milwaukee to stay a week with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Albert Ellman. Glen Behse returned Wednesday from near Kirksville Missouri on farm business. Mr and Mrs George Heetland accompanied Mrs Alfrieda Leland of Swea City to Mason City last Thursday on business. Mrs Katherine Park of Algona, Mrs Mary Grethen of Rolfe, Mrs Guy Hart and Mrs Elizabeth Williams of Bancroft were guests at the Wade Ball home Sunday. Modern Times Anna Sievers, 94, of Westside, after years of avoiding permanents, visited a beauty shop last week and had her hair cut.
Aug Stohr leaves for Camp Dodge near Des Moines to enlist in the army after completing signal corps training. Numerous local families host relatives and friends over the weekend and through the week, including visits to Waterlooo, Buffalo Center, Clear Lake, and Algona. Events include births, dinners, and social visits among the Tjaden, Kramer, Goslin, Rudisill, Gerdes, Weishaar, and Buns families.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Smith were business callers at Mason City last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Helm and daughters visited Mrs. Alfred Hanna’s family in Clear Lake Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Tindall stayed several days at his parents’ home in Montezuma. Mrs. Wayne Naser of Britt visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Wood, Monday. Leona and Lavenne Wood visited their sister, Mrs. Alvin Hanna, at Titonka and returned Thursday.
George Den Beston, 45, a Birmingham area farmer, was charged by a young bull while driving hogs. He was pinned against a wire fence and tossed over it on the third lunge but escaped with only minor injuries. The next day he killed the bull. Typing Papen at the Topic Office.
Iowa State College horticulturist JLGC Grove suggests using nearby cisterns as winter storage for potatoes carrots and other vegetables. He advises a basement entry ventilation insulation and a 1 square foot opening per 1200 cubic feet with careful winter venting and water prevention. War bond sales at the Chariton horse show totaled over $45000.
Local ads promote long term loans at 4 percent with no commission and unlisted stock, plus farm land for sale near Titanka Eagle Two Burt and Woden. Also advertised are hay and farm supplies by Haggard Ukena Petersen. A note on a 40 year loan. A separate piece describes a drying method to pack sufficient food for three meals in a small box, its use for shipping to armies and allies, and notes average annual per person food consumption with dairy products comprising over a quarter.
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