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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
2
Classified notice outlines mail subscription and advertising rates. Mentions price per year and per line charges for legal and editorial notices. Includes terms for business cards and additional lines with per line costs.
A weekly column from Titanka Burt reports on late harvest progress near Buffalo Center and Thompson. The writer jokes about flax binding, corn delays, and a noted price of oats, while railing against a shift in rural route hours and limited travel options for locals. It ends with reflections on Burt’s brickwork and town growth.
In a small town scene Editor Sherwood faces eight tasks guiding readers toward steadier civic focus. A misheard note about cattle and dogs sparks chatter as residents urge cultivation of homey values and patience over chasing rapid railroad expansion.
Miss Iva P Ringsdorf spent a week with aunt Mrs W Ringsdorf at Bachelor Corner. Viva Mann visits Burta week with friends. Will Ringsdorf family and Eric Davison of Bachelor Corner joined Fred Ringsdorf’s group for Sunday. Henry Schrader of Titonka visited sister Miss Will Rike. Fred Vogal of Burt visited Wyatt Stott Sunday. Mrs Fred Kregar Sr remains in serious condition with friends hoping for quick recovery. Leonard Falk and wife of near Wes ley cared for Mrs Fred Kregar. Robt Cogdill and Jasper Maudsley sold cattle to Burt dealers this week. Aug Leek sold hogs to Mr Gould of Burt last week. Mrs M J Ash of Titonka and Mrs Elsie Ford of Algona visited Mrs Wes Stott Monday. Clarence Moore, working for Chas Phelps, bought a new top buggy. Wes Stott returned from North Dakota with family after four weeks. crops are fair and people lively.
John Mericle and wife welcome a bright baby girl born Sunday. Mesdames A Ward and J D Andrews visited friends and relatives to Burt Saturday. F Jensen and Minn. family visiting here. Nora N Anderson Jefferson visiting sister Mrs J D Andrews this week. H and O Funnemark families Carl and Nora Funnemark near Wesley and Mrs Anderson and daughter of Oregon spent Sunday at the M Fox home.
Titanics town council approves condemnation of sidewalks and requires 30 days for owners to rebuild or street commissioner will rebuild and tax cost to abutting properties. Ordinance 16 cement sidewalks eight and four feet wide. Adopted August 8, 1907 by Mayor Lee O Wolfe and Clerk H C Armstrong with no opposition.
The next Indian Day is announced for August 16, 1908. Services and Sunday School will be held at the German Lutheran church the following Sunday, August 18. The pulpit was filled last Sunday by Student K Winterfeld. A Mission Feast is planned at the German Lutheran church on Sunday, August 26 in forenoon.
Frank Kid Hoard's Hoards Dairyman reports on herd management and milk yields from farms in England, Iowa, Minnesota. It analyzes cows kept, feed costs, manure handling, and cash income, based on yearlong data from 100 herds. The survey, led by Frank Kinsley, highlights dairy farming trends and costs.
A fragmentary Iowa dairy census covering 100 herds in three northern counties shows 1062 cows. It analyzes profit and feed costs by herd type, noting dual purpose and specialized cows, average butterfat price, and net profits per dollar invested in feed across groups.
A Hoard's Dairyman article outlines farm dairy records gathered from numerous farmers in the northern state. It explains breed, kind and amount of feed, milk yield, and final profits per herd. The piece praises the cow census as a tool for managing cows and optimizing farm economics.
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