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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1935
Page
2
Titonka Topic notes a wide newspaper reach around Titonka with coverage claiming a radius of about ten miles, asserting it serves an area not covered by other papers. The item references local postoffice activity and readers in the community.
A local column critiques the liquor commission for hiring a press agent to push pro rum propaganda. It discusses potential political moves involving Russ Waller and Duane Dewel, shifts in local hospitality assumptions, rising auto registrations, $100,000 corn checks, and speculation on county officials and Roosevelt’s 1936 prospects.
A look at how receivership proceedings in a major bankruptcy are exploited by insiders. Officials warn of asset stripping, with creditors watching for sham transfers and hidden liens. The case centers on a defunct firm once praised for its growth and now under close judicial scrutiny.
In New York federal court, lawyers and stockholders solicit claims totaling 3,222,340 after already receiving 400,000. Prominent figures include Mihu Root, John W. Davis, Frank A. Vanderlip, and Charles D. Hilles seeking large fees. Investigations over a decade exposed rotten relations between judges and bankruptcy lawyers and widespread investor losses.
Evelyn Smith, a former honky-tonk dancer, confesses to murder for five hundred dollars. She lured a Chicago man to her apartment drugged him, strangled him, dismembered the body, and disposed of the pieces in a swamp. The killer was not paid the promised fee.
American Boy editor Griffith Ogden Ellis describes a subscription as a round trip ticket to a worldwide adventure. The magazine will feature travels to the South Seas, polar regions, Canadian wilderness, the Caribbean, Mars in a spaceship, and ethnographic tales with Captain Carl von Wolfman. It also showcases beloved characters Bonehead Jim Tierney, Square Jaw Davis, Hide Rack, Connie Morgan, and Douglas Renfrew plus vocational tales, hobbies guidance, sports tips, and money earning ideas.
Public notice from Kossuth County Iowa District Court announcing that the will of Jan J Harms deceased dated June 27 1934 has been filed and will be probated at 10 AM on September 3 1935 at the Algona court house. The clerk Katherine McEvoy and deputy Alma Pearson oversee the probate hearing seeking all interested persons to appear and show cause if any why the instrument should not be admitted as the last will and testament.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for support after the death of a husband and father. Portland News notes visitors and relatives including Mrs Attia Stowe visiting Mrs Chas Phelps family, Mrs August Robison and Joan of Swea City visiting Leo Brayton’s, and others such as Mrs Frank Maxon, Mr Maxon and Mrs Brayton, Strene Wood, Grover Faithbanks, Irene Wood visiting Cedar Rapids and Itterlaken.
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