17 Aug 1933
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1933
Page
1
Titonka Topic announces it is published at Titonka Iowa with second class mail status. Publisher Lée C Wolfe details subscription rates of 1.50 per year in advance, 1.60 otherwise, and 9.60 per year for Canada mailed copies.
The State Fish and Game Commission member Mr. Goeders advocates turning private land on Union Slough between Titonia and Bancroft into a state park. Damning the south end would deepen fishing waters and the surrounding high land could become a treeed resort for birds and game. Foresters could be hired to develop the area, providing employment, with petitions from locals pushing the plan.
The St. Peter Herald notes the shared risk to banks and newspapers when public trust wanes, arguing both institutions are vital to the community and suffer when support declines. The piece frames the publisher's view on how public sentiment affects local institutions.
Ex governor John Hammill congratulates two former winners of the Iowa State Fair baby health contest. Over 500 of Iowa's healthiest babies will compete for the state championship at the Iowa State Fair from Aug 23 to Sept 1. The event is part of the state women's exposition with major buildings dedicated to women programs exhibits conferences and demonstrations.
The speaker warns that banks and newspapers are vital to any community. He argues closures reveal their true importance to business life and laments those who harm them for short term gain. He notes penny pinching in business and public office undermines these core institutions.
In Slayton Minnesota three Romani women posing as Brazilian doctors treated Aleck Aleckson for 75 dollars plus costs. They gained his trust and while giving the rubbing treatment they removed a pocketbook from his pocket. They returned the wallet empty after leaving.
The Latent Roosevelt plan is praised as a way to boost purchasing power. Printers should charge a dollar and a quarter for small printing tasks worth a dollar to help spur trade during tight times. The piece urges embracing the spirit of the policy to improve business activity.
The Sioux City Daily Live Stock Record quotes a forceful plea that the National Relief Administration will compel participation, mocking assumptions about printers and editors while insisting the law supports enrollment and warning consequences for noncompliance.
Wayne Godden and Bert Grinnell were returning from the Fenton Legion celebration when Godden’s car veered into a ditch near a bridge and struck the bridge. Grinnell suffered a broken leg. the car was badly damaged. Father T. J. Davern departs for Chicago to attend the annual meeting of the Sulpician Order of the U. S. and Canada at the Stevens Hotel.
The article lists attendees from Algona including J T Van Ness and family and Chas H Taylor at the reunion of the Island Regiment of Town Volunteers at Clear Lake, with other local names and notes on local crime, property sales, civic events, and various social activities across the county.
More than 200 registered for County 4-H Girls Achievement Day at Bancroft on Friday August 11. Twelve demonstration teams from as many clubs presented standout projects led by Iona Godfredson Bernice Larson who won with Recaning Restores. Fern Gisch and Marie Miller earned health and alternate state contest spots. County officers were elected with Mary Jane Lewis as president and Dorothy Christensen as vice president. State fair exhibit selections include a range of home furnishing projects with names tied to Bancroft Bancroft Busy Pals and Portland Peppy Pals among others.
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