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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
1
An engineer urges caution at railroad crossings noting drivers race trains for seconds saved. He compares risk to saving minutes, recalls near misses, warns that misjudgment endangers lives and property, and asks for public cooperation in the safe crossing campaign.
The Mary Oester Velcher class will render a recital at the Methodist Church Friday evening August 28. About twenty five to thirty selections are planned. The event is free to the public and all are invited to attend.
In cooperation with the Rock Island railroad, poultry specialist W L Lapp will lecture at Titonka High School Friday night August 21. He will discuss common ailments and diseases, with tips on improving egg production and flock health for local poultry owners.
The 4 H Club met at Alina Nobles home on Tuesday August with most members present. Guests included Alice McVay Belmond Martha Hayes Wesley and Genevieve Rice Crystal Lake. Activities featured roll call talks demonstrations and dress related topics and county fair successes by Maribeth Squires Viola Helfer and others.
The Lutheran church invites attendance as it marks its twenty fifth anniversary. Sunday School met in the schoolhouse last week, and no services occurred due to interior painting. A German address by Rev Koenig and English service by Rev Lack are planned with a new organ by Hinners Organ Co. Dinner will be cafeteria style to fund church improvements and freight costs. Rev Lack and Rev Koenig, former pastors, attend.
A reader argues that continued semi weekly cotton crop reports sway New England mills into demoralization and urges careful policy. The piece notes federal agencies may soon improve global market trend gauges and stresses local cooperative associations as rural community nerve centers.
Eight bandits robbed the Burt National Bank on Friday night, escaping with about $13,000 including $4,000 in cash and $9,000 in U S Liberty bonds. They cut phone lines, built barricades, and used nitroglycerin-like devices to blast open the money chest, while a terrified local resident, Jay F Foster, was held at a box car and later freed. Authorities seek details on the burglary and suspects.
Victor Lamoreux of Britt plans a Ford garage in Titonka, holding the local territory contract and preparing to start operations once a temporary building is ready. He has moved machinery to Titonka and may relocate his family before the school year begins. Ford plants are closed, delaying car supply for two to three weeks. He will sell Ford cars tractors and trucks exclusively.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Buffalo Farm Bureau met on July 21 with seventeen members present. County Home Demonstration Agent Miss Plath demonstrated pressure cooker canning methods and the group shared ideas for the year ahead.
Algona’s oldest resident Albert Wheeler died not long ago just shy of 94. Born August 1829, he arrived in the county in 1854 and lived near Algona most of his life. He stayed reasonably healthy until February when decline began and he spent much of his final days in bed.
The article notes a fourfold jump in farm fire losses not isolated to one area, with moral hazard increasing fire insurance premiums and limiting coverage. Bigger farms carry heavier insurances and more power machinery, raising risk of explosions and loss. Local mutuals lack capacity to cover these events. In Burt, Iowa, bandits rob a building while residents, including Legion Hall youths, observe from windows. Special agent M Davis of the Iowa Bankers Association arrives to aid sheriff and deputies in pursuit. tracks show two getaway cars northbound.
A Freeman Journal reader lambastes careless drivers on main roads. The letter likens dangerous motorists to farm hogs and two legged hogs, urging safer driving after a near collision near Webster City on August 8.
The county urges hog owners to obtain a County Accredited Certificate to secure a ten cent premium on hog shipments. A Burt car earned 15.06, and more cars followed with hopes all owners receive the extra pay. Tubercular testing shows a steady drop in reactors across three area tests from 66,000 cattle with 2200 reactors to 57,700 with 456 and then 4b on farms with reactors, indicating progress. Total testing cost was 87,000 with most paid to farmers. government and state contributed 30,000, leaving little county outlay but some funds circulating to cattle owners.
John Ennen Sr died at his daughter Mrs. Wier Brass home after a long illness and a surgical operation for chronic bladder trouble. He passed away Monday night around ten o clock. Funeral services are set for Thursday at one o clock from the Reformed Church led by Rev Meyer of Woden in German and Rev Alec Russell in English.
Wille Town leads a 50 year plan to raise funds for the American Legion Endowment Fund supporting temporary and permanent care of disabled veterans and the education of orphans of veterans. A Legionnaire quotes a dedicatory remark to start the initiative, with years and figures interwoven in the report.
A speaker recalls the moment he shook hands with the governor, fondly called The Brat due to his late father Charlie Austin. The tale traces Charlie’s service, Ella’s sacrifices, and the Brat’s rise from troubled beginnings to state leadership, with memories of wartime friends guiding his path.
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