Titonka Topic Saren Publisi Subscription Rates
Titonka Topic publishes weekly with rates 250 a year in advance for Ossuth County and Titonka trade territory 8.00 outside the county and territory 8.50 for Canada and foreign countries. Paper is second class matter at Titonka post office. Subscriptions within the county and territory are continuing unless canceled by the subscriber or publisher discretion.
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Iossuth County
Titonka
Kossuth
Canada
Towa
Town proceedings record council minutes and bills
Titonka Iowa council approved minutes from August 6 1959 and two special meetings. Reports from clerk and treasurer accepted. Thorpe Well Co representative discussed town well and pump. Numerous bills approved across General Street Public Safety Sanitation Water and related services. Lengthy list includes salaries repairs supplies and a water-sewer project. An additional note mentions a 12 year old girl from West Union with hair cut history.
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Titonka
Iowa
Thorpe Well Co
Interstate Power Co
Geo. L. Anderson
Russell G. Buchanan
Legal Service
John Trarks
al Boelkes
Ray E. Hansen
Red Baade
Frank D. Fisher
Ee E. Hansen
Sal- Smisign
Jon Tjarks
K & H Co-Op Oil Co
Botsford Lumber Co
Beed
Big Premium List For State Farm Youths
Des Moines reports the 1959 junior farm championships will award about 36 000 dollars in prizes at the Iowa State Fair. Between 3000 and 4000 county and local 4 H and FFA champions from Iowa’s 99 counties will compete in the state finals, according to fair secretary L B Cunningham. The event covers livestock raising homemaking and farm management.
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Des Moines
Iowa
FFA
L. B. Cunningham
State Fair Premiums Totals and 1959 Prize Breakdown
County extension officials announce 1959 premium lists with total 27 804 dollars across 4 H prizes and 6 176 dollars in home making and health categories for girls. FFA cash prizes total 8 395 dollars with livestock awards including 8 204 for pigs and 2 057 for lambs. State fair dates are August 26 to September 6.
Woman breaks nose diving from high board in odd mishap
Margaret Ann Sowers of Bancroft suffered a broken nose while attempting a new dive off a high board. Her nose reportedly touched her knee moments before water impact, causing the injury in an unusual accident.
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Margaret Ann Sowers
Bancroft
Iowa State Fair Opens Entries for 214000 Cash Prizes
State fair officials announced more than 214000 in cash prizes across horse, cattle, swine and sheep divisions with major entry deadlines this weekend. Entries for farm exhibits and town art salon close August 1, with other classifications due later in August. fair runs August 28 to September 6.
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Sowdush
Iowa
Death of Rock Valley twin brothers ends unique life pattern
Patrict McNamara and his twin brother Mar tiny of Rock Valley died recently after a long life together. They reportedly never married and lived as a pair for about 70 years, a rare shared lifestyle noted by locals.
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Patrict McNamara
Rock Valley
Martiny
Rooster Named Sartie Stays Close to Billy Ort Jr
A Fayette child, six year old Billy Ort Jr., handles a pet rooster named Sartie that perches on his shoulder and head. The bird remains still unless Billy places it on a fence, prompting a quiet, rural scene of pet care.
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Billy Ort, Jr
Fayette
Sartie
Billy
Reich
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Geo
L. Andersen
Fog Hee
John Marks
Sunray
Mtce
Willemssen Pub
Htg
Baade
Beeg
W. C. Brown Supply Co
Len Callies
Bird
Woden
June Jacqueline Boehmler
West Union
Huw
Mefcattens
Stringer
Cesspool
Deaker
Reed
Titonka, Iowa
Ricklefs Insurance Agency
Bill & Pearle Ricklefs
Minnesota
Wesley
Mers HY
Allis Chalmers
Sheppard
Minneapolis-Moline
Oliver Plow
Henry J. Orthelowne
Charley Quinn and
Jack Devries
Titonka Savings Bank
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