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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
2
A garbled item from the Titonka Iowa post office section details a second class mail matter and a possible water issue at the local facility. The readable fragments indicate postal matters of dignity and routine administrative notices.
A biblical excerpt from Micah declares nations will abandon weapons, turn swords to plowshares, and beat spears into pruning hooks. People will dwell in safety under their own vines and fig trees, with none to fear, as the Lord speaks.
A humorous piece narrates Joe La Flam a Canadian story with patois touches. It recounts Joe’s stubborn silences then a turn toward insurance as a punch line culminating in a payout to Mrs. Joe La Flam after a fatal accident. The sketch blends dialect, mispronunciation, and social commentary in a quaint regional voice.
A dreamlike, irregular poem fragment mixes moonlit sea imagery with odd scenes. It weaves shifting weather, a barefoot day, sunset and night, and surreal lines about an organ, potatoes, a church, and a preacher yelling Holy Smoke. The text reads as a collage of images and incomplete phrases.
A page of neighborhood notes chronicles dances at the Ed Freitag home and numerous Thanksgiving visits across Burt Wesley and Titonka. Families such as Ringsdorf Munson Fox and Ringsdorf households share meals, house guests and friendly visits with kin and neighbors.
Reports of county business at the county seat, a Burt area Thanksgiving gathering at the Will Freeze home, and a Del Fitch family visit. A neighborhood teen gathering included dating and lunch. Mrs Hol Pompe, Emma Kregar, died after appendicitis and gall stones, buried in Lutheran cemetery. A medicine man from Fenton was touring Portland.
Burt and nearby towns report obituaries and family gatherings with multiple names and places. Aug. Lesk and Mrs. Leek funeral events near Elmore Minnesota. Residents visit kin near Roeckford Iowa and Fenton. Local marriages include Jessie Hawcett and Wilfred Karlee at Burt. Community notes mention Boy Scouts formation and local hospitality.
The column notes Alma Lemme and Amos leaving by Britt for Waukon, with mother and rest of family following months earlier. Dan Lemme will work the home farm. Burt Stepp family returned from Indiana. Ray Drake drove to Britt to meet them. Loretta Barrett of Eagle Grove spent Thanksgiving with parents. Reaser engaged in chick eggs. Kell family and Mrs Kell at Grandma Adams. Byers-Heed visited Garner. Kanawha beat our teams 37 to 10 in basketball. Mrs S P Juhl hosted guests at Thanksgiving. several locals visited Ventura and Tiheuka. Doctor Clapsaddle attended Mrs Adams ill. Gen Kell of Fort Dodge visited. Brooker siblings hosted Thursday. Sorengons and King family dinner guests. Andrew Nelson home’s marantis bag lifted. Juhl family dined with Sonertolm people.
Community diary entries record visits and gatherings among residents of Crystal Lake and surrounding towns. Activities include dinners, Thanksgiving plans, sick lists, school events, and numerous travels among families such as Hobbs Rose Murray McCall and others, with notes on illness and local engagements.
Henry Bode visited Britt as a business caller. George Breen attended the Dairy Meeting in Garner. F J Lacher of Clare looked after land interests here a few days. C A Missman visited Britt on Wednesday. Myrtie McCall at Crystal Lake school spent the weekend at home. Mrs Wy J Maddle was ill last week. George Brean and wife stayed at J Dy Brean’s in Titonka. Marie Quinn teaching at Goodell spent the weekend home. Maud Hawsey visiting M Z Mertz family left for Hayfield Wednesday. Mildrey and Allard Hansen of Leland arrived for a few days visit with Mrs Ray Valley. Margaret Dean of Mason City spent Thanksgiving with her parents. Laz Barron of Crystal Lake called Friday. Mr and Mrs George Oakes and baby of Britt spent Thanksgiving with Wes Maddlahoma. Bana Lackere of Hayfield spent a few days with Miss Bushman returning Saturday. Opal Isenmann of Bataviagaester spent Sunday at home. Mr and Mrs Thomas Ormsby and John Ormsby visited Britt Tuesday. Mr and Mrs B J Lewis and Miss Ressie Smith spent Thursday with relatives at Garberes. Meh Mow Merty and daughter returned home Friday after visiting Hayfield. Ray and Mrs Kruse and family and the Bauenburgs were guests at the Boarenburg home Thanksgiving.
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