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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
2
Titonka Topic reports on paper territory and exclusive coverage while listing subscription rates. Local rates are $1.00 yearly in advance within Titonka territory, $1.60 if not prepaid, and $1.50 in advance outside the territory. Rates rise to $2.60 per year for Canada and foreign countries.
The piece notes a political shift in the United States with Southern voters voting Roosevelt while asserting constitutional majority rules. It also discusses the Edward Vill-Wallie Simpson affair drawing British attention, contrasting Edward VIII as liberal with Baldwin’s Conservative government and a Sunday newspaper ban by the Prime Minister.
Washington newspaper correspondents hold hope that President Roosevelt will turn conservative in his second term as business improves and emergencies fade. The president must still manage labor, the southern share cropper, and restless groups who helped elect him, though his 1936 majority supports him to act. Irony would be if he shifts toward the right by term's end, potentially gaining real support from among the 17 million.
The fragment lists several figures and their presumed locations as 1936 campaign tensions fade. Roosevelt heads home from South America after a peace conference, Landon rests in Florida, Farley travels in Ireland, Hamilton in New York raising funds, Lepke heads to Washington, Townsend faces a Cleveland lawsuit, Father Coughlin vacations in Bermuda, and others seek new work as the season shifts.
Della Welter spends 60 cents in her bid for justice of the peace from the Algona area. The complete campaign expense list shows Democratic county central committee funds of 897.18 and Republican totals of 449.60, with few candidates receiving personal contributions. The note concludes that money helps run a campaign, even a poor one, and mentions listed candidates and officials with amounts recorded.
M P Haggard of Algona called at the Titanica office on Wednesday afternoon. Drivers are urged to avoid passing on intersections as it is illegal on streets and rural highways. Mr and Mrs Tom Young attended the Nelse Nelson farm gate near Humboldt Tuesday. Mrs Nelson is Mrs Young’s aunt. Mrs John Plaister broke a wrist last week in an accident.
A cluttered student paper lists staff names, upcoming games and school activities. Dec 10 Ledyard games here, Dec 14 SBA events, Dec 18 holidays, plus movie day with John Deere history and meat cutting demo at Callies Store. Shadowed by classroom notes, sports scores, and student notices.
A fragmented item urges readers to write a lawful and readable notice for publication while reminding them to check their subscription date. It mentions a Monday appearance by a local figure handling business matters and notes Christmas as a forthcoming event.
A dramatic truck crash into a concrete bridge approach underscores rising highway dangers. Statistics show fatality rates last year on highways and rural intersections are far higher than city street intersections, reflecting more trucks on roads and lax safety rules. Civic groups urge action as unregulated trucking disrupts small town merchants and local markets.
A vivid account frames a deadly highway crash as a crushing end to a perfect curve and notes motorized wreckage in seconds. It argues for safety measures and broad trucker regulation to cover itinerant drivers, taxes, and accountability on highways.
The map shows Iowa and Southern Minnesota interior packing plants and buying stations with radiating lines from which hogs are sold direct to these outlets. It highlights competition among 14 major plants and 70 concentration points, noting additional competition from central markets, 600+ retail dealers, and out-of-state packers.
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