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Titonka and Nearby News Roundup
Local notes from Titonka and surrounding towns report residents with family visits and labor changes. Alvert Dirkson starts Titonka High School. Garret DeBruyn buys a restaurant in Garner. Mrs. J. S. Bushman travels between trains in Garner. A surprise party honors Merle Larson on his thirteenth birthday with gifts and games. In a wartime feature, Portsmouth women respond to the loss of three British cruisers by singing Britannia Rules the Waves, transforming grief into resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Kramer
Heiko Stohr
Titonka
Lou Testmeyer
Harry Bird
Verna Greenfield
Crooks
Harry Cline
Toma
Alvert Dirkson
Titonka High School
Henry Bode
Garret DeBruyn
Garner
Charlie Christenson
Qura
Brother John
Jefferson
Iowa
J. S. Bushman
Garner Wallar
Clara Payne
J. H. Bode
Albert Christenson
Whitten
Dick Gibson
Henry Larson
H. R. Larson
Merle
Aboukir
Hague
Cressy
Portsmouth
Britannia