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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
2
The Titonka Topic lists post office details and a fifteen mile circulation area. It prices subscriptions at 1.00 per year in advance within Titonka trade territory, 1.50 outside, 2.60 in Canada and foreign regions, with rates varying by advance payment.
Secretary of Agriculture notes less than one percent of corn relief payments were made last year, signaling improvement in Iowa’s mood. Governor speaks on radio fireside chat amid plans to distribute beef and apples to needy statewide. The article recalls past relief shipments and warns of wasteful costs from overlong emergency aid.
A muddled call in the Manson Journal weighs how to handle soldiers’ bonuses and coal miners amid Roosa era power plans. It argues delaying payments for some until 1945 and suggests paying pennies per kilowatt could fund future needs, while parties remain split on timing and distribution of benefits.
M L Bowman executive chairman Iowa Farm Debt Advisory Council urges debtors under the Iowa Moratorium to promptly appeal to the court if they cannot meet rental terms. He warns against creditor actions and notes the potential use of the Frazier Lemke Provision if courts refuse relief, stressing poor crops and prices as the cause.
Winnebago supervisors sponsor graveling projects county wide to aid residents in need. The county matches funds provided by the government, doubling the relief effort. Relief workers must show cause why they own an automobile or telephone before being assigned relief work.
The report notes Alec Bonnafetter may quit his BBC term but peers claim he will not stop climbing the political ladder. If he aims higher than speakership, a weak move could risk political oblivion, a fate not unknown in politics.
Thirty five years ago Sever Pannkuk suffered a severe rheumatic sickness. Twenty seven years ago yesterday John Welhousen and his wife began housekeeping. The post office department issued an order recently restricting married women from clerking in post offices. The report notes several opinions on the policy as unwise.
The report notes the German Valley school averaging 39 students with several named pupils on time. It records the first notion of election for the town of Mtonka and March 15, 1899 as the filing date for the incorporation petition with G. L. Dalton and fifty signers. The court appointed commissioners Al Falkenhainer Robert Lane Alfred Walton L. J. Smith and W. T. Hall.
A jumble of small town items lists moves and trips among residents of Renwick and nearby areas. Notables include Nonno Severelus moving to the Bee Hive, the city spending 10000 on a hat and electric light plant, Honeymoon trips to Houston and Milwaukee, ill kinfolk, and local incidents such as a poultry show win, a teacher starting term, a death, and a humorous misadventure with a dog and a crutch.
Thirty years ago W N Townsend returned from Stockton Illinois after ten days with his aging mother. A woman in Germany reportedly bore triplets this year. Clarence Cunningham rents John Ahrens farm and may wed. Sexton gains a new bank with promised capital and a new building. W T Brown travels to Thurston Ohio to visit parents. father had died during absence. Edith and Roy Budlong return from Sioux City for holidays with J J Budlongs. they study at Morningside. A summary of Iowa bank failures notes thirty-eight closures last year and bankers’ suicides. W H Miller of Grundy County visits his brother Sam in German township. a Spanish American War veteran. A series of maxims closes the item.
Carrie Ronacker sent 15 pounds carpet tags one dozen coat hangers and Christmas decorations to Knoxville Veterans Hospital plus one dozen stamped cards slaw and decorations to Des Moines facility. Junior girls made two dozen cups for patient trays sorrow. Radio schedules announce talks on rehabilitation by Myrton B Skelley and Congressman Wright Patman broadcast for veterans.
Citizens are urged to mail their Bonus questions to the Veterans Forum at station WHO Des Moines before January 9 1936 All letters for and against the payment of the Bonus should be sent to Washington D C with stamps to cover return postage The veterans group will hold a work meeting Friday December 28 and a regular monthly radio program when R J Laird state adjutant discusses Veterans Legislation A regular business meeting is planned for January 1
Mr Hoere Winter, longtime Buffalo Center resident born in Germany, died December 6 1934 at age 83 after 82 years in the community. He married Elke Julius in 1881, came to America in 1882, and lived near Wellsburg and Cleves before moving to Buffalo Center in 1901. He leaves a daughter Mrs Jasper Dirksen four sons Albbe John Sam and Dick fourteen grandchildren two great grandchildren two brothers and many relatives. Funeral services were held December 10 at the Baptist church with Rev C Swyter and Pastor A W Lang.
The obituary notes the funeral services for Mr. Witter and his family, laid to rest in the local cemetery. Bereaved children express deep sorrow. out of town relatives include Grandpa Al Hoffman aged 94 and his two daughters and son Mia, Anta DeVries, Mrs Kate Prissman, Leonard Hoffman, all of Steamboat Rock, John Ticks of Alden, and Rev Swyter of Steamboat Rock.
County agent Bonnatetter reports young cattle refuse one third to one half of corn fodder. When roughage is scarce and costly, shredding or grinding improves intake. Kosuth County calves and yearlings may endure winter on a limited ration, finishing next summer on pasture.
A整理 bulletin outlines rationing for cattle and calves based on fodder type, age, and weight. It cites two pounds of cap hal per calf under three pounds of stover or silage, plus four pounds of hay and protein supplements. The notice notes the bulletin is obtainable from the form bureau office.
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