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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
5
Anna Tjarks a pioneer resident of German township died Christmas Eve at age 70 after a brief pneumonia illness. She had been well until that Sunday and visited neighbors before illness. Funeral services set for 12:30 p m at her home and 1 p m at the Lutheran church with Rev H W Schoenlein. burial in church cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs J D Breen hosted a large Christmas dinner for relatives in Algona and nearby towns. Guests included Georgie Holtz Lorraine Tiernay and families from Algona, Mason City, Titonka, Worden and Varina. Several local residents attended and shared gifts, stories, and visits amid a stormy weekend.
Most Titonica school faculty departed Friday evening for holidays. Miss Johnson journeys to Dea Maines, Miss Campbell to Hampton, Miss Stephens and other teachers return to their homes for the break.
Community members are urged to send News In The News items by any available method during the holiday season. Readers without telephone access may mail or provide items through other channels to ensure coverage.
A 1934 entry notes Friday night as the longest dark period of the year with the shortest day on Saturday at 8 50 a m. All Sol crossed the meridian Saturday morning, signaling a warmup for frozen northern regions as the sun returns northward.
Fred Stecker of German township appeared in town Saturday on business and paid a brief call at the Topic. He is described as the younger Stecker child with a wife and thirteen children, eight boys and five girls, fittingly called a Teddy Roosevelt family.
Halko Stohr of Woden and an electrician installed an Herbeo Aeroléctric light plant at Henry Brung's home in German township. The wind powered generator will soon be ready and is described as government endorsed and reliable, with ongoing local newspaper notes and a local buyer guidance editorial urging community support.
Quail are plentiful in town and with feeding and protection an open season is hoped for. The piece argues the birds are harmless to crops and could benefit farmers who nurture them, contrasting with city hogs.
From Lincoln Nebraska Logterelmer son of Cy Heitier arrives Mitihay from Vincotn Nebraska to visit relatives over holidays with grandmother M Mime Flelt ner and others. Mr Heifer and brother attend allege in Lincoln while Cy Heitier handles chores nearby Rosholdt North Dakota. Funeral of Mrs Anna Tjarks at Lutheran church at one today with interment in Lutheran cemetery east of town.
County Allotment Committees and County Agent Bonnstetter report large sums in corn hog payments. On Friday 86 checks total 10,900 delayed payments. Monday 1,800 checks amount to 64,000. Total to date in Kossuth County reaches 800,000 with second installments to be distributed Thursday. Letters will inform eligible claimants where to pick up checks. Only six counties in the state have received second installments. The 1936 signup is expected to begin in January.
Anton Buckholdt will hold a doging-out sale on Thursday January 10, 1985, two miles south of Lakota on the gravel road. The event location is described as the Buckholdt property for the sale.
Locat Bobby Pink released from quarantine last Friday after scarlet fever illness. Miss Marie Buffington, a Titanica teacher, visits Sheffield family for holidays. Multiple families from Yetter Burt and Titonka gather for Christmas meals. Churches host Christmas programs and trees. Subscriptions date checks urged as readers reviewed receipts. A snow storm caused a Burt bound car to ditch near Klenk. travelers returned to Titonka.
The community Christmas tree sponsored by the Legion the PTA and the Auxiliary went up ten days ago and Saturday at noon Santa arrived with treats for the children. Despite a windy damp day over four hundred attended to meet him and receive gifts as he travels to the south. Local volunteers organized sacks and distribution with Mrs Esther Askin Mrs Will Peterson and others assisting the Auxiliary.
Leonard Catlles suffered severe facial burns last Tuesday forenoon when flames erupted as he stirred coal in a furnace. His injuries were described as painful and extensive with his face appearing badly burned.
Local residents report Christmas visits and family gatherings across Titonka Britt Algona and nearby towns. Several names including Budlong Meyers Clemans Reed Wolfe Prewitt Leek and Krantz are mentioned with events such as travel to Minneapolis Watertown and Cedar Falls. One obituary records Mrs. Krantz's pneumonia death.
Mrs. Joe Koestler, west of town, was badly cut and injured Tuesday afternoon when a car driven by her husband rear ended another vehicle driven by Mrs. Sever Christensen on highway 169 south of Algona. Both cars were damaged and Koestler was taken to Algona hospital for treatment. Christensen’s car stopped on the road. Koestler’s condition described as quite hurt. Mr Koestler planned to bring her home soon. Woe suffered bruises but no serious injury to him.
Art Alexander and Ray Hutt of Sexton and Ivie Gross of Algona were arraigned before Squire P A Dgnson last week on a charge of holding up J W Carroll of Sexton and taking $3 and other property. They were bound over to the January Grand Jury under bonds of $1,000 each.
Farmers report a sharp rise in prairie chickens and pinned grouse this fall and winter. Drought has left them without feed in their usual Dakotas habitat, forcing movements and increased sightings across nearby areas.
Christmas season activity continued as multiple couples from Titonka West Bend Algona Corwith Bancroft Mason City Whittemore Tama and Luverne received marriage licenses. Included are William Holm and Elizabeth Dirksen William F Collins and Mileen Postman Benjamin Butterfield and Mildred Kubalek and others. Some residents, like Earl Blakley and sol dunlor, traveled to Cloar Lake for holidays while Mel Wakley stayed through Wednesday due to winter travel conditions.
Fragmentary OCR lists names and dates including Burt Tow Peter GC Hatsen Jan 2 1038 and Peter Petersen Jan 1 1996. Other entries reference Granville Iowa Wellsburg and Lake Andes with various initials and dates ranging 1936 to 1998, suggesting a roster or honor roll with unclear context.
Woden is the only town in Bingham township in Hancock county. It was first named Bingham after A W Bingham who helped bid the rail round. The township honors John G Bingham and his son, with the town later renamed Ripley and Rippey before finally settling on Woden after the pagan god. The town had a population of 276 with early settlers A W Bingham, David M Bingham, and Thomas A Way among the first to arrive.
Notice to patrons lists milk quart at 9 cents pint price missing digits and cream at 48 cents per quart. Fenton teams beat Titania opponents in basketball with town team edging Bancroft by two or three points. A D Watchins, Algona National Farm Loan secretary, greets readers. Federal Land Bank loans saved many Kossuth County farms.
The American Legion Auxiliary marks December as Rehabilitation Month noting every veteran in hospital care, whether in Iowa or elsewhere, will receive a gift and a Christmas card. Units contact families at home to remember them as well. Hospital meals in Knoxville will provide large quantities of turkey and related foods to support hospitalized veterans. A December Radio Party and Work Meeting will be hosted by Grace French with a WOI Ames broadcast at 4 p.m. and a talk on legislation by Adjutant T.R. J. Laird. Regular meeting set for January 1st.
District Court session covered criminal and civil matters from Thursday to Saturday with adjournment to January 7. Guilty pleas in larceny and robbery with aggravation led to sentences of one year in county jail with possible parole and five years in Anamosa penitentiary respectively. bond and grand jury action involved in related cases. Civil actions included receivership orders, foreclosure decrees, and a new will contest filed by W. H. Klamp versus Alfred Klamp et al.
A garbled OCR list includes numerous dated names and places from 1830s to 1990s and ends with an advertisement for pure bred Spite puppies for sale and contact Homer Dowug at Winnebago Minnesota.
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