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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
2
Subscription rates set at 2.00 per year in advance within Kossuth County and Titonka trade territory, 2.50 per year outside, 3.00 per year for Canada and foreign countries. All county and Titonka territory subscriptions are continuing yearly unless canceled by subscribers or at publisher’s discretion.
Eva Lundeen of Wilton Junction files a $25,000 suit against the White Way hotel cafe at Muses tine claiming injuries from a fall down a flight of stairs.
Mr and Mrs Forrest Willis celebrate their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with an open house in the Methodist church parlor on New Year's Day from 2 to 5 pm. All friends and relatives are invited to attend.
Last week the Topic praised Mr. and Mrs. Art Rike for a well lit Christmas tree near Titonka on the new highway. A drive south along the highway revealed many such trees, showing a friendly community spirit toward locals and visitors alike.
St John s Lutheran aid held a Christmas party in the church basement last Wednesday afternoon with a press exchange and light refreshments. The event included a local seven one week of Christmas on Friday. Pace is Latin, cats on ar.
Four couples received marriage licenses in Kossuth county last week. They are John F. Hart with Valerian Hart of Eagle Grove, William E. Lloyd of Essex with Noma Carolyn Scott of Burt, Edward Leo Nelson of Indianola with Dawn Elizabeth Bonacker of Titanica, and James R. Basley of Des Moines with June Ann Scanlon of Algona.
Local families from Elmore Armstrong Ringsted Swea City Bancroft Fenton and nearby areas hosted Christmas dinners and visits at multiple homes. Residents and relatives from Mason City Buffalo Center Oelwein Ames Marshalltown and St Paul joined gatherings, with news of births and illnesses noted among the community.
A dynamite blast about 200 feet from a rural Guthrie Center school sent a one foot by three foot tree trunk fragment crashing through the roof. Three students were scratched and bruised while three county workers carried out the blasting. School was dismissed.
Family members in New London reunite as sisters Mrs. Ray Self of Newport Washington and Mrs. Nellie Howell of Wellington Kansas meet for the first time in 30 years. A Manning pharmacist filled a German prescription sent from overseas via a Manning resident addressing Stuttgart, and a Brooklyn woman reported a pallet marked egg producing effort yielding a triple shell and double yolk.
Gold Piece A. G. Madsen of Hampton was about to throw away an old bill fold when he looked inside and found forgotten items. The discovery suggests a possible treasure among worn papers and keepsakes yet to be examined.
A side note reports discovery of a five dollar gold coin wrapped in a small paper, remarking that such coins circulated no longer after about sixteen years ago.
Greene resident Billy Walker has 158 letters from ministers and other notable figures, collected from across the United States. In other news, Harry Davies was found dead of a heart attack after a coon hunt, his dog guiding neighbors to the scene. Nora Springs Cooperative burglars left an unlocked safe, then locked it, finding only a few checks and pennies. Drive carefully.
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