Titonka Topic Portraits Local Post Office notes
Subscriptions and post office details listed for Titonka area. Rates set at 1.50 per year in advance within county territory and 2.00 outside Kossuth County. lingering terms include renewal rules and publisher discretion. Addresses and territorial coverage described with service areas.
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Noather
Seenth County
Titonka Trefie
Kossuth Geanty
Titonia
Gwoada
Titanics
Pon
Folke Fun and Fables on Clean-Up Campaigns and Radio Anecdotes
A brisk local column notes recent clean-up campaigns targeting neglectful parents amid wartime duties and rising juvenile crime. It laments radio advertising excess, teases gender roles in broadcasts, recalls a youth’s gun request, and ends with a quip about wedding presents.
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M. G
Vitzthum Family Announces Sons in Army Service
Wesley Vitzthum and George Vitzthum announce Pvt Dennis E Vitzthum of Camp Wallace Texas has been chosen for an enlisted specialist school under War Department direction before his induction. Dennis worked at Elwood Ordnance Plant Elwood NJ and graduated from the local public school in 1940. The family notes two other sons in service Sgt George Vitzthum Jr at Camp Cooke California and Thomas inducted last week.
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Vitzthum
Wesley
George Vitzthum
Pvt
Dennis E. Vitzthum
Camp Wallace
Texas
War Department
Army
Dennis
Elwood Ordnance Plant
Elwood
Jelays
Vitathums
Armed Forces
Sgt
George Vitathum Jr
Camp Cooke
California
Thomas
Sunday Services and Sunday School Times at Doan Church
The Methodist Church led by Pastor W. L. Patterson offers Sunday School at 10 00 a m and Morning Worship at 11 00 a m Doan holds Morning Worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday School at 10 45 a m each week for worshippers and families.
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Methodist Church
W. L. Patterson
DOAN
Farm Bureau Home Project Women Meet in Burt
Kossuth County Farm Bureau women and board members met at the Burt hotel for a seven o'clock dinner on Monday February 1. They planned a three month educational program and discussed training schools for education cooperators and follow up meetings on poultry production victory gardens and war effort challenges. A tentative February 15 county contact meeting date was set with Mrs C C Inman newly elected district committee woman. Attendees included Mrs Albert Johnson Gorworth county chairman and others from Bancroft Lakota Swea City Burt Algona and more.
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Kossuth County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Board
Burt Hotel
C. CG. Inman
Farm Bureau
Albert Johnson
Gorwith
C. C. Inman
Bancroft
Jerry Heetland
Lakota
Chas
Gutknecht
Roy Nichols
Swea City
James Nyman
Walter Campney
Burt
Bond and Salvage
Harold Hunt
Algona
J. F. Coyne
Wartime Meals Planned by Fenton and Seneca Homemakers
Fenton and Seneca Township educational cooperators held a training school on planning meals in war time. Miss Alma Schultz led the session at the home of Mrs. H W Holldorf, emphasizing ahead planning to ensure balanced nutrition, save time and materials, and boost morale. The discussion covered the daily food guide, health effects of nutrient deficiencies, meat supply strategies, and simple desserts with family participation in war effort.
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Seneca
Fenton Township
H. W. Holldorf
Fenton
Alma Schultz
Kossuth County Home Project
Butter Rationing Urged As Fats Shortage Grows
A county home economist warns families to watch butter use as a possible rationing move looms. She suggests aiming for about one quarter pound per person per week and offers tips to extend butter through cream, creaming, or mixing with milk.
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Alma Schultz
Town Folks Send Money Orders for The Topic
George Aalderks of Frost Minnesota and Mrs. Wm Dockstader of Monti cello Minnesota mail money orders to cover The Topic newspaper from January 4 1943 to January 1 1944. They say they cannot get along without the paper and send regards to all in their old hometown.
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George Aalderks
Frost
Minn
Dockstader
Monticello
Farm Machinery Preparedness Tips for Mower Repairs
This guide lists checks for mower repairs focusing on gears pitman and fly wheel cutter bar and knife. It covers gear wear removal and replacement of the pitman shaft bevel gear bushings pin procedures wear plates knife clips and alignment for proper knife registration and safe operation.
4 H Girls Learn Textiles and New War Measures
Miss Gladys Adama of Iowa State College led the second 4 H leaders air school stressing proper care of sewing equipment and textiles. Leaders from the counties met February 8 in Algona and Bancroft for all day sessions on pressing stain removal and cleaning garments to aid grooming and the war effort. Advice covered shoes hose care fabric selection sewing machine use and suitable styles for work clothes.
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Gladys Adama
Iowa State College
Adams
Oat Germination Urges Home Testing Before Planting
Kossuth county farmers are urged by extension director A L Brown to test oat seed before spring planting due to variable germination. State seed lab data show 15 percent of samples germinating 25 to 75 percent with many dead, likely from field oats heated in bins after fall combining. Home tests with sand beds can guide seed replacement decisions. official tests can follow for selling seed.
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Kossuth
A. L. Brown
Town State College
Brown
Woden First Aid Class Completes Course Lessons
The advanced Woden first aid class finished its course with a gathering at Dr. W L Tindall's home last Thursday. Those completing the course include Miss Edna Mae Redfield, Miss Lucille Anderson, Miss Ruth Eisenbacher, and many others. Paul Kirkpatrick of Crystal Lake led the instruction as local women volunteer for surgical dressings for the Red Cross, meeting a quota of 1000 bandages. A long list pledges continued service for upcoming months. Winter manure hauling may be needed if spring labor is tight.
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W. L. Tindall
Edna Mae Redfield
Lucille Anderson
Ruth Eisenbacher
G. L. Peterson
Co. W. Goslin
Henry Bode
Ernest Asleson
Forest Lackore
Frank Trueésdell
Paul Kirkpatrick
Crystal Lake
Red Cross
G. JL
Peterson
May Goslin
J. C. Hel
Claus Smith
Ole Gjerde
Gerdes
Frank Monson
John Swede
Howard Fredrickson
Freddie Gerdes
Johnnie, Gerdes
Frank O'Truesdell
Proper Feeding Could Raise Dairy Yield in Cows
Iowa State College dairy specialist E N Hansen says balanced feeding can lift Towa cows from 185 to 250 or even 300 pounds of butterfat annually. Recommend ample legume hay, corn silage, and a grain mix tied to milk output with added minerals and water.
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Towa
E. N. Hansen
Iowa State College
Hansen
Phenothiazine Proven Safe For Sheep Worms
Dr. K. W. Stouder of Iowa State College extension veterinary medicine reports phenothiazine as one of the most effective vermifuges and among the safest for treating sheep. It destroys nodular worms essential for intestinal health and helps remove common round worms, though it does not affect tapeworms. no solution yet exists for their control.
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K. W. Stouder
Iowa State College Extension
Local society notes include visits and meetings around town
Mrs John K Rippentrop hosted callers including George Rippentrop and family. Numerous social visits occurred at the Thomas Loats and Ben Meyer homes. The Junior Friendship Girls meet February 17 with Nancy Adamson assisting. A bridge club gathered. prizes awarded. Community groups planned meetings on meal planning and first aid. Major L G Gartner returned to Fort Leonard Wood after chaplain's school in Harvard.
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John K. Rippentrop
George Rippentrop
Tola
Irvin
Thomas Loats
Telko Seitsema
Grace
Tom Loats
Kenneth
Tabe Loats
Dubuque
Ben A. Meyer
Nancy Adamson
Esther Abbas
Maurice Keil
Bridge Club
Alvin Hanken
J. L. Intermill
Wilbur Schram
A. Sathoff
Charles Reed
Rey Air Corps
Warner Rohing Field
Georgia
Harry Reed
Harry Schroeder
Estherville
Senna Isebrand
John Boekelman
John Greenfield
Home Project
Lem Stockwell
Alma Schultz
Mildred Greenfield
Leroy Loats
Wesley
Dorothy Huisinga
George Peterson
Birthday Club
Mary Oesterreicher
Wm. Batt
Art Hench
Fisher
Anna Alice
Jesson
Kenneth Hill
Eldon Shaw
L. G. Gartner
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Fort Leonard Wood
Immanuel Lutheran Church Sunday Schedule and Activities
Immanuel Lutheran: Pastor Wm Plant at Titanics area. Sunday events include Bible Class nine thirty, English service ten thirty, and a special offering for The Lutheran Hour. Bible Class annual meeting, choir rehearsal Fridays, and confirmation instruction Wednesdays and Saturdays. Persistent skating rink repair efforts noted with two snow drifts. Sammy Eastman plans rink fix before the Fourth of July.
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Immanuel Lutheran
Wm. Plant
Titanics
West Union
Sammy Eastman
Winter Timber Plan Warns on Borer Killed Trees
Iowa State College extension entomologist Harold Gunderson urges farmers to remove borer killed trees now to gain firewood for winter, improve timber and prevent spread. Infested trees show quarter inch holes and sawdust. dig into holes to locate larvae for confirmation.
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Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College Extension Entomologiat
Gunderson
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Titonka Topic Srane Clark
Winks, Idas
Tike
Mommie
Farm Bureau Home Project
Women
Seneca Township
Drs
Colby and
Hayden Forest City
Iowa
Woden
Sherman Meyer
Osteopathic
Sawyer
Smith's Barber Shop
Titanka
Algona, Iowa
Topic
United
Algons, Town
Des Moines Newspaper
Swan Furiiture Funeral Home
Kenneth W. Swan
Lews
F. Haretreet
M. D. Ours
Pierre Sartor
E. J
Torgersen Maneger
Dallding 'Pnexks
Roy C. Ball
Titonka
Kossuth County
L. A. Winkel Attorney-at-Law
Quinby
Algona, Ia
van Ness and
Brunson Attorneys
Helse Bldg
Algona, Is
Quarton and
Miller County Eernal Bank
Hidg
Henry H. Huisinga & Sons. Contractors and Builders
D. O. Orthopathic
Tyke TheaTre
Wake Island
Brian Donlevy
Robert Preston
Clark Gable
Ana Turner
Ann Miller and
Jerry Colona
Leo Heiman
Buffalo Center
Twine
Delco
Titanica Implement Co
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