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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1923
Page
2
The Titonka Topic Seed Wolfe Publisher Jowa lists subscription rates at 1.50 per year in advance and 3.00 per year not in advance with 2.60 per year mailed to Canada post offices. The paper notes it is a second class mail matter entered at the post office and serves a territory not reached by any other paper.
The Kosuth county Board of Supervisors orders court house printing to go to the lowest bidder with Petersen to notify printers when work is available. The move aims to save thousands annually and keep profits in county hands.
The house committee on schools and textbooks recommended indefinite postponement of the teachers' minimum wage bill last Monday. Lawmakers now pivot to a state income tax measure, introduced by Representative Patterson of Burt, modeled after the Wisconsin law and aimed to burden the map.
Judge Martin J Wade fines Wm Osmundson and Edward Flynn 1000 dollars each after federal conviction for running a lottery to sell a farm. The Britt News notes Iowa House seated a man by lottery suggesting tension between lottery law and election procedures.
A stark lament warns that filth and vermin make roosts unusable and threaten the chickens’ survival. The speaker notes a bleak future with an empty roost and a tale of sickness and death as new acquaintances are sized up.
Clarksville Star notes a shift toward civility with men avoiding foul language and gossip among neighbors. Readers are urged to commend good words, refrain from speaking ill, and reflect on personal faults to improve the community atmosphere.
Iowa health statistics show sick children caused about 45 million dollars in tax costs last year. Absences reached 141,605 daily, 80 percent preventable, while Iowa’s preventable disease death rates lagged behind 35-state area improvements. Infant mortality fell 22.6 percent nationwide versus 18.2 percent in Iowa.
The suggestion urges trying a new stunt by spending an hour or more wandering the town in all directions. It recommends carrying a notebook and pencil to jot down observations as one notices things, then applying critical notes to the findings.
Otto Kunz of Wesley checked land interests on Thursday. Elwin Valley of Crystal Lake made a business call Tuesday. Declamatory contest at Crystal Lake Wednesday evening attended by Mr and Mrs H O Swingen and daughters Ruth Allegra Mise Berniece Cunningham. J L Bushman bought a Ford coupe from local dealer John Junker Saturday. Petar Koppen of Yakote visited Thursday with daughter Mrs George Breen. J Lewis of Britt a Saturday caller. Ben Isebrandt mourns the death of their baby with four other children ill with influenza. nurse secured. Sheriff H P Hanton of Garner visited Saturday. Dance at Sexton Friday night. Rudy Miller of Britt visited. Paul Baack proud new baby boy born Monday. three boys and one girl in family. H O Swingen and daughter Ruth and Emerald Kruse visited Forest City Saturday. Dr Sartor of Titonka was a professional caller Monday. Willie Gerdes visited Bancrat Monday. C A Lawler and family visited Buffalo Center Sunday. Miss Kathryn Seiboldt spent Sunday with Miss Opal Hignemann. William Jacobs ill with pneumonia recently. Hold Your Horses the next movie Friday and Saturday February 16 and 17. Miss Knutsen of Ringsted came Thursday to take up duties.
Miss Leona Netgan resigned her telephone operator post after several years of service. She left Saturday for her home near Buffalo Center, ending her time in politics. Local high school boys from Titonka and Burt and Titonka faced off in a Monday night basketball game at the Symnasium, with Titonka edging the opponents.
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