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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1933
Page
3
Dr D E Kulp addresses a Parent Teachers meeting on the cost of taxation and education over time. He notes rising tuition, corn prices, and public charges, urges temporary retrenchment, and argues true relief requires broader financial reform and agricultural strength.
The Methodist Men’s meeting is Friday evening at the church with social activity starting after seven. Rev T E Hoon of Garner Iowa will speak. A lunch follows. Sunday schedule includes Sunday school at 9:40 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. Lapworth League at 7 p.m. Evening service and Bible study at 7:46. Frank Newville of Mason City visited.
Milton Pendergast arrived home this week after spending time in Minneapolis tending to business and visiting his sisters.
Mrs Heiko Cosma known as Elste Jensen of Lakota died after pneumonia two weeks after giving birth to an infant son. She was seventeen and married last spring to a Buffalo Center native and resident. They lived with her parents and planned to move to Albert Dirksen farm near this city. Funeral set for Saturday at Lakota with husband and parents by her bedside throughout.
Yesterday at Sacred Heart Church in Wesley, Mrs. Mathilda Oppedal married Mr. Eugene N. Loebig with Father Geo Wessling officiating. They will live on the Leeble farm and host friends after March 1, with many in Buffalo township and Titania offering best wishes.
The Titonia public library lists weekly hours Tueday 12 1 p m and Saturday 2 p m donations from Maurice Hansen include Gold by Stewart Edward White The Notes of a War Correspondent by Davis The Stingy Receiver by Heanor H Abbot Knight Wrrant by Lyall A Bid for Worlune by Boothby Butt A Collie by er hune White Jacket by Herman Mal ville Exploration and Discovery in the Frozen Seas by Aramus A Winning Hazard by Alexandar the Conqueror by Gertrude Atherton Winter on tha Ise by Towle Real Soldiers of Fortune by Bavls
Notice to stockholders announces the annual meeting of the Telephone Company at the I.O.O.F. Hall on Saturday February 15 194% at one o clock for electing two directors and transacting any business that may come before the meeting Mrs J C Newville secretary
Denis Norman Buns, 80, of Woden, died Monday after a stroke. Found chilled by cold, funeral services are set for Thursday at 1 PM at the Lutheran church in Woden. Survived by several children including John Buns, former Titonka resident.
A memory notes Wim. Boylken attending a basket sale at Madole schoolhouse one mile east of town Priday, paying 4.76 for a teacher's basket. It laments themes of value and integrity, recounting a historic press circulation dispute among Advance Upper Des Moines Bancroft Register and Titonia Topic, with Topic prevailing before the Board of Supervisors.
The article surveys wedding folklore from various regions noting sun and weather signs for happiness, the Roman threshold custom of lifting the bride, fears of Friday marriages, and a June preference, arguing these beliefs are groundless yet linger across generations.
Henry Korte of Woden was arrested by Sheriff Peck Hanson Saturday night at Woden with a quantity of liquor. He pleaded guilty Thursday to illegal possession of intoxicating liquor in Garner and was sentenced by Judge M. F. Ed wards to $200 fine and 90 days in jail, suspended on payment of fine and costs. paroled to sheriff with time to pay.
The Guther League and friends enjoyed a 4 Valentine social in the church basement Tuesday evening. English service is at 11 a.m. next Sunday with Sunday school at 10 a.m. The confirmation class meets next Saturday at 1 p.m. and next Tuesday at 7 p.m. Men sawed wood from traces. about 18 trees on the property were cut eight years ago.
In a dispatch from Capitol Hill A H Bornstetter notes Iowa lawmakers debate salary cuts for state officials. He highlights attempts to limit pay to 7500 dollars for top earners, critiques past shifts favoring higher salaries, and cites education and highway workers with distinct pay scales. The piece ends with a humorous anecdote about a tramp and a doctor.
Leonard Calliss ran a local business with an address in Swea City and Bancroft on Tuesday, reflecting community commerce. He is linked to activities in both towns during the midweek period.
Combination Sale details list Tonka Friday events with auctioneers and bank offices for Mila printing. Local updates include Mrs Chas Reibsamon returning from Minneapolis with Stella Mac Breen, North Town Grain Company manager meeting at Corwith, and Maindorf Ullman welcoming a baby boy, marking a family addition and blessings.
The list includes Donovan Andrews Rosemary Bacon Fern Ossterreicher Hart Schweppe Robert Schutter Arthur Rode Maxine Stott and Robert Barbour entering the valentine contest. Maxine Stott honors her birthday by treating classmates while reporters Roger Larson and Raymond Bunting cover the event. A bashful junior posts the schedule, a prank involves sawdust and cleaning agents in desks, and a French male student eagerly answers to Madamoiselle as a shy sophomore endures a front-row seating prank.
Mrs Hugo Sleper formerly Mina Kuper died Sunday at about 2 pm at her home northwest of town after months of cancer. She leaves seven children, two sons and five daughters, plus four sisters and four brothers. Her father died two months ago. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Presbyterian church in Takata with Rev. O H Prerking officiating, burial in Buffalo Center cemetery.
A list titled The Honor Roll includes several individuals with variations of Iowa towns and dates in 1934. Names such as Martin E. Bleich Henry Dirksen George Onkean and R Dirksen appear with inconsistent spellings and places like Titonka Kanawhy Algona and Titonka again. The text reads as a fragmented, misspelled roster of residents with dates in early 1934 and similar towns across Iowa.
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