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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1948
Page
2
Subscription rates are listed as 2.00 per year in advance for Kossuth County and Titonka trade territory, 2.50 per year outside those counties, and 3.00 per year for Canada and foreign countries, indicating a regional pricing structure.
Woden St John’s Lutheran and Presbyterian churches schedule Sunday School at 9:30, worship at 10:50, and midweek Lent services led by Rev Klausen with missionary pictures. Local social notes cover visits, bridge games, travels to Mason City Ames Des Moines and Garner, Legion Auxiliary meetings, and family gatherings around Woden.
Mrs Bephenivis celebrates a birth ay as Mrs Wm Mabus turns 80 on February 17. Relatives from Wells Minnesota and Hubbard join the gathering. August Christ, Raymond, and Glen Klocke attend the Soderberg Klocke wedding in Bancroft. Kamrar visitors attend Reinder Johnson farm sale last Tuesday.
Marjorie Fear daughter of Van Meter residents and Marcus Rippentrop son of Ames area couple wed at three pm Tuesday February 10 1943 Rev H A Hanscom officiated Helen Fear was bridesmaid Joe Rippentrop best man Mrs Hanscom provided music and a wedding prayer. The couple plans Des Moines home and De Moines employment for Marcus. Deer spotted in West Union yard by R Estey entering street traffic spurred by car. first city deer sighting.
Jacob Hansen of Fertile Iowa died from exposure to the sub zero cold last week. His body was spotted from a passing car in a wood lot near his home and the coroner attributed death to exposure and cold.
Twenty new vehicles were registered this week in Kossuth County. Owners include Plymouth E HB Brandon of Algona and Gordon Corwin of Swea City for cars. Dodge and Ford models listed with Algona residents. Chrysler, Buick, and Nash entries show multiple Algona owners. trucks include entries for H B Seeley and Thomas L. Sawyer of Algona. other named owners hail from Ottosen, Wesley, Bancroft, Luverne, Swea City, and Bancroft.
A LeMars youth Myron Smith contender on a radio quiz program matches pennies in a Los Angeles shop window against a local girl. After 10 000 coin matches the winner earns a new refrigerator. The piece notes the quirky contest and a local club anniversary in Leon.
Kossuth County farmers are advised to test soybean seed at home using only sand in a germination box. A. Brow says to count 4 to 6 lots of 100 seeds, plant one inch deep in sand, keep boxes at 65 to 80 degrees with light, and read tests in 3 to 10 days to calculate germination percentages and adjust seeding rates. Samples tested at Iowa State College are noted.
The text notes uneven germination with low vitality and some seedlings failing to shed seed coats. When germination percentages are known, the seeding rate can be increased to achieve a solid stand.
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