Union Slough Project Rejected
Attorney J D Lowe, returning from Washington, D C, as a governor appointed delegate and Kossuth County Conservation Society representative, reports that the Union Slough conservation project was rejected. Owners of slough bottom land near Union Slough asked too high a price, while the government buys land cheaper elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
J. D. Lowe
Washington, D. C
Kossuth County Conservation Society
Roosevel
Lowe
Iowa
Hoe
Organization of
Biological Department
Union Slough
Kossuth
Final plea to aid game birds in Iowa snowbound crisis
State game supervisors urge constant feeding and shelter construction to save quail and pheasants. A heavy snow and subzero winds worsen bird losses. volunteers, 4 H clubs, CCC camps and many groups mobilize food, grit, and shelters with south facing openings and brush piles to protect birds until conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Life
The
Conservation Commission
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
American Legion
CCC
Algona Public Schools Close Indefinitely Over Coal Shortage
Word from Algona authorities indicates the public schools will remain closed for an undetermined period to conserve coal. The decision was announced Tuesday as a response to energy shortages affecting local operations and heating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Man Fined For Improper Contact In Redwood City
California man George Apathy, 26, was fined $2.50 after attempting to drive a car with one arm around a girl, an incident described as petting at Redwood City. The charge stems from unsafe driving alongside unwanted physical advance.
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California
Redwood City
Coal
Geo. Apathy
Pheasants Given to Ostherville Needy
Twenty six pheasants found frozen to death near Ostherville Iowa were delivered by B B Kint and given to the city’s needy for food. The birds were discovered just west of the city and turned over for charitable use.
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Ostherville
Iowa
B .B. Kint
Sale of Ben Bakken Holdings Held Near Algona
Ben Bakken finally held his postponed sale Saturday, two miles southwest of Algona. A modest crowd attended with receipts totaling about $2,500.
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Ben Bakken
Algona
Frank Meyers Sale Postponed to March Weather Permits
Frank Meyer, southeast of town, has postponed a sale to a later date in March depending on the weather. Notice of the new sale date will be announced in this paper, perhaps next week.
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Frank Meyer
Crushed to death by snow plow near Burt Iowa
Harvey Crouch son of Byron and Mrs Crouch of Burt Iowa was crushed between two state snow plows near Burt on Saturday while employed by the state. He is survived by his wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey ‘Crouch
Byron Crouch
Burt
Iowa
Highway Opens Between Titonka and Burt After Snow Clop
Glynn Keuthenreather led twenty men from Titonka and others along the route west of here to scoop and plow open the roads between Titonka and Burt Saturday. Marooned residents could return home Saturday evening and Sunday, and truck drivers could haul coal to dealers from Algona.
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Burt
Glynn Keuthenreather
Titonka
Algona
Rates for Candidate Cards Through June Set at Five Dollars
The notice states a five dollar rate for candidate cards through June. For those who wish alternating weeks, the charge is ten cents per line per issue. The policy applies equally to all parties with no favoritism.
Farm products double in 3 years in Chicago market
A Chicago market survey shows six major farm commodities wheat corn butter cattle hogs and eggs gaining about 125 percent over prices three years ago despite a yearlong standstill. May wheat leads with 107 percent rise followed by May corn 140 percent hogs 193 percent cattle 84 percent butter 100 percent and eggs 146 percent.
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Chicago
Ill
Citizens Grateful For Fuel During Severe Cold Spell
Citizens of Titanka and vicinity express gratitude to truckmen and coal dealers for delivering coal over twenty days, ensuring no family faced undue exposure during a ten to thirty below zero cold period.
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Titanka
Paid in Full A double-crosser meets a girl
A brief fiction note from The American Weekly distributed with Sunday Chicago Herald and Examiner. The story centers on a confirmed double-crosser who encounters a girl, leading to a twist in the plot.
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G Jirl
NEXT
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Titania Schools End Five Week Vacation Period
Titania Schools resumed after a five week break begun mid December with two weeks for Christmas and three more lost to storms.
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Titania
Iowa Warns Citizens to Conserve Food as Birds Suffer
The article urges strict conservation of grain through daily small rations to protect birds in severe cold. It notes hunting season will come and urges public effort, stressing that grain is a vital resource for Iowa and every citizen must help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mur tagh Heads Algona Bank Advances in Algona
The stockholders of Security State Bank elected officers and directors including Chas B Murtagh as president and active manager. The bank will occupy the old Kossuth County State Bank building with possession March 1 1936 and opening soon after. A renovation committee was named with Kohlhaas Hough and Hutchison.
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Algonas
Algona Bank
Security State Bank
Chas
B. Murtagh
A. Hutchison
Frank Kohlhaas
Eugene Schemel
Chas. B. Murtagh
R. W. Caldwell
Z. C. Hutchison
B. J. Ho
J. Hough
Algona
Funeral of Mrs Walter Dunn Held in Ellendale
Ed Aukes and Mary Aukes of Forest City road north of Woden attended the funeral of their daughter Mrs Walter Dunn of Ellendale Minnesota. Mrs Dunn died after a sixteen week illness from cancer in a hospital. She married in 1923 and died Tuesday February 11 1936. Survived by husband three children Lawrence Louis and Wallace five brothers and two sisters. Local relatives Mr and Mrs Aukes Buffalo Center attended the funeral held Saturday in Ellendale.
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Ellendale
Woden
Ed. Aykes
Forest City
Walter Dunn
Minn
Dunn
Mary Aukes
Ed. Aukes
Lawrence
Louis
Wallace
Reinert
Ted
Ben
Marvin
Walter
Gladys Heitland
Clare Aukes
Post Master Newville Reports 57 Sacks of Mail
Post Master Newville told the Topic yesterday morning she received 57 sacks of mail Monday afternoon for distribution to patrons of the local office. The batch consisted of delayed mail from Thursday of last week arriving by Monday afternoon.
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Newville
Weather Delays Star Carrier to Titonka One Daily Trip
Severe cold and deteriorating roads reduce the star carrier to a single daily run to Titonka. The schedule will continue until road and weather conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Obituary for Emmett O Ash of Oral South Dakota
Emmett O Ash born January 17 1884 in Wesley Iowa died January 14 1936 in Hot Springs South Dakota at 51 years 11 months and 27 days. He leaves his mother Mrs M J Ash two sisters Mrs O H Hedwick and Mrs C L Fleming and two brothers Carty and Ellsworth all of Oral with many relatives and friends. He married Margaret Howard in 1913 and was a Masonic member. He lived and worked in Oral and Hot Springs and gained fame as an artist after extensive travel in the United States. His death closes a life of community service and skillful artistry among friends.
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Emmett O. Ash
Wesley
Iowa
Hot Springs
M.D
M. J. Ash
Oral
O. EH. Hedwick
Hatherville
Town
Co. L. Fleming
A. D. Ash
Dmmett
Emmett
United States
Black Hills
Ora
School Reopens After Two Week Winter Vacation
The district re opened Monday with slight attendance after a two week layoff due to coal shortages and transportation issues. Officials say blame is unnecessary given widespread hardships and hope better weather will let school continue to year’s end.
Primary Still Closed Monday Between Titonka and Wesley
The state primary highway between Titonka and Wesley remained closed at noon Monday with no mail arriving since Thursday from Britt and no clear idea when mail service will resume. A snow plow attempt Saturday failed after equipment broke, and crews retreated to Algona after penetrating one mile into the snow north of the intersection. A new reopening attempt was planned for Monday.
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Titonka
Wesley
Britt
Algona
Jimmie Neville remembered as Algona shoe merchant
Jimmie Neville, a longtime Algona shoe merchant aged 71 last Tuesday, began in Minnesota and the Dakotas before settling in northern Iowa. His business success followed largely from his wife's advice as he built a prominent local trade legacy.
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Jimmie Neville
Algona
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
School Issues In 1901 Parents Teachers Co Operative
In 1901 Buffalo and German townships a parent teachers cooperative held meetings to discuss improving schools. Topics included district rights regarding teachers, teacher relations with the school board, teacher expectations of parents, and qualities desirable in a teacher and director.
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Parent Teachers Co-Operative Association
Buffalo
No Klondyke Train Suspended For Two Weeks
The Klondyke train serving Titonka Woden Crystal Lake Hayfield and Garner died on the tracks ten days ago awaiting fuel to renew vigor. Officials who operate it are off duty and hopeful for a Rock Island snow plow to reopen the line to Garner. No train is expected to depart Titonka for two weeks if weather stays poor.
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Klondyke
Titonka
Woden
Crystal Lake
Hayfield
Garner
Rock Island
Welp in town after heavy snows detour then
Dick Welp arrived Wednesday morning for the first time since the big snows. He was marooned for a time and forced to detour through fields to reach town. Both Mrs. Welp and Mrs. Ray Welp are recovering from the mumps, contracted from Irvin who had it first.
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Dick Welp
Welp
Ray Welp
Irvin
Carl William Swansea Dies at 65 in Woden Area
Carl William Swansea brother of Mrs. T. Fredrickson died Sunday morning February 12 1936 at the home south of Woden after pneumonia. Born August 1 1870 at Paxton Illinois he had lived in the area four years. Burial followed at Paxton with the body sent from Britt. He left a mother Mrs C O Swanson of Paxton two sisters Linda Swanson and Mrs T Fredrickson plus three brothers John Edward and Oscar and many nieces and nephews. His father died in December 1932.
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Carl William Swansidon
Carl William Swansea
T. Fredrickson
Waden
Paxton
Ihining
M Byayson
le Hoy
Boughton
Britt
Paxton, Ll
C. O. Swanson
Linda Swanson
Woden
John
Edward
Gibson City
Ill
Oscar
Swanson
District Court News In Brief On Weather and Banking Sale
Judge Heald sat in Spencer to hold court from Thursday to Saturday but weather halted business. Only action was the sale of the Kosssuth County State Bank gate to Security State Bank for 12675 dollars including fixtures. No new district court cases. Probate filings list guardians for Arthur, Mildred and Florence Klocke with Myrtle Klocke as guardian, and John G Ferguson with Lewis K Ferguson as guardian. estate of Helen Sutherland and A. J. Van Ness appointed administrator.
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Heald
Spencer
Kossuth County State Bank
McDonald & Co
Kossuth County Mutual Fire Insurance Co
A. Hutchison
New Security State Bank
Arthur
Mildred
Florence Klocke
Myrtle Klocke
John G. Ferguson
Lewis K Ferguson
Helen Sutherland
J. van Ness
Lincoln and the Court in the Dred Scott Debate
Lincoln argued against the Dred Scott ruling, urging peaceable reversal and warning against letting Supreme Court decisions fix policy in ordinary cases. The Civil War later reversed the decision, but the public did not surrender self-government to the court.
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Lincoln
Wallace
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott
Supreme Court
Eminent Tribunal
United States
School closes Monday after one day session indefinitely
Snow disruptions linger as a one day school session ends with closure expected to be indefinite. Road conditions worsen with more snow, hampering travel and mail delivery on rural routes near Wesley.
Winter gatherings and weddings in Titonka region
A Valentine party at the Wm. Denton home featured bridge with Kathryn Schram high and Betty Budlong low, Sherman Kelly winning the hondér prize. many guests shared lunch. A February 18 wedding united George Anna and Rosalia Kellner with Harold Godfredson and Frances Kellner, both couples celebrated with a wedding dinner despite cold roads. Multiple social events follow including Bible study, club meetings, and bridge games with travel prizes and birthdays noted.
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George Anna
Titonka
Rosalia Kellner
St. Benedict
Harold Godfredson
Frances Kellner
Father Kramer
John Kellner
Kellner
Ama
George Ama
Charlie Ama
Lena Godfredson
Titonica
Methodist Church Notes Washingtons Birthday Supper Rally
Church notes warn announcements depend on weather. Sunday service planned for Washingtons Birthday, with Saturday evening supper at the parsonage as the annual church event. Laymens rally set for February 25 with Dr Muhleman present all day. Readers urged to follow Daily Devotions and Upper Room and to read every page.
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Washington
Muhleman
Miller brothers aid feed for starving pheasants
O E Miller received a five dollar draft from brother Alvin Miller of Woodbine Iowa to purchase feed for starving pheasants. Oscar put the money to work at once. The state snow plow went north through Titanka Wednesday morning after the county had opened it up a few days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Miller
Alvin Miller
Woodbine
Iowa
Oscar
Titanka
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Murtagh
Telko Stecker
Raymond Heifner
Woodrow Peterson
Lester Callies
Geo. G. Schutter
J. J. Sheridan
Bancroft
Register
Titonka-Wesley Road
Henry Stecker
Dalurage Hospital
Buffalo Center
Stecker
Mica Gladys Bogges
Doris Amundson
Dorothy Weaver
Anna Ladd
Faith
Hope
Duane
Jean Paul
A. M. Petersen
Rev. Faul
Mary Oesterreicher
Womens Club
H. W. Schoenlein
John Fisher
L. B. Larson
Ted Dunmire
Larson Home
Martin Bleich
Messrs
Homer Downs
C. A. Hoon
J. E. Bleich
Sartor Home
Claude Rose
Alice Sartor
Bleich
H. A. French
Methodist Church
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