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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1929
Page
2
Ordinance 36 forms a public library in Titonka Iowa with a five member library board appointed by the Mayor with Council approval. The board governs per state law, and taxation powers to support the library rest with the trustees. Enacted February 20, 1929.
The Titonka Topic proclaims comprehensive local coverage beyond rivals and highlights its Thoroughly Covers a Territory That is Reached by No Other Paper stance. The publisher Lee Wolfe emphasizes unique reporting and community focus in this introductory note.
In Titania area Guido Sartor, son of Dr and Mrs Pierre Sartor, builds and operates a short wave radio set to receive distant messages. He copied Byrd’s south pole reports and Car negie yacht traffic as well as German and Australian signals. The piece also recalls John Falk Jr and road clearing by Lester Callies, with a snowbound Wesley trip and a swollen foot incident.
Claus Tjarks of Wesley and his mother Mrs H Tjarks of German township visited Thursday.
The piece argues that protective tariffs, framed as farmer relief, push up costs across industries. It notes chemists seek large schedule hikes while predicting more sectors will demand increases, with farmers bearing the eventual burden. It also highlights Titanka Co-Operative Creamery paying record butterfat prices in 1928 in northern Iowa.
Reports describe experiments to electrify water using wires and floaters to stun carp suckers and gar. If successful the method could be used in inland lakes to reduce carp. Lake Mlysian proposed for test by the state fish and game department. A baby girl reported born to Mr and Mrs Pete Ubben in German township. Climate notes quote Thomas Jefferson on milder weather and discuss long-term climate misperceptions.
A town meeting at Stott's Store at 2 20 P M led to suspension of rules and adoption of Library Ordinance No 36 as read Ayes followed Names of appointed library trustees were Mrs Jay Budlong Mrs A M Peters en Mrs H W Schoenlein TH A French and Pierre Sartor Clerk Wm Boyken adjourned the session
The poem by Edith Isely, niece of Mrs. Mariah Reynolds of Monroe, Wisconsin, was handed to the editor via Dr. R C Ball. It references Titonka area and fishermen and mentions cheese prices and summer concerns amid Chicago gangsters and the gulf coast breeze.
A humorous verse extols cheese and cheese sandwiches as secret to fame and historic feats. It playfully cites Napoleon, Alexander, Caesar, Coolidge, Lindbergh and others, praising a Midwestern town and urging readers to eat cream cheese for success.
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