24 Feb 1955
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1955
Page
1
The Titonka Topic outlines subscription rates of 2.00 per year in advance for Kossuth County and Titonka trade area, 2.50 outside that area, and 3.00 for Canada and foreign countries. It states continuing yearly subscriptions unless canceled by the subscriber or publisher.
Wesley notes a busy period with visits from Dallas and Minneapolis, engagements announced, hospitalizations due to surgery, school returns after rheumatic fever, and local club meetings. Family travel, birthdays, weddings, and community events fill the month as residents plan dances, fund drives, and notable farewells.
Mr and Mrs R I Simpson and the Presthus group traveled to California with visits in Hutchinson and Los Angeles. Harold and Joe fished and returned with supper. Various local residents hosted gatherings, showers, and dinners in Burt Algona Laurens and Forest City with multiple families and guests noted including Henken Kirschbaum wedding and 7th birthday for Robert Ortman.
Beverly Harms and family joined the Harms couple for Spencer trip plus their seventeenth wedding anniversary at Johnson House Algona. Numerous gatherings follow with Wear-Ever supper groups, birthday events, slumber parties, and square dancing in Titonka and Titonia. Patties mention hospital visits, a Burt death, and a Mapleton flag tale linking Capitol history.
The Prairie Neighbors met at Mrs August Studer home with Mrs Dale Dornbeir assisting. Valentine ideas were carried out in the program. The Methodist youth school held its first of five meetings on Feb 13th with multiple teachers across age groups. A pot luck supper occurred in the church parlors. The 48th Farmers Cooperative Society stockholders meeting is set for Feb 21 at 1:30 pm at American Legion hall to vote on a two-term board limit and one-year off period plus regular business and program items.
A study of 801 Iowa dairy herds found that cows yielding 350 to 399 pounds of butterfat per year returned 2.25 dollars for every feed dollar, after costs. Average feed cost was 167 dollars, with 87 dollars for equipment and other costs, leaving 122 dollars per cow for labor. Cows producing over 500 pounds of butterfat earned 214 dollars per cow for labor, more than three times the lowest-producing group.
Advertisement urges farmers to secure 1955 fertilizer supplies early this month to avoid shortages and ensure steady access to essential nutrients for crops.
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