Titonka Topic local paper subscription and notices
The Titonka Topic details subscription rates for 61.80 in county and Titonka trade area, 92.00 elsewhere, with terms on discontinuations and extensions. The piece then shifts to light local commentary on politics, language, and a list of visitors and residents including Kruse, Andrews, Richardson, Tindall, Wood, Cushman, Rudisill, Tjaden, Marr, DeBruyn, Sloper, and others, noting dinners, visits, and calls in a small-town context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coutty and
Titonka
Roseuth County
Canada
Ray
Henry Kruse
W. D. Andrews
Algona
R. K. Richardson
Wesley
Tindall
LaVonne Wood
Wayne Naser
Merle Cushman
Bancroft
John Rudisili
Jello Tjaden
Stephen Tjaden
Ralph ‘Tjaden
Cooney Kramer
Charles Marr
Corwith
Mary, Rudisill
Bob DeBruyn
Bill DeBruyn
Albert Lea
Squeals in lumber fuel and abrasive use in wartime notes
A lighthearted column reports sawdust being repurposed for fuel and abrasives, mentions street conditions improving with snow, and shares quirky quips on marriage, bachelorhood, and daily war effort. A sailor expresses that each workday brings the war closer to end, while Pansy comments on views of marriage and fools.
Orthel Host Hi Lo Bridge Club Evening
Hi Lo bridge prizes won by Mrs. Harry Quinn and T A Dunmire. Congratulations to Dale Rittenhouse. Des Moines visitors August Stohr and family, Duane Helms, Estella Ludeking, and Robert Gerdes noted. Bundles of relatives celebrated Clarence Attig's seventh anniversary at the Attig home. Various visits and farewells marked the week with many locals hosting or visiting kin and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Orthel
Hi-Lo
Harry Quinn
T. A. Dunmire
Dale Rittenhouse
Dunmire
August Stohr
Des Moines
Elvin Helm
Boone
Joe McGurk
Ted Bode
Ceylon
Minn
Clifford Christensen
Blooming Prairie
Fred Saathoff
H. O. Swingen
Mason City
Ted Gerdes
Clear Lake
Fred Gerdes
David Dana
Methodist Church
Dana
Jack Sprat
Minnesota
Mark Tweet
Omaha
Tweet
Arlys Kay Rittenhouse
W. L. Tindall
Hastern Star
Britt
Fern Reibsamen
Jake Theiben
Alvin Hanna
Sen
Titonka
William Wood
Lafalot
Bernard Culver
Dickens
Herbert Leighter
Spencer
Frank Truesdell
Abbe Doden
General Hospital
John Schuter
Swea City
Arlene Hammond
Willam Wood
Henry Bode
Forest Lathore
Roy Thorn
Bonnie
Emeraida Kruse
Buffalo Center
Community notices and moving plans in Burt area
Port land area residents hosted guests at Clyde Bristow and Wyatt Stott homes with several moving updates. Neighbors celebrated farewell for the Bristows while Floyd Stott returned from officer training in Georgia and plans to parachute jump. multiple families assort to farms near Burt and Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Wolf
Calvin Bristow
Raphael
Clyde Bristow’s
Leo Immerfall
Baby
Wyatt Stott’s
Fred Henken
Tom Asche
Ross Ringsdorf
Mapleton, Minn
Treassie Ringsdorf
Burt
Cheryil
Algona
Ted Ringsdorf
Wyatt Stott
Floyd
Frank Burger
Mark Bacon
Fern Dreen
Avery Fitch
Clyde Bristow
Jesse Harms
Bristows
George Hix
John Koestler
George Gray
Dell Fitch
Clyde Bristows
Ames
Georgia
Dell
Thompson
Dell Fitches
Marcella Bartlett
David Stewart
The
Herbert Jackman
Chase
Bernard Phelps
Jackmans
Omaha
Levant Moore's
W. J. Stewart
Roy Clark
Graham Bros
Ruth
George Graham
Jacob Godden
Warren
Harvey Graham
Lois
Fred Jennings
Lottie Graham
Local Social Roundup From Algona and Surrounds
Community notes record gatherings and visits across Algona area. Families such as Larsen Ringsdorf Shipler and Woltz appear with birthdays, church circles, and card parties. Merchant marine Wendell Ringsdorf awaits call as friends share meals and weekend outings.
Land Use Priorities Amid War Food Demands
County Extension Director A L Brown urges farmers to set land labor and equipment priorities due to wartime needs. Corn should be the main crop, with beans flax and hemp as special war crops, and alfalfa and clover for livestock roughage. Oats serve only as a nurse crop when flax is impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Extension
A. L. Brown
Local V Mail Stationery and Visitors Listed in Algona
Local notes list V-Mail stationery and black ink for sale at the drug store. Numerous social visits including Verna Holeck of Britt at the Mre Anna Alice home. John and Frieda Boyken at Clarence Attig. Elmer Gray and Melvin at Richard Gray. and Clair Winkie renting the John Lamuth home in Algona moving March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Od¢sterreicher
Louis
Algona
Verna Holeck
Britt
Mre
Anna Alice
John
Frieda Boyken
Clarence Attig
Elmer Gray
Melvin
Richard Gray
Rippentrop
J. L
Mason City
Clair Winkie
John Lamuth
Dunmire
Mark Bacon
Clair Helfer
Marshall Friest
Jesse ‘Harms
Burt
John Ruter
Shannon
Ill
Ruter
Martha Tieden
Titonica Federated Club
Lillian Honken
Rolcall
Cleo Nelson
Margaret Keil
Ralph Janssen
Kossuth Hospital
Ralph
Buffalo Center
Edw. A. Sathoff
Bridge Club
R. C. Ball
Howard French
Miller Nelson
Pierre Sartor
Nelson
French
Raymond Bartlett
Clair Heifner
Conrad Schmidt
Ernest Hoffman
Robert Lang
Immanual Luther League
Titanka Good Hope
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Witenke
Idwa
King's
Congress
Pansy
Natial Editorial
Wsé
Swan Furniture Funeral Home
Ambtlancoe
Kenneth W. Swan
Iowa
W. F. Hamstreet
M. D
Dr. E. J. Gallup Chiropractor
Keil
Titonka, Ia
HL “Torgersen
Kamstreet
Caan Ene Neee Ene
Roy C. Ball
Titanka
Kossuth County
L. A. Winkel
Quinby
Algona, Ta
van Neas
Brunson
Attorneys-at-Law
Boise Bldg
Quarton and Miller County Savings Bank Bldg
Algons
Hany
H. H. Huisinga & Sons Contra
Woden
Lows
Woden News
Portland News
Harry Christensen
Toots” Leek
Straw
C. Bristow
Center School
Washington
Will Speicher
Carol Smith
Near Elmore
Martin Larsen
E. L. Jennings
Earl Zwiefel
Vernon Larsen
Leila
Harold Taft
Roy Ringsdorf
Wendell
Sherman Meyer
Sawyer Building
McCormick-Deering
Genuine I
H. C
Delco
Titonka Implement Co
Poland
China
O. W. Friedow
Irene Manning and
Craig Stevens
ETON
Mickey Rooney and
Freddie Bartholomew
Weaver Bros. and
Elviry
Rom
Hamilton Hatchery
E. Ley
FORD
Lakofa
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