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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
4
Public notice from F. R. Amesbury calling all parties owing the mean book account who have not recently settled to call and pay by cash or note at their earliest convenience. Authorized demand for settlement and obligation.
Juhn Savhau seeks four week old suckling calves for Nelson Morris and Co of Chicago. Offering the highest prices and aiming to purchase forty to fifty calves weekly.
A Republican caucus will be held at the Topic office on Saturday evening February 29, 1908 at 8:00 p m to choose six delegates for the county convention on March 5 and to handle any other proper business. Lee O Wolfe, Committeeman.
German township Republican caucus to be held at Center School House on Saturday evening at 8 o clock. Purpose to select three delegates to county convention and to transact other business. Committeeman L F Krause announces.
Buffalo Township residents must give at least three weeks notice to township trustees before crossing any public highway and specify the filing location to earn compensation. Those failing to provide notice will be refused payment for duties performed across highways. E L Tuttle, Township Clerk.
Dr C J Plonske recounts a sea journey from New York to Plymouth Cherbourg and Cuxhaven aboard a modern liner. He describes ship governance the captain navigation engineers purser sections and passenger care. He notes gulls guides fishing vessels coast landfall Plymouth Cherbourg and calm seas replacing feared rough channels. May the new year bring success and happiness from Dr. Plonske.
Glen and Elsie Rethsamen chronicle their Dakota homestead near McKenzie County with details on towns Arnegard and Schafer, local springs, Roosevelt Ranch history, rail and mail status, wages, oats and wheat yields, and posed with neighbors from Independence Iowa and Waterloo. They describe breaking plans, post buying, and weather, including a mild January and a February snow.
The column reports on multiple social visits and gatherings around Prospect including C K Moore assisting W Taylor Manday, a Sunday reception for Mr and Mrs Albert Kreger, and visits among the Kachenrenthers and Callies families. It notes a Portland No 1 Schoolhouse meeting canceled, a bachelor’s March 10 1908 deadline, and a Titania Topic plea for a suitable match for a local single man.
Leslie Hanson of Granville North Dakota writes in February 1908 enclosing a two dollar draft for a newspaper topic and asks for a receipt. He rebuts Eastern newspapers claims of harsh weather, notes a mild winter with deep frost and scant snow, and urges positive coverage of North Dakota.
A fragmented note from a bachelor farmer mentions keeping two horses four oxen and a thresher to farm in North Dakota. The text is informal correspondence likely from a personal message to a friend Leslis, reflecting on livestock and farming setup amid a mild winter.
Ralph Hopkes, a longtime resident of German Township, died February 21, 1908 after a prolonged illness described as stomach disease. Born in Germany in March, he came to the United States, married, and lived a devout life as a member of the Reformed Church. Funeral services were held at the Reformed Church with Rev. G Hukenee delivering the eulogy. He leaves a wife and five children, remembered for his kindness, fellowship, and fatherly care for others.
A large sinkhole appeared six miles southwest of Livermore trapping a highway section. It measured about thirty feet across initially, expanding rapidly while edges crumble. Nearby residents report hearing water and fear a deeper breach as more details emerge from the site.
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