Correspondent Wanted in German Valley For Stationery Office
Help wanted notice seeks a correspondent in German Valley apply at the office for stationery. The terse ad asks applicants to seek employment at the local office located in the town.
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1903
Page
3
Help wanted notice seeks a correspondent in German Valley apply at the office for stationery. The terse ad asks applicants to seek employment at the local office located in the town.
A long feature extols Titonka as a thriving trading center between Algona and Buffalo Center. The piece touts natural advantages, soil richness, and planned improvements including an electric railway and Rock Island access, praising the community’s forward look and civic spirit.
The piece argues Titonka’s business leaders stand with capitalists to attract investment and an electric transportation era while urging residents to buy local. It praises local merchants for higher prices and better stock, notes a few dissenters who shop elsewhere, and warns of financial penalty from leaving town. It lists subscribers to the local Topic and several names.
Gist Righter will work for Stone until March. Miss Weise from Wisconsin visits the Blake home. John Mastin spent Saturday and Sunday in Obratina g. Mrs. Win Blake Sr on the sick list. Peter Larsen returned from Chicago. Rev Wood of Titonka on business and pleasure trip. Perry Williams and daughter Dot visited G D Stone. Mrs. William Abraham returned to Marshall, MN. Cold weather limits Christmas program attendance in Titonka.
Poultry wanted. Bring in your poultry Saturday. Highest price paid for all kinds of poultry. A B Davis. Notice to settle. All persons knowing themselves indebted to us on bank account are requested to settle by Jan 1st 1902 Thomas and Griese.
Notice to Setite. All those indebted to me on book account are requested to settle without delay. W Callies.
An old southern man Uncle Joe Donaldson of Guineaville Georgia, aged about 110, is noted for never claiming to have seen Washington. The piece surveys egg weight sales, Methodist missions funding, medical debates, women in medicine in London, German toy imports to Britain, and various other clipped references from period commentary.
Notice to settle accounts at once or arrange other terms. Undersigned require all parties named to fulfill obligations immediately.
A damaged OCR fragment shows garbled text about low prices and a greeting. The words include random phrases and partial sentences that fail to form a coherent notice or article. No identifiable people or organizations are present.
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