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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1919
Page
2
Classified ad policy states local advertising costs ten cents per line for the first issue and five cents per line for each subsequent issue. Subscriptions are one dollar fifty cents per year and the publication is entered at the Titonka Post Office as second class mail matter.
Local chatter follows John Amesbury and his brother Fred as they plan a future wedding celebration in Wesley. The piece pokes fun at seating plans and editorial humor about the groom and audience, with sly references to Scoops and the News-World.
A fragmented note asks if local employers will respond to opportunities with the Bureau and directs readers to seek information about employment in the county. The text implies a call for employer cooperation with the employment service.
A free tractor school by International Harvester will run at the Algona courthouse on a date in October. Experts with practical tractor experience will teach construction, operation, care, and troubleshooting. Attendees receive a free book and there are no fees or sales pitches.
Des Moines Employment Service and local bureaus mobilize to place returning soldiers and sailors. In Algona area a county bureau coordinates openings. employers urged to offer vacancies to discharged servicemen and note that many men will continue returning monthly.
The article recounts Francis Scott Key writing the first lines during the 1814 bombardment of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. Key, held on a British ship as a prisoner for a time, witnessed the fort’s endurance through a night of heavy fire and bright dawn revealed the flag still flying.
The piece traces how Francis Scott Key wrote the verses during the bombardment of Fort McHenry and how the poem was set to the melody of Anacreon in Heaven by John Stafford Smith. His brother in law Jurdzse Nicholson and printer Samuel Sands helped publish the handbill and street distribution sparked a national song.
The Burt Monitor notes a county wide fox and game hunt set for Tuesday January 9 with a roundup along the Plum Creek area from Burt to Algona. Local captains direct squads at 10 am to cover three miles toward the roundup at about two o'clock using shotguns only. Public encouragement aims to expand the event statewide and possibly a southern county hunt if successful.
Palo Alto county shows strong crops with 4.54 million bushels of corn valued around $6 million. Oats yield 2.86 million bushels, ranking high in the state, while wild hay also ranks seventh. Iowa totals: 386.676 million bushels of corn and 222.193 million of oats. overall crop value near $862 million at $1.23 per bushel.
A clipped wartime poem laments austerity and hunger, recalling bread and jam shortages, the harsh arithmetic of rationing, and the emotional toll on families. It contrasts grim memories with a hopeful pause for peace and better days ahead.
fragmentary note mentions Mason and television, with unclear context about pies or timing.
A fragment discusses loyalty lists for county residents, noting unpaid volunteers and those with money to give during the war. The writer argues service in peace tests patriotism more than wartime subscriptions and warns against lingering resentments after the conflict ends.
Red Cross reports a new epidemic named Ym-thru-enza arising within its ranks. Early signs include lassitude and cold feet with forgetfulness and impaired hearing as refugees seek aid. Authorities plan isolation and vaccination with an improvised tincture to curb spread.
T A Wilson receives a German helmet trophy from son-in-law T Hamilton. The metal helmet bears gold-like decorations and crosses including a golden eagle. Inscribed in German and notations reference Kaiser's Vaterland. Tom, in railroad service, claims to have run the last ammunition train and the second Metz train after armistice.
The War Department informed Rev G L Hoelker that Henry Assink previously reported dead of pneumonia in France is alive and well. Henry was wounded in action and believed severely hurt but recovered and left the hospital. The report notes a prior death notice was mistaken and his parents investigated before confirmation. A second, related ad mentions poultry prices and meat market notices.
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