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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
4
Christmas week brings many Burt and Portland residents visiting relatives. Wyarfhone and Ringsdorfs guest at Wyat Stott and Ross Ringsdorf homes. New Year's Eve and Day gatherings at multiple homes with dances and dinners. A sick child recovers under Dr. Wallace care. farm work and shipments noted amid cold weather in Burt and surrounding areas.
Little Johnnie Bruna has been on the sick list. Mr A W Fischer left for Wellsburg for a funeral. Mrs Carl Wessels and daughter visited at the Pete Wessels home. The notes record several calls and visits to neighborhoods around Buffalo Center by local families and friends.
W H Winters and wife spent Tuesday at the Albert Sloper home. Henry Evans and wife were pleasant dealers at the Ben Evans home last Sunday. Peter Wessels has been ill with lung fever this past week. Mrs Roge Perton spent Christmas visiting at the B E Hook home. Mrs Henry Gerdes returned from Estherville where Ollie is in the hospital. Ted Lamping visited Carl Wessels. Okko Hippin and wife were business callers at the F L Hippin home. Harm Jutting and family visited the Lammert Hippin home Tuesday evening.
Miss Clara Sherman returns to Dunlop Iowa after holidays with her parents. Algona residents Will Heed and Zelda visit Mea. arker. Peter Haverty of Whitlemore visits Felt family. Leota Hall heads to Orchard Iowa. DeIstra Hall travels to Traer via Emmelsburg. Susie Gray and Katie Schiltz back from Inver Grove Minnesota. Mrs. Braley mourning nephew's death in Forest City. Albert Bletch spent holidays in Wisconsin. Kunz family returns from St Paul. Ivy Marie Kunz joins from the visit with Hugh and Mrs McCutcheon. Basketball results: Kanawha boys and Wesley girls split wins. Carl Anderson of Clear Lake visits Wesley. Mrs. August Bleich moves into town. Illness hits Gray and Schiltz. A. N. Anderson of Clear Lake visits Wesley. Thursday Club hosted by Mrs. Cosgrive. Rev and Mrs March honored at Woodman hall. Quirk ill with tonsillitis. Mrs. Lloyd returns from Forest City. Mrs. Al Wagner returns to Corwith. George Haggard moves to Lewiston Montana. Schnedler visits Nora Springs family.
Last Wednesday at 4 pm Miss Neva White and Eldon E. Kearns wed quietly in Algona with only Mrs. G A White and Wm Harris as witnesses. Neva is daughter of Mr and Mrs T White, worked in the Burt Cafe. Eldon is son of W P Kearns, longtime Dettman barber shop employee. Deputy President Mrs John Fisher of Algona installed the Rebekah lodge officers last Tuesday. Friday marked W B Pratt's birthday with a postal card shower and a large home gathering, plus gifts including a fine dog. Miss Elsie Seefeldt, a skilled dressmaker, rooms with Mrs L E Toothman. Ladies Sewing Circle planned a banquet at the Chipman home Thursday. Mrs W T Fish hosted the Sewing Circle Friday. Rebekah lodge installed Kathryn Hain V G, Carrie Olson V G, Evelyn Graham Lecy, Edith Miller Treasurer, Lynn Mathes of Algona visited. O A Tech N G and A A Graham W G, Lynn Sheldon Treasurer, Lute Meliza Secretary were installed at Yellow lodge. Mrs A N S Thompson and daughter Mrs Earl Girton attended a funeral in Ringsted for a relative, Owell Foster of Waterloo, Iowa, visiting his father James Foster last week. Messrs W T Flair and M L Vinnie with wives and Miss Slocum spent an evening at Mr and Mrs Christensen’s north of town Friday.
Daniels installs Odd Fellows officers in Titonia. W. T. Fish visit with mother in Algona. Mr. and Mrs. Stuffebaum of Waterloo visit the Treptowe home. Clara Shaw moves into a north Burt residence. Mrs. Oscar Riddle and children visit Elza Waltz and Chris Godfredson homes. Jennette Kaister of Elmore visits the J H Graham home. a party honors her. N B Tyler returns to Hadley after visit with Gibbs family. Lewis Larsen buys the Monitor office building. Marie Clarke attends a Half a Friday party. Mrs Zimmerman and Minnie visit Ringsted. Mrs Martin Owen improves in Burt. Grace Dawson of Des Moines speaks on a deaconess work at M E church. Trainer brothers purchase Wy T Trainer grocery. plan to move in. J A Trainer returns to Burt. concern if W T Trainer plans to stay.
The Ramsey section reports on electrical progression for the town and Germania, a water plant on Senator-elect H. C. Adams farm, drainage improvements, a new telephone line, and hopes for a consolidated school. It notes births, marriages, illnesses, a return to better health, and general community updates amid winter travel and new road work.
Mr and Mrs H H Furst and Miss Johanne Furat returned from Iowa City last week. The Buckholtz family of Buffalo Center visited at the Joan Hill home. John Graig and Ernest Murphy spent Sunday with L Helmer. J P Mongel and John Mousel attended the funeral of Mrs Nick Mousel in Walters Minnesota. Tom Smith family released from quarantine for illness last Monday. New Year dance at Bruer home drew a large crowd and good time was had.
Mr and Mrs WV H Meyer and daughter of Germania spent Monday at the Chas Seibold home. Martin Furst shelled corn for several farmers in the vicinity this past week. Miss Jennie Rippentrop aided her sister Mrs Tom Smith recently. Mrs Albers helped Mrs Reiner Johnson one day last week. Miss Elnora Olthoff returned home after four weeks with W F Miss in Blue Earth. Miss Fanny Helmer came home Friday after a few weeks in Germania. The Rippentrop family were at Tom Smith’s home Wednesday.
North East of Woden residents report visits and gatherings with relatives. The text lists numerous visits between Swinger, Skinner, Helm, Holland, Hobbs, Dingman, Tjaden, Gerdes, and other families, noting trips to Forest City Britton Mason City and casual weekend get togethers across the community.
Mrs Henry Sonnenberg visited at her sister Mrs Hals home in Titonica Tuesday afternoon. Several neighbors called, entertained, or visited at various homes including Wirtjes, Welhousen, Panunkuk, and Rippentrop. Anna Dreesman left for Cedar Falls to attend college, and Cas par Weigands visited at Fred Stecker’s.
Garrie Bach Clara Ueilp ersen enrolled in the Prig Toom Monday. Leota Lamoreux was 4 day for the first time since Sept. Primary room pupils include George Huismann Amos Arden William Kaufman Henry Chester Stella Thompson who missed actuston Auery out of town. Many Little People plan to turn over fey of ney and show excellent work. Maurice Keil Loraine Tier Arthur Mueller Alnagy brought pretty calendars. Melvin Kraaty now to the Aldine Peliver. Fall begin ers class rapidly reviewing primer completed for Christmas. Second grade began ninth book Money Emma Deickman rented 4 schoolmates to a Peanut Iunt honor for her seventh birthday Jan 5. We enjoyed the start of the new school year.
Local visits and calls described among residents including Peter Burma Carrie Smith Jolanna Jutting and Anna Risins. Also lists Grand and Petit Jurors for 1917 and a notice to stockholders of Titania Cooperative Creamery Co with annual meeting details.
Barringer of Ruthven reports harvests of about 4000 bushels of No 103 oats on rich ground. He notes the variety yields well on fertile soil and adapts to rich land. Mr Barelder grew around seventy bushels per acre. H. H. Mayne raised eighty bushels per acre last year.
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