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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
7
John Cordes and his family visited on Friday evening with the Henry Gray family, sharing time and conversation in a cordial social gathering.
An old ad promotes Adlerika as a cure for gas that presses on the heart. It claims one dose relieves stomach gas and that Adlerika cleans out both upper and lower bowels, attributed to W. J. Denton, Druggist.
Households in Swea City and nearby towns hosted visitors including the Harold Jones family and the Oscar Blanchards. A county American Legion meeting in Burt is set for Thursday evening January 20 with J D Lowe of Algona as speaker. all Legionnaires and Auxiliaries urged to attend.
Kossuth Rural Electric Cooperative reports government favorable initial reaction to its Washington application and plans to remain a county unit. Humboldt County project may offer lower rates, while Kossuth keeps its own path. Local meetings with Humboldt officials discussed regionalization, but members voted to continue as a separate entity awaiting federal reply. Rural residents advised to delay private plant purchases until clarity arrives. Social notes include visits from local residents and a Gamble January sale promotion.
The Doan Womens Club met with Mrs. Mary Young as hostess and Mrs. Nora Hoover led a lesson on New York Foreign Sections. Numerous guests attended social gatherings in Algona, Bancroft, and nearby towns, with bridge club dinners, Dorcas meetings, pot lucks, and open house celebrations marking a busy mid January schedule.
Peter Brass, born March 18, 1861 in Dubuque county, died at Kossuth hospital Algona after an illness. He married Lizzie Powers in 1901. survived by daughters Suzanne and Mrs Josephine Meurer, two grandchildren, siblings John, Henry, and several sisters. Funeral at St. Joe, burial in St. Joe cemetery. Also notes on local visits, baptisms, PTA meeting, and high school operetta practice titled “Tupil Time.”
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