26 Jan 1933
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1933
Page
1
The reader questions why thousands of dollars spent locally seem wasted as young men loaf daily. They ask what would engage them, offering a future-oriented objective and a better use of time to improve prospects rather than aimlessness.
The piece compares farmers to shipwrecked sailors on a desert island, arguing that individuals cannot secure food and markets alone. It asserts cooperation multiplies strength, allowing ten thousand farmers to study production, marketing, transportation, and agricultural problems, making cooperation a path to economic salvation.
Water with meals helps stomach juices and digestion. A note mentions Adlerika for gas and cleansing of bowels. It lists W. J. Denton as druggist and Dayle Craven for radio repairs and free tube tests. Also advertises two tons of alfalfa hay for sale by Wm Fritz.
The raccoon common in Iowa provides strong sport for hunters and dogs. Description covers coat color mask on face and yellow nape, average weight, and woodland edge habitat near running water. Notes on tracks, varied diet, water washing of food, intelligence, curiosity, courage, and sunbathing behavior in communal groups.
Vernon Jones and James Butcher of Newton hunted near Reasner and brought down a huge jack rabbit weighing over 7 pounds and about 35 inches long. Farmers winter wood cutting notes advise sheltering birds with brush piles placed not more than 76 feet from feeding grounds. old piles are inadequate.
Editor laments mortgage pressure on farmers and calls for reforms to end deficiency judgments. Reflects on property loss risk, compares to revolutions, and praises farmers who fight to keep homes. Mailbag column updates on tax reduction, emergency banking law, and legislative lobbying, with views on public finance.
A.H. Bonnstetter argues the state must implement deep salary and expense reductions to cover a looming biennial shortfall. He notes living costs have fallen since 1926 and urges abandoning many government funnels and projects as farm incomes and tax receipts decline.
Auxiliary notes outline January radio party at Martha Bonacker’s home in Ames with Frank Miles speaking on Peace Time Patriotism and local entertainment. List of auxiliary members, scholarship opportunities for World War orphans, federal and state support, and education access across states. February meetings, poppy orders, and district goals noted. Starlings sighting reported near Waterloo with description of appearance and range.
Fragmentary OCR yields classroom items and misread phrases. Mentions Theodore Roosevelt and Armistice dates. lists forms of reclamation and terms related to moisture, dirt, mortality records, and absorption of water. Contains unclear and conflicting fragments.
The column covers terms like delta and bay definitions, glacier water, and blood function. It notes residents Mildred Fern Harold Krantz as Algona callers and mentions the Thompson basketball game with Edith Budlong Reed Callies Heifner and Fernando among attendees. Lois Heifner appears as a Sunday Algona caller.
In our first grade room two birthdays were celebrated for Marlyn Bonacker and Dorothy Wiegand with treats. Most students have had dental exams, only one goes tonight. We hope to win third prize and finish a farm project while building an Eskimo village on the sand table. Miss Larson reads The Eskimo Twins as we study Eskimos and plan lessons. Six students have perfect six week attendance: Marlyn Bonacker, Mertlyo Boyken, Merla Lamoreux, Delores Isebrand, Arthur Groen, Harold Harringa.
Second prize earned for perfect dental checks prompts ideas for prize use. Students created Our Kindness Book, and a Work of the Wind book inspired by Tabbits. Miss Wellmeyer drew small brown and white pumles on the board as Twylah Hamstreet donated a paper dolly book.
A note reports Phyllis Andrewa ill with measles and hopes she will return soon. The Robins have completed their Whppa readers. changes noted in class activities.
The excerpt lists student activities and achievements in a fourth grade class. It mentions a poetry reading from The Silent Readers, clock projects with movable hands, an achievement chart for spelling, a dental campaign, and birthdays for Arlens Austin and Junior Blakely. It also notes posters, multiplication studies, and an honor dental exam roll with several students exempt from semester exams. It records a new geography text, jokes by a professor, and a comic line about grammar and calendars.
A Rinestad Dispatch editorial argues that tax reduction schemes shift burdens between taxes rather than lowering overall costs. It warns that politicians move money from property and inheritance taxes to income and sales taxes, urging voters to demand genuine government cost cuts.
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