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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1934
Page
3
Titonka Topic announces its Post Office entry as Second-class mail. The paper covers a large territory within fifteen miles and claims accessibility not matched by any other publication. Lée O. Wolfe serves as Publisher.
A Lakota Record reader questions democratic governance under the New Deal, noting payroll growth while salaries fall, new sales taxes, and old age pension tax. The letter criticizes centralized power in Washington and cites Treasury grants for 826 new buildings, chiefly post offices, funded by emergency funds, totaling over 110 million dollars, with FTC charges against the Milk and Ice Cream Institute and ten canning companies.
The report notes soaring federal refinancing through the Home Owners' Loan Corporation totaling over 300,800 homes and nearly a billion dollars, plus expected emergency spending exceeding 4 billion. It details rationing measures like the RRA marking cattle, National Forest purchases of 884,800 acres, a gold stock peak at 7.815 billion, and a 5 percent salary cut restoration for government workers amid broader relief and reform actions.
Reported vandalism by local boys with sling shots and BB guns has damaged five storefront windows in Windtown and nearby buildings. Insurance probes identify responsible youths while calls for parental cooperation rise. one resident, Emma Moore, suffers ringworm.
A long list of social calls and visits dominates the week in Bancroft Algona and nearby towns. Residents include Chas and Scott, George Manus, Elsie Jain, Mrs Glande Sigsbes and sons, Earl Shipler, Mrs George Graham, Maurice, Darlene Stott, Iola, Peter Godfredson, Alfred Godfredson, Mrs Christopher McWhorter, Tom Trenary, Frank Contje, Ralph Franklin, Art Barker, Mainland Dorothy Long Ruth McFarland, Mr and Mrs John Snider family, Lake Okoboji fishing, Russell Shipler, August Schipnall, Ray Smith family, Barbara Patty, R. C. Ball Barbara, Chs Phelps, G C Hood and children, Chris Bolie, Al Mayberry, Morningside College Willis Phelps, Leo Brayton family, Glen Brayton Algona, George Larsen Bernice, Raymond Krantz, Ed Smith family, Tony Lohsey, Wilfred Stewart Robert Carlson, GCCQ, W Burnett Mason City, Rex Austin, Jim Shipley, World’s Fair Bartlett Allen Ed Bartlett, Frank Kalkbrommer Paynesville Minn, Tony Lodges, Byvereth Mann Decorah, Lois Mann, Floyd Dremmel Aurora Ill.
Classified items include a chicken ranch for sale with 20 acres near Buffalo Center, 6000 in improvements, price 4200 if taken immediately, hatchery offerings from Hamilton Hatchery Bancroft with Leghorns Minorcas Anconas at 5.40 to 6.00 per 100, plus miscellaneous livestock notes and a lost pocketbook offer with a 21 000 check.
Community items recount visits and gatherings across Algona Burt Mason City and surrounding towns. Notes include funerals, creamery picnics, visits by Ringsdorf and Anderson families, display of the Portland Peppy Pals quilt, and multiple social calls. School board action lists new treasurer, secretary, tax levy, and teacher assignments as Portland plans a general property fix-up this month.
The new agricultural revenue protection insures farmers against drought and pest damage. Comprised adjustments in wheat, corn, hog, and cotton, the plan guarantees income even when crop yields fail, tying benefits to long term production averages rather than current losses.
A speech to bankers outlines the Farm Credit Administration’s aim to support farmers in Iowa and across the nation. It details four banks the system uses, explains loan mechanisms, and urges support for sound appraisals and government-backed funding to preserve farms and ensure long term credit.
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