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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1936
Page
2
Notice appears to reference Titonka Iowa and trade territory pricing for classified ads. Rates listed include 1.00 per year in advance 1.60 outside Titonka territory 1.50 for outside area prepaid and 2.50 for elsewhere. Details read unclear due to OCR issues but pertains to subscription and advertisement charges.
A writer recalls persistent political favors in Iowa and nationwide from 1900 to today, arguing postmaster appointments and campaign fund divvying show how offices are earned by influence. It condemns party pretenses about civil service laws and defends veterans using World War I bonuses as they saw fit.
Eeagle Grove Eagle notes a democratic platform plank endorsing civil service and expansion yet argues the current administration ignores civil service hiring and firing. The piece asserts war times did not curb civil service use and dismisses the plank as commendable but ineffective.
A small child’s firecracker caused a major blaze in Remsen Saturday evening, destroying homes and businesses. The author condemns overreliance on fireworks and liquor for Fourth of July celebrations, arguing the holiday has strayed from its true spirit and has become a spectacle of picnics and riots. The piece laments cultural neglect of the Declaration of Independence and holiday meanings.
Sworn to before and subscribed by B. S. Pannhuk president Wm. Boyken vice president and cashier Edward Boyken assistant cashier, this 6 day of July, before Notary Public Lee O. Wolfa in Kossuth County.
The writer recalls hometown scenes and decries America’s notion of patriotism as a joke amid injuries and deaths from fireworks on the 4th. He calls for a national ban on sales to ordinary civilians, reserving them for officials who use them away from populated areas so the peace loving public may sleep undisturbed.
The Topic promotes a mix of Washington reporting by Earl Godwin, global News Review summaries by Howard W. Pickard, four columns of strip comics, Brisbane's prominent national writing, and Stardust coverage of movie and radio. Readers are invited to send letters and express preferences on comics and features.
Miss Mildred Nelson of Crystal Lake visited friends including Gertrude Bode and Mrs W L Tindall over the weekend. Mrs Olive Gibson and Dorothy Fredrickson shopped in Mason City, Fredrickson returning Monday. Mrs Clifford Hisenmann hosted the M B Ladies Aid Thursday. Harold Nelson and family, and Peter Nelson of Litchfield, visited Chet Nelson’s home before returning home. Mrs A B Grubb, Clara Kramer, and Gordon Wolding are noted residents of Crystal Lake.
A stream of short visits and travels across Wesley and nearby towns. George Dickinson and daughter from Terre Haute Indiana visit Ole Hanna home. Families from Forest City Algona and Mason City travel for picnics visits and vacations. Orville Marr suffers a hand fracture sliding into home plate during a ball game. Mrs A B Grubb plans a Wesley visit then Mason City trip via Aunt Anna Shipley and C B Sherman home.
Iowa plans a comprehensive public health resources survey to evaluate facilities programs and budgets across governmental and non governmental bodies. R H Matson says about 125 WPA enumerators will cover counties over three months with field supervisors in each WPA district. Assistants include Howard Chandler and Dr. Joseph H. Kinnaman will supervise.
"Big Jim" once owned by Will Rogers is billed as the world’s largest steer weighing 3100 pounds. Rogers raised him from a calf, sold him and gave the proceeds to the Salvation Army. The steer’s display at the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas starts June 6, with admission profits donated to the Salvation Army Home for Boys and Girls at Lytton California.
Mildred Yount, a 15 year old Beaumont magnate's daughter, is reputedly Texas's richest girl with a $15,000,000 inheritance. She will showcase several of her finest horses at the Texas Centennial Exposition, the $25,000,000 World's Fair of the Southwest opening in Dallas on June 6.
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