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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1953
Page
1
Rates list 2.00 per year in advance for Kossuth County and Titonka trade territory. Outside that area 2.50 per year. Canada and foreign countries 3.00 per year.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Sheats and family of Des Moines visit Mrs aang Reno and relatives. Bettie Wester Alan and Al Wagner host and guests at Thno Gerdes and Cecil Formanek homes. Britt visitors Bobby and silly at Hrubes home. Heilfner move to Albert Lea for work at Rileo Lumber. Girl Scouts camp with leader Mrs Pfeffer Beatrice at Clear Lake. Bil Foth and Mary Lee of Algona spend weekend with Irene Studer.
Local residents and travelers share brief updates from Des Moines to Britt and Clear Lake. Dvan Johnson returns from six weeks at Des Moines Veterans Hospital after surgery. Jimmy Walker visits grandparents. families welcome new baby Michael John at Britt Hospital. numerous relatives travel through Algona for visits and reunions with relatives in Clear Lake, Seacaucus, Daytona and beyond. Brucellosis note mentions human transmission from infected animals.
In Southern Michigan Prison inmates write fiction and articles for major magazines earning about 400 dollars weekly. Nearly a sixth of inmates are budding authors, with 1952 output at around 10 million words and payouts exceeding 15 thousand dollars. Steven Schmiedl leads with regular pieces under the name New York.
The Indian Claims Commission recom mends reconsidering Pawnee Indians claims for millions of acres taken over a century ago. The suit covers 1833 and 1838 treaties granting vast tracts south of the Platte River and in Nebraska. if won, payouts could reach millions based on prior tribal settlements.
The article lists hard dense woods like white oak and hickory as top fuels with one cord equal to about one ton of coal. Other strong options include birch sugar maple red oak and white ash while white pine and fir offer aromatic spark due to resin content. It also outlines a technique to start and feed a fireplace fire.
Mr and Mrs Art Holek and daughters Suzanne and Danet visited friends last Saturday. Numerous calls and dinners highlighted a busy week with relatives from Clarion Mason City Chicago Milwaukee and Buffalo Center visiting or staying with local families. The girls softball team beat Titanka 20 to ?. Visits included Holmes family, Tegimeyers, Rudisills, and Kellers amid social events and church fundraisers.
A concise history traces glass use from obsidian weapons in ancient times to art in Egypt and Rome. It credits Michael Joseph Owens with inventing a glass bottle making machine, patented in 1884, and forming early major glass production, earning him the title father of the modern glass industry.
Mr and Mrs Ray Ward and Kay visited Herbert Zielske at Lake Mills. Spencer Faville and Mrs Arend Swalve shopped in Albert Lea. Roger Meyers plans furlough starting Tuesday then to Chicago and Germany. Mr and Mrs Thomas Thompson visited the cities and returned Sunday. Dennis returned home after a week with them.
Residents shared meals with friends visiting from Ottawa and Waterloo while Mr and Mrs Kollasch celebrate the birth of son Douglas Don weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces. Harriet Swalve from Minneapolis visits Arenda and Arnold Swalve with friends. John Pink of Buffalo Center and John Smith hosts guests at their home.
Mrs. A E Anderson announces a two week vacation to be spent at an unspecified destination. The notice notes travel plans but provides no dates or location details.
An advertisement touts a Hubbard Sunshine Pullet Builder Program claiming 2 percent concentrate suffices to raise pullets from eight weeks to laying. It promises balanced grain blends, reduced feeding costs, and faster gains with custom mixing and feeding directions.
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