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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
2
An editorial lament discusses a surge in crime after prohibition. It cites widespread automobile thefts in Iowa and a Portland township gathering pledging support to sheriffs to curb thefts. Debate links war and prohibition to rising lawlessness and bootlegging profits.
The Rock Island line will celebrate seventy years on October 10 and proposes planting anniversary trees at key locations to beautify grounds and honor retired employees and service members. The program urges communities to adopt living memorials over stone monuments, highlighting the value of trees as symbols of devotion and progress.
Portland residents and nearby families hosted and visited relatives across Burt Algona Titonka and Doan with numerous gatherings including dances ball games and family reunions. Attendees included Lyle Mann E R Weiske Miss Lillian Manus Tony Jandl Jr. Alf Graham Will Stott and several Burt and Bancroft locals. The piece notes a large dance at John Koestler home and a Farm Bureau meeting upcoming at Ray McWhorter’s with an old settler discussion planned.
The piece argues that civilization relies on lumber with farmers consuming half the yearly output and warns timber may vanish soon. It urges forestation and reforestation, including anniversary planting, as essential to national life and a nationwide interest in tree planting.
A baby boy arrived at the J. Clarke home Monday morning making a family of seven children. Many relatives visited and traveled, including Bertha Daniels, Ram bo and Rambo from Texas, and Bertha Rentz with the couple from Murray. The community hosted reunions, dances, and social calls as neighbors and kin gathered at homes in Ellsworth, Corwith, Farnhamville, Ayredale, and Nora Springs.
Dr N D Ray and Misses Maud Ray and Berniece Cunningham called in Britt. Several families and individuals from Odeboldt Algona and Buffalo Center visited, with dances and picnics noted at Crystal Lake and Britt. Residents travel to Wellsburg Titanica and Mason City for business and family visits, with a Junior Baseball Club picnic and multiple callers described.
Ben Bird, a respected Lone Rock resident, died in Rochester Minnesota from heart trouble on a Tuesday. Funeral services were held Friday at 2:00 pm at the M B church with Odd Fellows in charge, burial in Hingham Township cemetery. Mrs Bird and Jim accompanied the body home from Rochester.
Haggard and Falkenhainer of Al gona Iowa advertise farm loans with the lowest annual interest and the option to pay off in multiples of 100 dollars on interest paying dates.
A long excerpt discusses the coal and railroad strikes entering a fever stage with rising official warnings and actions. It notes President Harding’s proclamations, governors' support for mine owners, and calls to deploy federal power to keep mines running, while the public grows tense and aware of shifts in labor and government responses.
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