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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
4
Relatives and friends gathered at the Wee Mullin home for a Sunday picnic honoring Thayer Mullin home on furlough from the navy. The item lists dozens of residents from Emmetsburg to Mason City and Algona, with travel, baptisms, calls, and military mentions across multiple families and towns.
Portland area families and friends gather for visits and meals. Local residents host and travel to see kin across Minnesota Kansas and Arkansas with Sunday dinners picnics and harvest help noted. One serviceman Glenn Larsen returns from Camp Barkeley for a 12 day furlough.
Orin Fry and Dave Riche of Hamburg reach fifty consecutive years of haying together. Riche is 68 and Fry is 73, celebrating a long standing farming partnership.
Mrs W and Tindall and Mrs Goalin hosted a gathering at the Tindall home in honor of Mrs G L Peterson who moves to Scranton. Bridge plated at four tables with high prizes to Mrs Clara Smith and Mrs Herb Carsten.
Mrs. Marie Christensen and Mrs. Petra Larsen returned from Clinton after a week with relatives. Lee Ross and Lynn were guests at Mrs. George Struthers in West Bend. Brinks and Johne Brink attended Maynard Lee's funeral in Morris, a Navy radioman who died after returning from Sicily. Various local visits and chores are noted across Algona, Burt, Renwick, and nearby towns.
Mrs Merlin Anderson returned from Crosby Minnesota on Tuesday evening. She and Mrs Pat Anderson of Swese City went there Friday to attend the funeral of Mrs Pat Andersons father. Lee Struthers returned Friday from Arnolds Park where he had helped his uncle Archie Struthers with farm work. Mr and Mrs Bradford Buffington Sidney and David Mr and Mrs Donald Buffington and Kathleen spent Sunday at Iowa Lake.
Dennis Murray attends summer school in Iowa City and visits family. Harold Gingrich and wife depart for Tacoma after a week’s marriage. Mayo Clinic visits for Beemer in Rochester. Lois Peterson visits Buffalo Center. Art Anderson’s 25th anniversary open house near Swea City. American Legion to meet Aug 2 to plan Molly Pitcher Day tags. Presbyterian ladies aid hostesses' event at Gutknecht home. Thomas Lewis of Glendale visits from California. C. R. Lewis hosts Merrill Sparks and daughters from Blue Earth. Herman Weringa vacation with sister near Granada Minnesota. Grandchildren visit Wirtjes home near Fairmont. Birth announced at Kossuth Hospital. Lois Gingrich weds Pvt Arthur Peterson at Presbyterian church. Reception follows at church basement. Katherine Park and Roy Shesenen stop by Wade Balls’ home.
A 1943 forecast warns civilian households face tighter food supplies due to war. Alma Schultz notes reduced commercial fruit and vegetable stocks, with home gardens and canning essential. U.S. meat, poultry, eggs, and butter outlooks vary, while prices drop modestly and government subsidies support creamery fat.
Leon resident reports his dog Spottie hanged by a collar on a wire fence. The animal was found dead, and the owner, Robert Rippey, says he misses the pet and is seeking closure. Authorities are not mentioned in the fragment.
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