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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1936
Page
3
Titonka postoffice notice details subscription rates and distribution area. Rates are 1.00 annually in Titonka trade territory, 1.50 nonadvance, 1.50 in advance outside Titonka, 2.50 Canada and foreign, payable in advance. Includes postage note and class mailing designation.
Kossuth County faces questions as Orton Benefit Society labeled illegal amid a debate over mutual aid schemes. Reported 2000 policyholders could be affected, with members paying $1 memberships and annual assessments to fund $1000 benefits. Some see value for workers with low incomes, while insurers push for investigation. Also noted are local visits by the Higgins family and tire sale notices at Gamble's.
Local notes report weekend visits by Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Pendergast and granddaughter Betty Okesh to Watertown eight D and Betty extending her stay. Memorial day exercises attended by several residents in Buffalo Center. Moves into John Tiebrand residence as new tenants. Bob Woods of St Paul visited family. Miss Leota Oesterreicher returned from Cedar Falls. Eleanor Intermill returned from Waldorf College for summer. Plans to attend Dayle Craven wedding in Omaha June 6 with Beryl Bogges as bridesmaid. Chris Brandt painting farm buildings to improve property. Winters family visits Gilmore City. plan move for work. Aggo Janssen reports grandmother Spear Wadett age 94 active. Matt Gerdes and Nita Nelson visit Crystal Lake area. graduates noted. George Helmers undergoing hospital treatment in Iowa City. Guido Sartor selected for University Hospital internship after medical class of 95. Mme. Martin Wold visiting Batherville. George Bonacker expanding basement.
Deloria and staff changes in Algona share news of Donald Dewel handing over to Harold Clark of Garnar as he begins work at the Algona telephone exchange. Community items include visits, travel, education plans for local youths, farm notices, and upcoming hatchery prices.
Mrs Perry Torine returns from University hospital in Iowa City where doctors report a tuberculosis shoulder case and plans are underway for entry to Oakdale sanitarium. The Torines reside on Tom Young farm with Mrs Erickson caring for children during the visit. School closed Friday as teachers departed. Local girls plan a six week educational vacation trip to the south including the Texas Centennial in Dallas. Allene Johnson hosts at Gladley National Park this summer and plans to marry next year. Stevens to spend summer in Redding with her mother, Mabel Tutton at Buffalo Center, and Rose to teach music locally. Supt Hoon and Coach Dunmire will spend summer in Titonka tending bees.
A high speed collision described in vivid detail shows a seven pound stone hurled from a passing vehicle shattering a windshield and killing a front seat passenger while another occupant in the rear seat is knocked unconscious. The report emphasizes the extraordinary force required to breach non shatterable glass and the danger posed by reckless driving.
A National Glass Budget quotation recalls 200 years ago in the United States with no public libraries, English imports for furniture, a Connecticut copper mine used as a prison, and a single hat factory making cocked hats. It notes stage coaches between New York and Boston, a day laborer earning two ghblings, and the whipping post in major cities.
Detroit residents observe a twelve mile day test between a reckless driver and a cautious driver. The reckless driver finished three minutes faster, saving fifteen seconds per mile, while the cautious driver offered a contrast in driving style.
v J Cosgrove of Mason traveled to Wealgy on Saturday for Memorial Day observance. He met J DI Rreeng there and returned with them to Titonkg, where he remained until Sunday afternoon.
A Mason City Globe-Cravette excerpt notes a weekly sequence of contests and drawings in Guthrie Center and nearby towns. Events include radio prizes, a $167 cash pot, a sedan giveaway, bank night with a $400 fund, and a dessert of community parades, eggs, and an oyster supper, reflecting local commerce and social life.
Portland News items note Henry and Pato Plemel visiting relatives in Minneapolis. Mrs Jesa Waltman and daughters Opal and Wanda visited the GC Sunday afternoon. Miss Dorothy Dickmeyer weekend guest of Blanche McParland. Mr and Mrs Ivan Long and family spent Sunday at the Jamasgens home.
HaMy and Mrs. T D Stoteoma accompany Je Nitay and Grace with Mr. Clarence Tuttle of Calif. They left Tuesday morning for two weeks in the Senator yhore at Crown Point Ind.
Kossuth County officials report the total soil depleting acreage for 1932 cannot exceed the county ratio of 440 960 acres. The figure, approved by federal statistics expert Lesilae M. Carl and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, was announced at a Storm Lake conference and will be reviewed by township committees before final Des Moines approval.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bones of Alden announce the birth of their baby daughter. Mrs. Bones will be remembered by Titanica friends as Miss Maribeth Squires. Mr. Bones serves as high school coach in Alden and both parents are graduates of Morningside College.
The town convention drew small publishers from towns under 1000, with talkers on stage as the crowd debated journalistic practices. A sharp feature by Shy Joan Forbes-Fleter mocked American editors, provoking furor among local publishers. The event ended with Dizpatch noting radio acts Gene and Glen at WHO.
Algona residents face a three day wait for marriage licenses, prompting many couples to travel to nearby towns for ceremonies. Justice H B White has presided over 17 weddings and Justice P A Dawson over 12, in addition to clergy marriages.
W. Heim of Woden traveled to Titonica Monday forenoon for business, returning later the same day.
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