Titonka Topic Highlights Local News And Campaign Chatter
Titonka Topic notes upcoming events and local chatter including a big drive on November 3rd, election updates, and community visits. It mentions Dickinson winning Congress, new depot agent, Red Cross efforts, student activities, and various residents traveling or visiting kin.
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Edith Budlong
Iowa City
Iowa State University
Prof
Merritt
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Jon Jenks
Algona
Walter Buckholt
Roy E. Moulds
Kirby's
Stanton
N. D
Titanka
Kirby
Lucy Porter
Titania
Strawberry Point
Edward Zwiefel
Red Cross
Warner Smith
Lawler
Vera Lawler
Humboldt
Geo. Breen
A. M. Peterson
Vance Relbsamen
Mason City
Florence Clement
Miss Clement
Minnie L. Erwin
Cedar Falla
Consolidated School Board
Iowa
Titonka
L. W. Hess
Kosarsuth
A. R. Cuthbert
Burt
Cuthbert
Mr. Cuthbert
Titonica
Rey
Des Moines
Buffalo Grove
Woden
Mia
V. J. Martin
Baby
Carpenter
Buffalo
Cemetery Salute Honors Soldier Mr Lane
A local ceremony honors Mr Lane, a veteran soldier of 98, with decoration at the township cemetery as the customary salute is given.
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Lane
Proclamation Urges Unity Through English in Iowa War Time
Governor W L Harding issues a 1918 proclamation urging all Iowans to use English in schools and public life to prevent language driven discord during World War I. The document calls for English as the sole medium in instruction and public discourse and urges worship and daily life to reflect loyalty to the United States. The governor signed the order in Des Moines on May 23 1918 with W S Allen as secretary of state.
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Iowa
United States
State of
Secon
W. L. Harding
Des Moines
W. 8. Allen
Kill the Morning Glories and Sorghum as Remedy
Iowa State College crop advisors recommend thorough cultivation of infested ground to kill morning glories and then plant sorghum. Heavy sowings of 60 to 70 pounds of sorghum per acre encouraged, drilled or broadcast, to suppress regrowth.
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Iowa State College
Sorghum Urged To Combat Weeds And Sugar Shortage
The Agronomy farm report shows sowing sorghum thickly shades ground to suppress morning glories and weeds. It weakens their spread, reducing future trouble. Sorghum also provides succulent roughage, saving grain and helping meet the sugar shortage with a threefold use for farmers in Iowa.
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Towa
Woman on Trial Jumps From Court Window
A woman named Mrs George Ashelford jumped from a second story window during a trial before the insane commission. She fell two stories, breaking a leg above the knee and suffering flesh injuries. Deputy Sheriff Sampson and her daughter could not intervene. Local ad notices follow the report.
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Insane Commission
George Ashelford
Sampson
Asie
Courier
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Germania
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Dr. Ball
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John Zwiefel
Fenton
Dewel
Denmark
Jenks
Bancroft
N. Scholtes
Estherville
Dr. Temple
Wm. Wooff
Esther Relbsamen
R. Welter
Wesley
Santrom Gilman
Henry Meyer
Aug. Meyer
France
L. F. Krause
Algona Thesday
Helen Gamble
L. Hansen
Olson
Hieonore Anderson
John Walsh
Sheldon
Omaha
W. J.martin
Prof. Merritt
Earnest Workers' Club
Chas, Anna
Ladies’ Aid
Rebekah
Titonka Savings Bank
Theadeefee
Nite
Wwe
Weil
Fobeebe
Fofeeld
W. J. Denton
Algona Heating and Repair Company
W. J. Pech
S. B
French
Titanka, Iowa
Chicago, Illinois
Juneard
Thorne, Neal & Co
M. EB. Coyeick
S. B. French
Farmers’ Elevator Co
Anton Holcomb
Mer
H. L. Hansen
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