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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
4
Titonka Lews post office entry and local advertising rates listed by Lee O Wolfe editor proprietor. Rates include five dollars per year for business cards, one dollar per additional line, and legal notices at legal rates with editorial notices priced at twenty cents per line.
The note lists local characters and events from a winter Sunday in Algona area, poking fun at politicians, with jests about campaign promises, Chicago meat, and corn cobs on a bonfire. It records nearby visits, illnesses, dances, socials, market days, and family news, including Grandma Tuttle’s health and upcoming events at Kre gar, Dittmer, and Martineck homes.
Portl and Plum Creek column reports on Burt residents and visitors from Algona Wesley Sexton and Forest City. Notables include Miss Ortha Stow, Mrs. Pratt and son, Rod Jain, Ethel McMurray, Stella Kinney, Rob Cogdill, and Anna Jensen visiting relatives and hosting social events. A two year old colt died after being trapped. farmer notes say corn plowing resumes as weather favors fieldwork.
Indications from across the county point to expected winners for tomorrow’s convention. Treasurer F. W. Dingley of Algona. Auditor A. F. Anderson of Swea City. Sheriff J. E. Lillie of Titonka. Clerk W. Dewel of Burt. Recorder Fred Anderson of Wesley. Superintendent Sid J. Backus of Bancroft. Surveyor A. J. Lillie of Algona. Coroner absent. County Attorney E d Van Ness of Whittemore.
The First Annual Commencement for Kossuth County Rural Schools will be held Saturday afternoon June 23 1906 at the Court House Square Algona Iowa. Thirty two pupils from districts in the Algona area will receive diplomas including Gertie Welhausen Ascha Andrews Mary Hansen Nettie Doege Charlotte Ward Julia H Nelson Liva Rostrum Vera McWhorter Mary Peters Josephine Dittmer Florence Dittmer and Hinma Dittmer with locations listed by district across Portland Buffalo Wesely and Dufdala.
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