Community Drives To Secure War Savings Subscriptions
Community drives will run in June July and August to secure subscriptions for War Savings Stamps. The efforts aim to raise funds for the war effort through local participation and outreach.
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
7
Community drives will run in June July and August to secure subscriptions for War Savings Stamps. The efforts aim to raise funds for the war effort through local participation and outreach.
Burt News records Alma Williamson visiting ailing Mrs Howcett and many Algona area residents. Dates span visits to Camp Dodge Kansas City St Peter and Cedar Rapids. Dr D W Pratt dies after cancer. funeral and bereavement details follow with neighbors, relatives, and local carers noted.
Read as a local column listing visits calls and rides. Names include Ball Anderson Grogs Andrews Cutler Hanson McHlroy Mumt Sharry and others with activities from shopping to threshers meetings and farm work around Wesley Burt Titonka Algona and nearby towns. Weather and war savings mention appear among social notes.
Mrs Bleich and baby returned from Wisconsin to stay for the summer with Miss Gorman. Mrs Brown of Estherville visited Kate Schiltz. Ella Yorker toured Algona and Interlaken with Fred’s family. A wheat substitute demonstration by Miss Ann Bull edge was announced. A union Sunday School picnic was held and readers were urged to buy War Savings Stamps. Community activities included home improvements, visits, and a quiet wedding in Algona.
Local notes urge support for war savings stamps as residents join in war effort. Mentions of families traveling, visits to relatives, and social events intersperse with appeals to aid soldiers and crew of submarine chasers. Several names and towns appear among community updates.
June planting focuses on succession crops after early vegetables. Sweet corn and beans follow radishes lettuce and turnips. June cultivation is essential to control weeds. hoe lightly to protect roots and keep soil fine for moisture retention. Notes include planning for screen purchases and a medical X-ray offer from Dr Templo.
A terse discussion explains progressive deafness in middle age and the danger of delayed treatment. It notes the inner ear structures affected and cites examples of patients treated years earlier who still retain some hearing at present.
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