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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1930
Page
2
The Titonka Topic lists post office entry in Titonka Iowa as second class mail matter. Rates shown include 1.50 per year prepaid 2.00 per year non prepaid and 2.50 per year for Canada mailed copies.
The Parkersburg Eclipse hails Hammill’s loss as top political news in forty years and Sherwood’s defeat in Butler County as a major repudiation of an Iowa political misfit. Britt News echoes the satisfaction at these election results.
The text notes Dickinson’s overwhelming Iowa win over Brookhart, suggesting a major policy divide. It contemplates implications for the 2 year Brookhart term and hints at Turner’s potential path toward the U.S. Senate, amid regional political currents.
The comment argues the Clutter bank should have remained open to pay depositors at least 85 percent, noting a healthy bank could cover expenses from receivership. It contrasts with another bank that the speaker believes should have been closed.
The Traer Star Clipper reports the Commercial State Bank of Britt closed long before its time. Only twenty percent to depositors has been paid. assets are being sold at auction. Loans far exceed the legal limit, with one loan near 25,000 and many others between 10,000 and 24,000. The examiner is blamed for knowledge of the issues prior to closure.
The last of the 1.5 million bond issue voted by Kossuth County in 1929 was sold last week to a Des Moines bond firm at a premium of 658 dollars. The 355000 dollar issue carries 4 percent interest and will be used to pay for the Swea City Lakota pavement now pouring.
The Senate in Washington approved the World War veterans act on Monday amid a veto warning from President Hoover. The vote was practically unanimous and Iowa senators Brookhart and Steck supported the bill as Hoover prepared to veto, with lawmakers awaiting the veto limit to pass it over his head.
J H Jensen carried 25 of 36 precincts but lost favor with his home base as Moulton won 59 to 54 and Ledyard backed Moulton 149 to 1. County factions claim Senator Patterson’s late intervention saved Jensen, whose supporters feared a backlash on his reelection in two years amid saloon-related tensions.
The Patterson supporters rally behind Jensen who once opposed the Patterson choice and won after a tough campaign. He will be opposed this fall by A. H. Bornstetter of West Bend who plans an active race. Whether Kossuth county sends a Democrat to the state legislature depends on the November election. Few Democrats have held the office in the county.
Editorial argues Thomas Jefferson favored a newspaper free of government influence. It cites W B Foshay of Minneapolis and the International Paper and Power Co as failed attempts to buy small papers to sway opinion in utilities' favor. Readers must demand independent, unmanipulated news sources.
Honor roll names and locations appear with birth or initiation dates for Gruver Lakota Titonka Woden Iowa towns. Individuals include Julius Beenken EB Miller John D Isebrand Dick Beenken Claus Eden and Henry Beenken with dates from 1930 to 1934.
Doan News item lists residents and visitors in Titonka Algona and surrounding towns through the week. Mentions Kermit Larson working for Van Hansen C EH Hot visiting John Rich home and various social calls.
Six Kossuth county 4-H members joined 422 youths and 58 leaders from 64 counties at Iowa State College June 16 to 18 for livestock, crops, and plant study. Activities included a North Woods pow wow, plant talks by Dr. D W Morehouse, Nyestock, and an African big game hunting talk, with farms and experimental plots visited. County 4-H enrollment totals 439, ranking third in the state behind Black Hawk and Linn. Plans for daily demonstrations in dairy production and farm skills are under way for September 1 to 5 with two-member teams.
The demonstration length is capped at thirty minutes and the winner from Kossuth County earns a paid trip to the Waterloo Dairy Congress. John L. Thorngren of Co. Club Agi. oversees the competition proceeding.
Thousands visit Ambrose A Call State Park in northern Iowa drawing families from the region for picnics swimming and Sunday entertainment. The pool and movie shows attract visitors altering Algona from a quiet town to a busy weekend destination for residents and travelers alike.
Myrtle Hanna daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo Hanna has returned from Cedar Falls where she was a student at the Teachers College and was graduated this spring. The group plans to visit seven countries adding to its knowledge and travel experience.
Wade Coon of Algona was fined ten days in the county jail by Mayor Ogren for drunkenness after a Sunday night motorcycle mishap near the Milwaukee depot. Witnesses said he toppled into a ditch when the oil of joy overwhelmed him and was kept company by the vehicle as he slept it off. Baretsh Newville advised he sleep it off in jail rather than beside his wrecked ride.
Arrangements set for the Southern Entertainers, a group of colored gentlemen, to give a concert in the afternoon of July 8 and a dance at night. Full particulars to appear in the Topio next week.
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