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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
7
Local column from Woden department reports from German ia and Germania area. Tales of visits, family greetings, car trips to Minnesota and Iowa, church events, dances, farming notes, and the odd notable quote from Wallace's Farmer about silos and ancient agrarian thoughts.
The Woden Watchman announces it has new ownership and will operate from Woden Iowa. Subscriptions due for July 1 1916 are to start immediately with advance payments credited. Readers with unpaid advances should contact H L Bode publisher. Local news covers dances ball games and a car sale spree led by A C Kreiger with eight cars sold.
Badly garbled local notes report a series of social calls and small events. Mentions include Fro Baada purchasing a Ford from City Motor Co and Gov. Terveer traveling to Germania for business. Additional visits span Mrs J J Wirtjes and families, Ralph Witties home, and relatives from Alden Iowa.
The article notes that early silos were rare global structures with few in Europe and none in the United States. It credits a French farmer named Goffart with pioneering an above ground rectangular silo about forty by sixteen by sixteen feet, storing corn and pressing silage with weights to preserve it.
A World War era travel pitch highlights Colorado as a summer vacation destination with Rocky Mountain Limited and Colorado Flyer trains. It touts automatic block signals, all steel equipment, and dining car service while inviting readers to request illustrated literature from PAS or contact S. Ray, Assistant General Passenger Agent in Denver.
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