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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1923
Page
5
Woden residents and neighbors report a day of multiple calls and small gatherings across Britt, Buffalo Center, Titonka, and Forest City. Local clergy and families attended a surprise party for Pastor Henry Kruse while others shopped, hosted visitors, or attended a machinery sale near Britt.
John Colter home near Britt hosted visitors on Sunday with Rev Henry Kruse and the Misses Emerald Kruse and Ruth Swingen calling. Titonka bank cashier Herrmaan Rachut also visited Forest City Monday as a business caller.
Woden M. Be Church notes by Harry Webb urge community cooperation to accomplish tasks. He emphasizes worship in God’s house, invites attendance at 10 30 A M with Sunday School at 11 30, Epworth League at 6 40 P M, and evening preaching at 7 30 P M with a message titled The Ku Klux Klan. He warns against neutrality toward Christ and stresses church health of mind body and soul.
The Kossuth county Farm Bureau and Agricultural Extension Service announce two pruning schools with H E Nichols and Extension Horticulturist. March 27 at Mrs J F Sehoby farm near Algona and March 28 at Ed Looft farm near Ledyard. Learn pruning young and bearing trees grapes and berries with disease control and spraying tips. Bring tools or arrange purchases through the county agent.
The Iowa State College Experiment Station distributes a new legume named Dalea and seeks farmer participation across the state to test its value. Other trials include Iowa oats, sogren oats, soy beans for seed, soy beans with corn for hogging down or silage, and soy beans for hay. Hubham clover for green manure is also to be tested with cooperating farmers.
An examination was held Tuesday afternoon for men aiming to vaccinate their hogs. Those who passed will receive permits from the Commission of Animal Health. Attendees included John Gray, L A Vipond, J A Reid, Louis W F Jenkinson, D P Moore, W J Rist, J L Ryerson, C Patterson, L Dittmer, E W Cook, S Leigh, J O Mawilsley, W Butterfield, F W Schram, A Schram, J Studer, and others from Algona to Titonka.
The Joint Stock Land Bank refused farm loan applications in northeastern Iowa due to fields being infested with Canadian thistle. The Farm Bureau plans a 1923 campaign to eradicate the pest and prevent seed importation, seeking cooperation from every farmer and landowner in Kossuth County.
An editorial argues good roads require action from all residents not just authorities. It urges citizens to shovel gravel, fill holes, and tamp surfaces in front of their properties, noting benefits to neighbors and the town, and urges proactive effort over waiting for limited funds.
In Glen Elder, editor Sueh admits last week's Sentinel contained mistakes in notices and figures. Readers flagged a misdated post office item, telephone numbers, train timing, milk prices, and other ordinary errors corrected in a candid retrospective.
The Iowa state scene shows Senator D. G. Chase gravely ill after a relapse that left him weaker. He had returned home two weeks ago after partial recovery from heart trouble and complications, and his condition worsened in recent days. The piece also notes the General Assembly’s January pledge to cut taxes and ongoing debates on new taxation methods, urging cautious, not burdensome, relief to spur state industry and investment.
Federal Judge Martin J. Wade told the grand jury after opening the United States District Court that there is more malice prejudice denunciation and hatred toward the government now than since the Civil War. He recalled soldiers returning from France hoping for unity but feeling division growing.
Judge Wade laments ignorance of the constitution and low turnout in Iowa. He criticizes those who curse the government and urges citizens to vote. He highlights rising postal thefts and warns about drug trafficking reaching schools while praising penalties for peddlers.
Multiple brief obituaries note deaths in Iowa from influenza and related illnesses. Grace Lovell Schoonover of Monticello and Anamosa, widow of George L. Schoonover, dies at home in Cedar Rapids after heart dilation. Other notices include J M Belknap of Dubuque, Arthur L. Davis contractor in Rochester, and Amny McCargill of Shenandoah.
Two baby boys born within two hours of each other on February 18 in Wyoming to Cavities Mr L M Mason and Mrs L G Mason join twin fathers L M Mason and L G Mason who wed in a double ceremony December 8 1919. M Mason, father of the twin fathers, long resided in Story City Story County.
For sale or trade a Maxwell caterpillar tractor with a truck body in good shape. Inquire of W. F. Hadler, Titanks, Te.
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