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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1915
Page
2
A fragmented regional page mixes notices on advertising rates with editorials and local commentary. It mentions the Titania-Topic forecast, Titania and Algona area rail and business chatter, a Kossuth County Editorial Meeting in Algona, and brief farm notices including Short Horn bulls for sale in Sexton Iowa.
Buffalo Center residents and guests are listed in a sequence of calls and gatherings. Elmer Fuller and family return from Klemme, several families visit Wessels and Jutting homes, and Mrs Yahnke hosts a Tuesday event. Several travelers head to Chicago and Kamrar, while others depart for Altamont and Germania after short visits.
Monday notes and weekend visits connect residents across Buffalo Center and Titonka. George Jutting shelled corn. Mrs. Wes Behrends and Henrietta Sleeper visit kin. Miss Anna Limberg travels to Mountain Lake to help transfer a sister. Harm Weaver and family move. Henry Sleeper and others assist kin relocation. various callers drop by homes of Jutting, Winters, and Goodspeed families.
Mrs W J Denton visits relatives at Cleár Lake. J W Harris relocates from Burt Route 1 to Wesley Route 2 as road paving progresses on Neat Smith OEIC.
Last Saturday Thorn left North-East German Pick for Wellsburg and will return in a few days. Chris Senne of Woden praised as a pleasant caller at the Frank Franzen home Sunday. Henry Sprick returned from D after a two week visit with relatives. A Ganée was held Friday evening at the Jay Latcham home with a good time reported. Wedding bells will soon be ringing. Feed Mayland moved Thursday on the Ben Hopldé farm. Pred Banda hauling tile for his farm. once tiled the farm will be equal to any in German.
Herbert Furst attended the auto show in St Dodge. Milt Pringle returned from Ontania Minnesota after several days there. J Ellis family moved to Lynch Bros farm. Abe Lester family moved to Germania this week. August Melz family spent Sunday with J Heidecker House. Elsie Wlis visited L Helmer home. F Clark family hosted friends from Radcliffe and Albert Lee. Many youths gathered at A Furst home. Elsie Ellis attends school in Germania. Mrs Chas Seibold visited Paul Hertske home. Ernest Trasamar delivered hogs to Germania buyer. Siebolds visited John Hill home. Wm Stam visited S Ter Book home Buffalo Center. Ed Johnsons moved to new home east of Buffalo Center. John Hill and family spent Sunday with Hol Smith. Hortske and Trasamar visited Siebold home Thursday. Wm Olthoff home hosted many Sunday visitors. Miss Mary Christenson from South Dakota visited A Q Smith’s sister. Ed Johnsons and baby spent Friday with Wm Stam at Mrs F Clark’s home.
Names of residents visiting, traveling, or moving noted across Algona and nearby towns. Ed Johnson travels to Window Minnesota on business. several families plan moves to Minnesota farm property. Nels Johnson elected school director. multiple visits and familial trips described among Kruats, Meeds, Shiplers, Johnsons, and Hartley connections.
The Titonka Town Council enacts license rules for billiard pool tables and bowling alleys. Licenses cost 18 dollars per billiard table and 9 dollars per bowling alley annually, with mid year adjustments and no refunds. Places must close by 11 PM on weeknights and 11:30 PM Saturdays, Sunday closed, and licenses paid quarterly in advance.
An ordinance of Titonka Iowa prohibits keeping or conducting shooting galleries for hire without first obtaining a license. The measure empowers the town to issue licenses and to charge a fee for each day of operation.
The Titonka council approves a new traffic ordinance setting speed limits one mile per four to six minutes in built up areas and lower speeds near crossings and curves. It requires brakes, signaling devices, and two lamps at night with rear red light, plus penalties for violations and jail time until fines are paid.
Town of Titonka Iowa enacts ordinance to impound cattle horses sheep and swine found running at large within limits. Marshal may seize hold and keep animal at owner cost pending sale after five days if not reclaimed. Notice posted in three places and at post office. Publication required February 1915. Mayor Chas Ball. Town Clerk Willem Boyloken.
The 1915 ordinance bans riotous or disorderly conduct within the incorporated town. It imposes a fine up to twenty five dollars or up to thirty days in jail for offensive language or threatening quarrels. The town marshal is empowered to arrest offenders and present them to the mayor for action.
The town of Titonka adopts a license system for dogs over five months old with fees of one dollar for males and two dollars for females per year. Owners paying the amount receive a certificate naming the owner and dog, plus a stamped license year table from the town clerk. The ordinance takes effect after publication in the Titonka Topic, approved February 28, 1916, by Mayor Chas Ball with Town Clerk Wm Boyken.
Town passes ordinance No 14 prohibiting speeding and braking violations for motor vehicles and requiring proper signaling and bells. Violations carry specified penalties. The measure aims to improve road safety within the town limits.
Titonka Iowa adopts ordinance prohibiting placing filth refuse carrion trash ashes or debris on streets alleys highways or public places and forbids sidewalk deposits of ashes cinders scraps manure and similar refuse. Violations punishable by fine from 1 to 10 dollars or up to ten days in jail. Passed February 16 1916. Chas Ball mayor and Wm Boyken clerks.
For sale 450 pounds of good home brown timothy seed. Call or write C. J. Hansen, Titonka, Iowa.
For sale cheap is taken at once a one Flanders yd Horse Roadster automobile. For particulars call or visit Funk Hardware store for details.
Public notice lists a hearing for the Drainage District No. 3 in Hancock and Kossuth Counties Iowa. The list of names appears as claimants or interested parties, reflecting a formal drainage proceeding in the county system. The document calls for attendance or involvement as directed by the Iowa drainage law.
The notice names Hancock and Kossuth Counties with a long list of land parcels in Wesley Township and Buffalo Township. It describes proposed joint drainage district boundaries, engineers, and a hearing date before the county supervisors in March 1911 with claims due by March 1941.
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