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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
2
The Titonka Topic notes Lee 0 Wolfe as editor and publisher. Weekly Thursday publication invites local advertising at 16 cents per line, with first issue pricing and 5 Tebis per line for each subsequent insertion. Mail matter indicates Trenka, Iowa as the post office with second class status.
The text warns that if voluntary economy and higher coal production do not suffice for war needs and heating, limitations on non war production may be needed. It urges thorough consideration and minimal disruption, stressing government involvement and shared sacrifice by households and industries.
The Fuel Administration urges economical coal use as shortages mount. Garfield outlines goals to raise production 20 percent, move coal to markets, and curb nonessential manufacturing. Voluntary measures and curtailment of certain advertising follow from wartime energy saving.
The United States Aviation Corps calls for 7060 skilled men including 3562 engine men 3240 wheelwrights 504 cabin makers 640 sheet metal workers and 200 cooks to join the Motor Mechanics Regiment for service in France behind the lines. Recruits must be between 18 and 40 and trains at Fort Hancock Georgia before deployment.
Mark Sullivan assesses Lord Northcliffe as the world’s leading newspaper magnate, contrasting him with American power like President Wilson. The piece explores how Northcliffe’s energy and control over press power shape public life, noting rivals, peers, and lasting impact on journalism.
The passage argues that England harbors anti Northcliffe writers, noting novels portray him variably as hero or villain. It discusses his foibles, appetite for obscure knowledge, and habit of conversational boasting. A tangent recounts Fulton and a train, highlighting missteps in the larger discussion of Northcliffe.
A critique of British food policy and its impact on farmers, arguing that central orders disrupt production and create shortages. The piece contends that mismanagement harms food prices and risks a beef famine, urging public understanding and farmer solidarity against short sighted policy.
The article warns that wool will become scarce as war consumes US supplies and ships reallocate to military needs. It urges farmers to raise sheep, noting their high economic efficiency, dual wool and meat output, minimal feed value for humans, and the growing price incentives since 1914.
A call to action promotes increasing sheep raising across farms and lawns from country plots to parks. It argues six of seven farms could profitably raise sheep and urges landowners to maximize grass resources and establish sustained sheep production as part of U S agriculture.
Public notice lists dozens of landowners in Hancock and Kossuth Counties Iowa and signals a hearing before the Hancock and Kossuth Boards of Supervisors on March 25 1918 in Algona Iowa. It describes a proposed joint drainage district to drain lands via open ditch Lindner Creek and related channels, naming districts townships and key parcels and setting filing deadlines for damage claims by March 23 1918.
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