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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1915
Page
2
The notice outlines advertising rates and terms under Lew O. Owolfe and Eurnaher. It lists rates: 42 cents per inch for yearly contracts, single insertions 1d per inch, local ads 10 cents per line, and political notices 20 cents per line. It mentions advance payment and various insertion charges.
A republished Denver News poem about a son’s drift toward trouble out West. The speaker cites warnings given to Billy before he left, notes sparse letters from Denver, and contemplates informing his mother that the boy is in serious legal jeopardy while the father’s name bears the burden.
Swea City Herald notes Rep. W. R. Sullivan of Algona introduced a bill to bar fraudulent names from county printer lists. The piece comments on Sullivan's record, party stance, and calls out local worries about city boosters and public notices amid discussions of stationery for farmers and cattle listings.
Two 1915 Titonka Iowa ordinances set punishments for drinking in public with fines up to twenty five dollars or jail time and require sidewalk snow removal within ten hours with costs assessed as a tax. Mayor Chas Ball officiated with Town Clerk War Boyken.
Ordinance outlines trimming of shade and ornamental trees on streets and public grounds in Titonka Iowa. It requires trees be kept at least ten feet above ground, allows pruning up to a height suited to tree size, and defers trimming from March to June. Cost of enforcement and trimming may be assessed to abutting property. Dated March 1 1915.
Town ordinance prohibits fowls including turkeys chickens geese ducks from running at large within town limits. Applies March 1 to November 1. owner liable for impounded birds and fines up to twenty five dollars. Marshal to impound, feed costs five cents per day, sale after five days with notice, balance to owner after costs. Dated March 1 1915 Chas Ball Mayor. Attest Wm Boy vken Town Clerk.
Regular session notes read and approved. Warrants to be issued for labor and dog tags to Anton Pannhuk Bosma Chas Cooper Matt Parrot Sons Chas Ball Br P Huber Frank Hagan and others. Ordinances Nos 17 and 18 discussed with motion carried after votes.
The council, with yeas from Wallace Sleeper and Gritz, carried acceptance of the Light contract corrected to read Titonka Motor Company. Mayor and Clerk to sign. Meeting adjourned. Zeke Perkins anecdote follows as a local humorous ballad recitation about Old Zeke and the Ford chugging ahead.
Public notice from Kossuth and Hancock Counties Iowa appointing commissioners to inspect and classify lands in Joint Drainage District No 236. It lists land descriptions, apportioned assessments, and announces a joint hearing before the boards on April 11 1915 with objections due by April 9 1915.
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