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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1915
Page
4
Portland screws with a busy social scene as Harold Sigsbee and Harold ringsdorf's household details appear. Burt visitors and callers populate the week with couples like Daniels, Larsen, and Sigsbee sharing meals and errands. A funeral, anniversaries, and birthdays mark community life in early March across towns.
Lizzie Dittmer closes her school next Friday for a week’s vacation then spring term will begin. Martin Larsen helps Chas Leek move to the Geo Keestler farm on Monday. Leek then moves toward Barron Wis. Martin Larsen and family visit Germania to take Chris Peterson’s family to Albert Lea as their future home. Berton Isenberger moves to the farm vacated by Jake Isenberger. Mrs Floyd Duncan’s school closes last Friday and will close again Friday then move to the McCarty place nine miles southwest of Burt. Rainy Richter spent the winter helping Martin Larsen. Larsens plan porch and cistern improvements. Iola Stott remains troubled by skin disease. Dr Clap saddle cast her leg for rest. Funeral of Mrs Margaret Lindsay held Tuesday with Rev Eggleston. burial in Portland cemetery beside her husband. Lindsay family mourns. sons Edd and Sidney, a granddaughter, and a sister nearby. Pallbearers: Chas Mann, Wi 0 Mann, Wm Rike, W H Smith.
Miss Esther Burke visited Mason City and Miss Hattie Schiltz stayed in Garner. The Friday storm was severe. Mrs. McCall and children left for a new Minnesota home. Mr and Mrs John Spengler and friends visited Algona. Mrs. June Haverly and Miss Belle Haverly traveled to Everly and back. Mrs. Anna Kunz returned from Des Moines with daughter Mrs Arthur Corey staying briefly. Ladies Aid surprised Mrs. Thomas Turgeson with refreshments. The remains of Mrs. Frank Hume were brought from Grand Forks to Wesley for interment. Mr and Mrs F C Bacon and Mrs Amesbury accompanied. Nels Overbeck learned his daughter Mrs Will Sherman of Sutherland would undergo an operation in Des Moines. Mrs Sherman’s brother-in-law Frank Goetz left for Des Moines.
Local residents record visitors and trips across Algona Britt Mason City Wesley Ruthven and Clear Lake. Names include Mr and Mrs Henry Monson Mr and Mrs Otto Knudson Miss Nellie Stevens Mrs Bert Lucas and others visiting relatives friends and planning moves to Miles City and Clear Lake.
A fragmentary report notes YB Tripp visiting Owatonna last week with Mrs. Arthur commenting on a list hoard. The brief records a local community event and the motto Keep Smiling as a theme.
Sick lists mark the week with Mrs Kossack and Lola Curyea on the mend. Attendance at social events includes a dance at the opera house. Townsfolk travel to Titonka Buffalo Center Estherville Algona and Kamrar for business and visits. The M E Ladies Aid met, and family movements include relocations to Stillwater Minong and Dysart.
The column records visits and family news from Lincoln including Miss Martha Maass, Adolph Hertske, Miss Lila Leek, and the Jensen girls. It notes a new baby boy for Mr. and Mrs. John Splitt and various calls, travels, and care arrangements surrounding the Pringle, Welp, and Seibold households. It ends with a remark on war costs and taxation.
A clipped note lists cash items from banks and bankers, mentioning fractional currency nicking and cents. The fragment records an amount 142.94 and references Dué and Checkd as entities.
A historical wartime analysis warns that financing war through loans and notes will shift to long term bonds, crushing future prosperity. It cites massive annual expenditures, potential bond repudiations, and widespread damage to railroads farms and urban property. The piece notes millions of casualties, heavy losses for Germany France Belgium and England, and a looming global financial crisis affecting interest rates and national solvency.
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