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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1926
Page
1
The Grade Operetta titled Mid-Summer Day featured 118 children from first to seventh grade. The production, held over two evenings, showcased well drill and handmade costumes, with Miss Diedrich and teachers praised for the effort and public training ideals.
A 1926 Minnesota Agricultural College forecast warns of a large hog crop and price declines if farmers expand herds. It argues production decisions drive prices after the fact and urges steadier sow numbers to avoid price swings. The piece notes corn acreage and hog feed implications and urges careful seed corn testing for future generations.
In several towns near Humboldt canvassers exploited the boom by securing liquor orders at $16 per quart paid in advance, delivering only a fair mineral water substitute. Report notes buyers had no headaches as consolation for the fake booze.
We report the birth of another son to Col. and Mrs. L. A. Matern on a Wednesday. A. L. vows to become an auctioneer, claiming he can holler loud enough to be heard. Mother and baby are reported as healthy and well. Wesley News World.
Mr and Mrs Geo I Gerdes have moved from the Oppedah Brother farm south of town to Blue Earth Minnesota. They report they are nicely settled in their new home.
A fragment from the Lakota Record notes a hand painted knee motif tied to fashion and a remark about a future illustration of a jesting bark at a mother’s knee. The wording is fragmentary and obscure.
Raymond P. Smith son of Mr and Mrs O Me Smith of Lakota married Miss Celectine Dawson of Aurelia. They will make their home at Lakota.
Farmers in the Us community test seed corn, focusing on yield and vigor to avoid chances of poor germination. The report notes widespread effort to ensure crop reliability and strong ears.
Farmers are urged to beware of mystery compounds sold as seed corn protectors and pest remedies. The Farm Bureau urges investigation before purchase, noting high profit and possible illegal insecticides under state law. Report suspicions to Secretary of Agriculture Mark Thornburg and the State Entomologist for enforcement and safety.
A farm orchard should be small for home use with about a dozen trees. Dormant spray is needed before leaves appear to combat San Jose Scale, followed by four sprays including cluster bud, petal drop, two weeks after second spray, and late July. Prune dead branches and open the center for sunlight. prune grape vines too. Consult Farm Bureau Office for demonstrations and spraying material tips.
The notice urges farmers to choose hay types wisely, noting alfalfa and sweet clover suitability. It argues hay value, suggests sowing 1.5 bushels per acre of northern seed, and stresses testing soil lime content before sowing. It warns against acid soils for alfalfa and promotes alkali soils for alfalfa and sweet clover. Think it over and sow this spring.
Iowa State College official F G Churchill argues flax could reenter northern Iowa cropping, replacing part of oat acreage for feeding alfalfa or red clover. Wilt-resistant varieties exist, tariffs could keep flax prices favorable in 1926, and pure flax crops show higher cash value than mixed with wheat.
The Department of Commerce reports 6 488 weeklies and 137 dailies suspended since 1919 due to high production costs from the war. Weekly circulation declined 78 percent, yet surviving weeklies show strength with a combined 49 000 000 circulation and dailies 35 760 000.
Friends gathered Monday night to honor Mrs Sever Pannkuk on her birthday with cake sandwiches and treats. Attendees included B.8 Pannkuk and wife Al Meyer and wife Sennus Isebrand and family and John Rippentrop and wife. The party followed a surprise plan and all enjoyed the refreshments. May she have many more enjoyable occasions.
Great School winner at Declam Friday night a week ago. Grant Consolidated took two firsts at Led yard against Lakota and Ledyard. Reuben Lutter won oratorical and Hazel Hunt won dramatic. Alvin Carpenter of Led yard won tomordue. School election held at the school building last Monday afternoon. Roy Budlong was re elected to succeed himself and W. H. Stott to succeed Dr Hamatreet.
A Tenn reporter lampoons a comic chain of mishaps caused by a nickel-nursery borrowing a neighbor's newspaper. The tale escalates to a string of pratfalls including a crushed watch, wrecked car, kitchen fire, drowned kittens, cholera scare, and a runaway daughter. The moral: subscribe to your home paper.
In a letter from Emmetsburg, W T Morting expresses optimism about improving conditions and growing agricultural cooperation. He notes local unity, strong banks, and the need to support stores, churches, schools, and teachers to boost community prosperity and avoid outside financial shocks.
Secretary of Agriculture Mark Thornburg of Des Moines tells County Agent Frank Barker he is ready to cooperate with farmers to enforce the Iowa Seed Law. The rule requires seed labeling with name and variety, germination percentage, test date, and origin, except seed traded between farmers. The law aims to curb poor seed amid corn shortages and help farmers.
Father and son banquet set for Thursday at the church. Dr J J Bushnell to preach Sunday the 21st at Dean and Titonka with afternoon and evening services. Choir rehearsal scheduled Wednesday evening at the parsonage.
Swea City resident Mike Haddy learned his brother was alive after sending a cable to Assyria. The message arrived in four hours, illustrating cables as faster than telegraphs.
Harold Flom and Mabel Nelson of Wesley township were married a week ago Thursday in Algona and left for Florida. The bride graduated Wesley high school and the groom, a carpenter by trade, is described as a fine fellow.
The piece argues against protecting only industrial sectors and railroads while forcing farmers to bear weather and market risks. It cites the Philadelphia Lexicon and policy acts like the Federal Reserve Act and Rural regulation as favoring industry over farming, noting farmers comprise about 30 percent of the U.S. economy and face uncertainty. It quotes Hoover on commerce and industry reliance.
Twenty years ago Leo Breen visited Crystal Lake with friends while buds appeared signaling spring. Residents such as Mrs Nellie Bartlett, Joe Ford, Chester Lamoreux, Fritz Javers, Alice Cosgrove, Geo Heltland, J D Breen, Della Tjaden, Con Breen, Rev Otis H Holmes and others are noted for travels, moves, or political expectations around Algona Kossuth County.
Former Titonka school superintendent Writer W. Wehman Dargoo writes of his post Titonka years. He taught in Bagley Iowa then served in the army and aviation corps at Great Lakes NL. After war he settled in Greentown Indiana as VP of Greentown Packing Company seeking preferred stock details while inquiring about Titonka folks.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced an exam to fill the Woden post office vacancy and others. Applications close April 7 1926. See the postmaster at Woden for blanks or write to Washington D C for information. Compensation for the past year was $958.
A delegation of twenty or more men called on Mayor H. Co. Armstrong last Friday morning seeking his candidacy for another term. The mayor, tired from four years in office, asked for mercy and urged the group to allow him to retire or run as a private citizen after the town election.
Ed Calligs and family were released from quarantine and were treated to a nine-person banquet hosted by J. W. Swanson. Ed praised Swanson as a fluent cook who needs no wife in the culinary department, noting Swanson’s skill at a Galller residence.
George W Roberts once a major Fort Nedgy booster for agriculture now resides in New York and turns his attention to Wall Street, shifting his focus from farming to finance. The note marks a change from rural support to metropolitan capital interests.
Thirty six 4 H girls and farm women from Kossuth County attended a news writing school in Burt despite a heavy snowstorm. H J Metcalf of the Ames Extension Service and Mane Plath led the session at the high school, the largest county 4 H news writing class in Iowa.
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