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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
2
The readable items include social announcements, weddings and visits, plus funeral and church notices. Names such as Mes. and Mr. plus places like Algona and Elmine appear, with scattered references to parish events, travel, and a few household happenings across a small town page.
Local notices recount neighborly visits and daily life in Woden area. Names include Henry Tomlinson Floyd Dingman Nick Eden and Genevieve McMahon. Events feature garden visits, school staff, church friends, and a Ming-Atox social at Bingham.
Miss Andrey Hastings stayed with sister Mrs. Henry Schucter in Buale Center. Alyona Advance’s Clayton visited and went to Buffalo Center for a date. Jennie Smith returned to Marengo Iowa after a stay here. Mrs Irvin Wartman came back from Eagle Grove. Wm. Ukena visited Algona. Clarence and Mrs Schrepel of Buffalo Center were in town between trains. Abel Bebrends and children from Armstrong spent days here visiting. Mrs Day Wheeler visited Cedar Falls with daughters He Heije and W E B Ley. Will Ralders returned to work at H G Smith store after illness. Mrs Mark Stoddard and sons Henry, Max and George of Burt visited. Mrs Allen Cary and baby from Sioux Falls stayed with sister Gu Johnson. Lucille Miller visited Cedar Falls. Mildred McGee spent Easter at Manchester. Mrs Mary Rodewau hosted the Presbyterian LadiesAid.
Last week events include Ray and Daniel Greider’s brief stay in town, Mark Dyer and Fred Stratman visiting from Bancroft and Buffalo Center, Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Smith hosting relatives, and several town residents traveling to Cedar Rapids Chicago and beyond. New arrivals, health updates, and ongoing family visits are noted along with a baby birth and a torn old sign “Boy Wanted.”
In February 1919 James O'Brien sends a letter from a small German town describing four hundred miles of hiking since arrival, lingering near the front after the armistice, and hardships of weather and distance from home. He asks about family, soldiers, and farm life while noting companions and local movements.
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