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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1932
Page
2
Local notice from Bancroft candidate ED DRESSLER announcing a run for supervisor of the third district. He appeals for vote and support from voters, with street address or contact implied by the closing line.
Multiple Republican candidates announce runs for Kossuth County Iowa Auditor. Harley B Bartlett, Geo P Hawcott, Charles E Chubb, and Barl F Griffith seek voter support at June or 1933 primaries. The notices urge Republican voters to support their candidacies in the upcoming elections.
Two Republican candidates announce for sheriff of Kossuth County subject to June primary voters. J F Fisher and Spd W H Steward seek support and recount their pledges.
A candidate message notes 70 H. W. Miller and Idrury Stillman of Algona seeking the County Attorney post in Kossuth county on the Republican ticket. The notice states the race is subject to the will of voters at the June primary and asks for votes and support.
A mislaid vote on a $500 self payment and calls for honest leadership appear as Town talk. The piece urges citizens to demand backbone from public officials and criticizes yes men while tying prosperity to active newspaper advertising and business promotion amid tough times.
A meeting in Nashita convened by farmers, laborers, and businessmen from Floyd, Bramer, Butler, and Chickasaw counties debated a proposed “Harpomet ers Holiday” to run thirty days starting March 16, urging withholding buys and sales to pressure relief. The item followed editorials from the Champion Whittemore and Algona Advance urging tax relief, scrutiny of mayor salaries, and cautions on new laws and county reorganization.
The text accuses Senator Patterson of Burt of trading his chance for lieutenant governor for favors from F. Clark of Cedar Rapids and others. It claims he refused to align with utility interests at the state convention this week, warning they will affect his political future in time.
Farmers in Town State area hear economists from extension service at county outlook meetings. They report prices farmers pay are declining toward parity with prices received for products. Recommendations include budgeting, rent adjustments, labor and equipment efficiency, home-grown seeds, and producing more meat and vegetables at home. Outlook meetings cover 56 counties with 50 to 60 attendees on average.
Doan New s item lists visits and illnesses among local families including Phil Buffington, John Asa, Delbert Vogel, Henry Nelson, Rudolph Larson, Walter Anderson, Edm und Larson, and others. It mentions travels to Iowa City for an operation, spring vacation, and social calls at homes in Hobarton, Titonka, Britt, Kanawha, Hampton, and Algona with multiple gatherings and flu cases. Grandma Briggs bakes an apple pandowdy and offers a simple dessert recipe, followed by chocolate tapioca meringue.
The article explains a traditional pudding recipe using cocoa, milk, and sugar with meringue topping and slow baking. It then shifts to farming guidance by A L Anderson of Iowa State College on sow farrowing management, bedding, and feeding to maximize pig litters and welfare.
Iowa State College extension plant pathologist R H Porter calls weeds Iowa’s worst enemy and outlines a three step weed control program for farmers. He urges seed cleaning and testing of grain forage and hay crops, destruction of perennial weeds by cultivation or chemicals, and cooperation with the Weed Commission. Mr and Mrs Join Everts have moved onto a farm near Bancroft.
Lee C Wolfe mayor proclaims a biennial town election for Titonka Iowa on the last Monday of March from nine in the morning to six in the evening at the Legion Hall. Elected offices include Mayor Assessor Five councilmen Treasurer each for two years.
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