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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1926
Page
4
Sunday visits span Burt and surrounding areas with families, guests at multiple homes, and local incidents. A mix of social calls, farming chores, and minor misfortunes include a birthday gathering for Mrs. Geo. Graham, a scalding accident involving a two year old, and a car fire following a stall in mud.
A jolly occasion described with a Meinaer name and St Patrick's Day festivities. Lunch featured ice cream cake and sandwiches presented in style. Waiters wore gaudy green caps and aprons while bright green crepe paper bags bore a green clover flag.
W Randolph Burgess of the New York Fed reports in the American Bankers Association Journal that Federal Reserve notes now comprise nearly half of US currency, up from 70 percent in 1920, with elastic supply evidenced by war and postwar needs. He explains currency flows, reserve ratios, and the secondary expansion potential of Fed notes, noting seasonal and emergency demand and the role of gold certificates.
A fund established by the Amy Dankers Association to endow scholarships and foster sounder economic understanding in American colleges marks its Golden Anniversary. The foundation receives half its total from subscriptions by the American Bankers Association the American Institute of Banking and individual bankers with the other half allocated to bankers by state. The association contributed $50,000 from reserves and the American Institute of Banking added $25,000 from member subscriptions. Numerous bankers nationwide gave $6,000 $2,500 and $1,000 each.
Doan News lists visits by Mr and Mrs Dave Baker and others in Marshalltown and Algona areas. It notes Hiram Ward traveling from Hastings to find summer work, multiple calls on patrons, a marriage of Rudolph Larsen and Zelma Parcel in Algona, a school board election in Buffalo township, a severe knee wound for Ted Hoover, and a Ford car lost to mud and fire near the Dean church.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Mann’s home. Families and neighbors, including Tremary, Laabs, Stoo, Albright, Kennedy, and Cogdill households, shared visits around Burt. Jeanetta Clark recovers from an operation. The Burt school plans the Pirates Daughter operetta for April 1 and 2. Teachers Institute will be in Ft. Dodge. Doris Anderson resigns as Burt Domestic Science teacher to become Humboldt County Demonstration Agent in Pt. Dodge. All Burt residents and friends noted in wrap of weekly social items.
The Burthag Senior class of 1926 selected Turn to The Right as their play likely to be staged in May. Doris Anderson owns a new Ford coupe. Eyverel Koestler and Mr. and Mrs. Peters hosted gatherings at their homes. Visitors included Axel Christensen, Mrs. Hans Christensen, and Bertha Koestler. The Toothman family moved into the Meinzer house vacated by Sidney John who took a farm. H O Buell and wife returned from a three month southern trip.
A Burt section recounts residents moving into the Archie Foster house, shop visits by Algona residents, and community events from the week. Highlights include the Old Fiddlers contest at Burt Theatre, birthdays, St Patrick’s and other parties, and notices of local families and gatherings. Dell Whitenint died at Kossuth Hospital with services in Algona and burial in Burt Cemetery. Lydia Koestler and Iver Nordin wed in Wilmar Minnesota, planning a farm stay near Wilmar after a brief Minneapolis visit.
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