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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1917
Page
5
Local items report visitors from Garner and Britt, market day sales, taxes due April 1, and delinquents. Notes include lost cattle, crop prospects, weather, and community events. and updates on schools, elevators, farming, and weddings among Titonka and surrounding towns.
The eighty acre farm owned by J Johnson was traded in Titonka to S L Lamoreux and Geo Weigands through agent B A Pannkuk. Johnson received 33500 while Lamoreux gained two blocks of land and a house valued at 5000, with Weigands purchasing the remaining east forty acres for 6500. Johnson plans a sale on April 2 and move to town. Lamoreux plans improvements and crops include potatoes onions beans and corn on the tillable land. Captain E B Soper Jr. mourns the death of his father E B Soper Sr. in Kansas City. Soper Sr. was a longtime Emmetsburg banker and influential figure. High School notes cover classes, debates, and club activities. Titonka savings bank statement closes March 24 1917 lists assets and liabilities with notations by officers.
Britt Tribune recalls the early trials of marriage with vivid, humorous musings on domestic life. The piece juxtaposes tender moments with comic discomfort as a new couple navigates chores, late nights, and family expectations.
Mr. Lee 0. Wolfa of Titonka Iowa receives a humorous letter from W. C. Dewel editor praising Wolfe’s past activity and urging recovery from rheumatism. Dewel jokes about an editorial visit if roads dry up and notes warm wishes from Algona area friends.
Contemplate substantial mig line work appointments as Halbert Merrifield and Co Lt Owen visit to pursue Commonwealth Utilities Co franchise. They negotiate with Wesley Algona Armstrong Fenton Thompson Buffalo Center and plan lines to Algona Weasley Titonka and on to Ringsted. If Fenton secured Welp Cement may start plant nearby. Married at Schaefer home Flora Schaefer to Heyo Berschman in Thompson ceremony.
A misread subscription notice urges readers to check your label date and pay $1.00 per year for 1917. It requests enclose a check and address it to Topic Titanica, offering to extend years for payments and to correct any errors upon notification.
In China Parliament opposition blocks recognizing Confucianism as a state religion with a 264 to 20 vote. Christian Chinese numbering about three and a half million backed lawmakers against an official religion and urged broad religious freedom for all beliefs.
The notice lists library hours on Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Foster, a Study Club gathering at Mrs. Lamoreux’s home, and Books of Interest including American Spirit and Care and Feeding of Children. It notes a Thursday meeting at the German Lutheran church in Titania, Friday Lent service at 10 30, and next Sunday five children to be confirmed at 10, with no Sunday School and all invited.
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