Titonka Local News Briefs and Community Updates
Local notes report visitors and moves including Otto Callies LA Reaser and Britt visits. Enlistments rise as postmasters and farmers discuss spring work, schooling, and a weekend wedding at Titonka with Mrs Rhode and Marlin Branas. Community socials, weather, and farm tasks fill the mid spring summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitonka
Otto Callies LA Reaser
Wesley Saturay
Schrader
FR. Amesbury
Dubuque
New England
Henry Hutchinson
Craven Farm
German Township
Geo. Funk
Paul Clement
Algona
Charles City
Martin Nelson
Caroline Rhode
Marlin Branas
Titonka
Fuller
Anton Holcomb
Swea City
Harrenga
Flolcomb
Burt
P. M
Britt
Western Electric Telephone Co
Mason City
Supt Eigie
Jana
Mary McDermott
Mra
Zwiefel
M. EL Ladies
Miel'ns
Kahn
California
Kuppersheim
Grand Duchy
Boden
Ameri Bao
Tomnes
Henry
Mont Nomen
Remarkable memory tale of Sambo janitor at southern factory
Joseph Lavelle recalls a story of a black janitor with an extraordinary memory. A visitor tested him with a question but Sambo answered yes when asked about eggs, prompting the stranger to return ten years later to prove his claim. The man asked what was fried, and Sambo replied fried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lavelle
Darkey
Sambo
Primary School Notes From May Day Celebrations
Mildred Nelson entered the first grade Monday making our present number 61. The Tiny Tot's day featured four puppies from Agnes Pannhuk. Miss Eva Breen assisted last Thursday and Friday in the Primary room. Alma Sloper treated her class to marshmallows for her seventh birthday. Several students earned good spelling pins and excellent marks in exams. A piano sale notice and quirky exam answers are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Callies
Kubus
Tjaden
Ackley
Frank
England
Poplar
Mont
Fort Peck
Lee C. Wolfe
Ralph Patersson
Ft. Dodge
Otto Barrenstein
Ray Hansen
Peterson
Titonka
Julia Lathop
National Children's Bureau
United’ ‘States
Mian
Cruikshank
Plano
Mildred Nelson
Wallace Lamoreux
Myrtle Hansen
Agnes Smith
Henry Eden
Grace Seltsema
Jeanette Swalve
Henry Sachau
Itspila
Loraine Tierney
Welford Lamoreux
Bessie Mae Hiegel
Lester
Leota Lamoreux
Louisa Callies
Myrtle Bachau
Nora Hagen
Eva Breen
Eva
Alma Sloper
Alma
Tota
Agnes Pannhuk
Ethel Hammons
Martha Stecker
Beulah Schut
Jer Wer
Howard Longbottom
Harvey ‘Shultz
Beulah Schutfeh
Henry Swalve
Grace Sleper
Bernard Tierney
Mabel Wolfe
Leona Briggs
Iowa
Flrat
Schmoller & Mugiler Plano Co
Omaha
Nebr
Window Boxes Promote Urban Beauty and Plant Care
A historic note urges cities to beautify business districts with window boxes and vines to soften façades and attract business. It covers sunlight needs, color harmony with architecture, plant types, and the practice of grouping boxes on large buildings, plus a snippet from Billy Sunday and a health note on TB-free livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yong
Aranging
Thrift Gardens
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp Arising War Spirit Across Iowa
The article notes growing enlistment in the Army and Navy across Iowa as the nation braces for conflict. It uses steady rhetoric to mobilize support, invoking patriotic verse and calls for unity under God and the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Army
Navy
High School Notes on Programs and Activities
High School Notes recounts a grammar room program praised by pupils, a future government ownership debate, sewing and cooking classes, club reshippoints, and student absences. It notes Raymond Bonacker’s return after eye-related illness, weather hindering baseball practice, and Geometry advancing to Book V. The piece closes with a patriotic poem about Old Glory and national pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Durikhard
Cruikshank
Floyd Longbottom
Rupy Nelson
Clarence Turner
Very
William Amexbury
Mabel McElroy
Lillian Kamman
Piercey
Makling Dresels
Raymond Bonacker
Mbarty
Hilo
Operations To Save Baby At University Hospital
Dr Fellows reports a remarkable baby operation after three procedures on a cleft palate born near Irvington to Mr and Mrs Grafing five months ago. The final operation will occur when the child is three and a half. The case highlights need for skilled nurses and institutions and notes new state funds for a special center at Java City to treat babies born physically defective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellows
John Grafing
Irvington
University Hospital
Universary
Java City
Kossuth County
Women urged to avoid pacifist men amid wartime lessons
The National Special Ard society leaders urged students at Tewksbury School in Scarsand New York to refuse marriage or close ties to pacifists or men with pacifist leanings. Mrs. Henry A Wise Wood warned that war has created new female burdens and that real men defend country and family, while cowards hide behind objections to fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsand
New York
Henry A. Wise Wood
National Special Ard Society
England
United States
Fife
Decline of American Paper Napkin Trade
The piece notes paper napkins are vanishing as manufacturers plan to halt production amid rising costs. Large firms have dropped the napkin trade claiming insufficient supply and shifting profits to other goods. Cheaper restaurants continue requesting napkins despite price hikes, with laundering issues cited for cotton napkins.
Woman's Home Missionary convention notes May events
The Woman's Home Missionary convention meets at Motherville May 8 and 9 with District Superintendent presenting May to the main service. Dr Orcott State worker to present May 13 evening. Doane S. B. convention May 18 afternoon and evening. A distressing accident at Wesley left Vivian Benner with three broken ribs after being run over by a car. She is recovering well with hope for a safe recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Peterson
St. Dodge
Ben Cogswell
Clarion
Geo. Cogswell
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Mechlar
Whittemore
Wil
Rebekah’s
Algona
Crystal Lab
Jack Dover
T. P
Geo. Funk
Tr Tonka
Alta Clement
Dist
Ramsey Township
Germanza
Florence
Etlsworth
Iowa
A. F. Kreger
Greer
Idaho
Wisconsin
Stilson
Britt
Algonn Ia
Kansas
Ashare
QO W. Weaver
Sedgwick Pansagraph
Europe
West Virginia
Ma E. Church
Woman's Home
Motherville
Will Poe
Orcott State S
Doane S
Wesley
Vivien Benner
Vivian
Newa World
Also Mentioned on This Page
Billy Sunday
Mey
W. H. Pew
Iowa State College
Town State College
College
Cesters
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