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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
2
A flurry of visits and family news fills Portland area pages. Residents including Richard Price and Roy Waltman make business trips. weddings and dances mark social life. a baby and a fatal house fire are noted. locals attend funerals in Ledyard and Burt with many associated families named.
Portland residents and area families spent a Sunday with Charley Leek and others, with guests from Burt, Bancroft, Kanawha, and Algona. The week included replanting corn, a district 5 closing picnic, paintwork on Phillips home, and community meals. A death notice from Dewltery Home is reported.
A long list of residents from Mason City Garner Britt and Buffalo Center visited and called in local towns. People like Ted Albers AR Schiefelbein Henry Orthel W. Dirksen and John Patton stopped by for social and business calls. Several families welcomed visitors and a few from the region traveled for shows errands or to buy cars.
A stream of visitors and graduates are noted across Britt, Crystal Lake, Mason City and surrounding areas. Dorothy Frederickson joins her father for a weekend in Britt while John Van Laven and Harold Kittteson graduate at Crystal Lake. Local families visit, host dinners, and attend hospital ceremonies as the community marks school and church events.
Monday evening visitors included Magdalene Sartor Alice Sartor Blanche Buffington and Bradford Buffington at the Ross Buffington home. Will Larson drove his wife to Rochester for medical care though her recovery remains slow. Alfred Jensen and family from Algona visited Dean Street friends and Clarence Christensen’s household. J P Larsen hosted a Sunday dinner for H P Christensen Jack Worsley Rudolph Larsen and the Larsen children. Mrs Gordon Hansen suffers nerve trouble and awaits full recovery. Lucile Stiltz started work Tuesday. The Rudolph Larsen farm buildings were recently repainted with sprayed paint.
Unclear text describes visits from several individuals to Algona area homes. Mentions Jones, Harris and Barris families, a high school context, and plans to stay or return, but key details and spellings are garbled.
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