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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
2
An energetic sale notice outlines a staple line of drugs patent medicines wallpaper paints window shades varnishes brushes alabastine Dr Hess Stock Tonic Dip Panacea school supplies baseball goods jewelry clocks dishes toilet articles rubber goods candy cigars and mentions agent for Playerphones.
A fragmented early 20th century community page cites wartime themes and humor. It cautions rural readers to contribute to crops over combat, jokes about marriage money, and includes songs, poems, and satirical quips about prices and raising potatoes as a home-front effort.
The Butala Consolidated school invites the public to a Memorial Program on May 30 at 1730 in the school grounds. Students perform recitations, songs, and drills honoring veterans, with a cemetery decoration by local veterans and former students. Also included is a notice of incorporation for Farmers Elevator Company of Titonka, Iowa, outlining articles, stock, business scope, and officers.
Buffalo Township Board of Trustees asks lot owners to remove weeds and cleaning debris from their plots and beautify them.
Fred W. Wenler Jeweler and Optometrist in Algona Iowa offers a special American made watch with 15 jewels in a 20 year gold filled open face case priced at ten dollars. This durable timepiece makes a meaningful graduation gift.
The Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco could become a beauty belt if Dekalb County Illinois leads with the first beauty mile. Trees flowers and green grass mark the mile as experts plan a roadside beautification effort. Public spirit and cooperation are vital to enhance towns and raise land values along roads.
A memorial program is planned for next Wednesday at the public school grounds with a call to closing businesses. Geo Cogswell and wife plan to travel to Des Moines and Omaha to visit their son Harold. The International Sunday School Association's July 1 celebration aims to involve 150000 members nationwide and support for the American Red Cross. The notice also invites 21 to 30 year olds to register June 5 and advertises a part time subscription agent position with The Country Gentleman and related titles in Kossuth County.
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