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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
5
The piece discusses local governance and leadership, praising Cumming the lawyer and town leader while critiquing the trust members as privileged. It notes the need for accountable governance and public duties amid ongoing civic revitalization efforts.
The report lists numerous residents and visitors such as Mabel Da Westter, Miss Whitney, Mrs. Henry Manus, Martha Smith, and Miss Ortha Stow. It notes summer vacation closures, visits between Bancroft, Luverne, Lone Rock, Fenton, Algona, and Germania, and local fishing trips at Fox Lake plus a barn addition by Tom Blekfela.
Mrs Hanna Neitzel died peaceful Monday morning May 24 at her daughter’s home in Burt after a long illness. The German M B church member since 1886, she leaves three sons and three daughters. funeral at the German M B church conducted by Rev W A Klaus. Interment Burt cemetery.
A reflective passage extols motherhood as the peak of female achievement linking heaven and earth. It enshrines a mother as regal in death, her crown bright with offspring, and declares maternity the noble purpose uniting generations through the enduring beauty of a baby’s eyes and grace.
A poor German family bound for Titonka were delayed in the Dows depot from Sunday morning until Monday afternoon. They told a reporter they had been four weeks en route, spending weeks at Cedar Rapids and in town due to inattention by Rock Island forces, with their baggage in a sad predicament.
Joda Cunningham informs Burt Monitor there are no matrimonial intentions in Burtville. The notice states absence of plans for marriage engagement.
The Advance announces a push to add junior typesetters, with one hired at the office on Thursday and another welcomed at a junior member's home the same day. A third junior has reportedly been ordered and is en route to the senior member’s home as the paper expands its junior staff.
Plaudits and social notes from Plum Creek list visitors and visits including Mrs Ole Johnson, John Mahoney now White at present from Algona, DeWitt Hager and family from Titanical, W Blake and family visiting Clarence, John Kelley Cresco on a periodical visit, J P Larsen and daughter at Matt Hanson’s, Laura Adams returning home near Algona, and Henry Nelson and Paul Ferrigan with families fishing at the river last Sunday.
A local report notes people avoid lake water due to disease fears and instead rely on a Samaritan’s boat providing fresh malt drinks to fishermen at Cigar Lake. It also describes a pest control remedy from Agricultural Bulletin using white time flour sulfur boiled in water to protect tree trunks from gnawing by mice and rabbits.
An old advertisement explains dating collars by washing them only after first day arrival. It claims collars last their natural life when laundered with care in indistilled water. The offer includes a hand painted China Plate with every $5.06 of Laundry, Dyeing and Cleaning services.
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