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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1929
Page
3
Titonka Topic Lez 0 headlines local coverage for the Titonka area. Publisher Wolfe notes the paper thoroughly covers unique territory and offers annual subscription rates of 1.50 in advance and 2.00 otherwise. Canada mailers charged 62.60 yearly with foreign advertising via the American Press Association.
Iowa readers hear that Congressman Dickinson may challenge Governor Hammill for the U S Senate with support growing beyond his district. Opinion in Des Moines and from La Verne News suggests Dickinson could defeat Hammill if mobilization continues, amid warnings about Hammill allies and state machine influence. A separate report notes a gypsy fortune scam victim in Greenfield and indictments against the Thompson brothers in West Union.
Iowa readers warned that agents using a luck envelopes box to lure customers into enlarging pictures constitutes a lottery. Attorney general reports such schemes illegal. recipients face court action if bills remain unpaid.
The Iowa public reacts to a salary grab by lawmakers and Governor Hammill's use of a state banking department crew to decorate barns. The piece argues such actions reveal politicians as fallible and urges recognition that able local officials can match national figures.
A proposed change urges the next legislature to let farm owners and renters shoot pheasants on their property year round without a license and to require friends helping to pay a license fee. The aim is to balance farmer needs with limiting crop damage while reducing urban influence on rural game control.
An advertisement promotes Adlerika as a two hour solution that cleanses both upper and lower bowels using glycerin buckthorn bark saline mix. It touts relief from gas sour stomach and headaches with one spoonful and cites J Denton as the druggist.
Relatives and friends gathered Sunday afternoon October twentieth at the Henry Adams home to celebrate the couple's Silver Wedding Anniversary. The dining room was decorated in white blue and silver and sixty guests shared a meal and a wedding cake baked by their daughter Lillian. Guests included out of town visitors from Rock Rapids Canistota Ellsworth Minn May City and Little Rock among others as well as Lillian Adams and the Adams family.
R Herrick of the Iowa Horticultural Society warns against burning leaves citing hazards and odor. He notes decayed leaves enrich humus and help loosen soil. The piece also mentions Gilmore City cement plant closing for winter and a push to repeal Iowa chain bank laws with political maneuvering in Davenport and Dubuque.
A poetic aside on animal sounds contrasts quick animal vocalizations with human hesitation. The piece catalogues bird, beast, and insect noises then ends with a meditation on mankind delaying advertisement of its own actions.
Loyal Gingrich was ill for several days last week. Many residents visited friends in Bancroft and West Bend. The Kensington Club gathered at Mrs. E R Worley’s home. Visitors came to Blue Earth and Mason City areas. The Flanagan social circle hosted a Halloween event at Mecquan Hall. Several families traveled for illness, visits, and church activities across Forest City Cedar Falls Mason City Triumph Staples Fertile and Kanawha.
Today’s cooking advice favors a modern lunch or supper menu with a full meal at noon. The article outlines a contemporary two to four meal pattern, suggesting variety and practicality with a pea loaf recipe, corn bread, cream cheese salad, and apricot whip. It notes changes from past customs and encourages expanding the home cookbook with this era’s ideas.
Ambiguous lines mention a warning on Armistics day about breaking faith and death. The fragmentary text references a noppieg Dow andar's Hields and urges vigilance, yielding a tense, unclear historical note.
A dated kitchen fragment describes making a loaf pan bake then serving creamed carrot puree with pine apple and cheese balls on lettuce. It includes recipes for apricot cream, walnuts, and raisins, plus dressings and whipped cream. Honor roll mentions Britt and Titonka residents with dates in 1931.
The notice lists liability and property damage insurance rates: four cylinder cars 11.50 and 11,000 coverage, six cylinder cars 14.00. It directs those without insurance to see Wolfe at the Topic office.
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