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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1932
Page
5
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide across the nation with statewide results showing strong Democratic gains in Iowa and many states. The ticket lists Roosevelts victory margins, key Senate and House results, and local official races reflecting a sweeping partisan shift.
Official vote tally lists candidates with party affiliations for U S Senate Governor and state offices. Names include Hoover Reed Murphy Turner Herring Clark Nelson Kraschel Greenwalt Fisher Storms Johnson Pletcher Pharabyre Mugray Martin Conway Fayilie DeGraff Wagner Donegan Kintzinger Anderson Bliss Mitchell Claussen Uterback Mawdsley Bentstetter Chubb Butler Dahlhauser Petersen Jennings Johnson Thomas Cosgrove War Justice and other local officials with vote counts and party lines.
Readable fragments show candidates and party affiliations for multiple offices including president Hoover and Roosevelt, with listed contenders Norman Thomas and Clyde Herring. The document records state and county positions such as auditor treasurer clerk sheriff and representative seats with party labels rep or dem and scattered vote counts.
Last Thursday evening Mr and Mrs Henry Franzen Sr celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary hosting immediate family at home. Relatives and friends attended including Rev A Kilian and family Henry Franzen Jr and family Ben Franzen and family and others. Kilian spoke on Psalms 121, a midnight luncheon followed.
J W Swanson Titonka bid in the Ailts Service Station lot and building at Algona sheriff’s sale for 610 dollars. Former owners hold one year redemption. Swanson also bought the National Bank building and plans oil and gas business if no redemption occurs. Northern Zone Game Season Open Nov 10. ends Jan 1 1933. Southern zone opens Nov 20 to Jan 16. Otter and mink spearing with shotguns prohibited. Skunk dens fox dens destruction prohibited. Fur shipments require special permit from Fish and Game. 4 H Club project meeting Nov 10 hosts to draft 1933 project. Florence Forbes assists. License required to hunt wild animals. owners and tenants exempt on their lands.
The slate lists Ida Petersen and W J Dooley among township officers with party designations. Candidates include H W Milley Maurice McMahon W Cosgrove Olgt Funnemark and Henry Schmidt. A clerk candidate John Boekelmann appears along with Harman Voben as township assessor.
Armistice Day activities on Friday November 12 1982 at 10 00 am include colors salute flag salutes led by Miss Nelson TavocHon with Girl and Boy Glee Clubs and school band performing patriotic songs. Speaker Rev A M Hueser and Commander E C Mayfield supervise ceremony with retirement of colors and benediction. Legion members urged to assemble at 10 am in uniform for a 10 30 am program at Falks garage.
The Iowa Game Commission declares open dates and hours for killing or capture of Mongolian Ringneck Baelivh and Chinese pheasants on November 16 18 and 19 1932 from noon to sunset. I T Bode state game warden is authorized to allow up to three birds per hunter per day on those dates with only one female. Counties listed for notice include Cerro Gordo Cherokes Clay Dick ingon Emmet Hamilton Mancock Humboldt Kossuth Lyon Monona O'Brien Osceola Palo Alto Pocahontas Sioux Webster Winnebago Woodbury Worth and Wright.
A baby girl was born on November 8 at Algona hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Hansen. She is the first child for the couple and gentle congratulations are being extended to the happy family.
A baby boy weighing 244 pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Petersen on Saturday. The Topic extends its congratulations to the happy parents.
A church message urges residents to start attending this Sunday regardless of weather. November is loyalty month with a church roll call on the last Sunday. Sunday School at 10, Morning Worship at 11, Epworth League at 4:30, devotional at 7, Chalk Talk on The Voyage of Life at 7:46. District Superintendent Dr Mubleman visits next Thursday for an all church gathering and family oriented church nights.
Approximately two tons of carp were seined from Lake Cornelia near Clarion. The fish and game department authorized August Greiner to distribute the carp among the poor as supply permitted.
Community mourns as Mrs. Prank Wolf dies at home after a year of illness. Born Barbara Lawrence June 2 1871 in Mt Palentine she married Prank Wolf July 7 1890. They lived in Wesley Iowa since 1900 and had ten children. Funeral at St Josephs Catholic Church with burial in St Josephs cemetery.
During November 14 to 19 the Annual Red Cross Roll Call will be conducted in Kossuth county. The drive asks for a one dollar contribution with fifty cents sent to the national relief office and fifty cents kept locally for aid such as medicine, groceries, coal, and clothing, underscoring local relief enabled by prior funds. A Red Cross sticker in windows signals support for those in need.
The Luther Leagues will canvass congregations for new subscriptions or renewals during Church Paper Week from November 6 to 12 1982. A local committee solicits members and friends to subscribe. Also noted are Ladies Aid meeting hostesses and choir rehearsal details plus a birth announcement and service times.
The Legion Auxiliary reports fifty members including new names such as Oliva Bruna Flos Hlo Bartlett Wstetld Bonacker Thora Cosgrove Martha Falk Jessie Falk Grace French Olga Graham Jane Miwror Fannie Kell Anna Rippen trop Geneva Sorenson Lala Stephen Worrth Adamson and Emma FP Wellner. The unit emphasizes member duties pledging quota attainment and supporting donations of clothing quilts shoes and magazines for the U Veterans Hospital Knoxville and local charity drives. It covers Education Week November 7 to 18 with daily themes Armistice Day events at Falk garage and a Red Cross Roll Call from November 11 to Thanksgiving, plus plans for furnishing the Legion home and hosting a county Auxiliary gathering December 6.
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