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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1920
Page
5
A fragment discusses Thanksgiving as a modern take on ancient harvest festivals. It mentions Ceres and biblical references, Greek offerings, and the idea that America’s Thanksgiving centers on a roasted turkey and harvest foods from Plymouth in 1621.
A devastating Hayfield Iowa fire on Saturday killed Mrs. Handy and her three year old son Tommy. Mrs Handy's seventeen year old daughter Zella helped extinguish flames with a quilt while the boy was saved but died hours later. The blaze started around 3 pm near the wash house with gasoline and kerosene nearby and the Handy family home stands a quarter mile north of the school.
A proclamation text notes Hanks giving to the people of Towai. Details are partial due to OCR garble but indicates a civic or ceremonial act by a figure named Hanks directed toward Towai residents.
A harrowing incident near Rodman, Wag, results in the death of six year old Algust Pietrich who was caught in a tumbling machine used to operate a scalerator. His clothing tore away and he died shortly after the accident.
A sizable audience of farmers and merchants attended W F Hadler’s Duroc Jersey door sale Friday evening. Breeding stock sold well with several individual boars and sows changing hands, prices ranging up to around 50 dollars. The report notes strong attendance despite prices. next lines discuss planned wheat marketing and warehousing structures as a future policy proposal.
A letter from County Supervisor-elect Olaf Finnemark urges readers to vote for him. The writer praises Finnemark as reliable, honest, industrious, and capable of managing Kossuth County’s large annual budget. The piece argues the district needs his service and confidence, noting the office’s tough tenure and potential opposition.
Farmers plan to market the wheat crop as part of a marketing experiment. The Farm Bureau Federation commits to start a marketing program for wheat, aiming to improve distribution of this key food commodity.
An unsigned column argues Americans are among the quickest witted people due to freedom of opinion, individualism, and universal schooling to age 14 or 16. A Western Electric worker narrowly avoids death after an electric plug incident, praised for American upbringing and quick action.
Swea City Herald editor Sperbeck laments the loss of a valued young female employee who married and left the shop. The note from Burt Monitor notes her faithful help and Sperbeck’s justified tears as good help grows scarce.
Bon H Gerdes advertises two red grade bulls for sale. Listing notes contact details and ranch location. Bulls described as ready for pasture use and breeding. Potential buyers urged to inquire for more information and pricing.
Frank and George Newel of Fenton die after a car three miles north of Fort Dodge overturns when a front wheel breaks. Frank dies after surgery Tuesday, George dies the next day. Louie Newel fractures a collar bone, Henry suffers broken ribs, and Pred Bailey escapes with a sprain. The group was en route to a Farmers-Bankers meeting.
The Svevad Division known as the Indian Threads is being reinforced at Camp Travis Texas at a rate of 260 new soldiers daily. Major General P C Harris indicates the Second Division will grow to 11 000 men as the border situation with Mexico shows activity and improving internal conditions. Elder observers in the capital suggest administration aims to deter Republican claims of unable to meet border tensions with adequate forces.
The piece notes price surges during Civil War and World War I as governments funded wars by bonds and notes. It cites mass mobilization drawing 2 million men and urges farmers to boost food production postwar, warning of inevitable declines after conflicts end.
A garbled passage depicts a wedding scene by an editor pressured to frame a bride as radiant while critics and delinquents loom. It hints at an obituary and social pressures from a justice court to a punchy, exaggerated portrait of the deceased.
Mrs Herman Bruhns died Friday afternoon after a hemorrhage of the brain. She was 73 years old and had lived in Ramsey, Germania, Bullza Center, and other towns with her husband Herman Bruhns since 1872. She leaves three children, two grandchildren, one brother, and seven grandchildren. Funeral held yesterday at 1 pm at Graceland Cemetery.
The Alstott family thanks friends and neighbors for help during Wallace’s illness and death, and for the flowers.
Three red year calves two heifers and a bull came to William Boshm at Buttalo Center two weeks ago. Owner may prove ownership by paying this notice and all costs.
Thos J Peterson of Thronks Iowa offers full blood red short horn bulls for sale. Contact details appear incomplete in the notice.
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