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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1914
Page
2
Foreicliat County paper lists advertising rates in advance with per inch pricing and insertion options. It outlines single and multiple insertion costs, line charges per insertion, and daily/weekly contracts with modest fees for local ads.
Local editorials praise supportive fundraising for Belgian relief and critique banking reform. Discussion covers German threats, Belgian labor, and American charitable efforts, then shifts to a long notice on public auctions and farm equipment with sale terms and participant lists.
A Des Moines commentary mockingly speculates on a Belgian capital retreat for Germans and jokes about local officials, police, and residents. The piece shifts to imagined sites like a hospital or state farm for convicts as potential refuges, using harsh stereotypes.
A fragmented paste quotes Billy Sunday critiquing piety with odd metaphors about faces and oats. The text then shifts to an advertisement for Holstein bulls listed for sale by Walter Scott of Fitonka, detailing ages and breeding purity.
A move to Fergus Falls prompts a public auction at the W base of Lee 6 Brighant township Hancock county. The sale on Wednesday December 8 starts at 12 PM with free lunch at 11:30 AM. Items include horses cattle hogs dairy stock machinery wagons implements and several large farm components with terms cash for sums under 310 and credit on approved notes for larger amounts. Proceeds go to proprietor J. Richard son with auctioneers Matern and Kunz and clerk Cosgrove.
sale at 1 o clock Wednesday near Titonka Germania Bancroft listing multiple horses including mares colts geldings and a mule team plus cattle sows sheep machinery such as wagons mower rake and harnesses with cash terms under 1900 and credit on higher amounts.
Sunday visits mark a lively social week with Mr and Mrs Harm Wessels and others stopping by Petes Wessels home. Baby boy welcomed by Mr and Mrs Bara Campbell. Visitors include Miss Hosn Yaunke and Mrs Henry Dirksen among others. notes mention gardens, farming, and keeping smiles as winter nears.
Fred B. Baker delivers popular Lyceum and Chautauqua platform lectures titled "The Lucky Number" and "The Sleeping Giant" drawing large crowds across thirty states. His ten years of work on the circuit emphasize democracy and practical, humorous aims in education and civic life.
The report lists visits to various homes including the Oftedanl and Thowpsacn households and mentions Mr and Mrs Ben Oftedant and Thompson family. Other names include Holland, King, Sargon, Halntown, Henry Carr and Crystal Lake as part of the Sunday movements.
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