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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1925
Page
4
The LuVerne News argues that merchants who avoid advertising face higher costs or failure, while nationwide brands and mail order houses thrive on catalogs and big campaigns. It asserts local papers counteract rivals, educate customers, and sustain inclusive prices through steady advertising, calling it the economic force of business.
Fourteen Iowa farms listed as sold by the Register show prices from 30 to 225 per acre. Hills of Allamakee County yielded 150, Allamakee farms included. Piva farms in northwest Iowa averaged 175 per acre with several others at 170 to 200 and a Galt entry at 190.
The Titanica Bank boys announce a concert at the H. B. Auditorium on Tuesday evening December 1. A basket social follows with free admission for baskets, prizes for top bid and highest basket value, and proceeds to the Band fund. Students pay 16 cents and adults 25 cents.
A 10 line health pledge extols Christmas Seal values from prevention to care. Henry Ely of Cedar Rapids cites the National Tuberculosis Association spearheading the annual drive. The piece notes tuberculosis deaths and local fund use supporting school meals and health programs.
A basket social and program will be held at the Bingham school six miles southeast of Titonka on Friday evening December 4. Everyone is invited to bring well filled baskets and pocketbooks. Ratelle Bonagker, teacher.
Governor John Hammill proclaims Thanksgiving Day in Iowa set for November 26 urging prayer and gratitude for prosperity and national ideals. He asks citizens to forego unnecessary labor, gather in homes and churches, and dedicate time to public service and civic duties.
Kossuth County farmers report seed corn quality hit by unseasonable weather with 25 to 30 percent viable seed in some samples. County Agent Barker tested farmer ears between Nov 10 and 13, finding 40 to 50 percent good seed in several cases while urging careful selection and storage for future plantings. A Lyceum event at the school home features Miss Nelgon as reader and impersonator tonight.
The piece explains that Thanksgiving is not native to America but was established as a national day by the President. It notes the date falls on the last Thursday in November and marks a universal festival for thanks not limited to wartime success but celebrating life health happiness family and prosperity.
A Friday meeting in Algona discussed inviting a social service worker to demonstrate rural welfare work in Kossuth County for three to five years. Miss Louise Cottrell of Iowa City outlined the plan as part of a national effort by the American Association for Organizing Family Social Work.
With banks cutting time and savings deposits to ten percent, residents shift funds into land. The writer urges choosing well located land with good soil as a safe, sound investment and notes land is cheap in the state.
A Titanka man, Grady Smith, paid $120 to a slick salesman for mattress ventilators and territory rights. County Attorney Van Ness pursued criminal charges after the man failed to deliver. The salesman returned to Rockwell City. officials confronted him and he repaid the money, and the case was settled.
Depositors of the defunct First National Bank of Algona in receivership are set to receive a 15 percent dividend. The payout covers funds on deposit with the bank before its dissolution and marks a recovery phase under court supervision.
November 17 meeting at the Fred Boyken residence included nine ladies and a Thanksgiving dinner suggestion. Mrs. Ross Buffington was re elected chairman and Mrs. Gordon Hansen secretary for the next year. District meetings will offer a drink and one food item for refreshments. Next gathering set with Mrs. Elmer Peterson on January 5. Township districts assigned to local leaders by old school districts. Color lessons held at Van Hansen and Gordon Hansen homes this Tuesday.
The notice highlights gossip from Farm News and local figures including editor Payne and banker Hutchingon. It mentions ongoing romantic hopes, a jumbled tale of flirting, and a court-house intrigue in Algona with a Walnut Grove man losing four angels in a corn picker incident.
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