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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1928
Page
4
Country correspondence notes callers at fivilt Mason City Britt and Algona visits by Lawler Orthel and Rankin. Residents plan trips, family visits, and shopping. Abe Rankin bought a Chevrolet coupe. Grunswoldt Stilson and Patton families travel to Minnesota. Red Cross drive and church events referenced.
Village social life includes Larkin Club gathering at Mrs. Wait Waltman’s, a busy hog shipment by Raymond Bartlett to Titonka buyers, and multiple basket socials at local schools. Farm Bureau meetings, a purse theft incident, and Portland representation at Algona events are noted with auction outcomes and local civic activity.
Mrs. Bea Hutchison is very sick with asthma. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dornbier on November Sth. Milton Giddings and Delbert Benton drove to Algona Saturday evening. The new Methodist choir will practice at the Carl Franzen home Friday evening. A. J. Giddings family will be Thanksgiving guests at Gordon C. Giddings home. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton will drive to Woden Friday evening. Clifton will preach for Rev. Buckwalter. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Benton visited Mason City Sunday to see Mrs. Benton’s sister Mrs. Thompson who is ill. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Sage of Portland near Mason City visited Sunday with Mrs. Sage’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Turgeon. Thos Turgeon continues stomach trouble but is in bed only part of the time.
Local Methodist Ladies Aid hosts a supper at the lodge hall on a Saturday night in December with chicken or meat Joal mashed potatoes and cabbage salad escalloped cranberry mold and assorted desserts. Prices are 25 and 50 cents. event honors Mrs Hansen as president.
A 4000 dollar ten acre improved farm near the Tilonka schoolhouse is offered along with 160 acres near Nora Springs for a house and lot in town. Also listed are Purebred Orpington chicks, Chester White boars, and a one yearling boar. Listings note contact Wolfe at the Tonic office and Glen Rinehart of Britt, Iowa.
Lakota Record reports Koppe lost 62 hogs to cholera recently, about 1000 head affected by the outbreak. The hog losses are seen as keenly felt under current conditions.
A fragment describes a patient or figure with a sleeve around the knee and a young lady's arm, suggesting a medical or social scene. The text references a NorTONS tie and a cure, but details are unclear and fragmented.
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