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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1922
Page
3
The Titonka Topic under publisher Lee D. Wolfe describes its mail status and wide territorial reach. It lists subscription rates 1.60 yearly in advance, 3.00 otherwise, and 2.60 to Canada offices, while praising past editors and promising clean news without scandal.
Editorial warns against expanding labor board enforcement arguing employers could be fined but unions could dissolve. It questions compulsory wage controls and emphasizes treating labor as individuals or organizations, condemning powerful, unaccountable labor power and predicting harm to society and government if such power grows.
A playful chronicle recalling 19th or early 20th century life with items like bustles, silos, 5 cent cream, livery bills, munkmelons, tin Lizzie, and old habits. It contrasts past norms such as milk shakes, hired girls wages, and advertisers, highlighting humor and social change in everyday topics.
A quirky excerpt notes no sane Fourths or electric meters, straw stacks burned instead of baled, and locals miscalling English sparrows as hinds. It also states Jules Verne stood as the sole convert to the submarine idea in this curious vignette.
Ackley couple Jelle Tieben and son visit the area while Britt and Crystal Lake residents call on friends. Buffalo Center and Lakota visitors, church and Woodman events, family visits, and several people traveling to Mason City and Ventura are noted along with a new baby born locally and a hospital visit for Dr. Frederickson.
Dr White of Algona made a pleasant call on Doan friends the first of last week A telephone meeting was held Saturday at J D Andrews to settle business on the 22 of the Wesley Western Electric system Mr and Mrs Arthur Ward and daughter Nellie of Algona attended a social at J P Larsen’s last week Hoover brothers Curt Ted Laverne and Robert planned a trip to Iowa Falls to visit relatives They returned Sunday Howard Andrews and G O Anderson returned from South Dakota with cattle shipped through Burt arriving Saturday night Robert Ward family visited Mrs Price at Wesley Raymond Krante fell ill Tuesday and was moved to Algona Hospital Friday his condition remains about the same with temperature reading about ...
The report lists local residents visiting, birthdays and social gatherings in Dean. It mentions illness with uncertain diagnosis as typhoid like symptoms, and scattered activities such as church center visits, birthday parties, and a funeral in Humboldt County.
A son of Charles Patterson died after an 18 foot fall while playing at the Patterson home. Warren was taken inside the house but died about three hours later. Hugh Raney family and others were visiting at the time. Friends expressed sympathy to Mrs. Patterson and family.
Mrs Zimmermann visits Algona to stay with brother Jerry Helgens and daughters. L D Hodgson builds a hog house. Fred Larrenz and crew are doing fireworks. Mr and Mrs J P Stowe visit Perry in Aplington and see their grandson. Girls Glee Club enjoy a river picnic near Plum Creek. Lutheran ladies hold a Sunday river picnic. Fred Laurenz Will Freeze and Harold Smith travel to Blue Earth Minnesota on business. Mr and Mrs Chas Larsen Sunday guests at Alfred Larsen. Moyer boys come from Titanica to visit parents C Moyer. Miss Marton Rambolas returns to Des Moines for Drake University. Quinn Albright moves family into Len Sheldon tenant house. Squire Hudson rents their house and moves in with daughter Mrs Otto.
Wm. Peters Sr. worked at Tama's ice cream factory and visited his parents this week before heading to Ames to begin the second year of school in that city.
A poem-like notice laments a businessman who shunned banking and advertisement, choosing a solitary life. It calls for a peaceful grave without public fuss, asking that a moss wreath mark the select resting place and that no clamor disturb his dreamless sleep.
John Isebrand of Titonka escaped injuries after his Saxon automobile slid into a ditch along the south road from here Sunday. The wreck, four miles south of here, was reported Monday as damaged to some extent in Lakota Record.
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