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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1927
Page
2
Portland residents recount visits from Burt and nearby towns, hunting trips, and gatherings. A large Swea City grading crew works on Bartlett road while Roy Mann builds a silo. An editorial correction clarifies a rumor about a non wedding.
The piece lists numerous callers and visitors to Britt, Forest City, Mason City, Crystal Lake, Titonka, and other nearby towns. It notes repair work at a local creamery, a new boiler installation, social events, and several family visits, with occasional minor accidents and a chicken supper planned by the Catholic Ladies Aid.
Doan News lists routines of Algona area families. Leota Dennis and Verna Stewart spent Friday night together. the Bentleys shopped in Algona. Darlene Hansen was ill. several families hosted visitors and attended events such as a Ben Hur show. The item covers social visits, hunts, hospital updates, and a corn borer campaign update including figures on area pest control and compensation payments.
Local items record visits among the Bird, Ormaby, Stott, and Ash families in Sexton and Wesley. Church events include a Methodist Board of Stewards meeting and a Rebekah lodge special session, plus a Royal Neighbors farewell with a silver pickle fork. The Wesley high school ball team beat Corwith 16 to 5, and playgoers attended Ben Hur in Algona.
The Audubon Advocate notes Ford halted advertising for a year causing sales dip and plant changes for a new car while General Motors spends about 30 million on ads. GM claims about 74 thousand more cars sold in the first six months of 1927, and Ford plans a 15 million push for a big new model. The piece warns against relying on name alone.
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