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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
4
A roundup of visits, sales, and events in the Buffalo Center Germania area. Mrs Bruer and daughter join Mr Bruer near Buffalo Center. Koppen hauling sand for a bridge firm. numerous calls and social gatherings at neighbors’ homes. cattle shipments by Zing Bros. and a haystack fire. Orphin O Keefe school program praised. several residents travel to Ledyard Estherville and Fergus Falls for business and social reasons.
Community records Sw ishome visits by C R Swith and others. Several townspeople including Messrs Dick Hines and Mrs Jess Dinger visit ailing father in Wyndemore North Dakota. Des Moines visitors Irwin Hatbly and Nuburs return from Cedar Rapids and Des Moines respectively. Local travel includes Miss Mabel Grom Riceville and M A Whitney Buffalo Center. Infant child of Mr and Mrs Pater Beenken dies. Various Algona, Riceville, Buffalo Center and Ringsted connections noted.
Local notes recounts various townsfolk visits and health news. Disjointed entries mention Meremdes Earl and Ross Ringstor, Mrs Wyat Stott DB Mann family from Algona, horse buyers, illnesses, and upcoming sales. Several names: Mann family, Ringstor, Sigsbee, Phelps, Dittmer, Buds, and Burt area residents with trips to Algona, Webster City and Cedar Rapids.
Mrs J Cook assists threshers Friday while Mrs J T Graham faces poor health. Burt crews move threshing rigs west of town and families travel to North Dakota. Measles, a sick Koestler child, and several social visits fill a busy week with farm updates and new buildings under construction.
John Danner and family were calling in Titonka Monday. Wm Freese and ou Matern plan a new auctioneering partnership. Many Portland residents expect to have sales this year. Orra Ollom and family will move to the Chas Kruger farm when vacated. Joe and Clifford Danner visited the Bartlett home Sunday afternoon. Chas Pommeraning was a caller in Titonica Monday. Chas Phelps was sick over the weekend. Carl Carleon had a horse crippled early this week. Mrs Chas Pommeraning returned from Minnesota after visiting relatives. her brother accompanied her home. Snowfall noted at Frontier and Warroad. Mrs Chas Phelps visited Wm Trainer's home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Wm Freese left for Malcom for about a week. Mr and Mrs Martin Larson visited Mrs Larsan’s parents Wednesday. Mrs Jacob Koestler underwent surgery last Wednesday and is resting well. Dr Clap saddle and Paters of Burt and Cretzmeyer of Algona attended. Wm Freese and family left Monday for a southern state visit by rail due to travel conditions. Mrs Wm Leek assists Mrs Jacob Koestler during her illness.
The column lists residents attending visits and social calls, minor injuries from a car accident near Delta, a thumb injury, school attendance for Clarence Scott, hens delivered to Mrs John Danner, evergreen plantings from Minnesota, a shop accident to John Danner with a shard in the eye treated by Dr. Clapsaddle, and visits by Wm Leek and Renny Bleich families.
Civic League approves nursery stock purchase for power house grounds. Wesley residents share visits, trips, and gatherings. Carl Anderson and Miss Alma Carlson visit Clear Lake and Bancroft. marriages and farewells noted. a death from heart failure occurs. rural patrons advised to sign and return forms for delivery.
A travel note cites Robt R Rieser stating four double dummies ride with different settlers daily to mimic the Kaiser in Germany. Alcide Verd aged 72 is described as the oldest French soldier serving with the 47th territorial regiment in the trenches. Monroe Wisconsin is labeled the “smelliest” town in America.
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