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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
5
Community notices recount local trips and visits. Residents return from Lake Coss and various outings. families relocate, work changes noted at Wesley Farmers Creamery and local stores. Visits span Des Moines, Buffalo, Omaha, and Des Moines fairs with multiple family gatherings and gatherings.
Mra John Rudleil and daughter and others visited the Chiia Wickman home at Boone last week. Weddings, school moves, and family visits abound across Woden and nearby towns with Mapleton and Mason City outings and relatives traveling from Des Moines to Hamilton College, Dows, and Swea City.
Des Moines and Kansas City visitors stayed at Wade Ball home while relatives from Bancroft Algona and Des Moines called. Teachers Patricia Woodworth Cathrine Powers and Bob planned college entry. others traveled to Havelock Corwith Ames and Lone Rock for duties and visits with local families from Waterloo to Cedar Falls.
County agent A L Brown urges poultrymen to handle eggs carefully to support food for defense. He cites a 1939 loss of 175 million dozen eggs worth about 30.5 million dollars and outlines six steps for quality eggs on farms, including feed, clean nests, infertile eggs, and cooling. A separate incident reports Tom Duff's non-accident record interrupted when a semi trailer rolled into a school garage wall after he forgot to set brakes, causing minor damage.
A county list details the standardized rural schools in Kossuth for 1940 41 with each school’s teacher, director, and state aid received. Names include Buffalo No 8 Vera VanBus kirk Thos C Youngs Cresco No 4 Hermica Sutton Ralph Brown and many others across towns such as Fenton German No 11 Mildred Ma Grath Henry Malnders German No 2 Leila Koppen Herman Janssen and Luverne No 2 Lorraine Clapsaddle E E Applegate plus aid amounts like 34.05 384.05 24.97 36.32 49.94 63.56 331.78 217.24 46.40.
A Des Moines reserve officer called to active duty arranged a year off work and relocated his family. Ten days after departure he returned after being rejected for army service due to physical disability. He could have used a war department regulation allowing a reserve officer to take a minimal type physical at any time to learn his condition before planning extended leave.
Witnesses including Mr and Mrs Eldon Williams and Mr and Mrs Robert Huner berg of Glarksville were first on the scene of a hanging. Mrs Williams driving the car was startled and nearly lost control as she saw a man hanging from the crossbeams of a bridge. A sheriff now has the thum-a dum my mascot. Irving McShane of Waukon stopped a swarm of bees on a car fender by placing a pasteboard box over them.
County agent A. L. Brown notes the heat wave makes eggs spoil, cutting defense food supplies. W. R. Whittield of Iowa State College Extension warns 100 degree heat for 8 hours accelerates deterioration, urging farmers to gather eggs thrice daily, cool them, repackage, and market at least three times a week to preserve quality and profits.
County home agent Ruth Seaton Hicks announces the Wool Products Labeling Act, effective July 14, requiring all goods with six percent or more wool to declare exact wool content. The rule defines wool to include fleece, Angora hair, camel, alpaca, llama, and vicuna fibers, and explains terms like repro – used to specify reclaimed wool – and reused wool. It notes new wool generally offers strength, while processed and reused wool suit garments for lighter wear, promoting consumer savings.
A year after placing her name and address in a bottle and tossing it into the Missouri River, Rosalie Alley of Glenwood received a reply from a Nodaway, Missouri boy who found her message about 100 miles downstream.
Algona firemen secured city council approval to answer rural fire calls within a reasonable distance from Algona. State laws previously prevented rural calls unless a township levy funded fire protection. The department answered two rural fire calls in the past two days.
Paul Qolson of Morton Mills watched a mule appear during threshing, just as his team jumped a fence and attempted to flee. The mule promptly joined the horses, stopping the escape and resuming duty in the field.
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