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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
2
Titonka Topic announces weekly publication by editor Lee D Wolfe with Thursday issues. Advertising rates list 10 cents per line for first issue and 5 cents per line for subsequent issues.
The Algona Courier under Vic and Uncle John faces criticism as local press debates judgeship concerns. The Topic, a free lance voice, weighs in on possible career moves and connections between Judge Sullivan Representative Tim and potential successors amid craftiness accusations.
A local editorial recalls how Judge Sullivan won district representation in Algona, noting his two year term and withdrawal from the ticket. It argues that political office should be sought by those willing to face the electorate and that many incumbents avoid risky posts unless necessary.
Walter A. Jessup urges that War Savings Societies should extend beyond Iowa state borders into churches businesses factories and lodges. He argues they teach thrift patriotism raise citizen spirit and connect workers with government while aiding Liberty Loan and wartime conservation efforts.
The National State and County governments and wartime agencies seek full front page publicity for the seed corn drive Fourth Liberty Loan Red Cross and Y M C A cooperation is urged Readers are urged to read Harding's proclamation on the front page and act now to support war funding and activities
Doane News items list Mr and Mrs Gee Kuhn Maines and daughter visiting from Denver en route to Spirit Lake then on to the Minnesota State Fair. C T Anderson’s cattle pasturing and local callers from Titonica and Algona are noted along with threshers meals and farm visits by several families including the Blakes and Worsleys.
Local gossip from Portland and nearby Sexton includes visitors such as H. P. Larson of California with son George, John Kuchenreuther Sr and Jr visiting Wesley and Portland, Mrs. O. T. Anderson in Titonka valley, and Roscoe Schultz from Lone Rock returning home. Families attend church events, guests visit Des Moines, Algona, and Cedar Falls, with births, illness, threshing, and social calls shaping a week of small-town activity.
Notice from Luke Wirtjes, tile contractor, Rt. 1 Titonka Iowa, advertising tiling work. Guarantee claims water drainage with large tiles and invites readers to come and see him.
Ten acre farm four miles west and half mile south of Titonka for sale. Entirely under plow except a small grove, 80 acres of new ground, well fenced and improved, recently tiled. Contact Ay Corey in Algona Iowa for details. Also Rhode Island Red cockerels for sale at 2.00 each listed by B A Pannkuk of Titonka.
Logan resident J G Redinbaugh, Civil War veteran aged 79, describes how Dr Weber treated his long blind left eye after a failed operation elsewhere. After travel to Omaha and five weeks of hospitalization with pain, Weber operated at a Logan hotel with his wife caring for the patient, restoring sight without pain.
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