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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1945
Page
7
Numerous Titonka area residents visit relatives in Kamrar and nearby towns. Highlights include weddings in Ohio, birth announcements, military homecomings, farming moves, and upcoming Harvest Festival events. Notable names appear across families from Kamrar, Britt, Bancroft, Algona, and Clear Lake with several travel and illness notes.
Agricultural engineers at Towns State College urge building temporary corn cribs now to save this year’s crop. Key points include firm well drained ground correct dimensions ventilation a sturdy roof and a raised board floor. For average moisture eight foot crib width. six feet for high moisture. Ventilators ends open in spring. The article also notes Iowa World War II archives preservation and weed control advice.
Local notices list numerous church group activities and social events. Ladies Aid meetings at Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches are noted along with visits by families to relatives, travel plans, and recent births. Community members attend gatherings, hostesses named, and several families are mentioned across area towns. The column also mentions farm visits, furloughs, and agricultural tips on phosphate fertilizer timing for alfalfa seeding.
Dan Porter arrives unexpectedly, reuniting with Maida Fay and Henry after years abroad in Australia and the Pacific. He jokes about money and lodging, resists work, and faces a potential government seizure of a land grant won in a game, offering two thousand pounds to the state. The family debates his future and welcomes him yet worry about his plans.
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