Titonka Topic local notices and council actions
The Titonka Topic reports subscription details sanitation and public safety funds for Aug 1956 and expenses. It records a motion to seek Interstate Power Co for street lights, monthly treasurer reports, and a vote to send the mayor to the Iowa League of Municipalities conference in Des Moines October 4 and 5. Town Clerk Florence K Reaser signs off.
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A. W. Boyken
Hamilton
Interstate Power Co
Reech Avy
Second Street
E. D. Boyken
Krominga
John Hamilton
Art Boyken
Nath
Iowa League of Municipalities
Des Moines
Florence K. Reaser
Council Proceedings September 4 1956 in Bank Council Room
The regular council meeting on Tuesday evening in the bank council room includes Mayor Nath Clerk Reaser Treasurer Cooper and councilmen A W Boyken Amos Krominga John Hamilton and E D Bayken. Bills are approved as listed with all ayes. General Fund salaries and printing are recorded and street fund purchases noted with hardware items and bolts.
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Nath
Reaser
Cooper
Marshall Baade
A. W. Boyken
Amos Krominga
John Hamilton
E. D. Bayken
Hamilton
Krominga
Notice to Contractors for Tile Laying Drainage Work
Sealed bids due by 10 00 A M October 3 1956 at Kossuth County Courthouse Algona Iowa for furnishing laying and backfilling 500 feet of 8 inch tile in Drainage District No 99. Commencement October 12 1956 completion November 1 1956. Bid deposit 10 percent. Right to reject bids. See County Drainage Clerk or Collins Thompson Willis Engineers in charge.
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Kossuth County Court House
Algone
Iowa
Kossuth County Board of Supervisors
Lateral 13
Drainage District No. 99
Kossuth County
Algona
Towa
Collins, Thomp,Son ‘and Willis
Engineers i
Board OF Supervisors
C. S. Pearson
Conservation Reserve Plan Signed by County ASC
The 1956 conservation reserve will begin with a full-scale 1957 rollout. Farmers may sign contracts by October 15, with 1957 contracts due March 15. Payments average $12 per acre, with added cost-sharing for longer terms. Land cannot be cropped or grazed except under emergencies and may run 3 to 15 year terms.
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Soil Bank
Richard I. Anderson
Kossuth Country Asc
ASC
Anderson
Towa
Iowa
Java
County
Federal action looms over mounting traffic tolls and local fixes
Federal intervention may follow rising traffic deaths as leaders urge local and state action to curb fatalities. Experts urge strict enforcement, harsher penalties, unified laws, and broader cooperation to prevent a federal bureau from taking over driving regulation.
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American Motorists Insurance Company
Kemper
Washington
Farm Soil Bank Base Rules for Conservation Reserve
Farmers joining the conservation reserve base their average non hay acreage from the two prior harvest years as the soil bank base. Contracts require not purchasing base crops beyond this base and no excess acreage to trigger ineligibility for payments. Eligibility hinges on compliance, October 15 signing, proper practices, and no grazing or harvest of crops from the reserve acres in 1956.
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Farm Soil Bank
Health Warning on Boils and Diabetes Risks
A health note warns that boils can signal diabetes and serious infections. It urges cleanliness, cautions against squeezing, and advises avoiding puncturing facial boils to prevent brain infection. Prevention focuses on washing and keeping friction areas clean.
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Weill
Cor Reseal Offer Still Available
Farmers with price supported old corn were reminded by the Kossuth County ASC that resealing remains open. About 440,107 bushels have resealed locally with more expected. a storage payment of 16 cents per bushel is offered for keeping 1953 1954 or 1955 corn for extra months.
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Kossuth County
ASC
Richard I. Anderson
Iowa
Heated stock tanks aid in production
Winter time is tough for supplying livestock with pure ice-free water. Clean water is the cheapest ingredient for pork beef and milk production. Install an electric waterer to gain faster growth, saving time and labor as water stays ice-free.
Steelers Seeks Fast Start For New Season
The Pittsburgh Steelers aim to turn luck around as they begin training for the upcoming NFL season. Coach Walt Klessing cautions that fast starts in past falls cooled near the end, suggesting adjustments will be tested this year.
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Pittsburgh Steelers
Steelers
Walt Klessing
Alan Ameche
Baltimore Colts
Ameche
Automatic stock waterers boost milk cow efficiency
Milk cows produce up to 20 percent more with automatic electric stock waterers. Proper placement and insulation reduce ice, saving time. Tests show no growth advantage from warming beyond minimum to prevent freezing. Tips include sheltered placement, small waterers, insulated units, covers over unused sections, and low thermostats around 45 to 50 degrees F.
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Titonka
J. Jaren
PUB
Elmer Weigangs
Julius Ostercamp
Fred Baade
Philip Faeborg
WDB Press
Associarion
Darlonas
Council Proceedings
Phil J. Jaren
Herbert H. Klasse
Reed Hardware
Logene
Willemssen Hardware
Bolts & Padlack
Fannie M. Keil
Leighton Supply Co
State Hygienic Laboratory
Fec* Pair Co., Inc
D Tion & Repairspa
Taterstate Power Co
Erring Sar Pte
Beed Hardware
Copper Pipe & Walter Materials
Nonse Este Cay
Dave Lang
Storm Lake
Leo Thorpe
Floyd Konradi
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Eisenhower
United States
Pyle
America
Health News
Gillette
Cor
San Francisco
Pamela Kurrell
U. S
Philadelphia
Duick
Stanback
Beck
Ervin and
Jerome
Halvorson
ATE
Grove Laboratories, Inc
Fauleny
Wiligan
Nutrona
Nutrena
Ito Club
Treasury
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