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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1956
Page
1
Titonka Topic Aarens is a weekly paper published in Titonka Iowa. It explains subscription rates 2.50 per year in county and local trade area 3.00 elsewhere and 3.50 for Canada and foreign. It notes continuing subscriptions and discontinuation policy.
Bids due 10:00 A M October 3 1956 at Kossuth County Court House Algona Iowa for furnishing laying and backfilling 500 feet of 8 inch tile in Drainage District No 99 Lateral 13. Bid deposit 10 of bid and bids to be sealed with certified funds. Bids specs and details from County Drainage Clerk Collins Thompson and Willis Engineers. May reject any or all bids.
Mrs. Victor Fitch reports dinner guests including Mrs. and Mrs. John Harms and family of Riceville. James R. Harvey son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harvey of Burt transfers from Dubuque John Deere to Waterloo plant as design engineer in research starting October 1. The Harveys visited their son and wife and traveled to Milwaukee for baseball alike.
A Chickasha Star excerpt explains James A. Farley’s post office ledger method revealing that postage paid first class mail covers costs while Congress and other departments’ free franked mail creates the deficit. It notes Oklahoma law requiring candidates to account for expenses and questions reporting of franked mail. The piece adds an aside on highway safety and local social notices.
The column records numerous family visits and travels including Harms, Larsen, Lampe, and Zwiefel families visiting relatives in Alden Templeton Manning Manning. It notes the Spencer fair, a Portland Progress Club tea, cake baking contest won by Mrs. Earl Zwiefel, and a September 4 birth. Also mentions senior year start for John Teeter and various weekend visits across Algona, Klemme, Swea City, Titonka, and Burt.
The piece argues that national party conventions have become costly and dominated by television, ad firms, and sponsors. It contends delegates lose influence as networks shape events, using the San Francisco Republican convention and Eisenhower as chief examples of a TV driven spectacle.
The piece notes San Francisco and Chicago conventions focused on television spectacle over genuine delegate engagement. It criticizes networks and sponsors shaping events while voters’ interest waned as floor fights and caucus battles persisted.
A Pomona California minister was involved in a road accident near DeWitt when his car struck a pair of cows. He dodged one cow crossing the highway but collided with the second, causing extensive damage to the right front end of the vehicle.
A state law requires Grade A milk in Iowa to be surveyed yearly by health sanitarian staff. Dairies are inspected from herd to doorstep, including cows, barns, equipment, and pasteurized milk to ensure safety and purity before the Grade A label is granted.
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