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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
3
Des Moines reports Iowa coal miners walked out following a District 13 resolution. A convention will reconvene to submit the Cleveland compromise for rank and file approval. If rejected a strike looms. Wage scale talks follow as the body debates daily costs and delegate expenses.
The Dam family from Mindert Dam and his wife with five children arrived in New York this week aboard the Holland American Line. They travel with about 600 Dutch farmers headed to new homes in Iowa and North Dakota, joining relatives who settled in Pella Iowa last year.
The city will host three conventions this month. On April 6 and 10 the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Decorah district will meet here. The Northeast district of the Iowa Library Association gathers April 28, and the Northwest District of the State Bankers Association also holds its convention, all in Decorah.
A baby show will be a feature of the Marshall County Fair next September. A board of three women physicians will examine the babies and determine the awards. The competition is for children under one year to eight years old.
Des Moines reports that 271 of 1,034 scales tested by state inspectors in Iowa this year were inaccurate, about 16 percent. Commissioner W B Barney cites cheap and worn out scales as the main cause.
The Dows Driving Park association faces court action but the management announces races will proceed at Rows Park as before, keeping the venue active for the season.
The projected Missiealop ee Baseball league has been decided to be abandoned. Cities listed include Rock defend Moline Cedar Cinten Weterlog and lows Puy.
Freel Allen youngest of the Allen gang was captured in a carriage shed at his grandfather’s home eight miles from Hillsville. Detectives Tom Felta and Gary Lucas traced him and took him into custody, joining Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards in the county jail. The trio warned of a deadly struggle if pursued, boasting of pistols and a pump shotgun.
In New York Roosevelt carried three districts including his own Nassau Suffolk area and the Westchester Rockland district under Ward. He won one Brooklyn delegate while Taft took Utica where fighting occurred. Roosevelt gains seven delegates statewide. four at large go to Taft. Indiana delegates to Chicago split with Taft core and Roosevelt pump delegates.
The 1912 Kennedy's Catholic Directory reports 15,015,569 Roman Catholics in the United States, up from 14,638,761 a year earlier and 10,976,767 ten years ago, marking a decade rise of 4,038,812.
The world's champion two year old cow from West Bend and Wils Cedar Lawn De Kal Joebanna, owned by GC A Schroeder, died of blood poisoning. At two years old she produced 613.7 pounds of milk and 86.86 pounds of butter in seven days.
Greenville Mississippi report states Judge Trogdon of Paris, J., was instantly killed by a revolver shot fired by Luther Rhoades of Paris who had lived on the Trogdon plantation for several months.
Tandou Lady Warwick arrived in Plymouth from New York with reports that her lecturing tour in Amafi ey was abandoned due to fatigue from extensive railway travel.
Although the Curtles dual central aero planes failed to nest the army corps specifications at Augusta Ca the design has not been rejected and will receive another trial to meet requirements and prove its viability.
The special committee upheld Senator Lorimer of Wisconsin in his senate seat by a 6 to 3 vote, ruling res judicata blocked further action and exonerating Lorimer from corrupt dealings. Stephenson of Wisconsin declared elected 40 to 34 after three investigations and varying votes.
Mississippi river ice gorge near Warsaw Illinois breached causing relief for landowners from Alexandria Missouri to Canton Indiana. Water rapidly receded and residents of Gregory returned home while the gorge above Montrose faded and the situation eased for many communities along the floodplain.
A Department of Justice conference will decide if the Packers can be indicted again. Indictments charging restraint of trade are pending in New Jersey courts.
A woman identified as Mia died by her own action in Gusport Mipe. W J Haywood of Galesburg reported the incident. The deceased, formerly Nyed, resided on RA Calumet Avenue in Chicago.
The Senate rejected the Sherwood dollar a day pension bill and adopted Senator McCumber's substitute based on age and service, increasing annual pension expenditures by about 27 million dollars. The McCumber substitute failed 44 to 21. the bill passed 61 to 18 with Democrats mostly voting against. An amendment by Senator Leg of Tennessee excluded from the aid list anyone with annual income of 2400 dollars or more.
A devastating explosion at the Jed Coal and Coke Company mine in Jed West Virginia results in 82 fatalities with 11 survivors. Rescue teams locate 33 bodies. some victims die shortly after reaching the surface.
Turkish army reports a decisive advance near Bengazi with 27 Italian officers killed and 3600 Italian soldiers fled or wounded. Turkish and Arab casualties total 160. Turkish troops seized entire camp equipment from the Italian garrison.
Philip Hichborn, a wealthy Washington figure, was found dead in his bathroom from a self inflicted gunshot. Despondency over his wife’s alleged affair with Florace Wylie is blamed for the suicide. A rumored elopement adds to the turmoil. Two Black men were lynched in Spartanburg under Governor Bleayes stated stance on swift justice.
The fragmentary item notes hay rate suspensions and Washington advancing in a toll or policy matter, with unclear references to Wisconsin and Chicago and Plinols Denie. The readable bits imply a transportation or agricultural policy angle affecting markets or prices.
A Cleveland union orders 170,000 anthracite miners in Pennsylvania to quit work as a first move toward a national coal stoppage amid wage disputes. 10000+ miners already left, with losses expected in production and pay. Britain passes wage bill and prepares ballot to decide return to work pending district-board decision.
A Lynn incident echoes the national health marriage furor. John Charles Thompson refused a license to wed Violet Wade after his wealthy parents protested his capacity due to a head injury and a metallic skull plate. Thompson, thirty, faced a contested union rooted in medical and social concerns.
Rebels seize a Pan American Railroad line in Mexico near Tonola Chiapa reflecting revolutionary turmoil. Hotel guests and locals, both foreigners and natives, crowd across the border into Guatemala amid the disruption.
Fragmentary text references individuals Crue Nts and Repins and seems to discuss work on a bogke in a T pn J. ee Tehingon setting with a teller from Mich.
An old advertisement extols Calumet Baking Powder as pure and reliable for consistent bread and cakes. It claims uniform strength, resistance to atmospheric changes, and absence of adulterants, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
A fragmented reminiscence describes a man noting he has his father's eyes and a sense of doubt about youth and aging. The speaker reflects on pride, lineage, and a faded assurance as an elder recalls past conflicts. The text hints at lineage through a comparison of eye color and identity.
Cleveland Leader notes at St. Francis De Sales Cathedral plans to introduce lace mantillas in church replacing hats. Rev Dr O Connor suggests the custom to Altar society during the general communion, calling today’s data a monstrosity.
A brief Chicago Record Herald item notes a husband losing his public job and contemplating immediate options. He indicates he would need reinstatement soon or seek work elsewhere, reflecting distress and urgency in the public record.
Fragmentary dialogue notes a comparison between the Battle of Wounded Knee and the Reformation, mentioning a filmic account and a character named Unele Eben with Pulbet weighing the events' significance.
A shopper reports buying a fur coat today after being told of imminent cold weather. The interaction includes a husband and wife exchange with the furrier noting the forecast.
A dispute centers on perceived advice and a claim that a man would pay any price for wants. A woman comments on extravagance and the strange notion of paying 98 cents for things, illustrating tension in a domestic exchange.
A woman from Apple Greek describes years of heart trouble nervous prostration and weakness worsened by coffee. She quit coffee and started Postum noting improved energy nerves and health with daily tasks and family relief.
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