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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
1
Thomas Jurgen, 24, of New Hartford Iowa, died after an electrical accident at Gilbert Garage. A pool of water and a dropped extension cord caused a 110 volt shock when he touched the car and hoist chain. He left a wife and child. Funeral held at Shellrock.
Grace Osburn of Des Moines has sued in federal court in Omaha for 33 million dollars, alleging big packers including First National Bank Chicago and Swift Cudahy Armour profited from a preservative formula she developed during World War I. The document also mentions inoculation plans for diphtheria in Iowa institutions and related agricultural and local notes.
At the August Zumach Hen farm near Seneca a gas incident during dynamite testing left neighbor Paul Cornelius unconscious for hours. Cornelius and Zumach had planned a blast to free a rock near a thirty foot well. Cornelius recovered after help but suffered lung and arm soreness with possible pneumonia risk.
The Indian Day Committee schedules the Tama pow pow from August 16 to 21 with four state participants. Activities include war dances and dog feasts, amid talk of commercialized events and pasture wire-grounding. Other items note Gould family notoriety and a large Hickman apple tree in Des Moines.
The 1921 Washington arms conference led to limits on navies and a move from armament to peace. It pledged Nine-Power principles, protected open door in China, and recognized cable and radio rights at Yap. Treaties submitted to the Senate sped quickly, signaling a new era in international relations and U.S. leadership in peacetime policy. A large swimming pool at Camp Dodge and Des Moines Rotar Club support for the Iowa National Guard facility is noted along with local church services announcements.
A longtime Odd Fellow pioneer, Ben Bird of Orthel Township near Rochester Minnesota, passed away at Mayor Hospital Rochester last Tuesday. Funeral held Friday with large Odd Fellows attendance and interment in Orthel township cemetery. The community mourns a respected neighbor and family man.
Mrs H M Vernocom observed two children in a pond by the road near Des Moines. One disappeared and the other was struggling. She halted an oncoming streetcar and with help of bystanders performed artificial respiration to revive the drowning child.
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