New Immigration Act Examined By Titonka Topic
The Titonka Topic analyzes the February 20 1907 immigration law taking effect July 1 1907. It highlights debates over a physical standard for entrants and critiques bonds for aliens with defects while arguing that the least standard should bar those unable to support themselves. It cites Robert DeC Ward on the act’s weaknesses and potential social fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Robert Dec. Ward
North American Review
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
United States Army
Navy
Two Contrasting Visits Stir Chinese Conservatives
The lineal descendant of Confucius known as the holy duke Yen arrived in Peking to oppose a memorial university for his ancestor. He argues for teaching modern languages and science alongside Confucian classics. In a separate event Count Giant, a Buddhist abbot from Japan, tours China advocating priestly marriage, meat eating, and modern science while traveling with his countess by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Yen
Confucius
Peking
Count Giant
Japan
Iowa man feigns death to halt engagement in prank
A cunning Iowa youth devised a fake death scheme to end his romance. He posed in a cafe setting and sent a florally framed photo to his betrothed, who believed he lay in the grave and devoured by worms. The tale mocks the sorrow she would face if the alliance had continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Worrien
Drowning Toll Highlights Danger of Swimming Risk
The large number of drownings prompts repeated advice to learn to swim yet many victims were proficient swimmers who died chasing daring. The reckless swimmer faces greater peril than those who cannot swim, while land lovers can stay ashore.
Scrap yard keeps roll of aging battle cruisers
The article laments the fate of many fine American vessels from the Spanish war now scrapped or in museums or in repair. It argues modern warships must be hurried to avoid obsolescence, and notes a duel of automobiles as a spectacle for a prosperous era. A Denver woman who said she could die eating cucumbers was found by the coroner with a cucumber in her hand and a happy tie pin her face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Mfelese
Pelton Ayénus
Des Moines
Artio Scremvine
Ottavio Laprovitera
Laprovitera
Agoie
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Capitol Investigation Commission
Stuart
Marathon County Railroad Company
W. D. Conor
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
J. Warren Hastings
United States
Boston
Standard Oil Company
Brodhead
Wis
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company
Milwaukee
F. L. Gilbert
Wisconsin
Standard. Oil Company
Landis
Chicago
Treasury Department
Washington
Toledo
Elizabeth Gallighan
St. Louis
Bonaparte
Wall Street
Burlington Railroad Company
Crall
Chill
Princess Anne
Somerset ‘County
Maryland
Hudson River
Adirondack
Roseton
Fred Nye
Bit. Nye
Verite
Sitamas
Republic
Tron “and Steel
Pittsburg
Lipman S
Beloit
Wiy
Furg
J. Ogden Armour
Count Seckendorf
Ramseys
N. Ji
New York
Robert Fitzsimmons
Charles J. Fisk
Plainfield
N. J
Will Clifford
Maple
Cape Cod
Edward
Ischl
Austria
Francis Joseph
George Wasser
Wasser
Philibert
Casablanca
Gloire
Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn
Old Orchard
Burlington
Russell
Weston
Belfast
Kate C. Knight
Danville
Doemitz
Germany
North Carolina
Warren G. Foster
Hermann Keuhn
H. A. Crow
Connellsville
Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Society Army of the Philippines
Kansas City
Galesburg
Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe
Brotherhood of Railway
Colorado & Southern Railroad
William Waldorf Astor
Missions
Cliveden
Waldorf Astor, Jr
Waldorf
Erie Machine Shops
Susquehanna
C. B. Fox
South Dakota
Pacific Coast
People’s Gas Light & Coke Company
Sowense
Ened Onetare Atrinanensy
Northern
Pacific
Pante O May
Republican Convention
George R. Gattner
Hammond Urner
James P
Ryan
Board of Supervisors
Lord Ashtown
Hunting Lodge
Pope Manufacturing Company
Pope Motor Car Company
Hartford
Conn
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
J. W. Meyer
Sons of St. George
Illinois
Rockford
France
Casablanch
Grand Jury
Alton Road
Harry MacLean
Morocco
Raisali
Liberty
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Scientist Church
Central Moriches
S. 1
International Harvester Company
Magek Janes
Roger Wetmore
Senator Wetmore
Rhode Island
Washington, D. C
Mary Chase
Maxim
Colt
Scmeter
Getling
New
Ceed W. R. Willcox
Des Moines girl burns after dinner accident
Nellie Donahue an 11 year old of Des Moines lies critically burned with extensive injuries from clothing catching fire during dinner prep. The report details her severe burns, singed hair, and extreme pain at home while authorities seek relief for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Donahue
Andrew Donahue
Des Moines
Black Hawk Bridge
Ottumwa
J. B. Kitterman
Deep River Township
Powesheik County
Marengo & Midland Interurban
Montezuma
Chariton
German American Alliance and Allied Societies
Davenport
Roy Ratcliff
Thompson's Bend
Rateliff
Ratcliff
Great Western Railway Company
Miss Howard
G. W. Howard
Howard
Timothy
Durbuque
Dyersville
Great Order of
Trappist
Lfe
O. M.beach
Fayette
Hawkeye
Global Happenings and Local Incidents Roundup
A dense summary of cross country and foreign affairs notes includes union strike actions led by President Small and Samuel Gompers with arbitration talks revival, Roosevelt’s noninterference, and fund-raising plans. It also covers criminal prosecutions, railroad and corporate audits, factory fires, accidents, disasters, court actions, and notable deaths and arrests from Wisconsin to Illinois and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Chicago
New York
Samuel Gompers
J. Small
Com‘mercial Telegraphers’ Union
Boards of Trade and Commercial Bodies
Roosevelt
Neill
Armour & Co
East St. Louis
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Titonka
Les O. Wolfe
Bluffs
The
Miss
Physie
B. J. Miles
Sipétinten
Bidora
Strol
Foltana
Colonel Drake
Missouri Institution
Ville
Great
Saeria
Kuser
Drake
Arthur Johnson
Marshalltown
Arthur Ignef C. B. Johnson
Jad
Blydenburgh
Eidora
Judy Wade
Iowa City
Rogers
Will Hete Blydenburgh
Sheilalah
Everett Looney
Lena I«Y
Keota
St Sigourney
Keotid Beet
Looney
Kay
W. P. Pager
Stone Breaker
Iowa Falls
Létiuter
Falls
Héenpanion
Stonebreaker
Lery
Faig
Appay
Notre
McLaughry
Eituim
Iebry
George E. Clarke
Clag
Aig
Sangerville
Piscataquisidy
Maine
Red Oak
Smith McPhy
Birer
Ic Clarke
Des Moly Clarke
Cedar Ry
B. Clarke
Algona
Clarke
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa Poire
Ottu Company
Church Street
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