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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
1
A mash of global notes covers New York City population debates as 187,000 Parsons hold stock in corporations and Turkey’s women gain clubs while Turkish reform looms. Reports address England's Bible demand, Vermont governor races, Big Hats in fashion, and social shifts.
Across Iowa and nearby areas, plans for a two story school at Gilman and a $40,000 Ekswith house in Marshalton gain attention while a cell of new town halls and a sanitarium steel contract in Nevada illustrate growth. Crime and incidents include robberies in Des Moines, a fatal act in Council Bluffs, and horseplay legalities amid holiday bustle.
President Roosevelt received numerous telegrams urging him to prevent the imprisonment of Samuel Gompers, later sentenced to twelve months and other AFL leaders Mitchell and Morrison. Justice Wright handed jail terms for contempt of court, with bail posted pending appeal. Taft planned a Texas visit after inauguration as Panama Canal news circulated. Andrew Carnegie testified before the Ways and Means Committee on steel tariffs.
The bout between Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns lasted 14 rounds in Sydney Australia with Johnson winning on points. The match was halted due to pollen. Also reported Castro’s Berlin statement surrendering the Venezuela presidency and multiple high profile resignations and arrests in various U S and international affairs.
reports of a farmer paying robbers with insurance funds after torture in Ohio generic knife duel fatalities occur in Cleveland and a Paris cafe attack on President Falneves a high school football game ends 13 to 0 in Denver Salvation Army feeds 1.6 million and steel town plans near Lake Superior pardon in Kansas spurs probe into Chicago meat packing and a Chicago Great Western receiver reinstatement.
A garbled recap lists robberies and deaths from various places including Eldorado Arkansas Martinez Monrovia Galveston and New York. Notable items mention a $6000 diamond necklace in Boston, a bank robbery in Monrovia and a fatal fall in Hot Springs Arkansas, with other incidents across Canada Mexico and Chile.
Gifford Pinchot, chief forester, chosen to convey invitations to Canada and Mexico for a proposed North American conservation conference. Diaz of Mexico City and Canadian authorities would attend, following prior Washington conferences with governors and territorial representatives.
Alfred Eddy, general western attorney for Standard Oil, denounces ousting as unprecedented and suggests an appeal to the United States Supreme Court on a federal question. The Wall Pierce company had previously ousted Texas after a reorganization. Reading this as a first in global government action against the company.
A Montana quake near Butte at 4 in the afternoon damaged the power and sight plant 1 mile from the city. Authorities say the lines to the area are out and the extent of damage is unknown as crews assess the scene. Local reports indicate ongoing disturbances and repairs underway after the event.
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