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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
3
The piece muses on home harmony from family roles to the open fire, notes Thanksgiving marriage spikes in Chicago Cincinnati and Richmond, and recalls a Worcester inventor claiming night flights and future daylight shows while criticizing court testimony and oath disregard.
A speculative note on Tesla enabling wireless phone chats via any potato at low cost. The column mocks skeptics and highlights rapid progress, contrasting past wonders with present acceptances. It adds a quip about eggs versus the mint and mentions New York shirtwaist strikes and a snowy day, plus a Massachusetts man’s night air ship tale.
Adjutant General reports inspections of the Fifty-fourth Fifty-fifth Fifty-third and Fifty-sixth regiments by Captains Noyes McConnell with dates and cities scattered: Newton Oskaloosa Iowa City Davenport Muscatine Washington Fairfield Burlington Madigan Centerville Ottumwa Chariton Knoxville Ames Winterset Des Moines Creston Corning Villisea Red Oak Shenandoah Council Bluffs Dubuque Waukon Charles City and other locations from February 16 to March 21.
Fond du Lac hosts the Wisconsin Butter Makers Association exhibition with BRandscate prizes. Judges will determine scores tomorrow after judging, including talks by President G. P. Sayer and Mayor Clark, plus lectures from Prof. Me. Otar Ridglon. The convention opens this evening and closes with a banquet Wednesday.
Large gathering attends the Woman's Home Missionary society quarterly conference at Grace Methodist church in Des Moines. Rev. Dr. George J. Criseman of Amos delivers the keynote address on the society work. Talks include A Model Circle and Pledges with Bible class leaders from Iowa discussing Bible work.
A westbound Pennsylvania train struck and killed Mrs Roy Covert and fatally injured her husband near Londonville Mansfield Ohio. The same crash route then killed J M Singler age 60 and Charles Echeberger of Hayesville on the outskirts of Crestline Ohio state.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Alexandria was closed by the state banking board. It is capitalized at 15,000 with 25,000 in deposits and reportedly did not hold the required cash on hand.
Charles Bennett of Palo Alto California shot himself in the Jensen lumber yard in Omaha after entering with a lowered lid on an old door. He placed a revolver against his forehead and died instantly.
In Monroe Indiana a double funeral was held today for Ling and Verna Hart, lovers who died by suicide. Mrs Mary Ammer remains critically ill while Albert Ammer grieves beside his wives bedside. The couple to be buried together in Monroe cemetery. Reverend Gitman will lead the German Lutheran service. The Garadey tragedy shakes the Barr homestead seven miles south of Monroe as families mourn and keep the secret of the lovers.
The body of Mrs. Alice Van Zandt was found bound, gagged, and burned on a gas stove in her kitchen while her three children played nearby. Jeuse A. Van Zandt, her husband, is held as a witness after admitting a Friday quarrel. police note she was choked, bound, and burned, with signs she regained consciousness before death.
Des Moines reports Iowa tops for tile production in 1908 per S W Beyer Ames study in the state geological report. Mason City with eight plants becomes world’s largest drain tile center. Webster county joins front line. Total mineral values rise to 18.09 million. coal value drops to 11.77 million while cement plant impact noted.
January 25 report states a dairy train will travel through the southern section of town during February. Furnished at no charge by Merrnyton rail line, the cattle used in demonstrations will be supplied free by prominent breeders. The train will visit nearly every Burlington line town with lectures at each stop led by Hugh G. Van Pelt, state dairy expert, who arranged the tour to improve dairy conditions and advise on dairy herd improvements.
The District of Columbia school board sustained the superintendent's refusal to admit a white girl, daughter of S R Wall, to a white school, asserting the family’s Pathes heritage marks the child as negro despite claimed whiteness.
Fred Climas admitted guilt to murder in the second degree after luring his common law wife Clara Boyd to a room and shooting her while a policeman stood outside. The motive cited involves a dispute over BlN.
Pow Glynn a Cincinnati area adjuster for Use Milwaukee was injured in an altercation with H Elgin Clyan and was taken to a hospital in Centerville Ja on January 2.
Farmers around Greene Indiana rush corn to the market lining up for two blocks at the elevator. Teams and wagons clog streets as they haul in harvest before the closing hours.
A three week car shortage hampers freight from Dows and nearby yards. About twenty two to thirty carloads of stock remain in stock yards and barns waiting for cars to move them.
Peter Rogers aged 78 died at his rural Iowa home one mile south of Tin. He was found suffocated and burned after his death, reportedly while kneeling in prayer. A grandson’s return revealed the stalled horses and the burned interior. The family prepares to account for the accident as authorities investigate. New Postmaster for West Liberty noted in Washington telegram. Dawson recommends A W Jackson as successor to retiring A Nichols.
John Casper was convicted for breaking into a car at the start of term and received an Indeterminate sentence of ten years. The reader notes Logen and Jan 31 as dates referenced in the report.
Fragmentary OCR content presents disjointed phrases about ingredients and remedies with no cohesive event, date, or identifiable entities. Potential references to health system building and vitality lack verifiable details or coherence.
A child named Margery questions her growing knowledge after a day at school. The piece advertises a Da Moines catalogue from Klondike Incubate promising reliable goods and clear operation with zinc-free construction and an 82 percent Kion-Alike hatch rate.
The United States and Canada increased offerings for foreign missions by 602000 last year, with foreign field income at 1960000. Total gifts abroad reached 4844000, 48 percent of North American Protestant contributions. Converts rose to 164674, about 450 daily, and missionary growth shows rapid progress.
A fragmented dialogue discusses descendants and social roles, naming grandfathers and Mary’s successors. It mentions a broad aim to cure maladies through honest work and contains a provocative remark on love and money reflecting Victorian attitudes.
A California wife details coffee related insomnia and nerve distress improving after switching to Postum. She notes her husband slept better and she gained weight while avoiding coffee. She credits Postum and references The Road to Wellville as guiding reading.
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