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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
1
A chaotic mix of events fills the page from Sioux City area notes. Police uncover a large prostitution ring, several residents petition for raises and benefits, and local students and teachers pursue contracts. community leaders discuss road bills, war efforts, and public service milestones amid personal tributes and accidents.
A digest of notable items from Washington and abroad. Senate and House conferees agree on discharge benefits for service members. Switzerland allotted pork for the year. Naval program reduced from sixteen to ten capital ships. House military committee approves a three year army plan and a $750 million annual appropriation. War trade board to avoid retaliatory import restrictions. Bolseviks seen as a danger by a New York socialist congressman. Britain may press shipping rate cuts. Poland gains provisional recognition from the U.S. government.
A London issued statement claims steps taken to preserve order after widespread strikes and violence in Glasgow and Belfast. A Berlin report notes German troops clashing with Polish irregulars at Kulmsee time of rail junction confrontations. Wilhelmshaven doctors strike and Spartacist suppression are reported by Zurich and Berlin dispatches. Greek troops occupy Turkish Thrace, per Athena sources.
A Constantinople dispatch reports the Turkish minister has resigned following protests by allied powers against the spoliation of Greeks and Armenians. The note also mentions actor D viwin, who died in New York after a brief illness.
The report cites Jones Fighting Ships noting one armored cruiser San Diego sunk by a mine off Fire Island New York and nine small vessels. A Lalbach dispatch from Marburg state says serious disturbances erupted upon arrival of an American detartation committee under Colonel Miles, with five killed and two injured.
Washington reports official casualties for the American expeditionary forces, listing 56,592 major losses and detailed division totals including First through Ninety-third divisions. Highlights note 27,762 killed, 11,396 died of wounds, 14,649 missing, 2,783 prisoners with division counts for each unit.
The Paris L Intransigeant quotes President Wilson saying he was deeply moved by the devastated French regions and could hardly believe the distressing sight. London dispatch reports British flying service casualties total 16 623 including killed wounded and missing. Treves agreement frees half a million tons of German passenger ships for the United States. Britain’s war cost around 240.64 billion pounds with 5.585 billion loaned to the Allies.
Reports from Paris and New York detail debates over Turkish garrisoning by outsiders, Japan’s colonial stance, and Wilsonian diplomacy. A Nyack plant explosion kills one and injures thirteen. Germany’s breadgrain allotment under Allied program. egg and butter prices fall in Chicago. A tobacco prohibition amendment movement spreads from Syracuse.
In Kansas City Missouri two men and two women posing as Mr and Mrs K C Barrett and Mr and Mrs Jank W Barrett were arrested by deputy US marshals on federal warrants for violating postal regulations tied to oil and stock deals. They face $5000 bonds each and will be sent to Kansas City. Postoffice inspectors link the Barretts to a wider confidence gang active in the East and West and estimate nearly $100000 was obtained in the scheme.
Rome Feb 8 Pope Benedict promoted Mgr Austin Dowling bishop of Des Moines Iowa to metropolitan of the diocese of St Paul Minnesota to succeed the late Archbishop Ireland. The move places Dowling in charge of the Minnesota province with authority over the suffragan dioceses.
During the first Burmese war British troops suffered from scurvy. Garden allotments were sanctioned and soldiers urged to cultivate vegetables. The Mesopotamia campaign highlighted diet needs and spurred vegetable farming. In March 1917 the Madras gardeners corps, 250 strong, expanded a Sheik Saad garden and created a Bagdad garden. They supplied hundreds of seedling baskets and supported many units. Bagdad output was 413,820 pounds and Sheik Saad 702,223 pounds.
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for fatigue and health decline caused by overwork poor diet and inadequate sleep. It claims rapid relief for uric acid poisoning kidneys gravel bladder stomach issues and related ailments. The ad urges readers to buy now with money-back guarantees and avoid substitutes.
A man in Bath offered a cow for sale at 75 dollars and, after hearing no higher bid, cut the animal into pieces. the total value of the parts was reported as 150 dollars.
An old patent medicine fragment touts Garfield Too for constipation biliousness liver and kidney ills with generic quips about self opinion and health claims. The garbled text mentions Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and reads like a period drug advertisement with political asides.
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