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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1915
Page
8
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for constipation and related symptoms. The 10 cent box promises overnight relief, clear head, improved digestion, and a clean liver and bowels, claiming the product works while you sleep and never gripes or sickens.
A fragment describes Henry Schroeder as a rural success in a Salters Seed Catalog promotion. It touts seed stock and potatoes with prices and a sales pitch for Alfalfa and various vegetables. The piece includes garbled catalog references and a joke exchange about marriage.
An old health ad copy urges eating meat and using four ounces of Jad Salts with a big glass of water to flush clogged kidneys. It claims the ions cleanse the blood, reduce uric acid buildup, ease back pain, and prevent bladder and kidney issues.
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller Sr. testified before a federal commission analyzing industrial unrest. Carnegie recalled his gifts totaling 324 million through 1914 and defended labor relations, noting one serious disaster at Homestead and an incident at Edgar Thompson furnaces. Rockefeller defended foundations and stockholder influence, denying misuse of donations and stressing board accountability.
Werner Van Horn, who attempted to blow the St. Croix River bridge at Vanceboro Maine, is sentenced to 30 days in jail on a defacing and injuring buildings charge. Canadian officials will send a legal representative to Vanceboro for the hearing after extradition formalities are confirmed.
Paris reports that the Socialiste group in the chamber of deputies will support a bill prohibiting absinthe sales after a delay to settle liquor dealer reimbursement. Other items note Duke Kahanamoku losing his world title and a new swimmer Tommy Adrian, plus Africa and Europe war-related skirmishes and Italy Romania in the war footing.
The steamer Iowa of the Goodrich Transit sank three miles off Chicago harbor after a jagged mass of ice struck her bow. Seventy-one people escaped onto the ice and walked six miles to shore. the vessel carried officers, crew, one woman, and a lone passenger. The ship, built in 1869 at Manitowoc Wisconsin, valued at $150,000, carried cargo valued between $50,000 and $76,000.
Mrs. Nolly Steel Voliva wife of Rev William Glenn Voliva general Overseer of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church in Zion died Friday after 16 months of lymphangitis. She trusted divine healing and refused to see a physician.
Washington reports Ambassador Walter Hines Page says Britain will seize and pay for the Wilhelmina cargo of foodstuffs from New York to Bremen. Britain acts because the ship departed before knowledge of the German decree on foodstuffs in the empire.
An explosion at a tenement boarding house in Myburg near Kana, Kane County, Pa, killed nine people and injured at least twenty five, six of them fatally. Several others were hurt as the blast, attributed to gas, wrecked the building on a Wednesday.
Washington reports the navy department called for six armored hydro aeroplanes each with a rapid-fire gun and a battalion crewed by a pilot and observer. In Albany New York the New York Reef Law upholding a 24 hour work week for employees in mercantile establishments was upheld on Friday.
The American cotton steamer Naynhos was towed into Esbjerg last night after striking a bar off Habjerg. She was seriously damaged and unable to free herself for several hours.
The Iowa Senate approved a bill by a 32 to 12 vote to appropriate 76 000 dollars for an Iowa exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposition. An additional 32 000 dollar amendment to cover a building cost was killed 18 to 23, leaving unresolved funding for the exhibit and building.
Des Moines reports Charles Neff, a ten year parole violator from Wapelio County, fled to Texas with a packing house foreman’s wife. Neff was located in Dallas and brought back to Iowa. The foreman’s wife followed Neff to Fort Madison awaiting his parole expiration.
Marshal Heely and special agents nab three men W S Davis Robert Stover and John Duffy suspected of stealing and removing Milford Tama merchandise worth 1500 from cars at the Milwaukee pond area. The trio with a bad reputation are being held for investigation.
City faces several lawsuits after Boone council decides to assess adjacent properties for paving work laid last year. Property owners claim the work did not meet specifications and sue the city.
Shenandoah Nye son of Mr and Mrs J P Nye of Shenandoah has been appointed vice consul to the Island of Ceylon. He has been awaiting in Grand Rapids Michigan this winter and will depart soon for his post. Snow removal costs reach 7000. Sioux City snow storm aids unemployed but costs citizens money. Removal of drifts and clearing sidewalks estimated near 7000. Measles outbreak hits Council Bluff with many children at the Christian Orphans home affected.
A Buffalo Commercial analysis highlights Canada’s slow start but bright expansion in agriculture mining and manufacturing. It notes potential northern development near Hudson Bay and rail link expansion, predicting Canada will become a strong industrial and commercial neighbor benefiting the United States as both nations gain from shared growth.
Fragmentary exchange mentions "Arthur says it is" and "Arthurmometer" with unclear context, producing a brief, quirky quote in a historical newspaper style. The readable bits imply weather or temperature reference but lack concrete details or attribution.
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a ready tonic that darkens gray hair naturally and evenly. It claims removal of dandruff and reduced hair loss after use, suggesting quick, noticeable youthfulness.
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