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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
1
A collage of odd tidbits and opinion snippets recounts politics science crime and daily life. Items include references to a Harvard professor fever germ warnings a Carnegie library gift and Dreyfus memories alongside playful quips about rats apples and the Santa Claus file.
Des Moines hosts a meeting planned this month to form a state organization uniting farmers against railroads and meat packers trust. J J Ryan of Fort Dodge leads push with other landowners and cattle shippers promoting early convention and broader national links.
Des Moines January 11 Republican senators selected a slate for the senate’s officers and clerical posts. Nominees include F M Hopking Guthrie Center as chairman pro tem J A Smith Osage as president pro tem Dr George A Newman Cedar Falls as secretary and J L Gillespie Story County as first assistant secretary. Names for journal clerks and other positions follow from Rockwell City De Moines Oskaloosa and surrounding counties.
In Knoxville on Saturday around 6 pm F M Stallings was shot and fatally wounded by Charles Bridges after a long standing feud over Bridges suspecting Stallings betrayed his home. Stallings, father of a daughter, is dying. Bridges is released on bond and charged with attempted murder.
George W. Clarke of Adel secured the Iowa House speaker designation in an unopposed caucus at Des Moines on January 9. Clarke’s selection followed long anticipation, with M. L. Temple of Geneseo presenting the results and a full slate of officers named including Speaker Pro Tem B F Cummings and Chief Clerk C R Bonadict, among others.
Des Moines Iowa January 11 to 16 Klaw and Erlanger present Gen Wallace religious spectacle Ben Hur at the Augitornum Theatre with an eight chariot race inside a moving amphitheatre. Spectators see fast wheels dust and roaring crowds as elaborate stage machinery and electricity create dramatic effects with Roman chariots and flaming garments.
Active buying of Cape Breton Coal & Iron Co stock at a Des Moines allotment shows strong interest. A price rise is hinted soon and the issue is pitched as a safe, profitable investment with a booklet and quotations available from its Des Moines offices.
Des Moines reports State Labor Commissioner D Brigham traveled to Kansas City to join commissioners from Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota to plan a interstate labor bureau. It aims to supply harvest hands across the five states during peak seasons and reduce urban labor congestion.
The Senate debates Panama policy with Lodge and Morgan arguing presidential prerogatives and U S intervention would reflect national interest. House considers Hawaii electric power act as ties halt the bill amid territorial committee referral.
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