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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
3
A collage of humorous and strange items covers suffrage quips, a Pittsburg driver suing a bride’s family, inventions to dissipate fate, a rich New York woman eloping, and immigrant stats for Canada. Notes on the Kaiser, Pullman car life, sleeping sickness in Uganda, wireless telephony feats, and curious incidents in London, Maine, Uganda, and Chicago mingle with playful musings and societal trends.
A mix of short items: opera blaze in Garden Grove. Earlham bonds for water works. Dubuque reform fund totals. Maogon City suffragists oppose city hall plan. Toin Grove farmers institute ends. idle freight cars rise nationwide. Mrs. Struve found dead in Clinton. Madison County road fund drive. Lenox College honors donor James Young. Ames sweepstakes champion corn prize. Shenandoah post office building bid. Cross vs. City Electric case. Creston crackdown on vice. public library activity and book stats. Des Moines rail and fair rates talk. oats promotion trains planned. Western Grocery project. Iowa grain and corn judging prizes. local homicides and accidents. Des Moines CP rise. and court reopens on Swiney hog case.
In Washington Roosevelt vetoes dam funding across the James River Missouri seeking to curb hydroelectric expansion. Congressional pension bill advances 161 million. Tennessee liquor sale prohibition moves in statehouses. The Indiana and Ohio legislatures elect successors to U S Senate. Brandegee secures Republican caucus support. The Waterway treaty with Britain signs to settle US Canada disputes.
In Atlanta Georgia President Taft was warmly welcomed at an elaborate banquet. Across the nation, bank wrecking cases dominated headlines with Rinehart of Waynesburg found guilty and sentenced to terms in prison, Morgan of Friendly First National Bank also sentenced, and political intrigues and bribery allegations surfacing in various cities.
The item lists numerous events including a deadly train collision near Dutsero California with many injured, a lengthy jury deliberation in Thornton Jenkins Halys case in Washing New York, California flood damage and storms, President Householder’s lengthy journey to illustrate military order, a fatal patrol hold up in Omaha, a Marine Engineers trial verdict in Cleveland, a minor earthquake in Lombardy and Tuscany, and a Washington murder by Frederick J ipamer.
Across regions, events unfold from a 25 000 hat makers strike to factory fires killing several, mine explosions entombing workers, and notable deaths. Personal losses include Topeka attorney Isaac Lambert burned, Ashland camp victim, and Cyrus Campbell perishing. International shifts include indemnity talks with Turkey and a high court murder case verdicts.
Beryl F. Carroll took the oath as Iowa governor in Des Moines with a packed house of lawmakers, National Guard officers, and citizens. The native Iowan, age 49, was born March 16, 1860, in Davis County and had previously served as state auditor and Bloomfield postmaster before winning the governorship by a wide margin.
The Missouri Supreme Court granted a one month delay for Waters-Flores Oil Co to sever ties with Standard Oil of New Jersey. The original decree required Waters-Flores to show steps toward independent operation by January 1, with a February deadline and a $50,000 fine due by March 1 to avoid forfeiture of the company charter.
Washington Jan 15 Tiping of pages has been abolished by the United States senate. Adelbart Dr Sumner of Waterloo led the reform after years directing pages on the floor. He supervised changes to curb the tipping practice once widespread in both Senate and House.
Report of the homicide of railway conductor William A. Anderson on a trestle near Pikeville. He was robbed and tied to the trestle before a freight train struck him, leaving investigators with few clues.
Constantinople January 15 The Turkish government approves Austria Hungarys offer of 2,500,000 pounds indemnity for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Grand Vizier Kiama Pasha informed Marquis Paltyviciny Austro Hungarian ambassador of the council ministers decision.
Rockford area report about Mrs. Matt da Fletcher Wiseman wife of Rev. W A Wiseman long pastor at Greco Church Day biothes who died in a self sacrificing act said to free her brother Feita in a notable family tragedy noted by local observers.
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