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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
4
In Titonka Iowa readers hear reflections on time speech and truth with satire on public figures. The piece cites Senator Mason special commissioner duties in the Philippines and critiques McKinley and Aguinaldo while noting wire trust price shifts and colonial tensions.
European report says a quarrel has arisen between Kaiser Wilhelm II and Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe. Hohenlohe, described as the kaiser’s "hired man," lacks independence since Bismarck’s fall, and his retirement may be forced to develop true autonomy.
The piece lampoons generals Miles Eagan Tanner and Tanner for bold exchanges and joking insults. It suggests a mock ten round bout with megaphones at a club event and riffs on a bizarre plan to wrap battleships in cornstalk cellulose to be fireproof.
From a layman’s view the populist legislature of Thansag passes a railway law that will force companies to slow operations and endure significant delays before crossing it.
The article recounts the long mystery of the Dukes of Hamilton and Chatellerault, tracing births, marriages, and deaths from the 19th century. It notes a Transvaal arrest of a man named Charles Gunn who is identified as the alleged heir Charles George Archibald, claiming the Hamilton title after purportedly killing a man in a duel and faking his death.
A Russian physician tested extreme cold by placing a dog in a chamber at 100 degrees below zero for ten hours, then removed it alive with a huge appetite. He repeated the test on himself, finding intense stimulation and appetite after ten hours in still cold air. Both subjects allegedly grew rapid weight gain and vigor.
The Nyidewell Prisoners project at Blackwell Island's New York penitentiary has added a thousand volumes to the library and granted reading time from 6:30 to p.m. The policy is popular, with a significant drop in insubordination by about 76 percent. The report notes unusually high cloud heights averaging over four miles.
A health journal defends proprietary remedies and endorses Richards Catarrh Expellant from C H Richards Co of Omaha as a proven cure for catarrhal ailments. It argues journals fairly judge merit and urge public confidence in effective remedies while rejecting quack products.
The New York Tribune recalls Cecil Rhodes trying to press his status on a German government clerk in Johannesburg. The clerk nonchalantly replies that they are not in Cape Towns and that Rhodes must wait his turn. Rhodes reacts angrily claiming he would be discharged in Cape Town, while the clerk retorts that they are in a republic.
The German Empress bought the costliest dress fabric from Lyons about a year ago. White silk brocade with relief flowers birds and foliage cost 125 dollars a yard, raw silk value about 100 dollars. She kept it as a whole and made curtains, paying roughly twice the price Louis XIV paid for a similar gown fabric.
The passage compares regional flora counts, noting Europe about 10 000 species, India 15 000, British North America about 6 000, Cape of Good Hope and Natal around 10 000, and Australia about 10 000 species.
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