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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
1
Read in brief: 236 consolidated schools in Iowa. Humboldt’s new $156000 school dedicated. Dubuque wind and rain damage at 2060 dollars. Grinnell College marks 72nd commencement with 101 graduates. H McCord elected Iowa Bankers president in Fort Dodge.
Frank M. Trech of Vancouver Washington shoots 492 of 500 to capture top honors at the Northwest Sportsmen's Association invitational in Portland Oregon. The item also notes allied war conference moves and various postwar updates from Washington Paris and Berlin.
Various 1919 items include Walter Keene Wilkins found guilty of first degree murder in New York Mineola case. Midwestern bank robbery near Benton netting 40,000 with two suspects killed by posse. Wisconsin passes soldier bonus bill funding 15 million via state tax. Deputy sheriff P. S. Peter shot near Chetopa. Ellisville assault suspect John Hartfield captured and executed. Delaware County prosecutor and Muncie mayor arrested in swindle case. A Red Cross Berlin mission death by own action. Private stock sale worth 6,000 for Nat C. Goodwin auction. Textile mill wage increases ended strike in Ware Massachusetts. Valeda bank robbed of 4,500. Massachusetts ratifies woman suffrage amendment. Boston House approves 185 to 47 and Senate 34 to 5. Wheatland farmer reports swindle of 20,000. Villa rebels suffer heavy losses in El Paso dispatch. Texas Legislature ratifies woman suffrage amendment. Satham steamer sunk by mine explosion near Gothenburg. One dead, another wounded, 2,000 missing. Chicago saloon hold-up. Pennsylvania draws and selling of beer provision passes. Antisedition bill clears Pennsylvania Senate.
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs with 2,000,000 members adopts a neighborhood Americanization program led by Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman and Mrs. Thomas G. Winter. Plans include institutes, conferences, gatherings, naturalization visits, day and night school access, library centers, and community clubs for foreign born residents and their children.
A national plan to establish permanent remount stations to supply military and general uses. A 14 member board will oversee breeding with state universities agricultural colleges and farmers involved. About 300 stallions are projected for yearly replacements across five districts with depots at Montana Oklahoma and Virginia.
Debate erupts between the interior and agriculture departments over a claimed 2,000,000 member United States School Garden Army. Representative Baer backs placing the movement under the bureau of education and consolidating funding to a single department.
The Equal-Month Calendar group led by Minneapolis headquarters promotes a four week month system. They propose a Lit erty month between February and March and a New Year day inserted between December 28 and January 3. Leap year would add another day every four years labeled Correction. The plan aims for a uniform perpetual calendar starting in 1922, with each month four weeks long from Monday to Sunday. Joseph A. Barnes leads the initiative and arguesCongress could adopt the reform.
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