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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
6
A Washington Park Illinois woman testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills restored her health after female trouble nervousness and backache. She thanks the remedies and invites others to seek guidance from the Pinkham Company. The item also mentions suffrage history and other varied notes.
About 1,000 delegates gathered at the Coliseum as the Iowa Democratic State Convention adopted a platform urging ratification of the prohibition amendment and support for road improvements and law enforcement. The event named candidates BE T. Meredith for governor and Senator Clarkson for attorney general, with state officers pledged to push liquor-law enforcement and local road funding.
Camp Dodge officials led by Major D W F Fairchild report health screening of five thousand Iowa youths for military service shows tuberculosis found in two and cancer none. Overall rejection rate about five percent, lower than any state. Hernia heart lesions and flat feet are the main reasons.
Davenport reports Iowa ranks second among wealthiest farmers in the United States and Canada with 7,000 individuals in this group. Illinois leads with 7,800. The Trade Circular Addressing Company of Chicago prepared the data. Iowa has 774 Ford dealers, Ohio 439, and Iowa ranks fifth in auto dealers with 2,518 nationwide. New York leads with 3,114.
Des Moines reports President Wilson remitted the unexpired portion of Raymond E. Hadley's sentence and ordered his release from Leavenworth so he could reach Des Moines where his father lies dying of tuberculosis. Senator Kenyon interceded for clemency and the president granted it.
Iowa State College horticultural men warn truck growers to begin spraying immediately with arsenate of lead as potato bugs threaten the Ames crop.
Dr. G Walter Barr of Highland Park college assistant to President Magill filed suit for 3000 dollars alleging breach of contract after removal from his position on July 10. He says discharge followed his participation in a Des Moines preparedness parade on June 3 and cites a March 18 1920 contract for 8000 dollars for the year’s service.
Marshalltown is urged to create a state good roads fund using excess county automobile revenue and to supplement with federal Bankhead bill money. Iowa would receive growing allocations from 1916 to 1920, contingent on maintaining a state highway department, with broader federal aid to follow. Also reported, Camp Dodge was struck by lightning. ten soldiers were hit, over fifty tents blown down, and six men in Company A injured, as mud and water hindered response efforts.
Oskaloosa residents pledged about one quarter of the 490 100 fund to rebuild Pondville College after a devastating fire. James A Devitt led a banquet with 1 000 attendees including visitors from across the state. Speakers included Attorney General George Cosson E TY Meredith W L Harding E R Harlan Penn College President D M Edwards Eugene Chapin and Virgil Renshaw.
Camp Dodge reports a five day travel ration contract for Iowa soldiers worth about 8000 dollars. Rations include 3006 pounds of beans 6000 pounds canned tomatoes 840 pounds coffee 375 pounds evaporated milk 300 pounds onions 9000 pounds canned meat at 25 cents per pound 1000 loaves soft bread 900 pounds hard bread and 95 percent of jumat at ten cents per pound.
Iowa troops will receive their first pay on July 20 for the last ten days of June. Each enlisted man averages 34.50 dollars. Major Lambert is paymaster. Cash pay. troops to guard the cash transports from Des Moines to the camp. Hundred and eight.
Ames Paul Crowley, longtime member of the state food and dairy department, accepts a new position on the extension department at Iowa State College for the coming year.
Captain F. L. Love accuses Iowa papers of printing military information about clothing and food for First Iowa cavalry recruits. He calls the stories deliberate falsehoods and blames press coverage for deterring enlistment at Camp Dodge.
The naval collier Vector sank off Charleston on Friday during a hurricane while carrying sixty Marines, seventy crew, and twelve officers headed for Santo Domingo. One life was lost in Charleston. rescue efforts and wireless distress were issued as ships and coast guard tried to aid. The storm disrupted shipping along the South Carolina and Georgia coasts, with evacuations from Sullivan’s Island and delays for vessels at Savannah and Charleston.
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Federal Judge J O Clarke of Cleveland to be associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Clarke, born September 18 1857 at Lisbon Ohio, has served on the Cleveland district court since 1914 and is a lifelong Democrat.
About 1,000 Sinn Feiners rioted in Cork after prisoners freed from Dublin rebellion failed to arrive. They wrecked the recruiting office hissed the military pickets and sang republican songs.
Six African American troopers killed at Carrizal were laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. None of the graves were identified. John M. Parker calls progressives to reconvene in Chicago on August 5 to nominate a president and vice president.
Passengers on a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Monroeville Ohio were wounded when buckshot was fired into the observation platform. Four people sustained injuries in the incident on July 17.
Fragmented dialogue shows a group at a Ute restaurant joking about marriage and war odds. A waitress and a woman client discuss age, with one remarking “Thirty-Nine, going on Fifty,” reflecting wartime tension and social mood from the Indianapolis Star.
Best for horses promises better work with good care and mentions Hanford's Halsam of Myrrh for sores and external troubles. Ranch men lumbermen and Ilvergren recommend it in a brief advertisement style.
In a terse exchange the speaker notes Jones and J. started a venture together and one has retired while the other remains in business. The fragment mentions a misunderstanding about a person named Jonas and a mule, reflecting unclear remarks about continuing operations.
The note records Baldain Adv Kansas financials dating to 1846 showing a total of $54,679 for male Inhlitte ants.
A period piece urges savings in infant mortality by promoting Castoria as a safer alternative to narcotic child remedies. The adic claims Castoria’s formula, signed by Chas. Ti Vietcher, improves blood circulation and reduces fever while warning that opium and morphine in other drops and syrups can cause death.
Descriptive fragment depicts mothers anxious at the Seventh Regiment armory on eve of entraining for the front. The scene shows crowding at doors, the scent of coffee, and a wagon loaded with sacks and bread as families fret over loved ones. A guard relays a message about a golfer named Norbert.
A dialogue highlights that a woman's credit is judged by the presence of a young, handsome husband. The Credit Man remarks that such a face often leads to favorable outcomes, while the Bill Clerk questions the concealed countenance.
A fragmented clipping notes a joke about crustiness tied to heredity and a baker father. Mentions Hanford’s Balsam and compulsory Army service, hinting at social attitudes during wartime.
Japanese residents of Washington Montana and Alaska crafted a bronze with onyx clock for the crown prince of Sapir. The 5 feet high piece would symbolize loyalty to their nativity but requires royal permission before rendering. The globe clock encircles the earth with a polished bronze ball showing planetary relation to time.
For baby bashes the ad suggests a Cuticura Soap bath and light Cuticura Ointment on affected skin. It promises soothing relief for fretful sleepless babies and offers a free sample by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept. LY Boston.
In the text, ants are described as milling seeds into pulp and forming them into loaves that are sun-dried and stored for future use. This odd claim appears in a dialogue about reading material.
Advertisement-like note promises a free book on rheumatism and neuritis causes and cure from Case Department O W, mentions a vacuum cleaner and a claim about U S button production, and lightly notes usage of ferns in Seattle and Hanford’s Baleam.
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