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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
6
The readable parts indicate a provisional release or postponement tied to a place likely at a county or city office. Names and exact dates are unclear, but the fragment suggests a legal or administrative action with an associated schedule and local officials.
A Joy Table crafted by a mother turned a chen table into a low play surface for children. Legs sawed off and painted green, it stood over a four inch zinc lined sand pit. Kids spread clean sand and played seaside scenes with spades and toys, imagining a village with gardens, a church, and yard animals.
The ad touts Resinol ointment and Resinol soap as soothing cures for irritated skin and itching. It claims fast relief for eczema, ringworm, and pimples, calling Resinol a proven doctor’s prescription used nationwide for twenty years.
J N Wilkerson of Burns agency declares William Mansfield alias Insane Blackie the ax killer in Villisca Paola and Blue Island cases. He claims Mansfield was in Paola the night of the Moore family massacre and in a Blue Island home four days earlier.
A young man recently arrived from England to Denison, son of German parents, killed himself after trauma from wartime prejudice. Educated at several English colleges he and his widowed mother had run a Manchester business until anti German sentiment ruined it, driving them to America for safety. He cut his throat with a knife, seeking relief from mental distress.
Clyde Jackson 86 falls seven stories down the elevator shaft at Younker Bros. He struck Sherman Box and Paper employee J F Powers on the way to the bottom, but Powers was only slightly hurt. Jackson tripped over a barrel and died before help arrived. He leaves a widow and four children.
Secretary of State W. Allen praised the Waubonsie trail road west of Shenandoah calling it the finest stretch he has driven. The ten mile route is entered in a good roads contest.
In Marshalltown an automobile carrying state labor convention visitors left a 75-foot embankment in Riverside cemetery. Three persons were hurt but not seriously.
In Des Moines the annual conference of Methodists, meeting in Winterset, voted to support a gubernatorial candidate who stands for prohibition regardless of party.
The Iowa Masonic grand lodge meeting closed in Davenport on June 15 with record delegates. Officers elected included Grand Master A A Arthur of Logan and other key posts for Des Moines Cedar Rapids Burlington Ames and Bloomfield.
A check for 75000 dollars from Mrs. Elizabeth Vorhees of Clinton New Jersey was received to complete the girls dormitory named for her. She has contributed 125 dollars to Coe during the past two and a half years.
Alfred Wingate longtime Mason and officer in state Masonic orders died at 2 PM Wednesday at his home on Kingman Boulevard after a three year illness. He was a prominent figure in local Masonry and community affairs.
Waterloo reports George Fredman a 24 year old farmer drowned in a lightning strike that hit the barn where he worked near Fredericksburg. The incident left him dead at the scene and authorities noted the sudden rural tragedy.
Des Moines reports the 1915 commencement at Iowa City conferred degrees on 431 graduates across liberal arts law medicine dentistry pharmacy engineering the graduate school and other colleges. The largest class in history marks the close of the biennial period ending June 30 with plans to prepare for closing books.
Iowa notes state the Kingsley Commercial club plans Fourth of July festivities in Kingsley. Cedar Rapids gears up for a farm tractor show week of August 14 drawing thousands. Sioux City hosts automobile races on July 4 with seven Chicago money winners entered. Floyd votes July 12 on 45,000 school bonds for a consolidated district. In Fort Dodge, Austin Sprinkle survived a ladder accident with severed arteries in his right wrist and severe blood loss while painting a tower house.
At Laredo Texas on June 18 Carranza troops pursued and killed four bandits after a crossover raid by 100 Mexican attackers near San Ignacio. The clash wounded six Americans and killed three troopers Private Lowers Katonah and Ninaden. A Carranza paper on a bandit’s body identified him as Major Lus.
Eureka California June 17 Forty one persons from the wrecked steamer Bear are unaccounted for with a purser list showing 210 aboard. One hundred thirty-one are here twenty nine at Canetown four still aboard the Bear and five bodies recovered. The Bear owned by San Francisco and Portland Steamship company ran aground in fog on Sugar Loaf rock near Cape Mendocino late at night. All but one of the Bear s 14 life boats have been accounted for. Survivors say the missing boat carried over 80 passengers and five recovered bodies are believed ashore.
President Wilson on June 9 announced Vance McCormick former Harrisburg mayor as chairman of the Democratic National Committee to direct Witham B. P. McCoub. Homer Cummins of Connecticut becomes vice chairman and Carter Gass of Virginia secretary succeeding Thomas Pence. Wilbur W. Marsh of Town is named treasurer and Fred Lynch of Minnesota chairs the executive committee.
In New York on June 17 railroad unions rejected railroad offers for arbitration over eight hour days and overtime pay. The four railroad brotherhoods proposed arbitration or Interstate Commerce Commission submission, while union head A I B Garrettson led the conductors in refusing arbitration and signaling a strike vote.
A Tokyo dispatch reports American aviator Arthur Smth was injured after a fall from his airplane during an exhibition flight in Sapporo Hokkaido. The incident occurred as he attempted a stunt, and the flyer was hurt but details on his condition were not immediately available.
The French chamber of deputies held a secret session to interpellate the government on France defensive preparations before the Verdun attack. The June 10 report notes strong scrutiny of military and political actions by Paris officials.
A Lancaster PA item notes a farm near Quarryville where terrier dogs chased huge rats to their holes, leaving many tailless young rats. The report cites Hess hiring dogs years ago and a resurgence of tailless rats in recent times.
An ad promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for dandruff relief with a free sample offer via mail from Boston. The text includes a humorous note on ethical play by two merchants and a garbled caption about a ball game.
An advert promotes ethine double strength for freckle removal. It claims an ounce per day cures freckling and promises a money back guarantee if not effective. The copy also references The Spinster and The Bachelor humorously about love.
The ad praises Hanford s Bal Bam as a premier external horse care product used as a leg wash to keep skin in fine condition and to aid lameness. It includes unsolicited testimonials and promotional lines for Rheumatium and Neurite, plus a teaser offer for a free book.
Mrs Anna Kelly of Burlington Wisconsin reports relief from side and back pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Tablets and Senative Wash. She praises the remedies as restoring health and strength and urges other women to try them. The ad invites letters to the Pinkham company for confidential advice.
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