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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1910
Page
1
The Senate Committee on Military Affairs considers framing a definition of hazing to govern the dismissal of West Point cadets. Advocates note mental anguish can surpass physical harm and urge legal clarity to stop brutal practices.
A Russian bank starts in Buenos Ayres, Argentina, to support a growing St Petersburg to South America steamship line. European powers expand commerce with the region using subsidized steamers, mineral exchange arrangements, and well staffed agencies aligned with South American tastes and needs.
The piece portrays a man amid a chaotic street scene with cars motorcycles and wagons as police order movement. It notes a waiter earning tips and mocks officials who ignore public concerns while wishing the meat boycott won’t hollow out cheese supply.
Twenty towns along the Des Moines river organized the Des Moines River Improvement Association at Ottumwa to push navigation on the river. Joseph Dain of Ottumwa elected president with Frank Epperson secretary. officers from Eddyville and Des Moines among 100 delegates pledging energy to gain river navigation.
Stephen Remington of Platte City Missouri regarded as Missouri's smallest man died in a local hospital aged about 18 years. At 3 feet 5 inches and seventy five pounds he was brought to St. Joseph two weeks ago from his large farm. He was born in New York City.
A telephonic report from Wallace Idaho states about twenty five families totaling roughly seventy five people were buried by an avalanche. A special train departed at midnight from Spokane carrying rescuers to the scene.
In Shannon City on February 28, Grandpa Damon celebrated his ninety third birthday with a flood of greeting cards from friends. He remains hale and hearty as well as ever.
William C. McAdoo who oversaw the Hudson tunnels has been offered the presidency of the Interborough Metropolitan company to succeed Theodore P. Shonts. The report comes from a New York local paper dated February 28.
Indianola residents circulate a petition led by Link Pritchard for improved Burlington road train service. The petition has been forwarded to the railroad commissioners for action.
Philip H. Thompson about 24 was killed when a tree fell on him on the farm of his father in law J. H. Weber near high city. Death was instantaneous.
At Indianapolis Indiana the annual session of the National Education Association opens with sessions on Children Different in Mental Alertness and moral responsibility. Speakers include Leonard P Ayres James H Van Sicklen M P E Groszmann RP W Horn Wantel F Lewis H H Cummings P P Claxton and Stratton D Brooks. A memorial for William T Harris follows and Senator Albert J Beveridge addresses educators. Several affiliated societies meet during the event.
Des Moines boy Frank M. Andrews, son of Mr and Mrs L F Andrews, is chosen architect of the Imperial Terminal building at Tacoma. The $50,000,000 project will be built in five 10,000,000 units with 1,000 feet tower, 1,000,000 square feet floor space, and 800 acres on one side for water front rail and steamship terminals. Gillies Subway of New York to construct. leases closed with Northern Pacific for land.
The twelfth annual Iowa Retail Hardware association convention opened this afternoon in the Coliseum auditorium with music. G H Botsford welcomed attendees for the Des Moines Commercial club and city, followed by President J C Abbott’s annual address. Secretary-Treasurer A R Sale reported routine finances as sessions proceed. The convention runs through Friday afternoon. A large hardware exposition is open, and the Iowa Hardware Mutual Insurance association will meet tomorrow.
Milwaukee hosts the annual National Consumers League gathering at Hotel Pfiester with two days of discussion on new conservation ideas for the young wage earner and on minimum wage boards. Father Ryan of St Paul Seminary is among the speakers as delegates from nearly all states attend.
Charles BR. Chamberlain a well known Burlington citizen and commissioner candidate on the city plan, died suddenly of heart trouble. He leaves a widow and one son.
President Taft sent to the Senate the nominations for Iowa postmasters including B. L. Martindale of Clinton and Lucy O. Smith of Sioux Rapids, with further names listed in the dispatch.
A Middletown Ohio resident Virginia Helwig writes praise for a remedy claiming long term stomach and bowel relief. She urges friends with similar troubles to try the product despite grocery supply issues. The certified copy is provided by a U S BF F Co authority.
A National Association bulletin reports fewer than six percent of U S public school children receive tuberculosis prevention instruction. Nine cities use special textbooks or lectures. Michigan Massachusetts North Carolina Porto Rico have laws requiring such education. Tennessee requests it. New Jersey and West Virginia hang instruction cards in every schoolroom.
Mrs Alfie Elson of Battle Creek Michigan states she suffered five years with intense itching and bleeding eczema. After trying many doctors she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent and reports complete recovery nine years ago with no relapse.
In the Mauretania smoking room James J. Corbett praised Jim Jeffries for his neat quick style. He compared it to a remark from a little girl asking a doctor if he forgot his amen during a long visit.
They claim to ease feverishness headache stomach issues and teething troubles in children. The product promises relief from colds and wormy symptoms and is marketed as pleasant and safe for young patients. Address is Allen S Olisuted Roy New York for free sample.
A fragmented page compiles assorted ad slogans and literary quotes. It weaves tobacco and breath mints claims with medical cures, thermometer pitches, and bright lines from poets. The readable items hint at a late 19th or early 20th century editorial aesthetic.
Des Moines Feb 28 Swedish Lutheran church members pledged to refuse liquor consent petitions following a town conference vote opposing temperance rollbacks. A hospital board slate was elected with Rev P A Westerberg named president. Women’s Society elected officers and reported a $1,240 47 fundraising total.
The 1911 American Berkshire congress met in Whitehall Springfield with eleven states represented. Indianapolis and Des Moines vied for the next host city and Des Moines won the bid to hold the 1912 meeting in conjunction with Iowa state events. Officers elected include McDonough Ames Ja president Riley Tha town Ind secretary Palmer Thurston O treasurer Sheringer Springfield TI. Dinsmore gave a key talk on Berkshire type and farmer interest using Ames statistics.
G. F. Wiedemer shot and killed his wife and then took his own life in East St. Louis on February 28. Authorities say he was insane. Their young daughter held her mother's head in her lap as neighbors rushed in.
Miss Kate Goodman a Chicago missionary married Rev Kenich Inazawana of a Japanese church in Laguna New Mexico per telegrams received. Wesleyan University gains a $50,000 library gift from an undisclosed donor in Bloomington Illinois. president Kemp announces the unnamed benefactor.
Columbus reports Harvey Johnson a Negro serving life for burglary was fatally shot by a guard at the Ohio penitentiary as he tried to escape. The incident occurred on February 28.
A Seattle telegram reports the death of Captain Joseph N. Long aged 60 in Davenport. Former pitot for many years on the Mississippi River.
A blushing young man asks a minister for permission to marry, describing embarrassment and the desire for a ring if available. The scene ends with the couple awaiting approval and the minister easing the moment.
A judge notes marriage resembles a game of chance with shifting rules and moral bias. He remarks that a wife’s act of stopping a husband with a larger claim is termed Gipsomacy and favors her, while a masked robber at gunpoint is crime.
A brief excerpt notes King Alfonso XII's large daily appetite with breakfast habits. It remarks many rulers are trenchermen and mentions steak potatoes eggs and fruit as typical morning fare, as described by M. Paoli in Recollections.
A testimonial extols switching from coffee and unsuitable foods to Postum and Grape-Nuts. A woman reports stomach and nervous relief plus improved flesh. her husband also improves after quitting coffee. A brother in California uses Postum, and the family credits these changes with better health.
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