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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
1
French experts discuss Hubert Latham’s 3000 to 4000 foot altitude flight and argue that aircraft can be defended against rifle and shell fire. The piece notes the difficulty of hitting a moving target from air and the impracticality of anti aircraft shots.
A New York messenger boy earning $6 weekly was arrested after $10,000 entrusted to him for a bank vanished. The incident raises questions about morality and the tendency to tempt underpaid youths, noting such temptations reflect on business practices of large sums given to young workers.
A Chicago health department bulletin urges readers to record every instance of cold or wet feet to test beliefs about them. It claims careful logging shows people’s ideas on cold feet and wet feet are often incorrect.
An aeronaut 13 report claims airships have ended battleships. Daval experts say 1890s battleships are obsolete and scrapped. Fifteen girls at a Massachusetts college live on nine two a week for education. A Jersey justice notes values, Judge Wheeler of Bridgeport refuses a $300 damages verdict in a boy’s death.
A Louisiana woman was arrested for challenging another to a duel using photguns as bystanders note men inclined to stay to themselves amid tense street chatter and sport talk in the area.
George Channon attacked his wife at her parents’ home cutting her throat with a razor. Mrs. Channon lies dying at Mercy hospital. Channon was captured within an hour after the assault while entering his father’s house and confessed to police. The couple, married ten years with two sons, had separated two weeks earlier.
Iowa's 1909 butter production reached 101,907,316 pounds with 413,787,149 pounds of milk and 279,436,149 pounds of cream used. The report cites 87,746 dairy cows and 116,760 patrons for creameries, while concerns over oleomargarine and milk inspection prompt calls for stronger city action amid limited state authority.
Seattle report states an avalanche in Wellington, the site of the Great North eye disaster two weeks earlier, carried a snow plow and two wagons with crews aboard. No further details provided.
Federal court hears evidence in the John G. Mabray and eighteen associates case into widespread swindling in Council Bluffs. Attorney General H. W. Byers seeks removal of Chief of Police George H. Richmond amid accusations police knowledge and inaction. Pierpont of Maryville testifies about the Millionaires Club betting and reports to the press table. William Scott of Pender recounts steering victims to Denver and Omaha where about 16 000 was lost on fixed races.
Des Moines Union railroad cleared of fraud claims by Milwaukee road. Judge McHenry ruled the Des Moines Union owns the mile of track in dispute, holding Milwaukee failed to prove fraud and that the sale from F. M. Hubbell covered the eastern terminus at Twenty eighth Street. Decree grants defendant ownership of the contested property.
The Iowa Cement Users' Association finished a four day session in Cedar Rapids with officers elected. President J L Bingham Estherville. first vice president C Mor fat Winfield. second vice president A A Anderson Lake City. secretary J A Williams Ames. treasurer Gym Yathweil Cedar Rapids.
Four government witnesses testified in the Mauray case in Council Bluffs on March 11. The case centers on conspiracy to defraud through the alleged beguiling use of the United States steel suit.
The United States circuit court of appeals largely grants the appeal of the United Mine Workers of America preventing a sweeping temporary injunction. The decision preserves a broad injunction that affects mining labor actions and union activities in Richmond Virginia and beyond.
Professor P G Holden of Iowa State College Ames along with Professors Crossley and Bowhian will lecture from a special Chicago Burlington and Quincy line train March 21 to 27 to promote good seed corn. They will collect samples from twenty growers, germinate them in advance, and use the seeds in demonstrations. The itinerary includes Glenwood Malvern Villisca Corning Creston Lenox Bedford Massena Greenfield Oakland Jewell? Charlton Albia Knoxville and Des Moines with arrival and lecture times listed for each stop.
District court judge Clyde of Nora Springs Iowa ruled the estate valued around 20000 left by the late Henry Gladvin intestate belongs to his surviving wife, despite his death without a will. The decision grants the widow full ownership of the property.
Pittsburgh March 14 confirmation of reports states Thonma MeK Laughlin brother in law of President and Mrs Taft died by self inflicted shooting. Coroner Sampel C Jamison confirmed the death saying it was by his own action amid minty rumors surrounding the event.
O I Stilson and E I Stilson were indicted by the grand jury for alleged fraudulent banking connected to the defunct Corwith bank. They must answer in district court to the charges.
Panora reports a blaze at Jesse Slatts new restaurant in the Howard Plain building. The restaurant was a total loss with about 2000 dollars in fire damage and roughly 500 dollars in building damage. Insurance covered part of the loss.
The Oska loosa Automobile Club voted to join forces with the Oska loosa Commercial Club to promote food campaigns for Mahaska county, allocating 1080 dollars for the season.
The body of Miss Hofenu Bloodgood, found in Fargo, was recovered by Inex after three days of search. She was discovered while still wearing the lightgown from the day she disappeared.
Jamen Clark former Lisbon town marshal in Cedar Rapids area reportedly shot himself in the head with a shotgun after recent loss of his wife. Neighbors describe him as unstable following the tragedy and alleged mental strain.
Seven miners perished in a gas explosion at the No. 4 shaft of the Lebigyang Wilkesharre Coal Company near Wilkesharre Pennsylvania on March 14. Rescue efforts and investigations are underway as officials confirm the fatalities.
Des Moines hosts Knights of Pythia banquet at the Knights of Pythias hall on East Locust Street. The afternoon featured a school of instruction and the evening saw the first and third degrees exemplified by a team from Red Falls with visiting grand chancellor among those in attendance.
Cedar Falls Red Center lodge No 3 Knights of Pythias honored charter member Lantear Knapp with a knight's badge set with diamonds and a post chancellor's certificate. Knapp has 28 years of continuous membership and has served as justice of the peace and city assessor in Cedar Falls. Notables present included McCay of Corydon Dr Frank Porterfield of Atlantic Ben Salinger of Carroll Bernard Murphy of Vin ton and Senator C C Dowell Des Moines.
North western train westbound near Deutgou on May 12 saw Superintendent Higgs subdue a drunken passenger who terrorized riders and crew. The assailant toppled others, damaged Higgs’s glasses, and was dragged to the vestibule as fellow passengers intervened.
Col pain W Bishop longtime Iowa National Guard officer dies at Muscatine home after appendicitis worsened into pneumonia. He led Company A Muscatine in the Spanish American War and later served five years as colonel and in the regular army. He commanded the Fifty fourth regiment and led blue army in Des Moines maneuvers.
Max 14 Frank Hy Hathaway aged 22 son of Police Officer Isaac Hathaway of Dea Moines died at Mason City Story Hospital from injuries after switching cars at the Northwestern railroad yards in Magun City.
Willan Jackson, a janitor, was convicted in a Kansas City criminal court on March 14 for attacking six young white girls. He received a nine year term in prison.
A London bank opened today operating exclusively for women. All officers are women and the institution seeks women as customers.
A report from Manchester describes A Patten, Chicago cotton and grain speculator, being booed by a large crowd at the exchange and followed through the streets. He was said to deny plans to visit exchanges abroad while a price surge in cotton spikes market tensions.
Philadelphia reports show widespread debate as businessmen seek arbitration between the Rapid Transit Company and striking workers. The general strike grows, trolley cars rise to about 1 200, and union leaders push for federal mediation with Taft and National Civic Federation solicited for help.
A severe earthquake, the strongest since 1908, rattled central California late Thursday night. Vibrations lasted four seconds with long undulatory motions and were felt as far south as San Lula Obiapo but not much north of San Francisco. No serious damage reported.
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