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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
8
A report notes Jimson’s sudden devotion to family and absence from his usual haunts for about a month. Neighbors speculate that a meerschaum pipe has influenced his evenings, suggesting a personal life change driving the shift.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment to cure pimples, blackheads, redness, and itching. It offers a free sample by mail and a booklet from Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston, noting the products cleanse, soothe, and heal.
Secretary Lansing announced that the United States sent another note to Great Britain demanding the release of eight detained Austrians Germans and Turks from the American steamship China seized by a British cruiser off Shanghai. Britain says the men were plotting against the British government and fleeing to Manila to disrupt U S neutrality.
Berlin reports on April 25 German forces sinking British submarine H-22 and torpedoing a British Arethusa class cruiser. German rescue and prisoner take of two British sailors confirmed. Arethusa class cruisers measure about 3,600 tons and include the Arethusa Anyorn Galetes Inconstant Royalist Penelope Phacion Undaunted.
London April 29 A bill proposing universal conscription for all unmarried men eighteen to forty-five was withdrawn after a vigorous attack by universal service advocates. Prime Minister Asquith said the government would not press the bill introduced by Walter Hume Long as opposition labeled the measure unfair and demanded all round compulsion.
In Ashington a Grant monument display features lions modeled after Trafalgar Square’s British design, each crouching over a stretched American flag. Tourists and observers question whether the arrangement conveys American pride or perceived British dominance, amid new editions of the monument.
The Commerce Department discusses using the Kilauea volcano on Maawati island as a giant foundry to coat sewer pipes and bricks. Officials study casting molten lava from the crater rim into molds with heat resistant buckets, weighing industrial use of near rim workshops.
Hunt, secretary to Senator Reed, outlasted Maryland officials who fined him $5 for driving into Maryland without a Maryland license. The case hinged on his status as a nonresident and a Supreme Court ruling now argued not to apply to Missourians unless touring limits are exceeded.
Col Harts, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, trains watchmen for service in arid or remote areas by removing water coolers and enforcing endurance drills. The unit practices firefighting, grenades, and brigade discipline as they simulate military priority training at the state war and navy building.
A Nebraska State Journal discussion links the opening of a 4000 acre North Platte tract to the end of free land distribution. It argues land hunger will grow, prices rise, and internal pressure reshape politics as settlers seek new homesteads, notably in Western Canada where land prices and yields attract American buyers. The piece contrasts Canadian offers with U S conditions and notes agents can provide homestead information.
An eerie classified style ad from Red Bank New Jersey promotes "KIll the Files Now" with claims of rapid epilepsy relief using Kinie's Epilepsy Medicine. The ad references a nuisance pest killer theme and includes scattered, unclear product names and prices, ending with a note about a victim waking up.
A Columbus woman describes six years of illness with female troubles and nervousness. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her symptoms eased, appetite returned, and she gained weight. She credits the medicine with saving her life and urges others to use it.
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