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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
1
A scattered column mixes social quips about summer hats and housekeeping with global enmities and political jokes. It notes a rise in Dreadnought talk, jokes on diplomacy, and references to police and wartime naval arms including proposed two twenty thousand ton battleships and a Kidd treasure expedition.
A bustling Washington summary notes Senators LaTollette Bailey and Nelson clashing over tariff provisions as the Senate advances the iron ore duty and contemplates major debates on iron and steel schedules. Taft rebukes Gov Stubbs, while new minister Marquis de Villalobar is named. other items include Porto Rico law changes urged, and socialists pressured.
Summary of varied notes including church leaders and conferences, a Philippine bravery award, a fatal shooting in Kansas, local political resignations tied to oil interests, aviation and rail developments, European travels of notable figures, and multiple Iowa and Illinois local incidents with deaths, trials, and civic actions.
Senator Cummins and Senator Dolliver press for lower duties as revisionists battle Aldrich on the tariff bill. Concessions emerge on glass, barbed wire, and wire nails though proponents hope for further cuts. Iowa lawmakers and others push to keep pressure into conference and beyond July 1.
Evangelist W A Sunday denounced church members who attended a social at the Pilgrim hotel hosted by Land ford and Mrs Coleman and Mr and Mrs William A Diyas, calling the event an insult to God. He urged merchants to close shops 2 to 4 on Mother’s Day and asked all to wear white ribbons or flowers.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Great Falls and at Chateau Havre Wagner and other points, with Helena reporting a several second tremor. The only reported damage was at Herman Paul’s residence where a front retaining wall ten feet high and two feet thick collapsed.
Reports from yesterday's western Canada earthquake continue to arrive. News out of Witnipeg dated May 17 notes ongoing seismic activity and preliminary damage observations.
General Victor Reyes former minister of war and commander in chief of the Colombian army dies in Bogota after an illness contracted during a trip to Santa Marta on the Atlantic coast last month.
Patrick Gilligan of Britt is held to the grand jury under bonds of $2,000 for shooting his wife and their servant Misa Stilson a few days ago.
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