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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
1
The Constantinople region reports a retreat toward fortifications as Turkish forces suffer heavy losses in a decisive battle. Turkish casualties exceed 29,000 killed or wounded, with Bulgarian artillery pushing the capital’s defense toward its last lines.
Reporter notes a quirky romance as Mento May mayor Wiley wins bride through an egg message from Minneapolis to Menlo. Miss Mabel Dickinson buys a dozen eggs at the market, replies by mail, and Uncle Sam transports the notes between cities. The couple, including the impatient mayor, meet in Minneapolis and arrive home as Mr. and Mrs. Wiley.
The body of Henry Raschke, respected Boone resident, was found Saturday night at Eleventh and Lyon. A bullet wound near the right ear indicated suicide. a revolver and two empty shells lay beside. No eyewitnesses. locals recall hearing two quick shots before discovery.
A Des Moines area blaze destroyed $17,000 worth of corn and briars on Andrew Neteoyf’s farm in Wikart township Polk county. Investigators from the slate fire marshal unit are handling the case as the investigation continues.
A garbled report notes an accident where an individual named Oseiun Henry Bene was pulled into a corn shredder. Details are unclear due to corrupted text but indicate a serious incident requiring response.
An unclear OCR shows a banker involved in a suit and a cashe of the Brats lank. The fragment mentions an $8,006 amount and a victim associated with R. G. Crawford, with references to Eropulog and Clay.
The body of James S. Sherman, vice president elect, lay in state at the county courthouse before private family services and a public ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church in Utica. President Taft ordered national mourning with flags at half mast and naval salutes for the late vice president.
Five men die when the gasoline schooner Osprey sinks on the Coos Bay bar Marshfield Oregon on a Friday. Capt Gue Johnson master Chester Johnson Joe Pallech Capt H Jacobsen passenger Ha Hardy an Indian passenger perished. Aviator Blige Christofferson of Portland flew to the wreck in an airship twice but could not save those aboard.
Mrs John H Daugherty was killed and her husband Doctor Daugherty was injured in an automobile collision in Los Angeles California on Thursday. The Daughertys had just arrived from Indianapolis.
Frank W Elkins son of former U S Senator V E Elkins perishes in Fort Worth Texas after a long exile and under an assumed name. He died Thursday from acute alcoholism.
Mr. Swift testified to the formation of the International Harvester company in September 1902 and stated that the McCormick Harvester company earned about 16,000,000 on a 2,600,000 capitalization during fiscal years 1900 1901 and 1902. He noted fierce efforts to prevent examination, and the cross examination by William McHugh and Mr. Grosvenor proceeded after objections failed.
Mother Superior Maury of the Crosses died saving a child during a fire at a charity orphanage in San Antonio. An orphan is missing and feared lost as 87 children were in danger. Chief Wright attempted rescue. a ladder failed to reach the doomed dormitory.
New York police Lt. Charles Becker was condemned to die in Sing Sing during the week of December 5 for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. The sheriff delivered Becker to the authorities as he protested his innocence and prepared for the electric chair.
Gen Sir Baden-Powell, Mafeking hero, marries Miss Olave Soames in Parkstone Dorset. The wedding occurred Wednesday with the ceremony conducted by Rev Hon Readderly.
The Western Union Telegraph company must pay into the treasury of Oklahoma 200,000 in taxes posts and penalties as ordered by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The decision was reported from Oklahoma City on October 31.
In a confession Mrs Beattie Ryall Conway says Charles PD Conway killed Miss Sophia Singer near Gallimore. She claims Conway was violent, that she urged restraint, and that they fled after the act. Warthen, linked to Miss Singer, was present in the police station. Thirty volcanoes erupt on Ninafoon Island, Tonga group, altering its landscape.
France secures the Gordon Bengett International balloon trophy in Berlin on November 3, defeating rivals as the Duengaldort and the isle de France have yet to report.
Reports from Salonika in November claim the Turkish battleship Fethi-Bulend was sunk by a Greek torpedo boat near the Gulf of Salonika. Bulgarian troops occupy Demotter cutting off Adrianople’s link to Constantinople. The Times dispatch says a decisive Turkish defeat followed a Bulgarian pursuit with captures of guns flags and prisoners.
Dr Hofstede DeGroot arrived from The Hague to inspect The Accused Woman Before Christ owned by T B Walker to verify if it is an original Rembrandt. DeGroot's visit followed the painting's exhibition in Minneapolis where authorities seek authentication. Meanwhile in Lebanon a wage advance affects over a thousand workers at the American Iron and Steel Manufacturing plant, raising pay by four dollars eighty cents per ton for puddlers.
A federal grand jury indicted Edward F P Swift Edward A Tides George H Swift Moradon Heath and the Consolidated Rendering Co in Chicago for combining to monopolize rendering trade and commerce. The company reportedly controlled 40 percent in 1904 and about six percent at present through alleged unfair methods. The indictments were returned in U S district court before Judge Morton.
A Chicago woman Mabel Pluxbe is found dead in Hobbs hotel Joliet with a gunshot wound to the head. The body was discovered Friday fully dressed on the bed. The motive or weapon details are not yet known. Nearby authorities continue inquiries into the incident.
In a humorous exchange from the City Star clipping, a student defends a poor agriculture grade with the retort Tri no Hayseed as her father questions the overall record in history literature and German while other departments show mixed results.
An advertisement-style testimonial from 1914 describes severe scalp itching and hair loss, claiming immediate relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The piece promotes Cuticura products sold worldwide with free samples and a skin book offer.
A clergyman testifies Dodds Kidney Pills redeemed his swollen and numb limbs after a year of ailment. He reports heart flutter, dizziness, and exhaustion relieved, praising the remedy and noting continued faith. Also a humorous Humboldt anecdote closes the page.
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