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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
1
Surveyors plan a new north south route from one mile south of Eldora to near Steamboat Rock to cut curves and dangerous crossings. The project would remove the worst bends between Eldora and Steamboat Rock and the deadly Perkins crossing, reducing wrecks and costs.
Perry G Holden, president of the Iowa Agricultural Association and former Iowa State College official, is appointed dean of IH Company service bureau. He will relocate to Chicago, manage over 1,000,000 dollars for bureau growth, and promote Iowa agriculture globally without leaving the state.
Webster City editor Frank A Salter known as Uncle Fatetat pleaded guilty in Fort Dodge federal court to sending obscene material. Judge Reed, noting no obscenity in the matter, set a nominal $25 fine for an article referencing the moral condition among the young people.
Webster City cafes serve pearls with oysters sparingly. A local cafe recently offered the "to Turgé and perfect oysters" to a prominent plumbing contractor, while not all Webster City hotels restaurants and eating houses provide pearls with the shellfish.
Dra J Mee of Heron Lake Minnesota plans a brick hospital and laboratory in Sioux City on Haventh and Jaesckeon streets. He will erect a sixth hospital for the city on ground he has purchased.
Mason City newspapers report B F and M Ferguson purchase an interest with Freeman R Conaway in the Mason City theme and B F Ferguson will resume the business management of the paper.
Fire swept the postoffice and Repeal store of Bingham burning the buildings to the ground. Postmaster Mr. Oxford had removed government funds and the postal stamp gear, valued at $8,600, insured for $2,080.
President Taft accepts the resignation of U S Treasurer McClung at the executive mansion. Carril Thompson tipped as successor. The move triggers a massive accounting of all money and securities in vaults, described as the greatest financial transaction in history. McClung had taken office with a receipt of 4 60 134 946.
Dispatches from Sofia and Constantinople describe Bulgarian forces reaching near Constantinople and pressing toward key ports. The Turkish army faces cholera outbreaks, demoralization, and potential surrender terms including evacuation of Adrianople Scutari Monastir and Janina.
La Grange dam, Ill. Nov 18 The body of William Moore was recovered Friday after the motor boat Five Dollar Gill went over the dam in a drowning accident. A second body seen in the water near the dam eluded recovery due to swift currents. Moore’s father, from Kirkwood, Mo., was not the companion as initially thought. the companion’s identity remains unknown.
In Brockholm Sweden on November 18 Thea Nobel prize for literature was awarded to German writer Gerhart Hauptmann at a ceremony.
Burlington, N J reports ten year old Amon Pestridge died at home from injuries after a football incident. his nose was kicked and he suffered blood vessel rupture. In Champaign Ill a man identified as James Cain, seeking marriage to Margaret Jane, killed himself by leaping before a train after a failed assault attempt.
Six men died and about thirty were wounded when 1000 to 2000 pounds of dynamite exploded at pack house No 8 of Aetna Powder company three miles east of Gary Indiana. Debris spread over a mile damaging nearby buildings. The explosion occurred Tuesday. A Buchanan Medal was later awarded to Col. William C. Gorgas for related sanitary works.
Judge James W. Swayne ordered 110 veniremen summoned from a Fort Worth, Texas lineup to select the Snead jury. The order faced strong protests as held under guard amid a storm of opposition.
A Hamilton and Dayton railway collision at Irvington Indiana leaves fifteen dead and sixteen injured as a passenger train runs at speed over forty miles per hour after a switch is left open. Investigators fault the failure to install a block system and the head brakeman’s delay in closing the switch. Carl Gross, the brakeman, is under guard in a hospital with a broken leg. Passengers named include P Gruendhoefer Cincinnati Albert Allen Mrs Albert Allen Ben Boxte William Sharkey Irvin M Wiggins Glenn Imholt Horace White J L Palmer C Cheney Julia Cheney Chester Cheney and others. The No 86 Cincinnati to Chicago train was late. the engineer sought to make up time and collided with a freight train on a siding.
California canvass shows Roosevelt ahead by 66 votes with nine counties outstanding and about 60 districts unreported. Wilson leads Taft by 416 votes in the latest tallies, with many counties yet to certify their returns.
Lake Charters La Nov 16 The Welle Pargo Express company office here was robbed Thursday of a package containing $26,000 in currency. J I Chevis night express clerk has been arrested.
A break in at a jewelry shop near Storen Park on November 15 saw $60,000 worth of jewels stolen through a temporary partition from an adjoining building. No arrests reported.
Lieutenant Governor elect W L Harding previews feeding measures and the Oregon plan. He predicts a statewide approach to improving rural highways, while questions remain on who will fund and legislate the project and whether local committees may build their own roads.
Judge Arthur denies Kimball a mandamus to recount pallets in a city precinct. The case, tied to the statewide Republican contest and Auditor Hanan, is deemed improper as a contest belongs before the state senate. Attorneys including Mack Godwin argued illegality, but the court sustains the demurrer.
H Cunningham of Newell reelected to the legislature from Buena Vista County announces a candidate for speaker of the lower house when the legislature convenes January 13. He has pledged support from holdover members and cites three Eleventh district contenders, Cunningham Dixon of Sac County and Gerrit Klay of Sioux County.
Promoters outline a four city interurban linking Keokuk Port Madison Washington and Iowa City with Ottumwa and Fairfield under consideration. A Mount Pleasant meeting is planned to push definite action as talks highlight the route through leading state areas.
Work has begun on erecting four new Presbyterian churches at Corning with an estimated cost of about $18,000. The old church Agu stood since 1876. A saloon petition will shortly be circulated in Ottumwa as liquor interests decline. A copy of poll books will be used to secure signatures and finalize arrangements. Ottumwa has been without saloons since July.
The report details campaign financing at two cents to state coffers, a rate suspension by the Interstate Commerce Commission affecting lumber freight to Des Moines from Texas and Louisiana, and an investigation into proposed price increases. It also covers the Des Moines veterinary meet with 200 veterinarians gathered, Cornell contributions, and new officers elected for the Ames veterinary association.
A garbled Iowa page reports a park escapee panics Blanchard residents while Mrs. Coyle dies as a kitchen fire traps clothing. Real estate broker Joseph Stiles shoots himself, whether intentionally unknown. A Davenport resident struck by an engine on the Rock Island line dies instantly. Fort Dodge veteran Henry Preston dies of apoplexy while waiting for a streetcar. Merrit council awards bonds for a power plant to M R Faber of Retsen. Homer Crow, deserter, captured in Charles City by a US detective. Storm Lake resident Mrs C I Bathards dies of tuberculosis. she left a husband and a seven-year-old son. Corn harvest rising in Lyon County with 60–66 bushels per acre. crop quality strong. Interurban rail line proposed linking Keokuk to Ottumwa via Washington and Iowa City. Fred Butler of Fort Dodge sentenced to life for rape of his 16-year-old stepdaughter Vera Butter. grandmother testified. A boy loses fingers from dynamite. Carl Beckworth implicates Willam Drown in a theft case. The 10-year-old son of J. Meewter is injured by an elevator accident near Rogk Trapldg. Wiley Zimper Marshalltown incident reported.
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