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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
1
A seven year old farmer named Pullen was killed when his body was found beneath a vehicle after an auto accident near Clarinda. Fire followed the crash and coroner investigates. The boy lived near Bedford and was noted as a prominent local farmer.
The Iowa state board of control awarded contracts for 40 000 pounds of rice and 40 000 bushels of potatoes to be used in state institutions over six months. Wheatley Rice Mill of Wheatley Arkansas won the rice bid at 4.87 cents a pound, while G M Rosa & Co of Grinnell secured the potato contract at 1 23 to 1 25 per bushel. Western potatoes will be supplied.
Edwin D. Kaynor 70 year old Civil War veteran at the Iowa Soldiers' Home in Ames reports both parents living at ages 95 and 90. The couple reside in the same home where they have spent their long marriage. Raynor served in Company K Thirty ninth Wisconsin infantry.
Martin Edel aged 22 of Haverhill was stricken while loading a wagon with corn and fell breaking his neck. The incident occurred in a field near Haverhill, Marshall County. His employer Anton Pille found Edel after he failed to come to the house for dinner.
In Marshaltown a 17 year old, Jesse Arnold, near State Center, was hunting when his single barraled shotgun exploded on a rock. The shell shattered his wrist requiring amputation of the lower forearm. Some shot struck Arnold’s nose lip and eyebrow.
Prank Wirth Need 27 of Union, Iowa, was killed when his car struck a depression in the road while driving into town from the country. He was thrown from the vehicle and died instantly, with the neck broken. The incident occurred near Union.
Judge M J Wadd set the criminal case of Andrew Bowlig of Denison for trial at the opening of the United States court on October 31. Bowlig is charged with attempting to blackmail banker George M Nayve of that city through threatening letters. The State Board of Health reported the death of Mrs Mary Woods aged 103 born in Ireland.
Jove State College dairy judging team places third at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Springfield, Mass. W L Henderson of Randall among top individuals, with team members J A Sturtevant Sioux City and W Wilson Griphell. Nebraska takes first, Kansas second. over fifteen colleges competed. Also: Iowa University zoology labs face dye shortages due to war, risking stain materials.
Towa City T L Li a graduate and president of the Chinese Students club asserts that moving pictures misrepresent Chinese people by portraying them as evil and undesirable. He warns such depictions threaten the goodwill between China and the United States and could endanger friendly ties.
The state board of control completed a semi annual inspection of Cherokee and Independence state hospitals. J H Henderson and Jett to appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission to oppose a new railroad bill limiting liability. Gov Claridge issued a requisition for Charles Love under arrest at Wainer IA. Love sought in Fremont County IA on property figures in Love’s troubles. Attorney General George Coston noted arrests of confidence men swindling Towans by fake race games to be tried at Davenport November 13. June deaths total 1,629 with 186 from violence including five murders and 21 automobile fatalities and sixteen drowned mining the month.
Reports from Keokuk describe raids on temp pars revealing noncompliant bars with state law. Charles City laments room shortages for workers as Hart Par plant expansions employ about 400 more, straining city services. In Charlea City a shooting affray at the Hart Par plant led to arrests for assault with intent to murder. Lat er Evins was linked to a theft case in Magon City. Emil and Mrs. Kruse marked their golden wedding after fifty years in Dubuque. Shenandoah voters will decide on a municipal light heat and power plant on November 7. Fires at the Stanley Marak farm near Iowa City and another near La farm burned straw stacks, haystacks, and a barn, alarming local farmers.
The Cunard liner Alaunia bound from New York to Falmouth and London was sunk by a mine in the English Channel. Of 243 passengers, 185 first class and 68 steerage, all were landed at Falmouth before the explosion. four crew members were lost and ten Americans were aboard. The ship carried 18,000 tons of cargo and was armed for submarine defense.
A Reuters Athens dispatch reports royalist demonstrations in Athens with attacks on French sailors and a request for protection of the American minister. Separately a powerful earthquake and storm struck the Deep South on Thursday, causing one death, extensive damage, and flooding in Mobile with roofs torn from homes and ships sunk.
Ashland limited train on the Northwestern from Chicago to Ashland wrecked in Manitowoc yards. Engineer Robert Fitzgerald of Milwaukee was killed. fireman Albert Ducknise of Green Bay believed buried. Several passengers injured. cause traced to a switched lock broken and the switch light turned to clear. Train toppled with the engine on its side and cars down an embankment. It was the first such attempt in months.
In Yalrmont, West Virginia, October 28, L. M. Jones, a mining engineer sent from the Pittsburgh bureau of mines to Bar rackville to supervise a rescue party, died of asphyxiation in the Jaumison mine where an explosion left more than a dozen men entombed. Matthew Allison, chief electrician, was recovered, and three other bodies were taken from the mine, including Allison's assistant A. W. Vanee.
President Wilson reports replies from the Kings and Presidents of England France and Russia and emperors of Germany and Austria show further differences over relief terms for Poland. He regrets not achieving a definite settlement or fresh consideration to relieve suffering.
Berlin via London Oct 21 Field Marshal Alexander H von Kluck who led the German right wing toward Paris in 1914 has been placed on the retired list at his own request He has not returned to the front since being wounded by shrapnel entailing his departure from active duty
Berlin reports a crushing Russian defeat as Teutons capture trenches on a front of a mile and a half and take 1,930 prisoners with ten machine guns. Petrograd notes Austro German counter attacks southeast of Lemberg follow bombardment.
Reports say the American fishing schooner Richard W. Clarke was captured in waters near Iceland and taken to Grimsby. The vessel is listed around 50 percent gross tons and was operating off Ireland with London reporting.
A Washington dispatch notes extensive damage to the naval aeronautical station at Pensacola as a storm swept the area. The official report cites structural damage and disruption of operations, with initial assessments pending from federal authorities.
Domestic exports from New York in September rose by more than 100 60,000 compared with the same month in 1915, per the port collector Maléng.
Crude oil jumped to a record price in Pittsburgh as principal purchasing agencies announced an advance of ten cents a barrel for all grades in anticipation of a market reopening.
Rome authorities cut public lighting to half and mandated closing of all public houses by 10:30 p.m. due to coal shortages.
Bayonne New Jersey October 28 workers at all plants resume normal operations after the last strikers end walkouts. All employees rehired without prejudice, conditions restored.
A Marseilles court martial has unanimously condemned Mme. Gomeng Sanchés formerly Maria E4ber Goll of Dusseldorf to death for spying. The announcement came from Parla on October 23.
London dispatch reports the Austrian premier Count Kart Bergkh shot in Vienna by Adler the publisher of a Vienna newspaper. Bergkh, a longtime figure in Austrian politics, served as minister of public works in 1909 and led a ministry formed in 1911. born 1859 at Graz, he entered state service in 1881 and entered parliament in 189?. details are scarce amid wartime turmoil and Hungarian tensions.
Des Moines reports that most of the 1b officers of the Iowa National Guard bound for Brownsville Texas plan to remain through winter. General Funston announced no troop returns soon, prompting Secon Iowa regiment officers to arrange boarded tents and stoves for comfort. Some enlisted men plan to hoard tents while others prepare for a longer stay. many prefer to stay despite potential homesickness.
Indianola reported a boom with $285 000 in improvements to date. The gains span business and residential districts, including 27 new homes costing $85 550 and 14 improvement projects of 4 000 each, plus sixty additional improvements of varying amounts.
Les Fleming, a former laborer and builder, now runs a truck patch in Shenandoah. He is selling cabbage at 3 cents per pound, boasting around 6000 pounds or three tons ready for market, expected to bring about 1800 dollars. He describes trucking farming as highly profitable and plans to expand.
Waterloo board awarded contracts for a new high school in East Waterloo totaling 291 834 with bids led by 226 807 for the core building plumbing bids 49 450 and painting 540 plus. More than thirty contractors submitted bids for plumbing and painting. The project aims to complete the structure by April 1 1918 and will be among the largest in the Midland west region.
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