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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
6
A By stander contributor recalls near conciliation in Ireland's division amid civil strife. Anecdotes describe Nat ionalist volunteers and Ulster men sharing a drill field, and Nat ionalist leaders joking about borrowing Ulster rifles.
Secretary Hower Wade of the Texas Good Roads Association laments the widening gap between producers and consumers caused by mudabole and praises permanent highways restricted in mission-sending countries.
A playful exchange centers on the line All the world’s a stage. The aged voice quotes the line while a fool replies that it lacks an asbestos drop curtain, hinting at theatrical or satirical wit.
Frante Lavelle testified in his robbery trial before Judge Lawrence de Graff that Wegener urged him to kill Charles H. Ashworth while Ashworth lay bound in a vacant Valley Junction building. Lavelle admitted guilt to avoid harsher punishment, detailing money and whisky payments and the plan to rob Ashworth.
The body of Mrs Belle Thomas Gates was found on the first dike north of Alexandria, a week after her valise was found on railroad tracks near the Des Moines river bridge. She had come to Keokuk from Waterloo and was last seen with a male companion at the south end of the bridge. The body, in a badly decomposed state, likely indicates she leaped to death from the bridge pier.
The world’s first junior Odd Fellows organization has been formed in Clinton by local high school students. It operates under the I. Q. 0, FW rules and, at age 21, members transition to the fraternal society. Will V. Tufford, a notable Odd Fellow, led the junior group.
New Distance Recon, Chicago, W A Robinson of Grinnell Iowa flew a self built monoplane from Des Moines to Kentland Indiana about 400 miles in four hours and forty four minutes. A wind and rain storm diverted his course toward Chicago and he was missing for three hours above the clouds.
Muscatius Frank Duffs of Wilton received injuries while hunting that Wirely will prove fatal. He and two companions fired at a squirrel when a bullet lodged in husling. It is unclear which man fired the fatal shot.
Iowa girl Miss Hunice Schaefla of Vinton has joined the company touring Joseph and His Brethren after work in Chicago and Chautauqua. One dead and two injured in Newton Banghart gunpowder blast. a 3 year old child killed, wife severely hurt. Sixty five Duroc Jeray hogs sold near Missouri Valley for $4 712. Palace theater sued by Rich Feature Flint Exchange for 10000 over Isis film dispute. Continuous rapid-motion film activity reported from Cedar Nopidé Waterloo area.
The annual 1914 report outlines broad educational policy changes including state aid to public schools, creation of three elementary normal schools, and raising consolidated school appropriations from 60000 to 125000. The Iowa 103 strain of corn and Iowa 103 yield data are noted, with significant school consolidation progress and field trials at Ames and other counties. Des Moines discusses opposition to voting machines and Australian ballot legal challenges. Insurance federation talks surface, Drake upset Kansas, and Attorney General Cosson backs delinquent-official removal laws. Ames funds bleachers for the state athletics field and places numerals on the stands.
Cedar Rapids hosted Cyril Charles Slapnicka wedding to Abbie Martinets as the star twirler for Milwaukee in the American association. Debouque streetcar worker Jefferson Onyern, 55, killed at a crossing. Indictments for murder of Walter Nortreet in a Ne ma ha stabbing affray. Davenport Rock Island Molino hotel keepers form group against bogus checks. Walter R Johnson jailed in Council Bluffs on wife’s poisoning claim. A B Spottewood leaves C W Payne bank to join Mapleton bank venture. Ed Bronson of Solon dies in Iowa City jail cell, heart failure. LeMars burglars raid Lloyd place stealing two hogs. Neighbor disturbed by the crime near Lloyd home.
Iowa Attorney General Cosson urges a governor run state police system, expanded district judge powers in criminal trials, stricter criminal procedure, jail reforms, and district cantonal farms to employ prisoners. He warns the nation risks higher murder rates and stresses strict law enforcement. Farm labor shifts as corn harvest draws workers northward. details on Woodmen of America case and a marshal’s man slaughter sentence are noted.
A prisoner in an Irlet police court was asked about large occupations and admitted to following various lines of work. He claimed he does not pick pockets but takes opportunities as they come. The item also notes low wages for British confectionery workers and Britain leading in automatic telephone service contracts worth nearly five hundred thousand pounds.
A clipped opinion piece questions the fate of youth terming them “the good ole young.” The writer muses that their prospects may worsen, suggesting hardship and potential starvation if current trajectories continue.
A widower resumes his paused romantic efforts after a long interim, picking up where his prior courtship left off and seeking a fresh start in love.
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