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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1912
Page
3
Harvard researchers test a cinematograph nerve test to train chauffeurs by simulating emergencies. A student sits in a mocked car while moving pictures on a wall trigger real reactions, aiming to reduce U S motor vehicle accidents.
A woman in Pennsylvania was fined for witchcraft. The text notes a repeated pattern of damaging art in western rail centers and mentions a statue of Venus Mile with altered processing. It predicts money washing machines may be banned in banks, though some will resist using clean money.
Fragmentary text from an authority mentions a dollar bill amount of 14 million but lacks context or concrete details to determine event, date, or responsible parties.
A Vienna dispatch portrays the Bulgarian army advancing at Yar with the aim of destroying Turkish forces along the Maritsa and Ikene fronts. Turkish troops in Adrianople, 40,000 strong, guard the line between Adrianople and Constantinople as Bulgarians threaten rail communications.
Des Moines reports a telegram claims P. E. Bailey died in Shawnee Ohio leaving a $75,000 fortune to a nephew. The adjutant general’s office cannot locate relatives though Bailey is said to have brothers and sisters and to have served in an Iowa Civil War regiment.
In Des Moines a 28 year old man William J. Gillam was stabbed in a free for all at the Chopetey restaurant at West Seventh and Mulberry streets. He lies in critical condition at Mercy hospital. Chet Walters is suspected of the cut.
The Cantonment for the Manchester Machine Company plant is installed and will begin producing Finch street sweeper and damp carts. Claude Van Tassell of Cedar Rapids appointed head of the machine department at the new facility.
Deed transferring title to 1,000 acres in Iowa from Raub and Mrs. Kate McKim to J. Cownle of Polk County for 100000 dollars has not yet appeared in county records.
William Atel and Dutra were fined $10 each by a local magistrate for attempting to hunt ducks from a shoreline on Clear Lake. The two men were arrested on the charge and issued the penalty for the infractions observed during the outing.
A well known LeMars resident, Lemers.-Lav Buxby, was fatally injured in a fall after a mishap near a Darn Alp back. Police report unclear details but confirm the fatality.
Reports from Sofia Belgrade and Sofia claim Kirk Kilissech fell to Bulgarian forces after a flanking move on Adrianople with Turkish casualties in the thousands. Turkish garrison of Kirk Kilissech reportedly numbered around 30 000 with prisoners said taken. Greeks report capturing Servia near Mount Olympus but Turkish massacres of Christians are claimed by Bosnian and other sources.
In Indianapolis October proceedings Walter Drew testified that Herbert Hockly said she needed the man he carried after the McNamara arrest in April 1913. The trial centers on links between the National Directors Association and the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers over a bridge contract sublet to Boston Bridge Company using non union labor.
Salt Lake City Utah Oct 26 a firing squad carried out the death sentence on Thomas Riley for the murder of G Fassel a groper in Maron 1610. The condemned man faced the firing squad at the state felon Thursday.
The naval transport Prairie, missing since October 3, arrived safely at San Domingo City on Tuesday amid earlier fears for its safety.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a patient in Philadelphia after a heart operation who reportedly endured nine stitches. The uncertain text references a Pennsylvanis pen and a Tuesday arrival with names such as John Thompson and a Black man, but details are unclear and sources vary.
Lieut Charles Becker found guilty of murder in the first degree after an eight hour deliberation. His wife Mrs Becker collapsed in court as the verdict was pronounced. Becker’s fate followed testimony on the death of gambler Herman Walropon, with spectators and jurors moved by the decision.
Lloyd W. Bowers former U S official who died in Boston in September 1940 left an estate of 342 286 according to a report filed in the Surrogate's Court here Friday Cleveland?
Fragmentary OCR notes recount an unclear event involving names Wing sult Laipale Germany and Duchées dy Palleyrangh. Details are garbled with references to extortion and examination by Linpets but lack coherent facts or dates.
In Havana on October 8, a violent clash between Liberal and Conservative factions left three dead and many wounded as police fired on rioters in Central Park after a resumption of street fighting. Troops patrolled the streets and the city proclaimed martial law amid widespread disorder and attacks on the American press offices.
Washington October 25 Solicitor General Hallley argues before the Supreme Court on the Patten cotton corner case The government asserts Sherman anti trust law violations while the defense contends the matter centers on general principles amid fears of broad enforcement actions in wheat coton and related markets
The steamship Asiatic Prince rescued thirteen men from a fire on a Brazilian voyage. Eighteen crew members drowned, nine rescued by another ship, with forty-one aboard at the time. Survivors were landed at Macelo, Brazil.
Washington reports Pipet National Bank in Wilburton Oklahoma closed its doors with an insolvency note. National Bank Examiner Wilcox relayed to the comptroller that the institution failed due to a shortage. Also noted are a youth expelled from a school, a student dismissed at a Minnesota academy for misconduct, and a bank robbery in Manistee Michigan involving a $44,900 theft.
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