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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
1
Readable items report a Milford cornerstone event for St Josephs Catholic Church laid August 29. Other notes mention tax enforcement in Ma on City, farm electric work near Welton and DeWitt, bank heist insured losses, and various local incidents across Iowa.
A Polish cable notes Bolshevik defeat and 70 000 prisoners as peasants with scythes supply prisoners. Census data show Wisconsin cities Kenosha 40742 and Waukesha 12558 with large gains. US warns Poland against pushing into ethnographic borders while De la Huerta faces Zamora bandits in Mexico. Coal production peaks at 11 728 000 tons for the week ending Aug 14. 1926 census may show urban majority. US scouts return from England and France after Jamboree. Antwerp Olympics end with US strong in points 210 to Finland 105 and others. Flying Finn Tanne Kolehmainen rumored marathon winner. F K Foss sets pole vault record 18 ft 51 in. Airplanes reach Nome from Mineola. Illinois halts 2 cent interstate rate fight. 80 cent mile rate expected Sept 1. Eckles shot in Joliet prison escape attempt. two killed in car crash near Chicago. Capt L T Adair dies in Dime-to-Pinne at Spirit Lake. No new action on coal wage dispute. Kansas City population 824 410. Shipyard bids soon in Philadelphia. Rail car shortages persist. Tennessee ratifies federal amendment. Cox campaign reorganizes in Kentucky. Senate investigates campaign expenditures. US Socialist Party endorses third International with reservations.
Personal Judge Ben McCoy a pioneer Mahaska county bar and respected Republican figure dies in Oskaloosa Indiana. Ralph O Hara prominent businessman dies in Oskaloosa. William James Wilson Cauna la scientist and early paraleobotanist for the geological survey dies in Ottawa Ontario. Dr H W Roby Kansas physician author and claimed inventor of Remington typewriter dies at his home in Topeka Kansas.
Reported move by the Soviet delegation from London is described as tantamount to a declaration of war by Soviet Russia on Great Britain. Other items note Tokyo’s call for recalling Japanese emigrants to the United States, a Brunswick hotel fire in Moncton, and Britain’s possible recognition of Egypt’s independence after talks with Milner and Egyptian officials. Also covered are Polish victories over Bolshevik divisions near Warsaw and new prisoner tallies, plus a drowning incident in Mexico and diplomatic talks on ambassadorial acceptances in Paris.
The American Legion prepares for its second national convention in Cleveland starting September 27. About fifty thousand legionnaires are expected for the opening parade led by 40 tanks. Delegates from Hawaii, the Philippines, Porto Rico, the Canal Zone, Britain, Canada and Belgium will attend.
The American Legion launches a nationwide effort to assist 17 006 ex service members in hospitals suffering combat related injuries. Local posts will organize committees to entertain wounded, provide hospital care, assist with discharge, and help secure work and insurance. A system of interstate cooperation will ensure veterans return to their home states. Legion leaders stress personal contact and sustained help as essential to support during recovery.
Lincoln and Garrard counties in Kentucky moved from long standing hostilities to reconciliation after shared WWI service. American Legion posts in Stanford and Lancaster organized a joint reunion and peace celebration, uniting feud families whose sons fought together in France.
An American post in Pennsylvania led a discussion on What the War Did For Me with members describing how the conflict influenced their life in positive and negative ways. A local newspaper editorial urged men trapped in routine to free themselves and strike out on a new path.
Adolph L. Lowe of Lansdale Pennsylvania, a 70 year old American Legion member, entered service in 1927 and served as a carpenter’s mate at Cherry Point Virginia Beach and Norfolk naval facilities. He claims Civil War era sea stories and participated in bombardments of Fort Sumter and the destruction of the Merrimac, later joining U.S. Navy adventures along the coast and a voyage to South America with the Sentinole in 1870s narration.
Helene Young eleven months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Young of Wittman Minnesota, has been taken in by the Women's Auxiliary of the Austin B. Hansen Post, marking the youngest charter member.
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