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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1905
Page
1
A string of quirky items from Titonka Topic columns notes on Gen Sherman water, public edicts, Marconi marriage, golf spending, naval recruiting teeth matters, Greek writing, captivity jests, and humorous European motifs. It also comments on editors and pedestrians, with parodied quotes and light social satire across multiple topics.
New York readers compare the tenement blaze killing a score of lives to the vast horror of the Mukden battle, noting the inconceivable scale and urging reflection on such calamities.
Iowa report details George Sargent in critical condition after an overdose at Burlington, Henry Winand found guilty of second degree murder in Denver, and Major Charley Hinton dead in Davenport. It notes missing Iowa restaurateur R. L. Hulett in Chicago, a $10,000 slander suit in Taylor County, Bob Welch’s jail escape near Casey, and calls for a Ringgold county experiment station. Also included are a Los Angeles inquiry into a possible widow’s estate, a Crawford county poor farm fire killing Perry Wilson, and a Des Moines domestic assault on M. McNeeley with his daughter aiding.
It is reported Robert Berry long thought missing from Burlington with $90,000 on him has been located visiting relatives in the east and will return home by week’s end. Other items include a train scare near Cone and an accident injuring Miss Creiger. a dispute between L W Stock and A H Stock in Algona. several court cases in Waverly and Panama. and notes on train obstructions, a missing Iowa Indian girl, a burglary chase in Council Bluffs, and various local incidents.
The 1905 Iowa Rifle association state competition opens August 11 and lasts seven days, with five top shots from each company forming the auto rifle team to compete in Sea Girt New Jersey starting August 24. The Forty-fifth regiment will send details directly to the national matches, and the state building at the St. Louis exposition is nearly razed as salvage materials are repurposed within a $5,000 appropriation.
A damaged reprint recounts a Ohio woman Minnie Gossettive Gossettives praising Williams Pink Pills for her family illness, claiming cure of anemia nerves and rheumatism. It cites Dr Williams Pink Pills as sold nationwide and lauds their household value and health improvements through multiple family uses.
A prison visitor urges the inmate to adopt a strong guiding motto to inspire self improvement. The convict agrees and considers choosing the phrase We are here today and gone tomorrow from the Philadelphia Press.
Ethel muses on why a little boy is not a grown man and why a doll's price differs with size. The exchange suggests childlike reflections on value and identity in a fragmented newspaper snippet.
An newly elected Ohio congressman travels to Washington to observe duties. He is warmly received, treated to many meals by colleagues, and returns claiming he has had a great time. George Meredith narrates as the author notes the contrast between his novelist image and modest home.
A bemused letter from a well known resident describes relief from years of back and kidney pains after trying Dodi's Kidney P... The message praises the remedy and claims renewed comfort with fewer aches in the body.
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