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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1904
Page
3
The piece mixes quotes and trivia from journals about famine in Russia, Percy Patti, Japan, Tibet, and American editors. It references figures like Father Huntington, Jiji, Hetty Green, Andrew Carnegie, and Russell Gage, plus sketches on education reform, currency, and satire.
Belmond resident Vollie Minnengs survived a severe arm injury while shelling corn when his coat snagged a Winkling rod. Ottumwa’s Mrs. Seymour Miller faces arrest on false pretenses charges. Athumwa reporter James Par found a severed arm in a vacant lot as police investigate. The Molen Woodmen of America file a $100,000 suit over bank losses tied to the estate of late banker EL It. McCutchen of Holstein. A Los Angeles trial, Overholiver sentenced for forgery, and the Storm Lake area bank failures prompt grand jury scrutiny into Northern land deals and missing funds.
A large implement ho e burned at Modale at 2 a m. in a blaze that would have wiped the lawn had weather not intervened. A tense region near Traer saw injunctions served on three Lisiness Macey farmers amid talk of banishing temple saloon influence. A teacher in New England quizzed pupils about Pilgrims and a rooster. In London area a preacher Trimble sued for divorce as his wife was accused of destroying his clothes. A Burlington line courier witnessed a fatal crossing accident near Des Moines while other cases recount a series of shootings and suicides in Iowa towns, with multiple arrests and inquiries into old crimes.
Miners and operators in Iowa fail to agree at a six week conference and all mines will shut down, leaving 13 601 workers unemployed. Dispute centers on wages for unskilled labor and the price of blasting powder, with operators resisting universal wage increases and miners demanding higher pay and powder costs.
Three Fort Dodge mills idle amid wage troubles with a gypsum miner wage dispute spurring walkouts. The Cardiff Gypsum Company porter reduction triggers action spreading to Fort Dodge Plaster and Plymouth Gypsum mills, with all winter and mill workers striking and showing sympathy.
Major General Pug, chief of the Russian military staff in Manchuria, is described as a top officer of the empire. He is lauded as a thorough modern Russian military man with proven ability across service departments and leadership of capable troops. The text also notes labor disputes at mills over production costs and a local obituary for Thos Ackley, plus scattered curiosities about the lantern fly and a Boston woman.
Des Moines reports March events in the Senate and House. Bills range from banking for outside-state loans to road and railroad regulations, public health, and education funding. Notable items include amendments to pass measures on licenses and and a monument appropriation, with contentious votes shaping the session's agenda.
Fragmented report outlines Iowa discussions on funding and exhibiting agricultural products, extradition amendments, and state pardon reconsiderations. Highlights include a proposed appropriation for a Kansas exhibit, an extradition bill on poison cases, and the fate of pardons for Sarah Kuhn and others as committees convene.
Police say a Montrose couple were found dead in their home with a bullet entry and a gunmuzzle blast inside the kitchen. The coroner reports the husband killed his wife then shot himself after entering the house to conceal his crime. Authorities are investigating foul play and possible arson at the scene.
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