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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1904
Page
1
A collage of satirical notes on charity, reform, finance, and society. It jokes about money, fortunes, and stock markets, mentions the New York Greening Mail, royal and literary figures, and trends in social behavior with a light, critical tone.
A Iowa report details a Waterloo fire causing $10,000 damage to Wilson Bros factory and stock, a Robbery case in Reinbeck with $360 cash missing and postmaster liability, and a Cresco assault verdict with Crooks likely appealing. Additional items cover bacteriological station expansion in Iowa, a Des Moines yard accident injuring Henry O Bleness, plus theft allegations against John Monroe near Clemong Marshall County.
A church janitor at Creston, McMaster, was badly bruised when a plaza collapsed during movement. a trackboard saved him from death. Nearby items cover coal shipper protests, a Des Moines jail transfer, census road usage questions, jailbreaks, chickenpox quarantines, a mass rabbit hunt near Marysville, a Dedham savings bank attachment, and a large mule sale in Oskaola.
A vast blaze destroyed two solid blocks of Sioux City’s business core late last night causing losses estimated between 1.5 and 3 million dollars. The Massachusetts block and Toy bank building were among those razed, with the fire spreading from the Pelleter Dry Goods store at Fourth and Jackson. The flames halted near Pierce Street as the Omaha department arrived too late to help.
Fire in Mitchellville December 23 caused about 10100 in losses across five buildings. Origin traced to a gasoline stove in Lyons restaurant. contents saved in some locations and insurance coverage varied. Additional reports describe Fort Dodge Reynolds Block losses and a severe scalp injury at a Council Bluffs plant.
Fire gutted the Iowa Brewing company plant in Iowa City destroying brewery warehouse and manufacturing facilities. Loss estimated between 76000 and 100000 with only 20000 insured. the battllng works spared. Fire started 510 PM in boiler room and spread quickly within brick walls.
Long Iowa report covers state boards and public notices. Drifts on publication of L H Pammel bulletin, drainage debates for Rush Lake and Swin and Rice cases, adjutant general succession from Byers to Thrift, municipal damages suit by Amelia Brownfield against Northwestern Railway, court docket actions and rehearing schedules, and a Canton Illinois arrest for Leonard Morgan.
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