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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1905
Page
4
A faded Titonka Topic column offers a mosaic of quirky notes on crime, science, theater, and society. It contrasts peculiar public incidents, like a Nashville hotel clerk’s decade-old act of kindness, with speculative items about Russia’s population rise and a duchess entering poultry farming.
Incomplete text references Pasics and Adovanarics with unclear context about a seat and a man who will come to something in the morning. The readable fragments provide no clear event, location, or outcome to summarize.
A sweeping Iowa page cites a Waterloo plant worker dying of heart failure at work, a Muscatine man killed by a switch engine in Bucklin Kansas, and gifts to Iowa State College including the engine Tow a from Mallory estate. It notes a Russell Burlington wreck, Estherville temperance battles, Fort Dodge fire damages, Cedar Falls deaths at Christmas, war beef shipments to Port Arthur, and an ancient burial ground found near Humboldt. It also covers litigation in Marshalltown, Charles City stove injuries, and farmer concerns over careless hunting.
Thomas Snowden, a switchman in Waterloo for the Great Western road, was crushed in front of an engine while clearing the local yards. He had just joined the road and is not expected to live.
Ministers and politicians in Iowa discuss E H Conger returning from Mexico to build an organizational base for a governor bid. The move follows a failed 1901 attempt and aims to position Conger for the next biennial election with potential support from Blythe Perkins and Cummins factions.
Destructive city blaze yesterday left Northwestern National Bank at Fourth and Pierce as the sole remaining structure. A man who jumped from the Massachusetts block’s fourth story was identified as General Brockway, brother of Jesse Brockway who died weeks earlier from a painter’s scaffold fall. No other lives reported lost though some doubt escapes. Dedham Savings Bank in Carroll County placed under state auditor control amid possible reopening. John G. Caton, charged with theft of 10 000 to 15 000, faced auditor. bank stock and deposits total about 60 000. Caton claimed error. he fled to Oregon to resolve matters, leaving son to finish but funds did not arrive. Auditor attached president’s property including land sections to secure bank payment. other assets attached to cover shortfall if possible.
Des Moines reports detail Layman near Camp Douglas watching for a thief who stole a harness. When the thief returned and drew a gun, Layman fired, wounding the man in the legs. Separate local item notes O. S. Bar clay, another stockman, shot and injured, leading to possible amputation in a separate county.
Dea Moles reports on Iowa politics from Des Moines including nominations for the pharmacy commission, President Roosevelt inauguration plans for Governor Cummins and staff, and the electoral college process. Weaver pushes for removal of the Iowa soldiers' monument while Teachers Association officers are named. Chamberlain divorce finalizes hotel ownership split and Flynn cattle theft ends with Robb jailed.
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