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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
1
In Titonka Iowa remarks drift through a spoofed year end collage. The column jests about public figures, science curiosities, and oddities from New York to Abyssinia with playful asides on politics and culture. It lightly mocks trends and news items with a wink.
In a candid note the British official hints at quitting as viceroy of India while retaining a fallback position at the Claque Ports. The suggestion reflects his independent stance and strategic career concerns amidst imperial duties.
A Chicago woman seeks a divorce alleging her husband shows a habit of taking detours during car trips. She claims his distracted driving endangers the family and has caused repeated upheaval, prompting her to file for dissolution of marriage.
A New Jersey judge decides a man must cover his wife’s bills incurred before marriage. The ruling may deter men from signing on without reviewing receipts before tying the knot.
William Persing and Mrs Pratt were arraigned in Rockwell City on a volatile case tied to Cyrus Pratt. They requested a change of venue and faced a grand jury setup with Sept 1, bonds set at 2600 dollars. Mrs Pratt reportedly confessed love for the hired man and asked him to stay if Pratt died.
Judge Caswell granted an injunction to restrain Benton county sheriff from enforcing a writ of abatement against two druggists who refused to post a $1,000 bond for liquor sale violations. The ruling may affect all county druggists and potentially nullify existing bonds.
Henry G Thompson head tankkeeper at a Davenport bank and a well known citizen was shot in the back by a careless reveler using ball cartridges. The ball pierced his back, fractured the spine, and recovery is deemed unlikely. He endured severe pain until relief with anesthetics. Hans C Thomsen, a leading Davenport banker and cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, died from injuries sustained on July Fourth by a reckless celebrator with half cartridges in his revolver.
Koenig a Prypter by trade whose residence is unknown drifted into Carroll a month ago and died after falling twelve feet from a ladder striking cement skull fractured and bleeding he carried a note requesting notification of the doctor in case of accident. Coroner's inquest set for Monday. if unclaimed the body may be shipped to Des Moines for medical dissection under state law.
Missing Graetin ger Sayings bank cashier William Mueller has been found in Indian Territory. Officials say he will not be returned as there are no charges against him. Creditors will lose some, but depositors will be paid in full.
Ground to places under a Rock Island passenger train in Davenport last evening. Two men, one identified as George Dean of Burlington Illinois, the other from Peoria, Illinois, were walking on the railroad in the city’s western section and were ground to pieces.
Before the late Boer war in South Africa the smallest cash in circulation was about six cents. Now there are coins in circulation valued at about two cents.
Charles Seeley of Guthrie Center was fatally shot by Joseph Mackinson after a dispute over a berry patch Friday night. Seeley died yesterday. Mackinson, an older Nebraska veteran, is jailed on murder charges awaiting further proceedings.
A house owned by Samuel Squillman burned at 3 pm yesterday in Seymour. A five year old boy and a four year old neighbor child died. The mother was away and the father at work. The children were playing with firecrackers, believed to start the fire. Charred remains recovered.
Des Moines July 6 Judge James A Howe sustained the demurrer by State Treasurer Gilbert S Gilbertson in a suit by Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Co to recover taxes. The case, supported by fourteen companies, will go to the Supreme Court alleging state mutuals face unequal taxation versus county mutuals. The judge ruled the tax is a business license levy, allowing state wide firms to be taxed while those limited to counties are not. The legislature based classification on area for county mutuals and on statewide operation for others. Fraternal beneficiary associations remain untaxed.
The Iowa casualty list from the Ore works explosion on July 4 is incomplete but shows several fatally injured and many injured. Edgar G. Bailey of La Porte City and Kansas City gets a 60 day reprieve from Governor Folk delaying his execution while new evidence is prepared.
James Cuthbertson, victim, suffers a harpoon fork impalement on the Ingersoll farm west of Glidden while unloading hay. Fork pierced the arm above the elbow and pierced toward the lungs. Wounds dressed in Glidden and he was taken to Mercy Hospital in Carroll.
Des Moines reports a two year old, Lay Cunningham, fell head first into an open fourteen inch well on Rolling Street while mother worked. The mother found him a few moments later as his dress floated on the water. Rescuer J. Sullivan could not save him.
Secretary Wilson dismisses associate statistician Edwin Holmes amid a cotton crop data leak scandal. Investigations reveal New York brokers accessed confidential statistics, guiding market manipulation and costing the public millions while prompting calls for bureau reorganization and chief statistician removal.
Boston July 10 Rev Frank Sandford leader of the Holy Host and Us society of Shiloh Maine and twenty five followers are believed dead at sea. The yacht carrying green skullcaps has not been heard from for thirty three days while en route to Europe from Shiloh.
A 1483 Caxton printing of Book of Caton fetched 6760 dollars at a sale in Kongen on July 10. The bidding totaled rapidly as collectors sought rare early presses.
Dun s Chicago Trade Report notes no decline in finished iron and steel output while demand remains robust in wire, plates and structural forms. Retail and wholesale activity rise. money and credit supply ample. grain and live stock receipts increase with improved harvests and heavy consumption in home markets.
Commissioner Hoss notes action directing 37 life insurance firms in Wisconsin to apply surplus distribution under the new law. The law took effect June 24. The supreme court ruled that distribution under the old law was not mandatory.
Canadian Parliament authorizes construction of a railway road from the British Columbia boundary to the Pacific coast. The measure, read and passed in Ottawa amid opposition from Liberalites who represent the Canadian Pacific adjoinment.
A man named Q J Wompoe of Reymond, Virginia, manager for a tobacco firm, was found in bed at the Gym Verland hotel in Knoxville on a vacation trip. The report notes heat illness as the cause and mentions his seat in bed.
In Wilwood, Pennsylvania, an oil lamp exploded causing the deaths of two children and injuring another. Mr and Mrs Charles Standt, the parents, are in a serious condition after the blast in the home.
Millionaire Henry B Uunolington of Los Angeles reportedly completed a purchase of the town of Redondo in a move described as a major real estate acquisition by a southern California transportation magnate.
The sultan of Turkey apologized to Minister Solsina y for an indignity to a member of the American legation in Constantinople on July 10.
Notes from Des Moines July 10 report railroads in Iowa show assessments near 107 to 129 percent of gross earnings including the Rock Island and Burlington lines. A Dallas County Savings Bank case ends with parole for two men. Mount Pleasant sanatorium inquiry found no basis for Scott county complaints. Ancient implements from J W Preston prompt museum interest. Labor circular laments child labor practices, contrasting with 17th century England. A clerks shooting on University Avenue leaves one critically wounded. suspects escaped.
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