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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1904
Page
1
A collage of quips and anecdotes touches on advertising, education for women, ethics in journalism, and social mores. It cites The New York Herald, The London Times, and figures like John Bull and Spencer Trask, weaving satire on business, politics, and culture with brief notes on the battleship Rhode Island and other curiosities.
The quote recalls Benatar Depew praising Gladstone at 60 and Sian Cameron at 9, with a jab at Chauncey being 70. The light exchange highlights celebrity impressions and aging anecdotes through witty comparisons.
A severe storm in Shelby county killed a farmer Ronettusom and burned his barn with horses inside. Charles Miller’s barn in North Warlaw was struck, killing his team and injuring him as he briefly left the house. Mrs. Elliott, Park Hotel proprietor in Atantia, was badly injured when a garden wire caused a fall.
An electric motor car derailed on a steep grade in Burlington causing a woman, Mrs. Josaph Keehn, to be crushed to death as passengers leaped from the car. Sixteen people were injured, many fatally, with several victims taken to hospitals. The mayor blocked the fatal hill until track safety is restored and a full investigation is planned.
Mrs. Florence M. Stoner, stopped on the way from her husband’s funeral in Des Moines, collected $4,000 in cash from the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, the policy due from T. M. Stoner. The incident followed the Saturday death and Tuesday funeral. The article also notes a $1,000 damages verdict against Keokuk Weetzle Mallway and Power Co. in a death case and recounts several local accidents and odd anecdotes.
Governor Mickeyl honors Iowa requisition for the arrest of Tom Dennison charged with complicity in a diamond robbery. United States Marshal Christian sails to Omaha with a writ of habeas corpus awaited. Dennison remains at large in Omaha under a $6,000 bond. The case involves the Pollock diamonds allegedly received from a traveling man near Missouri Valley Iowa.
Iowa's Cornell College announced a wide Jubilee celebration from June 10 to 16 at Mt Vernon. Notables including Senator Allison and Leslie Shaw will speak as part of a program honoring the college founded in 1858 with a long history west of the Mississippi.
Notes from Des Moines detail rising county penitentiary commitments over five months, changes to diphtheria quarantine rules, and state actions affecting rail and institutional oversight. Reports cover Rock Island Railroad interests in Des Moines Fort Dodge lines, a new seven day quarantine rule with antitoxin immunity, and appointments to the Borders Orphan Home and industrial school supervision.
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