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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
3
The column parodies politics science and society with mock seriousness. It references Susan B Anthony Ching and Grant Thain Osler and Marie Antoinette era topics, then shifts to local items like Rhode Island railroad consolidation and New York book sales.
A puzzling report suggests Boston lacks pure beans and could mislead residents. The note hints at adults contemplating introducing. users may be convinced someone would attempt to reach Paradise, though details remain unclear.
A shooting near Nora Jimelion leaves Harvey wounded as disputes erupt at a beer party. Alibis and arrests follow with details of the victim’s identity, the alleged shooter, and subsequent court actions in multiple cases. A German laborer Lindner loses his head under a moving freight car at Cornell Bluffs, while twelve-year-old Frank Mombach averts a catastrophe in a runaway wagon incident. Leon Clark suicides in Des Moines after a rejected romance with Maytum. An Ottumwa to Jefferson City electric railway project is announced, with track surveys and rights of way described. Industrial accidents occur at a marble works and a Milwaukee freight derailment near Seymour, injuring workers and killing cattle.
A string of brief items reports M C Waltick of Wairfield filing an assignment for creditors with liabilities over 7578 against factory and residence. Other items include Mulch ter shot in arm at Mloyd farm, major land sale near Oskaloosa for 4650, a switchman Harmon killed in Missouri Valley, and a Bish schoolboy shot in the face. Also covered are bank indictments at Holstein, a near Ames construction accident, a coroner’s confession appeal in Wescott case, and various fatalities and fires across western Iowa towns.
Des Moines reports forty eight hours after United States Marshal William Nichardy announced Richards would surrender to Fort Madison authorities. Richards vanished after leaving Des Moines and may have sought refuge in Illinois or Creston. Relatives in Iowa and supporters seek clemency while Richards weighs voluntary surrender to serve a sixteen year term.
The April murder near Buxton coal mining camp ends with Andrew Smith shotting Sam Irwin at the Jack Galmon shack four miles east of Buxton. Smith fled to Oskaloosa in a buggy with another man and was arrested there after a report of the crime. Irwin and Smith were known to work at nearby mines.
Yesterday a wing of the Glarinda State Hospital under construction collapsed just after workmen entered. Seven workers were nearby as two steel roof trusses failed under heavy weight from concrete tiling. No lives were lost though several were injured. officials inspected the wreck and found no fault with the ongoing work.
Oskaloosa plans a major interurban line running to Buxton and the Monroe Marion coal fields. A $100,000 pledge secured by mass meeting resolutions. Major Lacey chaired. David R. Francis of St Louis presented the plan via H E O Neill. Road expected April 1908 operation with full completion by October 1906 and a $4.6 million capitalization.
Des Moines reports a pattern where clerks and aides from the last general assembly may retain or return to their old positions, with Cecil Visi of Rockwell City poised for a senate clerk role and John Connolly of Des Moines likely to stand for re election. The speculation centers on reuse of prior staff and possible cost implications.
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