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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1904
Page
1
A quirky column listing wide ranging items from railway accidents to social mores. Notes include a Duke of Con geugnant car accident, a New Jerman tally sold for a cent, and jokes about fashion and lotteries. Mentions John K Sullivan pledge, Seth Low speech, and a banker’s coin hoard tip.
A despondent young woman named Winnie Tate was found near Oskaloosa nearly dead from morphine amid personal crisis. She said her family cast her out and the man who harmed her fled to Waterloo. she will be taken to Benedict home at Duvugue.
Frank Sandquist, a 30 year Storm Lake shoemaker, died after a blow to the left temple. He was found unconscious near his former home after leaving a nearby gathering with his daughter Mabel. Coroner's Jury investigating. several suspects shadowed and arrests expected.
SigourneyOctober 28 Harry Lash and Sanford Fair were arrested on charges of holding up and robbing a traveling man in the depot waiting room. The pair allegedly entered with a gas pipe and demanded money and a watch, taking about $14 and the timepiece before fleeing. Police arrested them within fifteen minutes after the call to the operator. Trial set for Monday.
The Rose Grove township lake bed near Webster City was sold to A J McMahone of Ramsey Minnesota for 57000. The land totals 1005 acres in three parcels 86 111 and 63 acres with ongoing district court cases by nearby residents claiming portions under adverse possession.
Ralph Wing an alleged half breed Indian is held in Sidney after a fatal shooting at a K U station scene where Frank M. Sells and an unknown tramp were killed. Wing, tied to Ivan Weeton and another tramp, claims he left before the gunfire. Weeton, from Central City S D, is jailed in Sidney with limited contact. Coroner’s verdict says Sells died from a bullet fired by an unknown assailant.
Mrs. Croft receives twenty thousand dollars from Rock Island after a three hour jury deliberation in Buffalo Iowa the verdict increases the prior award by five thousand dollars. The wreck at the depot killed her child and maimed her for life.
Des Moines, Oct. 20. Sarah Kuhn a waiter girl for the women at Anu masa wins a court victory in the supreme court securing her widow's share of her husband’s estate. The case tested a law that barred inheritance by a killer and notes that a widow inherits her own rightful share. Her attorneys fought the case through courts and legislature without compensation and now hope for recompense.
Reports from Oct and nearby areas describe a string of deadly incidents. Pennycord allegedly attacked his wife over debts then killed himself near a barn. Mrs Pennycord fights for life as coroner takes charge. Truman Gilchrist, about 40, shot and killed his wife in Westfork township and surrendered at Hampton jail, claiming no prior insanity.
Henry Vanderloin, 35, living near Parkersburg, was found dead by hanging in a barn yesterday after a period of ill health and despondency. He was well known and liked in the locality. The report notes his standing and hints at a misattributed signature line, with unclear surrounding details.
The Iowa Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision in a death damages case linked to a saloonkeeper husband. It held that a widow may claim support despite the husband’s alleged worthlessness and reformation prospects. The ruling also discusses collateral inheritance tax limits and notes praise for West Des Moines High School’s exhibit winning national prizes.
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