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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
3
A collage of aphorisms and anecdotes from a Titonka page—snippets on Peary, swindlers, international affairs, and social quips. It lampoons celebrities, ships, wars, doctors, and politicians while nudging readers with light satire on modern life and public figures.
W A Durfee offered $600 for the pension of those who attempted to poison his family with parley green. John Ballard, 12, injured falling from a tree while gathering nuts. G W Dixon home in Munca One robbed of $33 with rooms pillaged. Two boys burned to death in a marath on barn fire. Armour plant at Sioux City to be rebuilt for spring slaughter. Milwaukee freight wreck near Cuba Iowa with six cars burned. Iven McGlathen of Montaith dies and mysteriously revived days later. Churdan hotel fire causes about $15,600 loss. David Jacobson dies from fork injury after hay ride. Fred Herman’s Mason City home struck by lightning twice in one storm. Polle county grand jury instructed on bribery and juror drawing irregularities.
A scattered report covers a homicide and assault on a farm near Emmerson with a cut throat and slashed arms, a court verdict in Ida County for alienation of affection totaling $6,000, and local political and railroad developments. Details include a mysterious death seven miles south of Emmerson, a water-tank finding, and a bloody knife. The LeMars-Sioux City Interurban line advances with funding nearly secured, while the Sioux City council faces railroad route disputes affecting Great Western access.
Des Moines citizens report the Henry Hubbell estate conveyed about 6 million dollars in trust to himself and his sons Frederick C Hubbell and Grover C Hubbell for their generations with proceeds to fund a Des Moines college. The trust lasts an estimated eighty to ninety years with split income to Frederick Hubbell Sr posthumous widow and three children and their descendants. Schedule A real property valued at 2.8 to 4 million sits in Des Moines. Schedule B suburban lots valued at 200k to 400k. Personal property around 36k. If any line fails, the share reverts to the trust. if all lines fail, state of Iowa receives funds to found a university in Des Moines through spendthrift and anti-surcharge provisions.
Ex-Deputy William A. narrates the sensational Sullivan family robbery at Hamilton. Charles Redrup, a Plattsmouth man, aided the plot and helped carry it out. Baird testifies detailing the scheme, the exchange of telegrams, the planned entrance, and the amount of money involved as the trial unfolds.
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