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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1903
Page
1
A garbled column blends global gossip and social quips. It skewers fashion trends, marriage gossip, missing persons, and political musings, peppered with oblique references to current events and absurdities, all in a breezy, period voice.
A jumble of incidents reports severe injury from a beer bottle attack at Boone, police handling a custody case, and a murder charge involving William Cobley. Also noted are a water dam dispute and a legal battle over land rights in Magentine County with a widow seeking her share, plus a dynamite hoax near Milford and a County ditch project.
Reports from Buxton detail a deadly shooting after a house fire sparked by a local arson attempt that destroyed property and led to an arrest. A White Swan Mining fraud case is noted along with involuntary bankruptcy filings and a burglary confession in Sioux City area.
A Des Moines district court on Oct 19 granted Mose Jacobs control of his late mother's estate and ordered a receiver to recover about 912 762 from his father and stepmother. The case centers on money earned by Jacobs selling newspapers on Des Moines streets for 25 years, with the mother accused of hiding funds.
The biennial report highlights a treasury balance of 1 164,000 after debt, with receipts totaling 6 177 865 for the period and a net decrease from ordinary sources of 660 512. It notes higher costs in banking and school fund investments, urges stricter regulation of corporations, and reports on public expenditures and tax impacts.
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