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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1904
Page
1
A collage of observations from Titonka Topic page notes on social trends and far flung topics. References to William Waldorf Astor Carnegie Parisian hotels and royal missteps mix with curious anecdotes about exams fashion crime and weather wishes.
Reports from Mukden Fushun and Port Arthur outline Japanese and Russian movements and fortifications as autumn battles unfold. Casualty tallies at Liao Yang and notes on Kuropatkin’s defense accompany updates on Oyama’s options and aims toward Mukden.
The Etsehan fort northwest of Port Arthur is reported captured by the Japanese and towers about 465 feet high a short distance from the new city on West Port shores. Anteshan lies a mile north of the shun and is described as Port Arthur's key fortress. An inner fort Singshan lies east of Etsehan with critics noting Etsehan’s dominance possibility.
President Roosevelt announced he will invite all nations to participate in a second general assembly at The Hague to advance arbitration efforts. The call followed a St. Louis Interparliamentary Union session endorsing a new conference and continuing work begun at The Hague.
Hamburg reports the Atlantic Line plans to raise westbound steerage to 15 dollars while slashing steerage to and from Austro Hungary. Officials say a settlement and contract are needed to end the warlike tolls, with no return to prewar rates. Also reads about a Knoxville train collision killing 54 and injuring 125.
Safe blowers dynamited the W. W. Kentner jewelry store in Afton Iowa and escaped with about 500 dollars in watches rings and trinkets plus 26 dollars in cash. The A. G. French meat market was rifled for six dollars. Creslon detectives pursue leads as a 100 dollar reward for arrest and conviction is posted and a 100 dollar town reward awaits.
Des Moines reports Iowa corn won first prize at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Town corn led in threshed grain and grass seeds with 89 points of 100. Commissioner Whitling praised statewide efforts amid limited funds and variable corn crops.
Peter Lewis, 33, was fatally shot by his wife at their farm near Slockley in Decatur County. A dispute over chicken thefts preceded the incident as Lewis returned from a neighbor’s alert watch. The widow is in shock and four brothers, two sisters, and parents reside in Kellerton.
Brighton parties seek copies of Davenport papers linked to the Letts hold up as police pursue a possible clue. An outsider reportedly asked at a barber shop for a paper containing the hold up account and an envelope, prompting a letter offer.
Tom Dernlaon's enemy Shercliffe walked out of the Fort Madison penitentiary yesterday afternoon a free man. His term expired and Sheriff Jones released him about 2 o'clock with companions. Attorn Thomas of Omaha and Fay of Urton accompanied him as they left. Warden Jones had earlier indicated a possible warrant from Talfordson county to return him to Fairfield for a barge robbery case, but no action followed. Shercliffe, slightly lame, plans to testify in the Dennison case when called, with new support from his circle.
In Corydon Sept 24 Marshal Dan Bills of Lineville shot and killed Wallace the Missouri hotel keeper after a confrontation on the Iowa Missouri line. Bills claimed self defense after Wallace attacked him with a billy club and fractured his arm. The incident followed a train arrival and occurred near a hotel on the Missouri side as Bills retreated toward Iowa.
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