Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01
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THE NEWS IN IOWA.


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time and again and found effective
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Mineral Water has been proving our
claims for years. A Specific for dis
orders arising from Stomach. Liver,
Kidneys, or Bowels. A delightful
table water. Colfax Bottling Works,
Colfax, Iowa.
Screaming and writing in agony,
4-year-old Roy Eldred of Waterloo,
was found by his parents enveloped
in flames ignited by a match with
which he had attempted to ignite an
imitation cigarette. The flames were
quickly extinguished but not until
after the boy had received fatal in
juries. He died soon after.
George A. Mitchell, who is accused
of numbering John Parker. about five
miles south of Grinnell, waived a pre-
liminary examination and was sent
to Jail without bail where he will re-
man to await the action of the grand
jury, which meets on September IL.
The information filed by Coroner E..
F. Talbot charges murder in the first
degree.
The Curtis sash and door factory,
one of the big manufacturing concern
Of Sioux City, was completely de-
strOyed by fire a few mornings since.
The fire was of mysterious origin and
the total loss will be about $4,000.
The entire plant was in danger of
being destroyed, but by hard work
was confined to the door and sash
factory. The amount of insurance
carried is not yet known. but it is
supposed to be pretty well covered.
Charles Morton, mOtorman on the
electric line at Ottumwa, had a leg
broken as the result of a Wabash
switch engine crashing into his car
The accident occurred on Sheridcg
avenue where the street car track
cross the railroad. Several persons in
the car were badly shaken up, but
Merton was the only one badly in
jured. The car was badly wrecked.
Just who is to blame for the accident
has not yet been ascertained.
Suit has been commenced in the
district court at Iowa City by the
1eirs of the late Alex. II. Graham
against the Aetna Life Insurance
company to compel the payment of a
$4,000 policy alleged to be due them.
The compliments aver that the in
Surance company entered into a con-
Spiracy with the said Alex H. Ora
ham and one Agnes Graham to de-
fraud and cheat them. The parties
concerned are prominent residents of
Johnson county.
An echo of the big head-on collision
on the Illinois Central railroad in
June of last year, near Waterloo, is
heard in the damage suit of Miss
Julia F. Sheridan, a professional
nurse, who wants 100000 for personal
injuries. Miss Sheridan was on board
the passenger train which left Sioux
City the evening before for Chicago
and met the freight train in the cut
east Of Waterloo. She claims she
was thrown against a mirror and
that she was badly cut, besides re-
ceiving permanent injury to her nerv-
Gus system.
Emery Smith, son of John P. Smith,
living five miles south of Grinnell,
had his foot seriously mangled by a
car wheel He was returning from
the state fair on an excursion train
which passed Grinnell about mid
night. When near the express office
he jumped off while the train was
Still moving. He struck against
some one and was thrown under the
car, the wheel catching the side OF
his foot. 1t may be save'l from am
putation, but it was by an inch only
that his foot was not taken off by
a car wheel.
With a shortage of $4,000 in his
accounts with jObbers and generous
friends, D. r. Wilson, a prominent
Shenandoah jeweller, is missing from
that place and is believed to have
gone to Canada His present where
abouts is unknown. An inspection Of
Wilson's financial standing showl
that he obtained about $4,000 by put
ting notes in circulation which arr
believed to be absolutely worthless
The balance of his Indebtedness Ii
due to stock obtained from jobbers
| Wilson is supposed to have taker
about $4,000 in cash with him whel
| he left Shenandoah.
J. J. Collins owner of large farm
in Dallas county, had fruit display
at the state fair and among the ap
Piles was a freak specimen which had
one stem and two cores, something
very unusual. The men out at the
| fair say they never saw anything like
1t before and it is the first | evel
saw" said John Collins. II it haC
been two stems and two cores | would
think it was simply two apples
grown together, but this has one
stem and two cores, which makes i
twin affair 1t was grown in thu
| orchard on my farm in Dallas count!
and is surely a freak ] am going t
put it in alcohol and preserve il.
ought to make an interesting speci
men for future exhibits"
Fragments of the body of Club
Gregg were picked up at the Wabas
crossing, south of Lovilia recently
One foot was missing. A few day
later it was found at Moberly, Mo
where it dropped from car whe.
Gregg was on drunk at Lovilia an
on his way home crossed the Wabas
track and was hit by a fast freigh
He leaves a wife and two children.
w. S. Pritchard, prominent farm
er and son of Hon. J. S. Pritchard
Belmond, was poisoned by eatin
pressed chicken. He was critical
III for a time but the doctors no
think he will recover.
Mrs. Withrow, of Sumner. commit