Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-12-28
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THE NEWS IN IOWA.
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sight of both eyes as the result of
premature explosion Of blast OF
powder which was being tamped. The
shot came without warning and Is
thought to have been due to friction
caused by working Of drills near the
powder.
In England, elementary schools are
orga.zed for girls OF for infants"
OF late years the mixed" system has
been introduced, and many of the
schools have been organized as. Sen
ior'' or Junior" mixed. An Inspector
recently met on the school stairs q
little nondescript in a pinafore, and
asked: Come, what are you doing
here?" Are you in the boys or the
girls?" "No, sir" said the small one,
I'm a junior mixed!"
Miss Olive Ross, aged Is years,
was instantly killed and Misses Tracy
Ross and Agnes Willard and Bert
Brooks were more or less seriously
injured in runaway accident on the
country road near Blakesburg. Miss
Ross jumped from the buggy and fell,
almost instantly. Her older sister,
Miss Tracy Ross. broke her ankle
in jumping from the rig. The other
young woman and the young man
were slightly injured. The young
people had been practicing for an en-
tertainment at Pleasant Dome church
and were on their way to the home
Of George Miller to attend an oyster
supper when the accident occurred.
The dead girl is a daughter of SAINT
Ross, well known farmer.
By an almost miraculous occur.
renee the life of w. J. Davis, pris.
oner in the city Jail at Hamilton.
was saved when the building was al
most totally wrecked by dynamite
explosion a few nights ago. Davis
escaped with only an injury to his
heel and number of bruises caused
by Goals and ashes from stove fly
ing over him. Curiously enough he
himself was under arrest on suspi-
cion of having blown up restaurant
building a week ago. He was the
only prisoner in jail at the time OF
the explosion there. The work Is
credited either to friends Of Davis,
who wished to prove him innocent
of the first outrage, or to some one
having a mania for such exploits.
Guy e. Farmer, the young man who
was arrested at Newton under an in
dictment for forgery, was rearrested
under two more indictments growing
out of the same transaction. One
for uttering forged instrument,
which is the contract which he was
arrested for forging. The third is
for perjury in that when Farmer was
before the grand jury he testified that
G. F. Rinehart signed the contract.
The bond in each case is $4,000, max
ing a total of $4,000. which he Sc
cured Immediately after being arrest
ed. His father, o. P. Farmer, ana
Philip King signed the bonds. The
indictments are causing quite sensa-
ton and the final outcome is looked
forward to with great interest, as it
means the ruin of either Mr.. Farmer
or Mr.. Rinehart, both Of when come
from the best families, and the repu-
tation of either has never before been
questioned.
Opinions have been secured for 200
acres of land north of Mason City by
Cruikshanks of Bellefontaine, Ohio,
and others, among whom is E. ].
Breen of Fort Dodge, for the estab-
:ishment of a $1,500,000 cement plant.
If the proposition goes through it
means the largest factory in Iowa and
the northwest. These men, with AT
torney Dwight Harrison Of Columbus,
Ohio, have been in Mason City for
a week securing options on the land.
This is the result of series OF ex-
periments made during the summer
by representatives of the Portland
Cement company The land located
is found to contain from twenty to
twenty-five feet of cement stone OF
the highest quality. 1t had been an
alyzed in a mass, and by the experts
of the company, also who agree to
deposit will keep the mill running
$500 barrels per day for fifty years
before the supply is exhausted.
Almost $25,000,0O0 worth of butter
was shipped out of Iowa during the
year ending Sept. 80. Over $4,000
600 pounds were packed and Grated
and carried out Of the state by the
railroads, and on the New York mar
ket brought close to 25 cents for
every pound. OF course. the $4,000,
| 600 pounds shipped out of the state
does not represent the entire manu
| featured product in Iowa during the
| year. The dairy commissioner doe:
have means to gather figures as &c
| the creameries OF Iowa and their
product, but of the millions of pounds
consumed by the people Of Iowa ant
which is not manufactured at cream
cries at all there are no statistics. II
| is gratifying to the state to know
| also, that the butter shipments in
creased for the year more than 16,
| 100000 pounds, or more than 20 pei
cent
The city council Of Cedar Falls, act
ing on the request of the four wo
mems clubs and the business men O.
the city, has passed an anti-spittins
ordinance, which becomes effective al
once. fine of nor less than 81 moi
more than $40 will be imposed or
those who spit upon the sidewalks
railway stations, street cars and al
public places.
Capt. Tom Cunningham of Hose
company No. 8 of Davenport was
killed by being thrown from hool
and ladder truck while driving to z
| FIRE u,hn trnnl, naccnd nunr him mn