Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Frank Kaucher of st. Joseph, Mo.
an elevator builder, has signed tn
contract to build for the Sioux Cit.
Terminal Elevator company an eleva
tor which has already been leased t
the j. Rosenbaum company. The eleva
tor will hold 100000 bushels Of grain
1t Is expected this will be the first o
a bunch Of elevators which Will bt
built In Sioux City with its quick de
yelopment as a grain market.
Fearing that her mother was ir
danger of being killed by her father
J. c. Dowden, little daughter of Mrs
Dowden, residing at sol Second street
| Des Moines, ran to a neighbours tele
phone and called the police. Officers
| Cross and Skinner hurried to the
residence and after disarming the
husband, escorted him to Jail. He Is
held on charges Of carrying concealed
weapons and threatening to commit q
| public offense.
Broken in health by grief over the
death of his wife seven months ago
Dr. Clifton Scott, late professor al
Highland Park college, Des Moines
| succumbed to an attack of pneumonia
at 3 o'clock. Pneumonia followed ar
attack Of gall stones and light
stroke of appoplexy. His condition
became serious a few days ago AMI
his son and daughter were summoned
from Ell Paso, Tex. They arrived here
Monday night and were with theil
father before his death.
The hoard of a recluse was discov
cred in a most peculiar manner
Peter Gregory Of Westhill, Dubuque
county, died a year ago. His effects
went to his daughter, Mrs. George
Robinson. A few days ago In dis
posing of old furniture an ancient
wood box used by Gregory was given
to Mrs. John Grant. She declared
she had one, but would use it for
kindling. Taking it home, she pro
ceeded to break it up. It developed
the box had a false bottom and the
last blow of the axe sent numerous
gold pieces about the floor. There
were thirty-five in all aggregating
500.
Believing in the truth Of clairvoy.
ance and spiritualism. and that she
would find her future husband in the
postofice lobby at 5 o'clock In the
evening of the 25th day Of February,
Miss Clara Coughlin, % years old.
who declares she came from Keokuk.
found herself minus the expected
Romeo, also fifty cents short of the
amount required to purchase a return
ticket home today. Miss Coughlin
say her gay Lothario in a vision in
duced by spiritualism. The girl was
well dressed and appeared to be
bright and intelligent. She wore a
brown fur collarette and a large
brown muff. She took the II O'Clock
train on the c., B. & @. for Burling,
ton.
With the arrest at Moravia of a
tramp, who refuses to give his name
Or address and bears every sign of
being a desperate character, the local
officers believe that they have secured
the man who a week ago assaulted
Mr.. George Stech at her country
home In Wayne county. A tramp ap.
peared at the Stech residence and
demanded entrance, which was re,
fused him, Mrs. Stech being alone
with her 3-year-old daughter. She
locked the door and the tramp broke
It down, entering the house and
pounding the woman, after gagging
her. During the struggle Mrs. Stecn
| reached the rural telephone line and
screamed into the transmitter, ap.
prising neighbors of the assault, and
they came to her rescue, after the
tramp had escaped.
Another romantic correspondence
has been inaugurated--this time
through the assistance of a ducks
wing. Miss Mabel Putnam Of Fedora,
s. D., in preparing some ducks for
note under the wing of one of the
birds. Now she has Just received an
answer from Otto B. Markell, 629 Ma.
pie avenue, Los Angeles, Cal, who
starts out facetiously, yours under
q duck wing received" He works for
a wholesale firm who receives ship
ments Of fowls from Sioux City. He
explains that Miss Putnam's duck
was one Of those which graced the
table at a reception to William Jen-
nings Bryan. There were 600 guests
at $40 plate. Only one chapter now
remains to be written to complete the
romance.
j. w. Cliff of Des Moines, under.
went an operation for the amputation
Of his right leg just above the knee
without the use of anaesthetics. The
| operation was performed at the
Methodist hospital, on Thursday , and
Is perhaps the first case In record in
Des Moines where amputation of a
| limb has been made without placing
| the patient under the influence OF
drugs. Owing to the serious conii
ton of Mr.. Cliff 1t was not thought
safe to use drugs In the operation and
| he withstood the ordeal to the entire
satisfaction Of his medical attendants
and he even talked with the surgeons
| as they worked. Mr.. Cliff was at one
time county superintendent Of Jasper
county and former member of the
republican state central committee
| Blood poisoning set In on his right
| foot making the amputation of the
| leg necessary to save his life. Late
Thursday his condition was such as
to lead the physician to hope for his
recovery. DR.. Lewis Schooler per
formed the surgical work.
Following the failure Of the state
to find case against Joe Church
arrested near Charlton on the charge
Of stealing a team Of horses neal
Newton last October, he has brough,
suit against Herman Toedt for $25,
600 damages, alleging malicious In
jury Church was to have been giver
a preliminary hearing recently. bu,
owing to the failure of witness t.
come from Minnesota, 1t was post
! poned. The witness did not arriv,
and Church was released. It 1,
claimed he stole horses belonging ts
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