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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
BALANCING THE BOOKS

All good business men en-
deavor to collect all outstand
ing accounts once a year at
least. The Herald is no ex-
ception. 1t has large
amount of money due which
it would like to have paid
before January 1, in order
that it may balance it's books
and start in afresh with the
new year.
If you, dear reader, are
one of those who are in ar
rears on subscription or 9th
er account, please consider
this an invitation to call and
settle without waiting for a
statement of account to be
rendered. Many men object
to having bill sent to them.
They call it "being dunned"
and take offense thereat. We
do not wish to offend, hence
ask one and all who are In
arrears to call or send in
their remittances before Jan
uary 1st, 1909. After that
date statements will be sent
out.
Respectfully
THE HERALD
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-23
Oliver Typewriter at a Big Bargain!

Before leaving the city will sell my
Oliver Typewriter very cheap. In
quire. Leo. Hartstein, Wright house.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
A MASTERFUL IOWAN.
A Fine Compliment For Our Congress
man in the National Magazine

Modest to the last degree, but a
forceful, mastery man in the highest
sense is Judge Walter l. Smith of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, and owing to
his judicial turn of mind he deliber-
ates over every question with open
mindeduess. His friends have for
years felt that he measures just right
for a senatorship, but his innate mod
esty has not permitted his looking
with favor upon an aggressive cam
paign for that position. In his SER
vice as member of the committee on
appropriations, none have given more
thought and painstaking investigation
to every proposed measure than Judge
Smith, for, conscientious to the last
degree, he has felt that every penny of
Uncle Sans money was to be guarded
even more strictly than his own per-
sOnal bank account. Ris public ca.
reer has indicated the splendid conf
dence reposed in him by his constitu-
ents, and all who know him. a keen
debater, genial and lovable man is
he, and what more can be said of any
man? He is one of those rare man to
whom you would GO for counsel and
advice, and he has al inexhaustible
fund of good, old fashioned common
sense. Indeed, as a member of con-
gress he has taken front rank as one
of the strong men of the house.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Extra News And Notes

Mrs. Adam Seibert went to Omaha,
Saturday, to pass Sunday with Mrs.
Charles Hellyer.
V. B. Hellyer returned on Sunday
from months vacation out at Denver
with his friends.
Peter GUIDE, at West Extra, is adj
ding quite good sized room to his
house on the hill.
Byrd Connrardy went to Audubon,
Tuesday evening tor short stay with
her sister, Mrs. Late Simpson.
Ethel Owen, of near Hamlin. Will
Shakey and Will Aldrich, of Anita,
were Sunday guests at the j. Connrar-
dy home.
E A. VOORHEES, returned home this
week. We expect Mr.. VOORHEES, will
remain here now until they depart for
Oklahoma to make their home.
The Christian church people held a
picnic in the Bry Milliman woods last
Friday for it's members. Everyone
enjoyed a fine dinner and good time.
Genevieve Mccarthy, of Audubon,
was in Extra, Friday, with her friend,
Blanche Noon, and the next day she
left for Des Moines to visit Father
LOTUS for few days.
Mrs. Henry Benton went to Atlantic
on Saturday to the hospital where she
underwent an operation Monday, the
surgeons removing two hundred and
fifty gall stones.
Mrs. L. E. Simpson and children
were with her parents here a part of
the week. Saturday her husband came
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs Cowles of Audubon
visited at the George Mclaughlin
home near Gray, Sunday.
Quite number of people from Gray
and vicinity are spending this week at
Des Moines taking in the fair.
Thomas Bastendorf is enjoying
visit with his brother, who arrived
here from Keokuk, Iowa, Saturday.
Chester Viewer, who had the mis-
fortune of breaking mis- leg by falling
from an apple tree, is getting along
nicely at this writing.
Arrangements are being made to
have furnace placed in the high
school building at Gray, Mr.. Barnes
and men of Manning doing the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grin WEIGH visited
their son, Will, of Guthrie Center,
saturday and Sunday and will visit
d IS Moines fair before returning home.
Ormsby Beers, who holds position
with Beatrice Creamery Co. of Des
Moines, was a home visitor last week
returning to Des Moines, Sunday. ac-
compauied by his sister, Clyle, who
will visit the state fair.
Mildred Bowen, having secured
another position, resigned her posi-
ton here at Gray as teacher of the in
termediate room, but the school board
was fortunate enough to secure the
service of Matilda Jensen and we wish
her success.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
SPECIAL SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE.
CALLED BY GOVERNOR CUMMINS
For the Purpose of Amending the
Primary Law so as to Permit the
Nomination of Candidate for
Senator at the Time of the
General Election

Governor Albert b. Cummins has
issued proclamation calling a special
session of the Thirty Second General
Assembly to meet in Des Moines at two
O'Clock In. the Afternoon of Monday,
August 81, 1908, to so amend the Pri-
mary Law that an expression may be
taken in favor of candidate for
United States senator to be elected by
the coming general assembly.
Proclamation by the Governor
An overwhelming majority of the
people of Iowa believe that the indivi-
dual voters of the respective political
parties should have The right to de-
clare their choice for senator's in the
congress of the United States. | am
profoundly convinced not only of the
wisdom, but of the necessity of pre-
serving to the voters this vital privi-
lege. In these times. especially, the
welfare of the country imperatively
demands that authority to make laws
shall spring directly from the BODY of
our citizenship. The Thirty-second
general assembly enacted a statute
providing for primary elections, and
one of the chief reasons for it's pass
age was to establish way in which
voters could express their preference
as between candidates for the senate.
On June 2nd, the voters of the several
parties, in accordance with the law,
designated their candidates for the
Office of senator. Death has inter-
vened; the candidate selected by the
voters of the republican party is no
longer amongst the living, and the
choice made is, therefore, unavailing.
The senator to be elected by the Thir-
ty-third general assembly will serve
the people of his state and his country
for the period of six years-years that
will be full of the most difficult and
perpleXing problems. In view of the
premises cited, | believe it to be my
duty to do all that my office permits
me to do toward securing the republi-
can voters of this state another oppor-
tunity to declare their choice for sena-
tor. If the choice be expressed at the
November election, as it should be,
the only expense incurred will be the
cost of a special session of the general
assembly. This will be Insignificant,
when compared with the value of the
privilege to be preserved. feel sure
that the taxpayers of the state will un.
hesitatingly approve such an expendi-
ture in order to provide for an unfore-
seen contingency, and to clothe the
voters of the republican party with
the authority to select their candidate
for this high Office. The other politi-
parties will present to the coming gen
eral assembly their candidates for the
senate chosen by their voters, and it
would be a denial of common Justice
if the voters of the republican party
were prevented from presenting their
candidate chosen in the same way.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
George Nelson COe

George Nelson Coe was born in Con-
necticut in the year of our Lord 1850;
and removed with his parents to Lewis.
Cass county, Iowa, about 1855. He
was married to Frances Eveline Lane
in 1913. To this union were born two
children, Mrs. Fred Hale, who is at
present here; and Mrs. Ray Shcckley
of Enid, Oklahoma. He remained in
Cass and Audubon counties up to the
time of his death, with the exception
of six years which time he lived in
Burress, Nebraska. He leaves to
mourn his death, which occurred on
August 10, 1908, his wife, two daught-
ers, one brother, G. A. Coe, of Lewis,
Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Henry San
dows, in Pennsylvania. He was a
loving husband, kind father and re-
spected most by those who knew him
best. ~
CARD OF THANKS ..
We desire to return our sincere
thanks to the friends and neighbors
for their kindly sympathy and assist
ance in the sickness and death of our
husband and father.
MRS. G. N. COE AND FAMILY.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Chime OF Wedding Bells

The chime of Wedding Bells was
once more heard in the neighborhood
four miles east of town on Wednesday
evening, August the Twenty-sixth,
1908, at the residence OF the brides
mother, Mrs. w. A. Clarke, when her
daughter, Miss Jennie b. Clarke, was
united in holy wedlock with Mr. Henry
E. Leighty. Promptly at Eight O'clock
the happy couple took their place in
the south parlor window to the strains
of pretty wedding march played by
Mrs. John Greenlee, and the ceremony
was performed by Rev. p. V. D. We'd
der, pastor of the M. E. church of
Audubon, in the presence of about
twenty-five guests. Following the con-
CALCULATIONS delicious luncheon was
served in the dining room. The bride
was neatly gowned in white dotted
swiss, and the groom was dressed in
the conventional black. The bride is
the daughter of Mrs. w. A. Clarkt
and yonng lady ofattractive person
ality. The groom is the son of Mr.. S.
w. Leighty and a gentleman of good
character and industrious habits.
They expect to settle down to the pro-
sale duties of life on his fathers farm
over east of town where they will soon
be at home to their frieuds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Birthday Anniversary

On last Sunday, August %, 1908, a
very pleasant company gathered at the
Sizer home, south of town, that day
being the Seventy anniversary
of Mrs. Hannah Davis-Sizer. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. John G.
Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. William B.
Davis, of Audubon; Mr.. and Mrs.
Byron Davis, of Miles, Iowa, these
three gentlemen being brothers of Mrs.
Sizer: Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mullen
ger, Mrs. Thomas Sizer and daughter
Miss Alice Sizer, of Miles. Iowa; Mr..
and Mrs. E. a. Bates. A very rice
dinner was served and enjoyed by all
and the afternoon was spent in music
and conversation; the guests leaving
in the evening hoping that their host
ess might live to enjoy many more
such gatherings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Bethel Breezes Blow

Ben Emery was an Audubon visitor
Sunday.
Bert Kitson spent Sunday at Mr..
Weston's.
John Reuschling delivered hogs in
Ross last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan have the care
of a sick baby this week.
Efie Edwards spent Sunday with
her brother, Coyle, and wife.
Floyd Turner was Sunday visitor
with his friend, Arthur Williams.
Blanche Fancher is spending this
week with her cousin, Bessie Turner.
w. H. Duvall, wife and son, Les
ter, were Sunday visitors at T. II.
Turner's.
Frank Duvall and family of Greeley
were Sunday guests at the join
Reuschling home.
Ruth and Russell Mowery of Des
Moines were visiting their cousins,
Mrs. Ralph Miller and Mrs. Bamsey,
last week.
Fair this week are III. Il. Foley, Philip
Foley, L. NJ. Estes, John Ruhs, w.
W.IWeston, John Reusehling and Matt
Kleuver.
Rev. Reed preached his farewell
sermon last Sunday morning. The
weather looking little unfavorable
only small crowd was in attendance
He took dinner at the L. M. Estes
home and delivered his sermon at
Viola in the afternoon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
News Items From Gray

Maggie and Belle Shaw were Audu-
don visitors Saturday.
We're Spilker called on homefolks
between trains Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ShingIedecker visited
with Mrs. O. Corner, Thursday.
Mrs. James Rutherford returned
from a weeks visit with relatives at
Vale.
Lucille Spilker arrived home from a
weeks visit with relatives at Council
Bluffs.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis StetzI
Thursday, August p, 1908, fire
baby boy.
There will. be services at the NJ. E.
church Sunday evening conducted by
Rev. Golden.
Ada Kittell of Audubon visited at
Gray several days last week among
relatives and friends.
Tillie Polzison and Ida Rudnick
were callers at the George Copper-
smith home Tuesday.
Guy and Lizzie Rasmussen of Car.
roll visited at the Chris Jensen home.
Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Higgins and daughter, Blanche
went to Manning, Tuesday, to have
some dental work done.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
HAD HIS ARM TORN OFF.
Ernest E Carpenter Loses His Left Arm
In A ThreshiDg Machine Accident

Ernest E. Carpenter, son of Reverend
Frank Carpenter, of Viola township
met with horrible accident last week
He and Lew Textor own and run a
threshing machine and while at work
Thursday morning, August 20, 1908,
in some manner he got his left arm
caught in the heavy belt which seems to
have been carried down onto the large
driving pulleys, breaking the arm off
just above the wrist and bruising and
mangling the arm so terribly that it
had to be amputated at the shoulder.
Doctors Wolfe and Henry went out
hurriedly in their autos, dressed the
wound and left the patient in as COM
Portable condition as possible. The
shock to Mr.. Carpenters system, the
bruises as we'll as the strained muscles
and tendons in connection with the
frightful wound makes the victim S
condition precarious, but it is believed
that he will recoverable Coon Rapids
Enterprise.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Fred VermiIya Makes Fine Record in
Western Handicap at Des MOines.

The Interstate Association is giving
five big shooting tournaments this
year, at Birmingham, Columbus, Bos-
ton, Des Moines and Denver. The
"Western Handicap" was held at
Des Moines last week. The event was
looked for with much interest by the
lovers of trap shooting throughout
the state. Those attending from Au-
dubon were Fred Vermilya and G. E.
Talbot. On Wednesday, Vermi "a
shot 178 and Talbot 1856 out of 200.
On Thursday. Vermilya shot rs and Is
and Talbot rs and so out of loo. In
the contest for first place at distance
of eighteen yards Mr.. Vermilya tied
with four others by breaking SO tar
gets out of 100 shot at, his share or
the purse being $l03. The five who
tied on SO targets had another contest
for the silver trophy which was won
by B. F. Ebert of Des Moines.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Reverend Mr.. Vedder At Home

On Friday morning August Fl, 1908,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vedder arrived home
from North Dakota, accompanied by
Mr.. l.. A. McGinnis who met them on
the way so as to give necessary assist
ance in making change of cars at Saint
Paul and Carroll, at which place they
arrived on Thursday night. Mr.. We'd
der stood the journey without any Sc
rious fatigue, and seems to be making
rapid progress since his return. Mr..
Vedder owns farm up at Darlington,
about one hundred fifty miles north
west from Fargo, and naturally went
up there to spend his vacation, where
he might recuperate and at the same
time make some repairs and look after
his crops. With two men helping him
he had been doing some work on the
house and the barn; but on Wednes-
day morning, August the Fifth, the
men had to goto the field and he was
left alone. AS he wanted to start for
home the next day he worked quite bu-
silly mailing batting on the barn till
stroll around the farm taking look
at the crops which were about ready
for the reaper. When he returned to
THE uOuS6 u6 COuCluu6u W pun u " d COu-
ductor to carry the water and while
busy at that he found himself getting
sick and his right arm giving out; so
he climbed down from the ladder and
called for assistance. The result of
his sickness was paralysis of the right
side of his body, his head being only
slightly affected. He talks we'll, eats
we'll, sleeps we'll, is cheerful and cour-
ageous and fully expects to be looking
after his work before many weeks. Mr..
Vedder has had an extra share of bad
luck the last year. Just before COM
ing here he spent two weeks of his va
cation up at the farm. On the evening
he started for home the farmer drove
him about the fields to see the magnifi-
cent crop which he would commence
cutting the next morning. A heavy
cloud came up and they hurried to town
so as to escape shower, Mr.. Vedder
remarking that there might be some
hail. But the farmer thought not, and
Mr.. Vedder left for home. Two days
after his arrival the word came that
the cloud they had seen had brought
hail storm that beat his crops into the
ground so as to make total loss.
This year the crops are being saved
but he was stricken down himself.
Takes pretty good man to keep up
cheer and fortitude under such condi-
TONS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

down and they went to the b. f. Simp-
son home to remain over Sunday.
Trola Born, from New York, visited
here at the home Of her parents. On
Sunday she left for Dakota to visit
her brother, Otto Born, and from
there she goes home.
Mrs. Spoo had the old restaurant
building moved this week to the lots
just north of the Bush home, she hav-
ing purchased ground there. She will
have the building made into a resi-
dence and then rent it.
Patrick Gilroy is still very poorly at
his home in this city, does not seem
to improve but grows weaker. HIS
many friends are sorry to know this
and hope he may soon be on the road
to recovery.
N. p. Christensen and family bade
their friends and relatives fond adieu
Friday and they left in their auto for
Des Moines to make their future home
We all extend best wishes to these
good people in their new home. The
Honest realestate dealer" has gone
Uncle Louie Barn met with an acct
dent Sunday while at the depot bid
ding his daughter, Trola Born, fare
we'll. He got upon the platform of the
coach, the train started and in trying
to get Off he in some way fell striking
his hand and breaking three bones in
the back of that member. Aside from
this he was only frightened and badly
shaken up, but was d lucky man to
escape without further injuries.
With score of Ninety-two and One
half points we notice that these butter
makers hereabouts carried off good
premiums at the State Fair Dairy
Show Monday: c. Madison, Kimball-
ton; Chris o. Nelson, Extra; L. p.
Nelson, Extra; Johannes Johannessen,
, Extra; p. Thuessen, Kimballton. j.
G.. Nielsen, of Brayton, hoped up q
notch or two higher and lead the bunch
in this county with Ninety-four per
cent.
The Extra ball team were in Allan
tic, Sunday, and played ball with the
club there, and it was surely rouser
of game. Quite number of our
people were present and it was one Of
the most interesting games of the sea-
son. Chase was in the box for Extra
and was pitching winning ball up to
the sixth inning when Max Ross start
ed his undoing by knocking the ball
over the right field fence; then McCarl
was put in to pitch and Chase went to
short. The score:
Extra 0 0 0 0 2
Atlantic ---------2 90 *-l2
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
A SURVEYING PARTY HERE.
Running A Line From Harlan To Audi.
bon By Way OF Fiscus

We have heretofore noted that Har-
Ian had organized, taken up a sub
scription and sent out party to make
surveys connecting with former sur
veys to the western line of this county
Q. l.. Persons, the chief engineer, with
w. 81. Seward and eight other men
came into Audubon last evening and
remained over night atthe Park Hotel
They have finished the survey from
Harlan to Fiscus and are coming On
to Audubon which they will probably
reach sometime today. The people of
Harlan are showing much enthusiasm
in practical way in favor of line
from Des Moines through Guthrie Gen.
ter, Audubon and Harlan to Council
Bluffs, and it behooves the people of
this community TO not allow an oppor-
tunity for better transportation to go
unimproved.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Fair Warning Given

To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
wish to state to the public, and es-
pecially those interested in the neigh.
borhood of the Union Baptist church
in Greeley township, Audubon county,
Iowa, that l did not place my hay
stacks near the parsonage for spite
work but that they we're placed there
in the first place without any thought
of the effect on the affairs ofthe church.
| would have been glad to remove the
hay but for the manner in which | was
approached by some members of the
church whom Inow desire to warn that
if the statements which they have made
concerning me are repeated, or if 9th.
ers as bad and untruthful are made,
they will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law and my ability.
EXTRA, Iowa, CLYDE j. MCCALL.
August 26, 1908.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Fred Lynch Engaged

The Independent, of San Rafael,
California, has the following concern
ing former Audubon boy:
1.-The engagement of pretty Miss
Constance T.. Knittle to Fred G. Lynch
was announced at luncheon given at
the home of the bride elect one day
last week. Miss Knittle is the charm
ing daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Knittle, respected and prominent resi-
dents of San Rafael. She is very pop
ular among the younger set, and was
born and raised in our midst Mr..
Lynch is an influential member of the
Marin County Building Trades Coun-
Gil and also President of the Plasters'
Union. He is also identified with a
number of local fraternal organiza-
tons. The marriage will take place
some time in September"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Dies in State Hospital.

Word reached here Monday that
Mrs. Thomas Adair, who was taken
to the hospital down at Clarinda some
two or three weeks ago, died there on
Sunday night. The remains will be
brought to the home out in Greeley
township and we understand the burial
will be in Bowman cemetery. Mrs.
Adair had been in the hospital once
before but had so far improved that
she was discharged; but recently she
became worse again and it was con-
sidered wise to take her there again
for treatment. Her sojourn there was
of short duration, when she received
her final discharge and went to her
long home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Fathers Recipe
othSa NSShPS
We hear a lot of mothers cakes

We hear lot of mothers cakes
And sisters lemon pie;
Of gingerbread that gran'ma makes,
And auntie's doughnuts-my!
But fathers got a recipe
He says beats all the rest;
And when it's mixed o. K. says he
1t suits his palate best.
Some lie Observation-Disclosures,
Some breakfast-up-to-ten;
A-shirt-sleeve.st stroll. 'round-t block,
A shave, a pipe, and then
A pile Of colored supplements,
With frequent dozings Off
Those are the chief ingredients
OF fathers Sunday loaf.
August Lippinc otis.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
A Fine Meeting At GriswOld

The old soldiers who attended the
reunion down at Griswold are highly
pleased with the treatment they receiv.
ed. Those in charge had provided
tents in the Park which were free to
the veterans, and but small charge
was made to others. Quite a number
of families attended and camped on
the grounds. The program was good,
and the only criticism of the addresses
was the too great length ofthem, which
is common fault of some otherwise
entertaining speakers. Report has it
that one day tivethousand people were
on the ground.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Sunday School Picnic

The Methodist Sunday School will
picnic in LuccOck's Grove on Friday
August rs, 1908. All members of our
church and congregation are invited.
Meet at the church at Eight O'clock
where conveyances will be in waiting,
Come go with us.
A. II. ROBERTS, Superintendent.