Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-09-17
IOWA
NEWS

"hiSh has t.lOoSlI dllu II
as the dates The selection of the
convention city was made by letter
ballot
Mrs. Sam Scott, wife of promi-
scufIling in fun with one of her near
ly grown sons, slipped and fell, strik-
ing with such force as to tear the
ligaments of the left hand loose and
also sprained and bruised the arm
and hand.
Virgil Hennes, the 20-month-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry V. Hen
mes, of Ottumwa, while playing about
the house found and swallowed
strychnine pill. Symptoms of the
poisoning appeared while the nurse
girl was wheeling him on the street
and he died as they entered the home.
The steamer Helen Blair, owned by
the Northwestern Transportation
company of Burlington, was damaged
by fire at Keokuk to the extent of
$1,000. The prompt action of the
crew of nearby steamboat soon had
the flames under control and saved
the crew and sleeping passengers
from probable death.
The rural letter carriers Of Mar
shall county held their annual con-
vention in Marshalltown on the 7th.
j. w. Grouse, of Albion, was elected
president; Francis Linn, Of State
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agin, of Haverhill, secretary and
treasurer, and Elmer Biersborn, of
Liscomb, o. B. Case of Marshalltown,
and George Flanagan were chosen
delegates to the state convention.
The next annual meeting was voted
to State Center
Moore l. Sharpe, employed at the
st. Paul & Des Moines round house
in Iowa Falls, was badly injured while
at work. While cutting a piece
Of iron, the helper welding the
sledge struck a glancing blow, the
sledge flying to one side and striking
Mr.. Sharpe squarely in the. abdomen.
He was taken to the hospital, but it
cannot be determined as yet how seri-
Gus his injury is. He is a man 62
years old and not in the best Of physi-
cal health.
Floyd, the 14-year-old son of ]. r.
Mckee, a prominent stockman of
East Peru, was killed by being
knocked off a freight train between
there and Barney. In company with
had caught a ride on a freight train.
Floyd, to show his daring. was hang
ing onto the side of the ladder of a
ear and occasionally letting one foot
touch the ground, when he was knock
ed off by an iron bridge and mangled
SO he died on the train while being
brought from Barney to Peru.
The w. C. T. U. of Iowa Falls is
camping on the trail of the city
council all because of a little curfew
ordinance that was quietly put to
sleep on July II. For months past
the w. c. T. Z. has been urging the
council to adopt and put into effect
curfew ordinance that will regu-
late the perambulations of the youth
under II years of age after surdown.
| The matter came up under a revision
of the ordinances in July and after
some deliberation the test vote came
with seven members present. Four
of these members voted nay, three
voted aye, resulting in an ed!ct IS
the effect that "curfew shall not ring
| tonight.
Carl c. Countryman, formerly OF
! Iowa Falls, and son of Rev. Asa
Countryman, a former pastor OF the
| Congregational church, hs jun. CON-
+ pleted a journey of 100 miles on
foot, his long tramp being from Chi
cago to Portland, Ne, and the.ce to
New York City. Mr.. Countryman is
interested in Y. NJ. c. A. work, and
! is a member of the Chicago CAtral
Y. NJ. C. A. He is an author, lecturer
! and traveller. He expects to continue
his journey afoot as far south as
Florida and then across the south,
| ern part of the United States to Cali.
fornia, thence north to Washington
and then east to Chicago.
The Cedar Falls Touring mills are
now manufacturing a fine grade OF
flour from Iowa wheat. Five cars OF
a choice article were secured from
the farm of s. B. Packard near Mar
shalltown. Three cars were winter
wheat and two were of the sprin,
variety. Mr.. Packard received &C
cents on track in Marshalltown fol-
the wheat cents in advance OF the
Chicago market. Mr.. Packard has
been raising wheat for years ant
finds it profitable. He got forty
bushels per acre this year from his
winter variety and thirty-seven bush
els from his spring sowing. His sue
cess has stimulated his neighbors t
wheat raising and the Cedar Tails
go into wheat raising and the Cedal
Falls mill people will get 800 bush
els from Mr. Packard's neighbors.
John r. King, for over twenty-five
year travelling agent of the w. NJ
WEIGH company of Chicago, died a
his home in Des Moines after a brie
illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Chas. F. Cramer, wife of tn,
superintendent of construction CT tn,
federal building at Mason City, drop
ped dead as she was disrobing TO
the night
Work has been begun on the nev
Methodist church at Corning. TIL
plans drawn by Architect HoaclanC
Of Clarinda have been accepted ant
call for a $4,000 building.
The ST. Paul & Des Moines Fail