Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-02

famous Des Moines champions of 81
died at his home in Des Moines, few
days ago.
The Western Grocery company O
Marshalltown closed deal by which
John T. Hancock Sons, wholesale
grocery house, of Dubuque, the Oldest
! in Iowa is taken over by the f<st
named concern.
Before the Dubuque County Medical
society DR.. j. S. Lewis created 9
sensation by reading paper in which
the practice of several Dubuque
physicians Of sacrificing infantile life
was denounced. No names were
mentioned.
Every saloonheeper and brewer in
Dubuque has begun the use of rubber
stamps In making out checks. The
stamp contains the words "a pro
test against prohibition" intending
| to show how much money is paid out
| by liquor men.
Hans Lauritzen, aged 10 years, was
drowned in Silver Lake. nine miles
| north of Armstrong. In company
with three other young men he was
enjoying days outing on the lake
Two Of the boys were out in boat
when it capsized; neither could
| swim, but one held to the boat and
was rescued, while young Lauritzen
drowned. His body was recovered
an hour after the drowning, being
found In twenty feet of water. The
young man was member of a promi.
nent family at Armstrong.
Alfred Brenneman, a well to dc
business who recently came to Chart
ton from Leon, committed suicide be.
cause of domestic difficulties. He
was found dead in his room by his
little 7-year-old daughter, who went
to call him for his nights work in
his restaurant. A bottle that had con.
tanned carboric acid and a letter to
his wife explained his death. Prem
neman was very jealous of his wife
and quarreled with her frequently.
Some time ago she filed for divorce
but ii was not pushed and they tried
to live together again. He grieved
over these and his letters deal
largely with them. In his letter the
dead man asked his wife to take good
care of their three children and q
give the baby boy his gold watch.
The attempted suicide of Miss Lora
Whalen, matron at the state orphans
home at Davenport, brought to light
| the fact that Miss Whalen had kept
Frank Pratt, boy inmate of the in
three months. Whether the act was
the result of an insane infatuation
for the boy is not known, but the au.
thorities at the home say they expect
the matron to become maniac. Miss
Whalen swallowed the contents of a
bottle of chloroform after the boy
who has been searched for for three
months, was found in her room, but
prompt work by physicians saved her
life. 1t is explained at the home that
she burned the boys foot in March
when giving him a bath, and that
she had since kept him concealed
fearing his injuries would result in
her discharge. Worry has evidently
unbalanced her mind She had been
a matron at the home for fourteen
years and had good record there.
The body of John F. Whitmors
was discovered hanging in the ba.r
on the property of his former wife
at Grinnell. Mr.. Whitmore had been
| mentally unbalanced for a long time
and it was because of this fact and
consequent neglect and abuse of his
family. that Mrs. Whitmore obtained
divorce from him several months
ago. Since that time, he has been
living in the east part of the city in
the home of Mr.. H. e. Savage. Mr.
Whitmore left note stating that
| this was not a case of suicide and
| that he would return at o'clock D
m, Dec. "a, 1911. The body was dis
covered by the man who is employed
to do the chores about the Mrs
| Whitmore residence. Mr.. Whitmore
| has been to all appearance sane SO
! far as transaction of ordinary bushes
| is concerned, but any approach to
! discussion of religious topics, or an
attempt to write upon any topic re
vealed at once the fact that there
was lack of mental balance
A rousing public meeting was held
! at Abba to raise the final amount
| necessary for the extension of the
Abba Hooking interurban to the Goa
mine town of Hiteman, seven miles
northwest Of Abba. The meeting
was held in the parlors of the new
Monroe hotel and was In the nature
of smoker. Shortly before the fna
amount necessary to make total OF
$4,000 was subscribed Immediately
afterward jubilation was held. The
band was called out, the fire. alarm
| and church bells were sounded and
hundreds of sedate old Abba business
men joined the sowd as it parad ed
| the public square and gave voice tc
| the general good feeling in song. The
cars were brought from the house and
| special train was run down to Hook
ing. This will give Abba connection
with two of the largest coal mine
towns in the country and places
Abba foremost among those who
build lines not on paper but in real
ity, Abba citizens have now sub
scribed for over $4,000 in stock fol
the building of interurbans.
Frank Taylor, adopted son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Taylor near Oak
ley, committed suicide in the alb
sence of his parents. The young
man was 21 yeas old. He gave nc
reason for the act, declaring up tc
| the last moment of consciousness he
had been treated WELL