Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-09-24
IOWA
NEWS

passed through the entire upper part
of the leg.
The amount of kerosene consumed
! by Iowa people has grown enormous
ly In the last ten years. In 1899 2S2,-
1897 barrels were inspected by the
state and last year 31S,292.
One hundred and twenty-five stu
dents are enrolled in the Greenfield
High school, the largest enrolment
In its history. New courses Of study
have been prepared, new piano
placed in the assembly room and man.
ual training will soon be introduced.
o. j. Lapp of Melbourne claims the
championship for peanut raising in
Iowa. Lapp devoted large share OF
his garden to peanut culture this sea.
son, and is maturing crop that is
not only yielding well but affording
a very superior quality of nuts.
The First Congregational church of
Algona will celebrate it's fiftieth an
niversary on Sept. 20 and q. The
church was organized Aug is. 1858
The first building was dedicated Sept
20, 1868. The present church was
dedicated June 10, 1886.
Taking advantage Of a crowd of
| thirty young women arrived recently
from Ireland to study at Mount St.
! Clare academy, the mother house of
the Sisters of st. Francis, in Clinton,
woman CRATER worked a neat game
on sundry Clinton housewives. The
woman went about selling cheap lace,
r. ]. Hartung, of Des Moines, for
| mer assistant superintendent of
schools, caught his arm in a buzz saw
in his box factory. The flesh was laid
open to the bone and only prompt &C
ton on the part of DR.. Granville Ryan
saved Mr.. Hartung the possible loss
of the arm. DR.. Ryan dressed the
! arm Immediately after the accident,
Mr.. Hartung is now progressing as
well as can be expected.
A special election has been called
of the voters of Tabor for September
81 to vote upon the proposition of
levying a 5-mill tax for the maintain
ance of street lights on the streets.
This is in connection with the propo-
sition of granting a franchise to the
Malvern Light and Power company
for the use of the Streets, alleys and
public places for the purpose of oper-
ating a light, heating and power
plant.
The Boone Investment company
has just been organized by number
of Boone business men, who have
| purchased an industrial addition to
the city, which is to be Immediately
plated. The immediate cause of this
step is the securing of the plant of
the Quinn Wire and Iron company of
Scranton, and the company will build
$4,000 plant at once. The plat in,
cludes room for many building sites
are already in sight
Both Dubuque and Burlington, and
in fact the whole southeastern por-
! ton of Iowa were overhung, on the
18th, by a pail of smoke believed to
come from the burning forests in
Wisconsin and Michigan, so dense at
times that it became offensive The
odor was that of burning pine, and
many residents were led to believe
that either their home was on fire or
that woods near home were burning
It is believed that the smoke being
heavy, it was swept southwark from
the burning regions along the depres,
sion of the Mississippi valley.
The second annual reunion of the
Fremont Voters association, consist
ing of residents of the First congress
sional district who voted for John c.
fremont for president, was held a,
Fairfield. Sixty white headed veter
ans were in attendance. The address
of the day was made by Senator F
M. MolSberry of Columbus Junction
1t was decided to change the name tc
Fremont-Lincoln association and take
into membership those who voted fol
Lincoln when first a candidate. This
move was made because of fear thai
by next year but few old members
would be alive. Mount Pleasant is
the next meeting place.
Martha E. Ross, of Des Moines
who, the insanity commission de
clares, has lost her reaon over men
tai telepathy, has been committed t.
the hospital at Clarinda by the com
mission. She has been a believer IL
telepathy for many years, it is said
and worry over the subject FINAL.
unbalanced her mind She told tn,
members of the commission that sh;
could tell by means of telepathy tina
every one in Des Moines was seek
ing to do her harm, that they wer,
attempting to put poison in her fooC
and that she had been forced Il
drink whisky to offset the effect o
the poison they gave her, and in thi
manner save her life.
The coal chute of the Iowa Contra
railway, north of Oskaloosa, was de
stroyed by fire on the 14th. Loss i
$4,000.
, For the first time in the history o
, Morningside college the enrolment a
the beginning of the fall term ha
gone above 400, and new students ar
! registering daily. This mark ha
been reached before, but not so earl
in the year. Beyond any question thi
2 will be the largest year in the his
J tory of the college. The freshma
, class alone numbers over 100. TIL
, enrolment in the conservatory c
music will reach the 800 mark
With an enrolment of 447 for tn
e first day, Iowa college enters upo
tho E0pd apadpr,1ic yaor of ife ovic