Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-11-19
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NEWS

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The Sac County Poultry association
will hold its second annual exhibit
ion at the armory in Sac City, Deem
Der 8, 8, 10, II and IL. The premiums
offered are liberal.
A public school building at Gilman
| burned to the ground owing to de-
fective flue. The pupils all escaped
without injury. The loss Is $4,000
and the insurance $4,000.
Upon the payment in full Of all
claims. $12,750, against the Green
Mountain Savings bank, which fail
ed last February, attorneys for the
defendants have been dismissed.
Emma Olive Koons-Penny, who
says she is the common law wife of
Dallas Penny, raises brand new
question by asking that Judge Bren-
nan, Of Des Moines, annul a mar
riage which never occurred.
With his wedding day set for Nov
16, c. w. Hawley, we'll known cit
izen of Iowa City died suddenly on
Nov. II, after an attack of pneumonia.
Hawley had been in the livery bust
ness for many years and was well
past SO years Of age.
The Cedar Rapids Oil company,
which has a branch house at Fort
the conviction of persons who in
October mixed gasoline in 10000 to
10000 gallons of state certified kerr
osene in the tanks at that city.
Frank and Albert Dedina and Joe
Navaratel have been taken to Mason
City charged with the murder of
Michael Cummins at Plymo:th on
the night of October 26. 1t is claimed
that the evidence against the men is
strong.
Mike Halen, who was brought to
West Union from Oelwein charged
with the murder of Geo. II. Bennett
in that city refused to plead guilty to
murder in the first degree and was
indicted by the grand jury. Halen's
plea is self-defense.
Enthused by the English suffra-
gette young English women and DR..
Anna H. Shaw of Philadelphia, ma
tional president Of the Equal Stuff
rage association, while in the city of
Des Moines, the Political Equality
club has decided to hold a suffragette
demonstration in Des Moines next
month.
The will left by the late John w.
Henderson, of Cedar Rapids. makes
only an inconsiderable property dis
tribution. The property possessed by
the deceased, which was consider
able, had been divided before his
death. Distributions were made at
various times and, 1t is understood,
a last distribution was made some
time in September last.
While driving a well at the lutheran
Orphans home south of Muscatine EN-
ployes of G. p. Temple struck thick
vein Of coal. A gas flow was also To-
Gated ard the pressure is strong. The
deposit was found about 2O) feet Under
the surface. The coal is a fair grade
of channel coal. Further investiga-
ton may bemadc.
Arthur Johnson, a farmer at the
edge Of Nashua, has just disposed of
d crop from his farm which give him
a return of $500 an acre. Mr.. John
son put in two acres of onions which
yielded him 1000 bushels of the tear
producing fruit" and found a ready
market at 81 bushel. The entire
crop was marketed locally to towns
within a radius of twenty miles.
The Sioux City board of trade has
decided that as a grain market Sioux
City Is gaining ground with such
rapidity that a second terminal ele-
vator Of 100000 bushels capacity is
IN urgent need, and 1t will take
ste ps to secure a second elevator If
possible. During the fall thousands
If bushels Of grain have been ship
ped through Sioux City to Chicago
for cleaning and milling, it being i'm
possible to take care of the conslgn-
ments with the present facilities.
Jacob Stein of Des Moines has
abandoned the fight for insurance due
uroN the death of his son Morris
whose mysterious demise in Ohio
proved a sensational topic of CONVEX
sation for days a few weeks ago.
The failure of the grand jury to indict
either Mrs. Stein or her mother ends
the case for the father, so his attor-
ney, Chester j. Filler, stated today.
Under the Iowa code, there is a
pec:al provision that insurance shall!
not go to the widow if she is shown
to have been connected with the
death. Of this Mrs. Stein has been
absolved. 1t is said that Mr.. Stein has
already received portion of the in
surance carried in an old line com
2any. This totaled $4,000. There
is a policy for $1,000 containing a
suicide clause which may be contest.
ed by a mutual company. IN that
case. the claim of Mrs. STEMS attor.
ney that Stein committed suicide will
be used against the widow.
Workmen are rushing the work on
the new law building a. Iowa City.
Much Of the Hssen emit work has been
completed and the first window
frames are being put In place.
Following the investigation begun
by the Polk County grand jury recent.
ly. came to light the discovery ;nat
I over one thousand pages of records
are missing from the office of the
county recorder. Whether or not
they have been stolen is not known
The loss of these records is Of such
magnitude that it affects $4,000, 0O1