Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

Helen Blair and sank before a life
crew could reach him.
Henry Dryden, 35, dairyman, fell
out of bed dead at Iowa City. He
broke his leg recently and was over
come by the heat last week.
First Lieutenants Robert w. Lesh-
er and Coffee of the Second cavalry
at Fort Des Moines, are to be placed
on the retired list because of physi-
cal disability uniting them for &C.
tive service. An order has been is
sued by the war department giving
Lieut.. Lesher leave of absence until
November %, when he will be retired
but the order for Lieut.. Coffee's re-
tirement has not yet been issued. 1t
is understood that Lieut.. Coffee will
accept the position Of military in
structor of an Illinois school.
AS the result of general high prices
the owners of thirty-six threshing ma
chine outfits in Ida county have form
ed a combination and issued state
ment with a new schedule Of prices.
After months of suffering from a
cancer, z. c. Bodwell died at his
home at I6a Grove and the remains
were taken to Sac City, his former
home, for interment.
Howard Barnum, instructor in the
Ithaca conservatory Of music and d.
rector of the band and orchestra Of
Cornell university, has been elected
to take the place In the school OF
music at the state university made
vacant by the departure Of Professor
H. G. Cox. This is only part Of an
almost complete reorganization of the
school which has taken place this
summer at Iowa City.
Hampton draymen have gone on a
strike and refuse to deliver any more
liquors for fear Of the 500 fine under
the Cosson law.
John Knowles, one of the earliest
settlers in Appanoose county, died in
his home at Moravia, aged 81 years.
A calf that weighed only twelve
pounds when he first saw the light of
day at Marble Rock, is being raised
on bottle by Mrs. Edgar Reed.
Mrs. Nellie Gable of Marble Rock
has had the "cable" cut and got
$4,000 in settlement from her hus-
band for the operation. She sued for
$4,000 alimony.
Lightning struck and destroyed the
barn and all it's contents of w. J. Du-
vail at Moravia.
The Christian churches of Appa-
moose county hold a convention Au-
gust 26-7 in Mt. Olive church.
In Harrison county this season one
man sold, from two acre tract OF
land, 500 crates OF raspberries at 50
per crate. Another man in the same
locality sold $500 worth of strawber-
ries this year.
The Rock Island railroad company
is building a fine uptown depot at
Indianola The people of the college
town are highly elated.
Amos Bowles sold his farm o. 800
acres in Grand River township, Adair
county, to U. B. Heifner. Considera-
ton 1000.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan will
be the speaker at the Indianola Chau-
tauqua August IA.
Henry Burton, an old settler at
Charles City and man some 70 years
of age, was found dead in his bed.
Heart disease was the cause.
Probation Officer Mrs. w. NJ. Nc
Farland of Des Moines, declares the
state labor law prohibiting the en-
Payment of all children under four
teen years of age. is responsible for
a great part of the trouble in which
children get during the summer. She
says many boys who are big and
strong at l. and IS years of age are
forced to roam the streets and loaf all
summer because of the law.
The funeral address over the re-
mains of the late Father Bernard
Mnckin at Burlington was delivered
by the Ri. Rev. Mgr. Flavin, pastor OF
st. Ambrose church in Des Moines.
The Rev Father Mackin was at one
time assistant at st. Ambrose church
under Mgr. Flavin.
The death in London, England,
three weeks ago of Prof. Lawrence
Byers of the college of law, was Sc
we're blow to athletics in the
University of Iowa, which is being
felt more keenly as the opening of
the school year approaches. 1t is re-
allied that there will be great diff
Guilty in filling his place upon the
board of control of all branches of
athletics in the institution.
BY the partial tearing down and re-
modelling of the old building south OF
the First National bank and which has
been Familiarity known as the "old
green hotel" Pleasantville is losing
one of its landmarks. This was one
of the towns oldest buildings. The
corner stone reveals the inscription
j.. Benge. 1857" Mr.. Benge was one
of the pioneers of PleasantVille, and
the father of Ira and Bruce Berge,
who now both live there.
Five hundred Des Moines Odd Eel
lows visited Mason City and Clear
Lake as guests Of the Mason City
lodge. The state home for orphan
children at Mason City was visited by
the Odd Fellows, after which they
werc taken to Clear Lake, where the
remainder of the day was spent.
District No. 65 in Gowrie township,
Webster county, will dig a large
drainage ditch, work to commence at
an early date.
Supreme officers of the United Dan
ish societies of America, in session
at Clinton announced that as a resu.C