Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

100000. The school with Its equip
ment, will ocst $4,000.
Captain Tyrell, formerly of Bel.
mond, but now an oil king OF Beau
mont, Texas. has offered to purchase
flag and flag staff for the Morgan
Everts library at Clarion.
Rather than fight the cases in the
district court and face the possibility
OF abatement proceedings the seven
teen Sioux City druggists against
whom the anti-saloon league brought
action have entered pleas of guilty
TO technical violation of the law. The
court has placed the pharmacists I'M
der permanent injunction not to sell
liquor contrary to- law.
The people of hippey are up in
arms because the Minneapolis and
st. Louis maintains no night agent at
It's depot there, consequently no fires
and no means of knowing how late
the night trains are. They have
complained to the state railroad COM
missioners.
Blood poisoning, following infec
ton from cut by razor in the
hands of barber at Nemaha,
caused the death of R. M. Bailey,
travelling salesman of Sioux City.
Something of a sensation was oc-
casioned by the announcement that
Capt. Arnold Baumgartner, head OF
the Dubuque militia company, had de-
parted for Oklahoma. BaumgartneT
is the man against whom charges OF
a refusal to account for the company's
funds were being made and as re-
suit of which charges Adjutant Gen.
eral Thrift made trip to Dubuque,
instructing Baumgartner he must
make good.
settlement has been effected be-
tween the Burlington road and j. X.
Beckwith of Red Oak for the four
teen head of horses that were Gre
mated in a car at that place in JAN
uary during the big blizzard, the COM
pany paying $1,260.
AS a result of a slight abrasion on
the side of his right foot. caused by
the rubbing of his shoe, Charles VIII
liams O. resident of Nevada, Is at his
home dangerously ill his attending
physicians stating that it will be
case of amputation of his right limb
or possibly death. .....
The trial of the case OF B. q.
Maen VS.. The Iowa-Minnesota, Cereal
company will be taken to Mason City
from Winnebago county. Maen asks
for a judgment of $12,015.S7 due him
from the company, being the result
of certain investments. Thomas A.
Way was the president of the COM
pany, T. F. Danahr, vice-president'
and NJ. D. Buggy, secretary. The com
pany organized a string of elevators
through Iowa and Minnesota.
Manager Plass of the Dubuque
Three l league team has issued no
tice to his players to report for the
practice games on April 3. A dozen
early games have already been
scheduled.
Mrs. Arthur Meyer OF Keota was
fatally burned by spirit lamp explo-
sion in the university homeopathic
the hospital. Mrs. Meyer rose at
o'clock to heat milk for her year-old
baby. She was seen to rush for the
bathroom enveloped in flames. The
baby was rescued from the burning
room. It's head was badly burned,
but not fatally.
Both side rods of an engine pull
ing the Rock Island Clipper snapped
while the train was running at high
rate of speed near Usage, demolish-
ing the cab of the engine and seri-
ously injuring Engineer Calkins.
Fred J. Lehman, farmer, aged 29,
living near Humboldt, committed sui
eide by throwing himself before an
extra freight train east-bound on the
Great Western. He left note say
ing only to take him home. He leaves
a wife and two children.
The trustees of Valley township
met at Guthrie Center and determin-
ed upon a campaign of road dragging
that is promising. The drags will be
put in service at once, so far as
All persons subject to poll tax will be
given an opportunity to work out
their tax now, before spring work be-
gins, and drags will be furnished up
on application of the parties who will
use them. Dragging was begun east
and northeast of town, and will be
kept up Systematically and persistent
~. Other townships are taking SINH
lar steps.
A sensation at Glenwood is the
large amount of bills brought before
the board of supervisors asking pay
for smallpox expenses during the
plague which ragged nearly all winter
at the town of Malvern. The bills
foot up over $4,000.
Harry Houghton, a rural school
teacher of near Gladbrook, has Great
ed great anxiety among his friends
and relatives by his sudden disap-
pearance kilograms and letters
have been sent broadcast to places
where he may have gone, but as yet
the search has proved unavailable.
Houghton was young man of good
habits and no explanation can be
found for his sudden disappearance.
Many accidents are reported
| throughout the community near Far
| ley Joseph Cook. aged 70 years, fell
and fractured his leg. Mrs. Amanda
| Glew fell on the ice and sustained a
broken rib. G. Kramer sustained a
naipfu1 injury nv having a tree fall
on him.
A new pipe organ, to cost $4,000
has been purchased by the official