Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-02

| Word has been received at Winter
set from a cablegram sent to DR..
! Charles Watson of Philadelphia that
Prof. and Mrs. w. l.. Porter have been
ordered home on account of Mrs.
| Porter's health from Rawl Pividi, In
: dia, where Professor Porter has been
| engaged as science teacher in Gordon
Memorial College for the past four
years.
The Waverly council passed an or
dinance granting to ]. ]. Donelan of
I Vinton a gas franchise. This was in
! pursuance Of authority granted coun-
Gil at a special election, at which on
| ly seven citizens voted nay.
There is at least one job of school
teaching in Iowa for which no woman
need apply. 1t is the position of prin-
cipal at the Anamosa reformatory.
| The prison school room has been re-
! furnished with new seats and black
boards and the board Is now looking
for a principal to put in charge of it.
The salary will be 500 month and
! the successful applicant must hold a
! state certificate and be an experience
/ ed teacher. Chairman Cownie of the
board of control said that no woman
need apply. Heretofore all of the
| teaching in the reformatory school
, has been done by convicts. There are
several school teachers sci living SEN
| fences but the board has decided to
| place a competent principal in charge
of the school. The convicts will con-
| tinue to do the actual teaching. The
| teacher of penmanship at the reform
/ atory Is serving term for forgery.
He is an expert penman and can imi-
| tate any hand writing however COM
| plicated. 1t was this gift that caused
| his downfall.
! Mrs. Lyman Smith, wife of young
| farmer residing in the Olive chapel
neighborhood south of Knoxville, is
dying from the effects of injuries sus-
| tanned in a runaway accident. She is
| bruised from head to foot, hurt in
| ternally, and has been vomiting blood.
Her relatives from a distance have
| been called and death is momentari-
ly expected At sharp turn in the
road the pole strap broke, dropping
| the buggy tongue. The young team
instantly took fright. Mr.. Smith made
an effort to brace himself for the
! emergency and in so doing was
thrown out. He held onto the lines un-
til torn from his hold by the railing
of bridge. Mrs. Smith watched her
chance and threw the baby into a
clump of weeds and brush, thus saw.
ing its life. An instant later two
wheels of the buggy were smashed
and she was dashed to the hard
ground.
The death of an uncle in Brazil and
the terms of his will, it is reported
may put two well known ladies OF
Wright county in the millionaire
class. 1t seems that an uncle of Mrs
L. Middleton and Mrs. w. ]. Hender
son, who reside at Eagle Grove, went
to Brazil many years ago and invest
ed in sheep ranch and later in &
farm. 1t is said the latter tract prov
ed to be rich in mineral products ant
that the uncle speedily amassed {
big fortune. BY his recent death ant
will, it is said Iowa relatives were gen
! erously remembered and the true con
ditions are now being investigated
with a view to bringing the prope
rights to the Iowa ladies.
CraZed with grief at the sight o
his only child still and cold in dealt
OF tho n LING porlnrc In
Moines, Joseph Stuches, $40 Eas
Fifth street, twice attempted suicide
and was only prevented from takini
his own life after desperate grapple
with r. r. Mcbride. The Stuche
family came to Des Moines only
: week ago. They are almost tota
strangers there. They formerly live,
in Illinois and Stuches brought hi
wife and baby boy, Joe, aged years
to this city after making prelim
nary trip and learning that carpente
work was plentiful here. The chill
was apparently perfectly we'll whe
, ne came to his new home, but fell il
and died, despite frantic measures O
. the part of his parents and the Ell
. forts Of physicians.
Presidnt f. o. Montgomery of tn
Boone County Telephone company de
= MES the sale of the Boone cunty tele
, phone system to the Iowa Telephon
, company He says the Boone count
company is still in business under tn
, same management and will complet
: the new building at Boone and wi
+ take the Bell plant If the subscriber
D show by postal card that they want 1
The Bell people are willing to give VI
g Montgomery says within short tim
the companies will undoubtedly b
!. united. In the meantime outside col
, struction is being held up by bot
companies here.
: The Mary O. COldren home for age
/ women is the name given the inst
t tuition founded by Steven A. Coldrel
an Iowa City philanthropist. TIL
n name is that of Mr.. Coldren's mothe
a pioneer of that community.
The citizens of Magnolia held a
= old settlers homecoming last wee
Shirley Gillilland made the address {
the morning. There was speci;
= musical program in the afternoon.
= Clarence Kilt, farmer, Will
: crossing the Great Northern track b
= tween Lester and Alvord. was struc
by train and instantly killed.
l. Mrs. Nellie Reynolds, the actres
e accused of stealing two diamond rims
o from Mrs. Minnie Francis, of DE-