Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-08-19
Iowa Brevities
NEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.

NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.
Isaac Brandt, keeper of the death
list Of the Old Settlers association OF
Polk county, has prepared his report
to be delivered at the picnic at Union
park. According to his statement Isl
of the pioneers of the county have
died since this time last year. Many
sad experiences fall to the lot of Mr.
Brandt in placing the names OF his
old friends on the list with those who
have passed away. Last September
Mr.. Brandt received letter from
Calvin Thornton, an old resident OF
Des Moines, who was then In Cali.
fornia, asking for a bulletin of the
deaths of the old settlers and stating
that his name would doubtless soon
be recorded. Two days later, the
keeper of the death list opened his
book and added to the list the name
of the man who had written him.
The horse entries at the Iowa State
Fair exceed the stalls by about 200,
and after an inspection trip to the
fair grounds, President Cameron, Sec
rotary Simpson and Superintendent
Curtiss arranged for the hasty cree
tion of more barns. They will be
completed by fair time.
AL Oman of Carroll hse sold his
farm for $95 an acre.
NJ Il
taken steps to build fine church
home in that city, paying $1,000 for
a site. This society has property in
Waterloo from which they will realize
$50, 900 when it is sold.
The biggest potato crop raised at
Clear Lake in years has just been
harvested by r. c. Alder, yielding 14O
bushels per acre, and is excellent in
quality.
Upon the order of DR.. Artemus
Brown, United States pure food in
spector, 238 sacks of bleached -four
were seized by deputy United States
marshal at Ottumwa.
l.. w. Hatch, the present manager
of the Iowa Telephone system at DAY.
export, Ia, becomes division superin-
tendent of plant for the state of
Iowa with headquarters in Des Moines.
Sleeping on the Burlington tracks
a mile west of Knoxville, Calvin
Wordsworth, a we'll known Knoxville
character, was run over and instant
ly killed by northbound passenger
train en- route to Des Moines.
A. l.. Shaffer of Newton has sold
his farm to Levi Jensma for s110 per
acre
Mrs. J. NJ. Lichty, aged SO years,
and resident of Waterloo since 1860
died at that place.
The Hass brothers of Cushing Ida
county, have declined an offer of $751;
900 for their section of land in that
county.
Anthony Moses, aged IS years, of
Dubuque, and Mrs. Elizabeth Pity
place, aged 70 years of Turkey River,
were married recently.
c. H. Stuber has sold his 240-acre
farm near Eddyville for $20,400
Danbury plans to have a large
crowd at their harvest home festival
on August "a.
The Adams county Sunday school
convention will be held at Brooks,
September % and 30.
The veteran associations of the
Thirteenth Iowa infantry and Third
Iowa cavalry are to meet in reunion
at Bloomfield, September 80 and Oc-
tober /.
Grandma Nichols of Glidden died
few days ago She would hive been
81 years old September 10.
D. G. Davis sold his farm of 295
acres near Frederic to S. L. Fouts of
Prairie City for $4,000.
At Clinton another case of didn't
know it was loaded" resulted in the
death of seventeen-year-old Harry
O'Neil.
Mrs. H. G. Curtis, widow of H. G.
Curtis, formerly one of the most
prominent residents of Atlantic is
dead.
The new elevator just completed
at Hampton by the Farmers Cooper
alive company has opened for bust
ness.
The delicious muskmelon for which
Muscatine Island is famed, has made
it's anticipated appearance On the
market and in a short time many car,
loads will be shipped to various parts
of the United States by the growers
of the dainty fruit. The Muscatine
melon needs no introduction to the
public in other cities, as it has held
an honorary place for many years
The melons are of a nice size and
their taste is unsurpassed in flavor
While they are now selling at the
grocery stores in town at ten and #
teen cents apiece, it will be but a
short time until the price will be l,
The large Monte Cristo and fancy
Fordhook water melons will soor
make their debut on the market, as
the sun is working wonders in theil
growth. Many men and boys are
helping on the island in gathering
the fruit and more will soon assist
in the gathering of the watermelon
crop.
John Knowles, who settled in Ap
panoose county In 1897, died at Mo
ravia at the age of 81 years. He wa!
a soldier In the civil war.
Forty-two new street crossing, ,
new well and other Improvement
have been ordered by the city council
of Perry.