Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-09
EVENTS OF RECENT OCCURRENCE
The Dubuque and Northeastern as.

The Dubuque and Northeastern as
sociations of the Congregational
Churches will hare a Joint meeting
in Manchester September q to 29 in
elusive. Rev. NJ. A. Breed of Month
cello, moderator of the Dubuque asso-
citation, will preside. The women's
program will be given Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 20, from 3 until 5 O'Clock.
There will be two speakers from for
eign lands, Miss Susie Orvis, a niece
of Rev. G. NJ. Orvis of Dubuque, in
this country for vacation after seven
years of active service near Cesarea.
will speak on Turkeys Awakening"
Mrs. e. r. Towle of Grinnell, state
secretary of the w. B. NJ. l., has re-
Gently returned from tour of the
globe, and will give an addsess on
Two Miles Up the River Min" Mrs.
f. w. Pease of Postville will speak
on "Glimpses of Mission Work in the
Northeastern Association"
James J. Hill, the railroad magnate,
by a gift of $4,000 completed the re-
quirements by which Morningside col
lege at Sioux City will receive an ad-
dition of 100000 by its endowment.
John d. Rockefeller and Andrew Car
negie each gave $4,000 upon condi.
ton that the college raise $4,000. Col
lege authorities led by Bishop Lewis,
former President Chandler and DR..
Luther Freeman, the new president,
have worked indefatigably and were
jubilant when Mr.. Hills gift round
ed out the amount. This will give the
college an endowment of half a mil
lion.
The next and twenty-first annual re-
union of the Hardin County Veterans
association will be held at Eldora in
August 1910, that city being selected
at the annual reunion held at Alden.
During the past year eight deaths
have occurred among the members of
the association. At business meet
ing the following officers were
chosen: Colonel, w. +. Bowers of
Eldora; lieutenant colonel, J. -.
Harrington of Iowa Falls; major, E.
A. Gregory of Union; chaplain, Rev.
w. Il. oldHlcy I'll oui SSoh,
DR. F. J. Evans of Iowa Falls.
The First National bank Of Council
Bluffs has started suit against G. F.
Castle, Britt, Iowa, for $4,000. They
claim to have been damaged to that
extent by the allegations made by
Castle when he sued the bank for So
600. Castle was one of the many
"mikes" who brought suit against the
First National for conspiracy to de-
fraud. J. C. Mabray was made a
defendant in these suits. Now the
bank has turned the tables and is be-
ginning to sue the mikes"
John Evans fair visitor, slipped
on the highest of the flight Ct stairs
leading to the second floor of the Ster-
ling hotel in Des Moines. He fell to
the street below and sustained injur-
les which may prove serious or even
fatal. Muscles in the mans neck were
torn loose and he was badly CUT
about the head. He was taken to
Mercy hospital by order of DR.. C.
w. Losh city physician.
Claiming that she did not under
stand the terms of prenuptial agree
ment in which she was to accept
200 in lieu of her dover interest
of one-third in her husbands estate
Mrs. G. Willems of Iowa Falls has
filed a suit in the Grundy county
court, asking $4,000 as her share in
her husbands estate which is valued
at $45,O00 and consists of valuable
real estate holdings.
John Zoller, a German farmer hv-
ing near Cascade, has pat?nted an
automatic contrivance of his own in
vention for unloading corn. 1t con-
sists of a number of buckets whica
are raised automatically and unloads
the corn and grain in the crib or
granary. Those who have seen the
machine think it practicable.
G. Martin, Ft. Madison lineman for
the Bell Telephone company, fell from
pole, lighting on his head on the
brick pavement. He fractured his
skull; also an arm and a leg, and
broke his jaw He is still alive ana
may survive, but the chances are a"
against him.
A. A. Elliott has bought of A. :
Bickel a farm of eighty acres near
Sidney for 800 per acre.
Gus Turnquist of Schaller sold his
farm of 100 acres to William Buehle,
of Odebolt for S20,SG0.
The William McGregor farm neal
Berkeley was sold to William McCarrs
at $122.50 per acre.
The old soldiers of Appanoose CCuh
ty will hold reunion at CenteryillC
on September 16.
A. L. Bryan of Sac county sold 22t
acres for $3.50 an acre.
= A new $4,000 NJ. f. parsonage Il
being built at Mt Pleasant.
r The general agency Of the inferno
e tional Harvester company has beer
0 moved to Mason City from Alder
6 Lea, Min. The change of agencies, /
+ is said means that twenty-five fami
7 lies will move to Mason City from AL
8 bert Lea.
F. H. Randall has accepted a posi-
ton as law instructor in the Univer
sity of Oklahoma. Mr.. Randall wa
y formerly instructor of law at the Ic
wa University, at Iowa City.
The Jake Goldsmith farm of eigth,
,. acres, near Wayland, was sold to J
j. Roth for $3.50 an acre.
). Capt Benjamin Clark. WHO locate
t near the village of Buffalo, In Scot
county, is thought to be the oldes