Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-02

OF the choicest of Iowa lands, highly
improved and splendidly located.
inese seem to have been the final
conclusions of Miss Clara Narber
who conveys to her mother her fine
quarter OF Benton county lands to
become the bride Of John Clifford
Brown, hailing from Ohio, and whom
his mother-in-law fears is an adven-
turer, who the girl has married much
lst the wishes of her mother.
From brick mason with pay from
IS to Sc a day to half owner of one
of the richest gold mines in Alaska
with an income OF a quarter million
a year is the unusual experience OF
Joe voegtlin, Des Moines man who
is now near Fairbanks, Alaska.
Four of Mrs. Lizzie Blocker's five
children have been taken from her
and sent to an orphans home by
Judge Bolinger of Davenport. The
court allowed her to keep the young.
est on her promise to mend her
ways and care for the child.
After twenty-seven years of we'd
ded life, Mrs. Charity Ella Aiken of
Glidden, Ia, has filed divorce pro-
ceedings against her husband, Ethan
Aiken, wealthy farmer of that vi
cinity, charging him with cruel and
inhuman treatment.
Charles Hix Of Hedrick, the mer-
chant who wrote black hand letters
to himself an clerk, has been arrest
ed, charged with threatening to coRa-
NIT public offense. The warrant
was sworn out by the father of his
clerk, Reynolds.
Miss Mildred Steckel, a society lady
OF Bloomfield, who recently fell heir
to $4,000, announces her engagement
to Alvern Trenier of South Bend, Ind.
the wedding to take place some time
next month at the home of the brides
parents.
The Oskaloosa Associated Charities
have been organized for the winter,
with Rev. C. w. Rutherford of the
First Baptist church as president
and John Pendray, who will devote
all his time to the work, as secretary.
w. w. Taylor, a harnessmaker OF
Mason City, has discovered that he
is heir to one-third Of 100000, left
by Mrs. Ida Flaglier former wife of
the big oil king. The interest on this
for Mr.. Taylor will be $4,000 a year.
Four druggists in Boone have been
cited to appear before Judge Lee at
the coming term of court to defend
themselves against injunction pro-
ceedings, brought on by the alleged
illegal sale Of intoxicating liquors.
The joint boards of Hamilton,
Wright, Franklin and Hardin coun-
ties have established the four coun-
ty drainage district. The contract is
TO be let soon. The estimated cost
OF the improvement is 100000.
Mrs. Carl Nyquist Of Davenport, sur
prised burglar at work in her home,
and knocked him down, but was I'M
able to prevent his escape with
considerable amount of jewelry. The
police have made no arrests.
Muscatine business men are back
ing a scheme to build new interur-
ban connecting with Galesburg. Rock
Island also wants one end of the
road. More than 100000 has already
been raised for the project.
A Greater Creston club has been
organized and over half of a $4,000
capital stock subscribed for the pur-
pose of interesting new factories to
come to that city. Thep Ian was pro-
posed by Mayor Reynolds.
The Baptist church at Iowa City
has called the Rev. Harold Chaffee,
son of A.. B. Chaffee, a former pas
tor at Mason City, to be it's pastor.
The younger Chafsee has been at
Grundy Center.
The train from Red Oak to Ham
burg went through from Riverton
10 Hamburg last week for the first
time since Nov. II. The track had
been under water since the big thirty
four-hour rain.
In the last session of the ten-day
convention of the National Grange
held at Des Moines, $4,000 a year
for two years was appropriated for
the support of the official organ OF
the order.
A mote burning" ceremony was
held at the Masonic temple in Dav-
export when the last $1,000 indebted
ness on the building was paid. All
the stock is now owned by Masonic
lodges.
w. F. Byers of Newton has been
appointed engineer to make survey of
the proposed Skunk river drainage
district, by which it is planned to re-
duce the length of the river forty
miles.
The police believe that they have
captured the stick up" men who
have been working at Sioux City of
hate. The men under arrest give
their names as Tom Welsh and Roy
Hin.
DR.. F. l.. Traitor of Jefferson is
busy building a horse hospital the
first Of its kind in that part of the
state. He also has dog and cat
infirmary..
No objections were filed to the paw
ing of Wilson avenue in Webster
City, SO the council will let the con-
tract and levy an assessment at once.
A special election has been called
for Dec. 6, to vote on the interurban
franchise question at Lake City.
Miss l. L. Ballou, who for nearly
thirty-seven years has been assistant
postmaster at Waterloo, under seven
administrations Of the once, has re-
signed her position and will sever her
connection with the federal service
Dec. 81.