Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-15

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against George Agee for $4,000 dam
ages alleging breach of promise.
Mrs. Susie M. Sinner died al
Mercy hospital in Des Moines at the
age of 81 years, following a serious
operation. Mrs. Sinner was the wife
of Rev. A. NJ. Sinner, residing at 1914
Maple street. She has resided in
Des Moines for the past twenty-five
years.
With the acceptance of the sub.
committees reports the board of trus.
tees of the Iowa State Teachers col
lege ended its duties at Cedar Falls
and the new finance committee of the
state board of education took active
charge of the business management.
The city council of Marshalltown
opened bids for six miles of concrete
paving, and found the best bid to be
$1.65.5 per square yard.
Important improvements for the
Iowa state fair grounds were assured
when Secretary j.. c. Simpson an
nounced the letting of contracts for
amounts aggregating s14,1S9. p. A
Callen got the contract for building a
new cattle barn. His bid was $1,000
Charles Weitz's Sons company of Des
Moines will complete the swine judg,
ing pavilion for $5,170; the Des
Moines Bridge and Iron works wa
awarded the contract for the steel
work in the new balcony in Agricul
tural hall for $1,000; and ]. E. Love,
joy will build two permanent stages
in front of the grandstand for $2,155.
James Watt, Jerry B. Sullivan and
]. C. O'Connell, of Des Moines, are
interested in the new bank at Nor
walk, which will be known as the
First Savings bank of Norwalk.
For the first time in the history
of the state, national workers for the
Prohibition party will be sent to Iowa
this fall to organize every county in
the state for prohibition.
Everybody needs a vacation" said
the Rev. Q. A. Luce in his sermon al
the North Des Moines Methodist
church. 1T is a boon they owe tc
themselves. Man is so constituted that
it is necessary that he withdraw from
the world for rest and recreation. Any
machine wears out and needs repair
F. E. Lyman, age sc, a resident OF
Des Moines for twenty years, died
at his home, after an illness of sew
erai months.
E. ]. Bliss of Boston, head of the
Regal Shoe company, one of the larg
est advertisers in this country and
lecturer on Advertising and Selling
at Harvard university, will be the
principal speaker at a booster dinner
which the Greater Des Moines com
mittee is arranging to hold in Sep
TENDER.
AS a result of a gentle tap on the
part of Mat Simmer Of Lenox
Shorty" Wilson, a happy bride
groom of several days, sustained q
broken jaw bone and is minus several
teeth. The trouble arose over Sim
mer's refusal to smoke one Of VIII
son 5 wedding cigars.
The barn of William Scott was
by lightning during the storm
at Dallas Center and burned to the
ground. A large quantity of hay and
some grain was burned. The loss
will be about $1,000. His horses and
buggies were saved.
James R. Clark died at his home
near Lebanon after a lingering illness
of several years of stomach trouble
Mr.. Clark was II years of g and
was a pioneer citizen of Van Buren,
county, coming here in 1889 when
a lad of Z years.
Charles Deemeck, aged 80 years
employed as coal driver was drowned
while swimming with several others
in a pond southwest of Oskaloosa. He
was overcome by cramps.
Empson Bird, son of the Rev
Thompson Bird, founder of the First
Presbyterian church in Des Moines
died at the sanitarium at B~rattleboro
N. H. His death was not unexpected
as he has been an invalid for forty
years following the death of his ia
ther.
MIS-. Sarah Cartwright, aged 8;
years, died of apoplexy at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Mary Temple Of
Dallas Center.
Claiming that he fell on a defective
sidewalk and suffered serious ant
painful injuries, Otto NJ. Geiger has
filed a claim against the City of Du
buque with The city recorder asking
the sum of five hundred dollars.
Des Moines Knights of Pythias are
expecting to hold an important meet
ing IN Des Moines when the district
convention, embracing lodges from
cities and towns in this section Of
Iowa, meets here. The convention will
probably be held in a fortnight, and
Myrtle Capital hall will be the meet
ing place.
The presence in this city Of An
drew Stevenson of Chicago, vice pres.
ident and manager of the Iowa rail
road, together with John H. Mcitride
Of Philadelphia, a capitalist, lends
color to the report that the proposed
new line of interurban railroad from
Waterloo to Eldora via Grundy Cen.
ter will be built this year.
Interest taken by H. F. and L. c.
Humphrey in clay modelling may re-
stat in the establishment of a pd.tery
factory at Fairfield.
Rev. William Bagley, aged IS
years, died at his home in Des Meines
Mr.. Bagley was born in Montpelier
VT, Sept. 8, 1920, and resided in
Iowa the greater mart of his life