Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-02
Iowa State News
Events Of Recent Occurrence Throughout the
Commonwealth.


Mrs. Howard A. Johnston, wife Of
the former pastor of the Central Pres
byterian church of Des Moines, died
at the home of her sister in Cincin-
natl, O., Aug. 10. Mrs. Johnston came
to Des Moines with her husband in
1891 and during her three years stay
here made a host of friends, who are
grieved to hear of her death.
Tn new Hotel Colfax, built at a
cost of 1915, 900, made it's initial open
ing with special reception to sew
enty-five officials of the Rock Island
road, including President B. L. Win
chell. Col. J. p. Donohue, owner of
the hotel, was host to the railroad
officials.
To keep the Marshalltown band 60
ing the union musicians are going to
ask for a one-fourth mill tax levy.
This will net about $3.50 year. The
musicians base their claims on the
fact that as the band gives free con-
certs for the people they should do
something for the band.
William Klatts, a Calmar butcher,
is confined to his home with badly
inflamed knee, in which blood pois.
oning has set in. A few days ago he
was cutting meat when the big knife
slipped and entered his leg just above
the knee. The knife cut his leg clear
to the bone.
Is a moving picture show theat.
er? 1t is not according to the verdict
of an Iowa City jury. H. F. Pocock
was arrested for running theater on
Sunday. He secured jury trial and
theater only moving picture show.
The jury agreed with him and he was
discharged.
AS the happy elimination of a ro-
nance that had it's inception at Ober-
lin University at Oberlin, Ohio, near.
ly seven years ago, Miss Julia Hutch
inson departed from Muscatine on the
first step of her journey to Yokohama,
Japan, where she will meet Ralph
l.. Harding, located at Manila, Philip
pine Islands, and If no delays are en-
countered enroute, will be united in
LhoAi ioSS ~ MA lolulhS Oh oSpLSAh
Der 18th.
An 1S-year-old son of Andrew Kin
caid, farmer, living near Donnell-
son, was instantly killed with rife
while hunting, being shot through the
heart. In pulling the rifle through a
| charged. The dead body of the boy
was found by his father.
Good roads was the slogan of the
Iowa rural carriers who held a two
day meeting in Des Moines.
Miss Grace A. Reed, the county sup
erintendent of Stanley county, South
Dakota, is a former Boone girl, hav-
ing taught in the High school of that
city for several years. She went to
South Dakota n couple of years ago
and took up a claim, which she has
proved up.
Uncle Isaac" Brandt of Des Moines,
has added another to his list of old
settler championships held by himself,
He is the champion golden wedding
attender. Forty-two OF these pleasing
milestones in matrimonial roads of
life the venerable east slider has seen
in the past sixty years, and his mem
cries and "reminiscences of Polk coun-
ty affairs along this line are interest
ing in the extreme.
Mrs. Frank Bumgardner was badly
burned by an explosion of oil and
water at her home at Nora Springs.
She put some gasoline in the wash
water and was attending to other
work when the explosion occurred.
1t was caused by the cover being put
on the boiler too tight.
Rowley Mericle, an employee in the
Acme gypsum mill, at Fort Dodge, was
| hurled seventy feet to the bottom OF
the elevator shaft when he was sent
vator was manipulated by an mex
I. perienced man, and the cage crush
ed the lad, injuring him so that he
cannot survive.
A. N. Boyd, one of the pioneer set
| tiers of Adair county, died at his
home near Macksburg, from the eff
fects of old age, he having reached
almost three score and ten years. In
, terment was made in Zion Hill GENE
terry, in Adair county.
: Arrangements for the annual meet
} ing of the national grange have been
! ernor C. ]. Bell Of Vermont. The
, meetings will be held Nov. 1919 al
the Auditorium. A feature Of the ses
) sions will be a day devoted to agri
: cultural products. Representatives Of
!. the Corn Belt Meat Producers associa
; ton and the Iowa State Dairy associa
, ton will deliver addresses. Mr.. Bel
asserted that he expects one Of the
4 largest meetings in the history of the
organization.
ice Carter has sold to George Shep
: ard his 80-acre farm near Atlantic fol
(. S137 per acre. Ed. J. Young bought
2 the Pennell 160 acres near Anita fol
, SIS per acre. George and Will Pei
lett sold 100 acres near Atlantic fol
a $3.50 per acre.
:. Iowa postmasters of the third ant
I fourth class held their annual conven
! ton in Judge Miller's court room II
Des Moines.
e In collision between two automo
= biles near Yellow Creek lake, BILLY
Sunday the baseball evangelist, ant
his wife, were injured.
J. October / the First National banl
8 of Clearfeld. capital $4,000, will ope,
S it's doors. Grant McPherrin is thu