Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-11-04
IowaState
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Fl. Dodge, claims to be the first child
born in TT. Dodge and his claim is
not contested since his birth occurr-
ed on April &C. 1856, in the govern
ment building in original FIT. Dodge.
His father was the government land
registrar here at that time. w. H.
Merritt, the father, came to Iowa in
1887, locating at Cedar Rapids. He
spent several years in his official ca
pacity and returned to Cedar Rapids
to engage In the banking business
with his brother-in-law, Judge Green.
During his Iowa residence he ran for
governor against Kirkwood and was
at one time postmaster Of Des
Moines.
c. B. Grimes, well known breed
er of Short-horn cattle near Gearing,
has closed a deal with Dean c. +.
Curtiss of Iowa State college, where
by he purchased a half interest in
the heard of Short-horns on Rock
wood farm, located just south of the
college and owned by Dean Curtiss.
This is one Of the choice herds Of the
state. The farm is also stocked with
pure bred hogs and Percheron horses.
Deeds lake near Hampton was
dragged for the body of a woman
which people in the vicinity believed
was in the lake. Several days ago
woman was heard screaming near the
lake and afterwards an automobile
with two men was seen going from
the lake. The people who heard the
dered by the men in the auto and
her body thrown into the lake.
With nearly $500 people in attend
ance, the first mausoleum to be COM
pleted in the state of Iowa was dedi-
Gated at Monroe. The beautiful $751;
900 building is located in the Silent
City cemetery west Of Monroe, and
the dedicatory exercises were in
keeping both with the beauty of the
building and the surroundings.
An immense frame pier which was
used as a protection pier on the old
bridge of the Chicago C Northwest
ern fell into the river with a tre-
mendous splash and ten men who
were at work on the old pier dis
mantling it had narrow escapes from
death, but all escaped, and only one
was injured.
Charles Arnold was fatally injured
while picking apples near Creston.
He was on a tall ladder and had a
half sack of apples on the ladder.
He stepped onto branch of the tree.
The branch broke and he alighted on
his back. When he was found he was
paralyzed from his waist down.
The state drainage, waterways and
conservation commission will receive
free of any charge from the Iowa
Traction Co., of Cedar Rapids, which
is spending $4,000 in securing dam
site surveys along the Cedar river,
all of the data collected in the work.
Carl Engelbert, 5, may lose his eye
sight as the result of an accident on
his fathers farm near Iowa City. He
was standing near traction engine
when the glass gauge exploded. The
flying glass cut his eyeball in two.
Harry Miller, a painter, fell from
a scaffold while painting the cornice
on the county Jail at Fort Madison.
He fell about twenty feet and re-
ceived a badly dislocated shoulder
and a severely strained back.
Without a word of warning, and
denied even time to write out re-
signation, Charles B. Hoffman, post
master at Oskaloosa for the past
twelve years, was dismissed from his
Job by a department inspector.
The First National bank of Car
roll failed a year ago. AS yet the re-
ceiver hss only been able to pay 80
per cent to tie GtPositors. There Is
not much hope that the depositors
will receive more money.
1t Is rumored at Vinton that the
Bell phone company will soon get
control of the Farmers Telephone
company. They expect to take pos
session of the local exchange within
a short time.
The university assembly at Iowa
City was converted into a memorial
IL.
L. NJ. Byers, and H. E. Gordon. Ad-
dresses were made by members of
the faculty.
Sheriff H. w. Terrell of Mt. Ayr,
has been sued for $500 by ]. F.
Rake. Rake claims that he was ar
rested on a charge of burglary and
that there was nothing to warrant
his arrest.
With full honors the body of Lieut..
Carl Richter, whose death it is alleg-
ed was by suicide on board his ship.
Marietta in Hampton Roads was laid
at rest in Mount Calvary cemetery at
Dubuque.
A mail sack thrown from Milwau-
kee train, was drawn under the
wheels and cut to pieces at Manning.
The train was going at rate of about
| sixty-five miles an hour
Mrs. Eva Reynolds, envoy of the
Salvation Army, who was seriously
injured in a runaway accident in Le-
high, is now getting along nicely and
is expected to recover.
An unknown masked negro held up
the clerk at the Hise hotel at West
Liberty and robbed him of So. The
man was frightened away before he
could rob the safe.
f. L. Keran of Fremont county
sold this year 5000 watermelons from
eight acres and has near two car.
loads yet on hand. He received 1926
for those sold.