Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-04-01
Iowa News


Effie James, formerly resident OF
Ottumwa, has been tried and acquit.
ted at San Diego, CAL. on charge
OF numbering Bruce Shelter of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
Prof. Geo. W. Tannehill, for more
than forty years the head Of the math-
ematical department of the Iowa Col
iege at Vinton for tn eblind, Is dead.
than the pillow used in Iowa.
Prof. Charles Bunday Wilson, head
OF the German department in the col
lege OF liberal arts at the state univer
sity at Iowa City has received an in
vitation to lecture before the students
of the University of Wuerzenberg
Germany. Prof. Wilson has long been
recognized as one of the foremost
German professors in the country
and the present offer is but one OF
many that have been made to him. As
yet Prof. Wilson has made no an.
nouncement of what he will do.
T. S. Hook, a Whiting boy, who is
attending the university at Iowa City,
has won his fifth competitive drill In
the varsity rifles, an organization OF
experts made up from the university
military companies. The winning of
five competitive drills entities Hook
to an honorary fob from the company.
BY vote of the electors at the school
caucus at Mason City it was decided
to erect new building for the hous.
ing of the domestic science and man,
ual training departments of the city
Schools
Chris Barman, veteran OF the civ
ii war and figure about Pennington
for many years fell dead on the street.
Mr.. Barman had been suffering with
the grip throughout the winter, and
for the past month was barely able
to be out upon the streets He fell
on the sidewalk in front of Sherrick's
store and was carried into the build
Ing and breathed his last Immediate
ly. He was &C years of age and I'M
married, familiar figure in all G. A.
r. matters.
The home circle and many friends
in Pella welcome Mr.. Mathew Kemp
her back after an absence of eight
years in the United States navy. For
four years past Mr.. Kampher has
been in the United States marine
service in the hospital division at
Yokohoma, Japan When the feet
landed at Japan, Mr.. Kempher Joined
them and completed the voyage. Mr..
Kempher had completed his eight
years enlistment.
The Fort Madison Plow company
has just completed a large order of
plows to be shipped direct to the
Argentine republic. These goods were
made especially for this trade. the
construction and form being different
Peter Pentico, an old resident and
soldier of the civil war, died sudden
ly from apoplexy at his home three
miles south of Colfax After eating
hearty dinner he went to the sit
ting room to rest, where his wife
found him an hour later, lying on
the floor dead.
Ed Morris, a merchant at Washta,
s. d., who shot and killed David Jen-
nings of Sioux City, when he found
him in a compromising position with
his wife, was cleared of manslaughter
in his trial at Rapid City, S. D. The
judge instructed the jury to find a
verdict for acquittal.
A serious accident occurred at
Spencer while a Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul freight train was switch
ing in the east yard. AS the train
was about to pull out, Simmy LaGue,
the 10-year-old son of Louis LaGue,
manager of the Spencer Cement Tile
factory, attempted to catch on the
cars and steal ride. In so doing he
missed his hold and was thrown
beneath the moving car. The wheels
passed over his left ankle and severed
the foot.
The sad news has reached Charles
City from Burke, N. D., that Mrs.
Ned Bradley had shot herself. Both
DR.. Bradley and his wife were raised
in Charles City. She was the daught-
er of c. A. Hoffman, a prominent
travelling salesman who died of ap-
opleXy ut Spirit Lake two years ago,
and the doctor is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. s. Bradley.
George Church died at his fathers
farm home, south of Hampton, as the
result of being kicked by a horse.
He was tying up the horses tail to
prevent 1t getting muddy when the
horse suddenly kicked him with both
feet in the abdomen. A physician was
called Immediately and did all that
was possible for the injured man.
: Almost before the wedding bells
had ceased to echo Reuben Elliott, of
Albion had filed an action for divorce
from his young wife, formerly Ella
Martin, whom he married at Marshall
town on March 3. Elliott is 20 years
old and his wife Is II. The husband
accuses his wife of lack of chastity
before he married her. .
Hampton is agitating the question
of free city mail delivery and bases
it's claim upon the showing made by
the postoffice for the last year. Ac.
cording to the annual report, the
business for the year will amount to
$4,000. The money order business
runs about $4,000, or will this year
Four years ago the postal receipts ag
gregated $4,000, and a year later
$4,000. The plea is for three postal
carriers.
University Park addition. the seat
of Central Holiness university at o.
kaloosa, voted in favor of incorporat
ing the addition which lies east of the
corporate limits of Oskaloosa The
vote was practically unanimous favor
ing Incorporation. Election of officers
will follow in a few weeks. The addi
ton contains during college season
fifteen to eighteen hundred people
and is growing rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Burton cele
brated their SEVENTEEN wedding ami
YersarY at Mount Pleasant They are