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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
TERRIBLE HARDsH||I1Ps
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Christ Church, n. VI, March 49,
Lieutenant StaacklNton.1 ship Nimro4
had returned hare with thA expioran0
party aboard, all OF whom Aro we'll
The members Of the expedition gtyN
some additional details TO those rs
ready published.
Professor David and his compare
on tho journey to the magnetic polls
the weather was 80 hot that they had
to pull their two sledg0s In etngletAt
There was half . ton Of provisione
on each sledge. After = comparatively
Ice they had q hard and slrnoet hope
less climb to the inland plateau. They
carried their lives In their hands. light
ing their way inch by inch and sur
fered great ~privatione On the retur9
they were . party Of gaunt skeletonst
the Nimrod had almost given theul
up for lost.
The members OF Lieutenant Hhackls-
toms party state that Then they wore
compelled to turn back, their bodily
strength was diminishinE 10 rapidly
that their temperature went down %
far below, In ono cases reaching %
90 degrees and In others considerably
lower than that They nearly died
from starvation before hnding a 81
the depots and always were ON very
two days later In reaching tho MINI
| rod she would have boon frozen In 10g
another 81 They declare that any
future explorer attempting TO reach the
pole must be provided with much
larger supplies OF food, because there
Is no doubt that the south pole u sit-
uated on a high plateau and the coolest
and stormiest weather in the world
prevails there. there being 10 degrees
OF frost under the very rnildest con-
ditfons.
Lieutenant S~hackleton declined "a
say anything regarding tho protest
made by the commonwealth Of Aus
tralia, because 1t had received no newl
of the Nimrod's arrival at Stewart
island. although the commonwealth
had voted SIS 900 toward the expenses
OF the expedition.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
MOUSE RAN up The
CLOCK; GIRLS STRUCK
One Hundred Ceased Knitting
and Leaped for L.ife-The
Mouse Ran Down Again.

New York, March @.-Hickory, chickory,
dock, the mouse ran UP the clock; but. in
stead OF striking one, the clock made q
noise like a hundred girls, each trying to
be hysterical first. For Ii was the clock
on Miss Mary Bloan's stocking that the
mouse ran up just as Miss Bloan and %
other girls had begun their afternoons
work In the knitting mill at 753 Lexington
ave-, Brooklyn.
That serenity which Is supposed to come
from knitting was Immediately dispelled,
when Mary Bloan jumped with a scream.
OF course, 100 other girls. with as many
screams, jumped on 100 knitting machines
and showed 200 stockings. which would
nave shamed any Trainer of a tariff bill
who talks about ad valorem on hosiery.
A dozen Of the girls tainted, and SO
many others wouldn't quiet down that II
was necessary to call DR.. Hartzell. Of the
Bushwick hospital, to administer restora-
tives all around.
The mouse escaped.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
BLIND HYMN WRITER
HAS 89th BIRTHDAY

Bridgeport, Conn, March 3l.-Tanny
Crosby, the blind hymn writer, observed
her seth birthday, when she was aguest at
a reception given in the home of Mrs. Or
Vile Rector by the Fanny Crosby circle of
Kings Daughters in he afternoon. In the
evening she attended a reception in the
First Methodist church.
She wrote a special hymn for the even
ing occasion, which, set to familiar music,
was sung by the
Miss Crosby, who has been blind almost
from her birth, was born in southeastern
New York. She was a pupil in the New
York institute for the blind, one of her
teachers being Grover Cleveland.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
KING PETER MAY ABDicATE;
FAMILY LEAVING BELGRADE

London. Mich. 31.-Special dispatches
received from Rome and Vienna give
rumors that Peter, the king of Servia.
preparing to leave Belgrade.
The message from Rome says King
Victor Emmanuel has received q letter
from Belgrade that King Peter and his
sons are going to Switzerland. The
king suggested that the youngest son
of Prince Nicholas, Of Montenegro, take
the crown Of Servia. The king of Italy,
according to this dispatch, does not OPP
pose the abdication Of King Peter, Ii
will urge that Peters son. Alexander,
succeed him.
The dispatch from Vienna a y an
influential party in the Servian parlia-
ment is agitated against the Kara
ge~orgevitch dynasty, the family Of
King Peter, and discussing either tho
Duke Of Teck or Prince Arthur of Con-
naught as a possible successor to the
throne.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
SUES STATE FOR 100000;
FALSE IMPRISONMENT

Ashland, Wis, March 2s.-Wm. N.
french has sent q petition to the legis-
tature In which he asks indemnity In
the sum of $500. 900 for alleged false
imprisonment and as the victim Of q
conspiracy. in Ashland county jail,
prison at Waupun, Northern Hospital
:or the insane, the Iowa county insane
asylum and the insane asylum at Rich
LAND Center.
French was q prosperous logger and
owner of q drug store. farm and real
estate when. In 1891. he shot and killed
mis- brotherinlaw, Calvin M. Steel. Ho
was found guilty OF murder and sent
to Waupun.
The supreme court reversed the Ease
and French subsequently was declared
insane and was sent to Oshkosh and to
other places.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
BEeeARs DRIVE OUT SILK HATS

Paris. March 31.-Paris hatters
nave declared in solemn convention
that the silk hat Is slowly but surely
going out of fashion; is no longer worn
by men of fashion except on ceremon-
ial occasions: that its decline is marked
ven in London, where it has so long
been a badge of responsibility. This.
they reason. is the case in Paris,
mainly because beggars, guides and
others of the Fostering fraternity in
Paris, look upon the wearer of q silk
hat as fair game
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
ElECTROCUTED FOR
MURDER, MRS. FARMER
ExONERATES HUSBAND
In Ante Mortem Statement,
Woman Insists He Had No
Part in Crime.

Auburn, N. Y, March 31.-Murnaur-
ing q prayer for her soul. Mrs. Mary
Farmer was quietly led to the electric
chair In Auburn prison shortly after
6 o'clock this morning M executed for
the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan at
Brownville last April.
The execution Of Mrs. Farmer-the
second infection Of the death penalty
on a woman by electrocution in this
state-was effected without sensational
incident. Five women, two of whom
We're prison attendants, were witnesses.
Father Hickey, spiritual adviser of
the condemned woman, following the
execution, gave out a statement signed
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
SKIN GAME TOO MUCH
OF A GRAFT-SUES THE
SURGEON FOR $4,000

Rockford. ILL.,, March 29.-Dr. w. r.
Franklin, a prominent physician, IS
named as defendant in a $1,000 trespass
suit "a grating affair In two senses of
Ravnass, who In his complaint AYERS
that while he was a patient under the
care of DR.. Franklin. the physician
grated the cuticle from the complain
ants thigh to his foot, and tina with
out the consent or knowledge of the
patient, extra epidermis was taken and
grated on another patient Of the ply
stefan.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
wAsps TO TEACH AERonAurs

London, March 31.-In a lecture be-
fore the Royal Photographic society,
f. Martin Duncan said a series OF
photographs of insects on the wing
might yield valuable information to
aeronauts. THE wings of wasps and
bees are of particular interest in this
connection" he added. They are
marvellous for the small compass into
which they can be packed and for the
extent of their pr%otraction when the
insect is on the wing"
In Brazil the government owns and op
crates 1.287 miles of railroad lines.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
POPE INTERESTED IN FLYING

Rome, Mch. 31.-The pops wishes to
see Wilbur Wright fly. He received Hart
O.. Berg, financial agent of the Wright
brothers, and said that when Wilbur
Wright came to Rome he hoped the dar-
ing aviator would fly directly over the
vatican, so as to give its occupants a
chance to see the aeroplane.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
KING PRAISES sHAckLEToN.

London. March 31.-King Edward Joined
In the CONGRATULATIONS which are being
showered on Lieutenant Ernest H.
~Shackleton because of his achievement in
almost reaching the south pole. In a tele-
gram OF -congratulation the king accedes to
Lieutenant Shackleton's request for per-
mission to name a new range of noun
tains discovered in the far South after
Queen Alexandria.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
KIDNAPPED % YEARS AGO;
CHICAGO POLICE FIND HER

Chicago, March 29.-After having
been kidnapped from Montreal rs years
age, Mrs. Jason Warner was found by
the south Chicago police last night. She
S years old and was taken to a farm.
Recently Mrs. Warner appealed to the
Canadian police who found her family
in Montreal.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
KILLED IN GAMING ROOM.

Sapulpa, Okla. March 31.--Newt Riv-
ers. a noted Kentuckian, was fatally
shot and Clarence Rupert seriously
wounded here early today in a fight in
a rambling resort. The room was full
of men and Rupert fired five times into
the crowd.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
STEAMER WITH a. MEN,
NARROWED ON THE ICE

Pictou. N. s.. March 29.-Forty-rou.
passengers have been marooned on ice
In Northumberland strait on board the
steamer Mimic since Tuesday. How
soon she will be able to work her way
out could not be told today.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01

1t is related that when Robert Louis
Stevenson was told OF the death Of
Matthew Arnold he paused, then said,
tdubiousIy. He won't like God!"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
PIN TOURS woMAN's BODY.

travelling for four months through the
body of Mrs. Oakla Bay Jennings,
piercing the walls of the stomach and
penetrating the lungs, a g~lass-headed
steel pin, accidentally swallowed by
her, made it's appearance in her mouth
Wednesday night and was extracted
from the soft palate. 1t had made a
complete circle in her body. had be-
come very rusty and a hard substance
had accumulated on It.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01

.Ht..." S'SN'S "t
The statement follows:
!: ITO Rev. J. j. Hickey:
(: my husband James d. Farmer,
/: never had any hand in Sarah
{: Brennan's death nor knew
/: anything about it till the trunk
!: was opened. / told him any
{: thing what had happened. l feel
/: he has been terribly wronged.
(: James d. Farmer was not at nome
Z: the day the affair happened, Meth
{: er did James D.. Farmer ever put
{: a hand on Sarah Brennan after
!: her death. Again I wish to say as
/: strongly as I can that my hus-
7: band, James d. Farmer. is entire
I: ly innocent of the death of Sarah
!: Brennan, that he knowingly had
/: no part in any plans that led to
/: it and h a he knew nothing what
/: eve about it.
!: ~(Signed.) MARY II. Farmer"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01

1t is estimated by a New York build
er that there are buildings under con-
struction in the city which will aggre-
gate in value more h a 800. 000. 900.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01

The Norwegian army includes Z
corps on skates.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01
thick rubber mat upon which the death
chair is placed.
Switch il Turned.

thick rubber mat upon which the death
chair is placed.
Switch il Turned.
The hand os State Electrician Davis
traced a slow arch with the switch
behind the curtain. A half spoken
prayer was halted as h condemned
woman convulsed in the leather har-l
ness that bound her to the chair. A
woman attendant covered her face with
her hands. Only the clicking of the
Tightening straps and the murmur OF
the dynamos In an adjoining room
could be heard.
The first contact lasted q full min
ute, the voltage starting at l,Sao, ana
being gradually lowered to 200, then
raised again to the full limit of 1870
volts. The current was applied at sos
O'clock. The current was shut Off n
a strange sound-half n half
murmur-came from the woman's lips.
DR.. Germ and DIR. Spitzka applied the
stethoscope to the heart while Electri-
clan Davis felt the artery In h neck.
| Muscular action was noted by the
physicians and again the current
! passed through the body for period OF q
few seconds. nee more the physicians
| stepped forward and applied the test
to determine if life still remained In the
limp figure in the chair. For the third
| time the state electrician sent the cur
! rent through the body. The physicians
among the states witnesses were Their
called upon n after another to exam
inc the woman. after which Warden
! Benhaln said.
tHThe physicians that. the
IN is dead; you Will please re-
turn to my office and sign The witness
ROLL
In his cell In a faraway corner OF
the prison Jim Farmer, the husband,
prayed during the hou of his wife's
execution. She had told him she had
to die at dawn and that she had made
a statement that he was innocent OF
the crime. The man verged on collapse
from grief and he frequently gave way
to tears.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-04-01

The Mile contains a greater variety Of
fish than any other body Of water. j..
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-10-14

Mrs. Rippey of Nicola is visiting
friends here.
Mrs. W. F. Earhart of Menlo visit
ed her father John Davis.
John Reinemund and family came
home Friday from Canada.
Mrs. Ed Bowen who was badly in
jured at Coon Rapids died Friday.
d. d. Sampson was in town Satur-
day visiting with c. II. Sampson and
family.
w. Nicklason, father of Mrs. j. r.
Best returned home from visit in
Atlantic.
L. Schubert who worked in Keith's
barber shop and wife went to Denver
Colorado Tuesday.
Hugh Hardy's sister from Illinois
who was visiting here returned to
her home Tuesday.
Low Caldwell and wife and John
Sherman and wife went to Omaha to
see the Ak Sar Ben.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Layland have
returned Saturday from Ohio where
they he'd been visiting.
Tuesday was "Taft Day at Los An
geles and after that day e. ]. Free
man end wife started home.
Mrs. Adam Killinger went to Menlo
Tuesday to visit the families of w. T.
Earhart and ], L. McIntire.
Rev. and Mrs. Mitchell went to
Hamlin tuesday to visit with mem
bars of the Presbyterian Church.
Doctor Fulton and family returned
Friday from Atlantic where they
had been visiting at his fathers home
A special Masonic meeting of Blu,
Lodge will be held next week Friday
night, Manning Lodge to work Thire
Degree, banquet to follow.
VIM. McLeran Jr. and smother re
turned from visiting daughter il
Omaha Friday. VIM. McLeran ST.
went to Atlantic to meet them.
Mrs. W. W. Smith returned hcm
Friday from NewMexico accompanie,
by her mother Mrs. Bryan, who cam
to make an extended visit here.
The Park Hotel boarders were pleas
ed to have Frank Watts with then
again on Tuesday, it being the frs
: time he has been with them for til
past six weeks.
Hiram Webster and wife of Texs
arrived here to visit his son Ham
went Tuesday to Redfield to visit h
daughter-then to. Sioux City an
will return home about Nov. 18th.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-10-14
THE FOOTBALL SEASON
The Audubon High School Team
Preparing For Several Contests

Pos'N NAME W.T.
Right end 80. Simon Foley - 100
Right Tackle George Laubender- 1852
Right Guard Otto Tennigkeit---- 1854
Center Frank Davis --. 1879
Left Guard Edward Heuerman l65
Left Tackle - Frank Bagley --148
*Clarence Niklason -l45
Left End 49, Harley Boyer--15 $50
*March Jones -140
Quarter Homer Booton
Right Halfback -Chas. Stanley -l43
Left Halfback- Gibson Law----162
Fullhack .---. James Law, Capt 100
*These boys are subs.
SCHEDULE
October 16-Depison at Denise n
October 23-Carroll at Carroll
November 6-Denison at Audubon
November l3-Harlan at Audubon
November 2O-Harlan at Harlan
No game for Thanksgiving il scbe-
duled for certain but q good team can
get the date if they speak for it soon
enough.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-10-14
AUDUBON

j.
Court in session now, opened Tues
day. "
August Burr and wife spent Sunday
in Adair.
A. ii. Roberts was an Omaha wish
tor Monday.
6. w. Hoover was in Omaha on
business Friday.
Chris Anderson and wife went to
Omaha last week.
"Monte Cristo" at the Opera House
Wednesday, Oct;20.
F. B. Campbell visited over Sunday
with his Extra friends.
Miss McMartin of Oakland is visit
ing Mrs. r. J. Creveling.
Nora and Grace Talbot returned
last week from a visit in Omaha.
Mrs. John Cameron visited over
Sunday with relatives in Dexter.
Clara Oelke and her mother return
ed Friday from 9 visit in Omaha.
Wilson Burnside and wife are visit
ing relatives in Grinnell this week.
Mrs. D. ]. Preston entertained the
SIT. W." club at her home last evening.
Chris Heuss and wife departed Mon
day for Ashland Penn. to make their
home.
J. d. Henry enjoyed q visit last
week from his mother and sister of
Anita.
Mrs. Passm ore of Guthrie Center
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
G. Gates here.
Gus Kraft of South Dakota, for
mer Audubon business man, was in
town this week.
Mrs. W.O. Henry departed Monday
for Menlo to visit her parents, j. d
Coleman ann wife.
Father Mcdonald returned Saturday
from visit in Kansas City and Elk
celsior Springs, Mo.
Mrs. Chas. Bagley and Mrs. o. P
Coon and Sol Leighty and wife retur
ned Saturday from Omaha.
G. Gates and wife and his mothe
departed Monday for Strout Oklahe
ma to make anrextended visit.
Godfrey Schrader and son Herman
went to Casey Friday to attend tn
funeral of Gus Schrader's wife.
Mrs. j. K. Herbert went to Atlanti
Saturday to see her new granddaugh
ter at the Ralph Herbert home.
c. L. Christensen departed Monda
for Nysted Neb. to see his mothe
who has been visiting here, eafel
home.
Mrs. L. B. Jennings and daughte
Laura visited one day last week wit
the formers sister Mrs. F. B. Heath
Brayton.
w. H. O'Connell, formerly an Al
dubon business man but now of Lon
Beach California ia candidate fl
COUNCILMAN.
Rev. and Mrs. VedGer returne
Thursday from a few days visit i
Council Bluffs and will leave soon fl
St. George, Georgia.
John Kuhn, wife and daughte
Mrs. Geo. Viewer and E. B. Cousin
and vile returned Saturday from
visit in Des Moines. 4
Thursday evening of last week til
Presbyterians, to- the number of fort
loaded their baskets with goodies an
unceremoniousiy dropped in upon M
and Mrs. A. A. Mitchell and thorough
~ surprised them There was SO muc
yellow legged chicken that the Rsve
end declares he daresnt look chicke
In the face.
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-10-14
iCl<Iing i'm the hroat

"Just little tickling the throat" Is that what troubles
YOU? But it hangs on! Can't get rid of it! Home rem
edes don't take hold You need something stronger
regular medicine a doctors medicine Ayers Cherry
ties of the highest order Ask your doctor about this
No alcohol in this cough medicine LGAyer Co. L0YsA Mass
Constipation positively continued An
The oasis., 1909-07-10
SONORA SETTINGS.

Doctor Charles R. Knox, at an,vmas. has removed his office ,,om the Hotel Albin to the corner If Calle 27 and Avenue TX.
 While in Hermosillo if wanting sne imported and domestic wines and liquors and the best Mexican cigars, go to the Cantina Central. Mir. Charles N. White, until the first of the month ticket agent and cashier in the Southern Pacific depot at Guaymas, has been made apent for the company at Empalme. Formerly Mir. White was in the Sonora railway depot at Nogales. Fl Progreso of Altar stated last week that there was heavy loss of cattle in the northern part of inc district from thirst on account of lack of water, and that many otber cattle had succumbed from the effects of fever that was spreading among the herds on the ranges.
 A delightful winter climate, charming scenery, fine boating, good fishing and hunting, and a fine hotel at which to put up-the Albin-beside the waters of Quay mas bay.
 Mir. G. w. Beermaker, general manager of the Mexican Naviga- ton Company, which operates a steamer line along the West Coast of Mexico, was in Guaymas Satur- day fast arranging for docking al the dry dock there of the steamer Luella, of the line named, which went ashore at Mazatlan couple or three weeks ago, and needs re pairs.
 General Luis E. Torres, com mandante of the First Militar. Zone, and Captain Bernal, persona aid-de.camp of the general, wer visitors at Cananea several day last week and early in the presen week, where Mrs. Torres is enjoy ing her summer home. Tuesda evening the distinguished visitor were at Nogales, returning hom to Hermosillo.
 Travellers visiting Cananea wi find the new Hotel Sonora under new management, and right date in all appointments. TT meals are cooked by the fine French chef in the Southwest, ar served by white waitresses. IT proprietors give their personal a tention to the details of the bu' ness, and the meals and service a the best in the country.
 Recently the Cananea Conso dated Copper Company adyertls for bids for construction of a ra way "across northern Mexico" a the Bisbee Miner of the 2d in stated that work had been beg between Douglas and Cananea
 Monday of last week. Tuesday
 the present week THE OASIS V informed by a we'll posted gent
 man that the work had bt
 stopped.
The oasis., 1909-07-10
Installation of Officers.

Tuesday evening, July 9th, Nogales Lodge, Knights of Pythias, intalled officers for the ensuing term, the cere- mony conducted by MT. Sanders from Can9nea, the deputy grand chancellor m this jurisdiction. The officers in- stalled were as follows, viz: Dave Loeb, ' 'C, A, Dumbauld, V. C., R. T. Rogers, F. A, Il. Saleebey, M. of A.. James B, MIX, NJ. of w.. George Januel, l. G. Albert Busch, o. G.; ED. Williams, K, ol R' X s.. Vim. Schuckmann, M. of E. Alter the ceremony the lodge partook oi 2 nlce luncheon, and the gathered knights passed most social evening.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-16
Additiooal Candidates ir field.

Since the laet issue* of the Enter
prise. in which seas announced tho
candidacy of Guy HI. Moore ,od
Capt. Joseph Roskilly for positions
on the board of education of the
Independent School District of Vir.
ginia, two additional candidates for
the positions to be filled at tomor-
rows election have been announced
in the persons of c. c. Butler, for
some years past member of the
board, and w. 7. Irwin, agent of the
Duluth, Missabe & Northern rail-
way.
The proposition a. to whether or
not the proposed new high school
was to receive unmerited opposi.
tion for time threatened: to over
shadow the minor business of the
meeting, but with the clea ring away
of the threatened clouds the choice
between the candidates will become
a subject of more general agitation.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-16

Service Sunday with Communion
at 1880 a. m. Service also at 7:45 o.
III. The Parochial School will begin
next Monday at p. m. and continue
for weeks from Ga. m. to o. m.
each day. The school will be- held
at the Central Schoolhouse, Mr.. c.
Skinsness will be the teacher.