Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-10-07
IowaState
I News
Events Of Recent
. C C urr Q n c Q
Throughout the
Commonwealth

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Brick and Tile works of Iowa Falls.
C. H. Stephenson of Des Moines, act
Ing as administrator of the estate of
M. II. Gillett filing the claim. Gillett
was operating drop machine"
when his arm was caught in the ma
chinery and almost pulled from the
socket, the accident resulting in bis
death shortly after.
Eagle Groves autumn festival, was
great success. There were band con-
certs by the Eagle Grove and C'eor
Lake bands and a troupe of acrobats
and other performers entertained the
5000 persons who attended. The chief
feature of the festival was the fifteen
minutes exhibition between champion
wrestler Frank Gotch and Art Chap
man CT Wrigh. county.
Because they sought to secure evil
dence against a saloon for iregal iiq-
uor sales, by sending an Indian into
south side place in Marshalltown
to buy liquor, three government
agents, and the Indian himself, were
arrested by the police and were re-
leased on bonds after having been
In Jail over twenty-four hours.
Father Drumm and associate priests
closed a two weeks series of meet
ings at the Catholic church in Iowa
Falls. The meetings were marked
by revival in church interest and
good attendance. Father Drumm goes
to Eldora where a similar series of
meetings are being held at the Catho-
lie church.
Although she asked damages in the
sum of $4,000 from the Mcbride
Drug company for selling her husband
liquor, in the allegation that it made
him an habitual drunkard and caus-
ed his death by delirium tremens,
Mrs. Enola Bennett Friend secured a
judgment of only 5000 in the district
court.
| w. G. Snodgrass, pioneer Knox
vile business man, who was stricken
with apoplexy while standing in his
son-in-laws place ten weeks ago is
dead. He had taken no solid foods
and not to exceed half gallon Of
liquid nourishment during the two
and one-half months of his sickness.
Rev. o. F. Goettel of lie Mars, Ia.
was extended call by the Pentecost-
al Church of the Nazarene of Mar
shalltown, and has accepted. The
church has recently bought the old
church property of the Central Church
Of Christ, which is building new
church to cost $4,000.
Among the firms awarded contracts
for furnishing the supplies to the
state institutions during the coming
year, there are thirty-five Iowa con-
Germs. The remainder of the contracts
have been let to firms scattered all
the way from Omaha to New York
The funeral of John McCrany was
held at Bethel Grove, Marshall coun-
ty, where he had lived forty years.
The Odd Fellows had charge of the
services. He was ~ years old and
was a veteran of the Ninety-fourth
Illinois regiment.
| President James F. King, Cornell
college, and president w. o. Parsons,
Parsons college, have been named
members of the Iowa Rhodes schol-
arship committee. G. F. MacLean,
University of Iowa, is chairman of
the committee.
Seventy prominent men, including
leading merchants, Mayor Mathis and
enthusiastic baseball fans of Des
Moines dined at the Kirkwood in cele-
bration of the winning of the baseball
pennant by the Des Moines team.
The funeral of the late Romeo
Lawrence was conducted by the Ma
sonic order at Atlantic, of which he
had been a member for nearly two
score years. The services were held
at the Congregational church.
Joe Wright, alleged to be one of the
Mabray steerers, has been arrested at
San Antonio, Tex. He is said to be
one of the eighty-four men indicted
along with Mabray by the federal
grand jury at Council Bluffs.
Judge Parker at Marshalltown per-
! petually enjoined s. and Louis Bern.
stein and w. E. Crinklaw from ever
operating a saloon in his judicial dis
trict These are the first DEGREES un-
der the new Moon law.
The grand jury at Waterloo return
ed On indictment against Levi M. Will
son on the charge of bigamy, it be-
Ing alleged that he married Helen c.
Tinker of Gladbrook, when he had q
wife at Des Moines.
The Rev. R. F. Hurlbut, pastor Of
the Delaware avenue VI. E. church of
Buffalo, n. Y, has accepted call to
the Iowa City Methodist church, to
take the pulpit vacated by the Rev.
L. c. Clark.
The court at Davenport has decided
that the Salvation army barracks Is
not a church within the meaning of
the law providing that no saloon shall
be located within 300 feet of church.
Homer V. Ashmore, who was taken
to one Of the hospitals in Crestoa
from Villisca, suffering from blood
poisoning, died at Creston. He was
injured in the yards at Villisca.
Phillip HEM of Blanchard, dropped
from wagon at his home. He was
in the orchard picking apples and
was found dead, lying on the ground.
He was Page county pioneer.
The fraternal congress in session
at Cedar Rapids, chose Des Moines
as the next meeting place. William
Koch, president, and ]. w. Geiger,
secretary, were reelected.
Curator Harlan of the historical de-
partment delivered an address at the
thirty-first annual reunion of the Old
Settlers association of Jefferson cnnn.