Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
Iowa News
NEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.

FIRE, winch threatened the cntlr6
business section of Lenox. destroyed
the Copeland drug store.
The postmaster at Belmond has
asked that postal savings bank be
established at his office.
Lester Street has been appointed
postmaster at Nugent, Keokuk coun-
ty, vice N. l. Richardson resigned.
A. Hunter sold his two-hundred-
acre farm near Mt. Ayr to j. l.. Hick-
erson, of near Hatfield, Mo-, for 500
per acre.
Louis Young, colored man, died
in Scott township, Mahaska county.
His age was given as lit years and
III months.
Frank Emery and Ernest James,
wanted at Indianola on charges of
theft, We're captured at Davenport and
taken back for trial.
DR.. E. d. Brewer, secretary of the
state dental board, and pioneer den.
fist of lie Mars died at Brewster.
Mimi, where he was visiting relay
tives.
Miss Mildred Horton, daughter of
Colonel c. c. Horton, commander Of
the Soldiers home at Marshalltown,
was married to James M. Brockway,
of Let's.
Helen Van Winkler, the 2-year-old
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. C. o. Van
Winkler of Salem, died as the result
of eating the heads of about twenty
hatcher.
Victor Ziegler, graduate In min
ing engineering of the University of
Iowa, aas been elected instructor In
chemistry in the Ohio State Agricult-
ural college.
Gladys Fletcher, Is, Waverly, and
Ruth Ullon, 16, Nashua, cousins, ran
away from home and were located at
Waterloo by the police. Relatives
came for them.
AS the result of an auto accident
near Clifford, five of party of seven
automobilists were injured, when a
car driven by Frank Wood, of Clifford,
ran off bridge.
The largest pelican ever seen in
that part of Iowa was shot by Roy
Muse, of Humeston. The bird meas
ured eight feet eight inches across
the wings from tip to tip.
A law prohibiting the use OF fire
arms by minors is urged by State
Fish and Game Warden George A
Lincoln, in his biennial report sub
mitted to Governor Carroll.
The case of the State of Iowa
against Harry Adams and Ralph Bur.
rows for the murder of Matthias
Lang on the evening of Sept. 3, 1910.
has been assigned for trial.
The co-eds, farmers, townspeople.
girls mingled in a crowd of four hun.
dred people that greeted the soils
special of the Burlington at Indian.
ola.
Fred Hammer of South Washington
committed sU;eide by drowning him
self in cissern. He was 65 years
old and sufferer from nervous trou-
BILE, but ha1 not seemed worse than
usual.
Lieutenant Peter Okell. veteran
of the civil war, who served in the
navy as executive officer to Commo-
dore Livingstone, died at his home in
Fort Madison, aged II years. of de-
bilities Of old age.
The golden anniversary of the
lions German Lutheran church OF
Iowa City was celebrated there. Cler-
gymen and other members of the
church from number of Iowa cities
were in attendance.
Iowa City's annual farmers fall
festival opened with an attendance
from surrounding communities of ov-
er 10000 persons. Tugs of war, auto
mobile parades and other similar
features marked the program.
A fine eagle that measured eight
feet from tip to tip was captured
by Sam Ruehush, a farmer, near
Lake City, who, attracted by the
bowling of his dog, saw the eagle at
tempting to carry the dog away.
Leroy .Trimble, a lad 16 years old,
at Ottumwa, committed suicide by
drinking carbolic acid after writing
letter to his sister in which he Sc
lected hymns to be sung at his fun
eral and named his pall-bearers.
The Iowa City Commercial Club
held memorial meeting in memory
of Senator ]. P. Dolliver. Addresses
were made by Mayor Ralph Otto.
President F. E. Ayres of the club,
County Attorney w. J. Mcdonald and
others.
William Davis, a blacksmith OF
Blanchard, was run down and killed
by Wabash train near his homo
town. Davis, who was slightly deaf.
was walking on the track and was
caught on a curve. Two small sons
and a married daughter are left.
The controller of the currency has
received the application of the fol-
lowing persons to organize the First
National Bank OF Stockport, at Stock
port, capital, $4,000: f. A. Rhynas.
]. B. Stever, H. L. Smith, e. r. Smith,
G.. F. Patterson and D. A. Workman.
An organization of laundry men and
cleaners of southwestern Iowa has
been effected at Creston. B. F. Black
of that city was elected president.
C. b. Shimm has brought suit for
$4,000 damage. charging alienation
of affections, against A. A. Men, q
wealthy stockman of Osceola.
Frank Novak, the young man from
Quarry, who was convicted recently
OF assault with intent to criminally
assault Miss Matte Olson, an aged
Quarry woman, was sentenced at