Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-22
Iowa News
NEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.

Harry Stark, IL, OF Muscatine
committed suicide at Topeka, Kana
Business men OF Colfax are plan.
ming the installation OF electroliers
Fred Miller, aged so, resident OF
Eddyville, was found dead ON the
street.
Lowson Miller of Winterset, was
instantly killed by being struck by
falling tree.
Trappers in the vicinity of vintop
are reaping a rich harvest from fur
bearing animals this year.
The erection of new court house
is being agitated at Nora Springs and
in other parts OF Floyd county.
Farmers near Atlantic are engaged
in contest to see whose fields pro
duce the largest ears of corn.
A new station Is being built al
Minden, by Rock Island men to re
place the one burned last June.
Marion |. Snyder has been appoint.
ed postmaster at Bertram, Linn coun.
ty vice M. B. Plummer, resigned.
| The first grain show of Ackley
proved a success. The affair prob
ably will be made an annual occur
renee.
Mabel Toler, the 2-year-old daugh.
| ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Steven Toler, re
siding at Milford, died OF spinal men.
| nights. .|
At the mid-winter meeting of the
Southe astern Iowa Editorial associa.
| ton, Clarinda was chosen as the next
meeting place. .n..
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Emery, formerly
their golden wedding anniversary in
Glandale, Cal.
Peter Kirk, farm laborer, had one
hand cut off while operating a shred.
der machine on the farm of Martin
Nelson at Harlan.
Nine head OF cattle persisted in the
flames that burned large barn on
the farm of Charles F. Busch, one
mile west of Klemme.
NJ. d. Meyers of Missouri Valley
has been appointed deputy sheriff of
Harrison county to look after railway
interests. The expense Is not borne
by the county. .....
Mason City WOE its suit against the
Chicago Great Western Railway com.
pany in court. The city sued to force
a crossing over the companys right
of.way at Sixth street
William Sheppard, who appealed
from the appraisement of damages
against the Atlantic, Northern
Southern Railway company, has been
allowed $500 by the court at At.
lantic. IS.
Attorneys for Oskaloosa saloon in.
terests have been successful in OBJ.
tanning the signatures of a majority
of the votes at the last election Oh
the petition OF. consent and have filed
the same.
Three head Of cattle belonging to
w. P. Hogan, farmer living near
Onslow, were killed by bolt of light
ming which followed the wire on
fence to the spot where the cattle
were grouped.
w. Foote, while enroute to Blair,
Nebr., with the Fred Brown auto o.
Missouri Valley, norrawly escaped be
ing seriously burned when the car
caught fire beneath his. feet and burn:
ed TO the ground.
DR.. A. A. Deering, a pioneer phys
ician of Iowa and former postmaster,
died at the Eleanor Moore hospital
IN Boone, following an operation. Dr.
Deering also was a member of the
Boone library and hospital boards.
While a Chicago & Northwestern
passenger train was running near
Lowden, a bullet entered the win
dow of a coach and fell to the floor
of the car. The bullet passed be-
tween two persons who were sitting
at table.
The following rural carriers have
been appointed. Bridgewater, George
E. Dory; substitute, lola NJ. Dory.
Carbon, Ernest L. Willard; substitute,
Glen w. Willard. Logan, Walter l..
Levally. Prescott, John Sears; sub.
stitute, Albert n. Sears.
Principal Blakely of the Fort
| Dodge high school, and secretary
and treasurer for the Manual Arts
| Association Of Iowa, Is sending out
circulars announcing the annual
state convention to he held at Water
loo February "a and 25.
While dining at a family reunion
held at the home of her parents in
Nemaha, Mrs. Will Harrington OF
near Colo bit GO hard upon a chicken
bone that the tooth was crushed, the
! nerve exposed and paralyzed and for
| ten hours she was unable to speak.
The following rural carriers have
been appointed: Elgin, Philip Moser,
substitute Harry F. Becker; Hawk
eye, No. /, I.orena Baker, substitute
John Wilbur; Hawkeye, No. 2, Robert
| Smith, substitute Charlie A. Terrell;
Hawkeye, No. 3, Hiram P. Clark,
Moulton, Roy Beggs.
Corn is about all picked in Craw.
ford county, and the yield Is report
! ed to be the best for the last ten
years. The cheap price Is causing
| many of the farmers to feed it to
| cattle and sheep.
| w. H. Cooke, a prominent land
owner and stock buyer of Buchanan
county, died at his home In Webster
| township after several days sick
ness with typhoid fever.
| Members of the Red Oak city coun-
Gil are planning for the installation
OF number of blocks of concrete
and asphalt paving next summer.
| David H. Park, wealthy and prom
| inent business man of Carroll, died