Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-09-01


for total amount of $4,000 in Polk
county in one day recently.
A severe storm did a good deal of
damage to the fields of corn near
Charles City, laying the corn flat.
Mayor Phillips was found guilty on
two counts by Judge Wilcoxson and
will be ousted as mayor of Ottumwa.
F. e. Holbrook- left Onawa to join
the United States engineering corps.
now surveying the Des Moines river.
Henry Willie, aged 55, an employe
OF Lumber company, was killed at
Dubuque while at work in the mills.
Miss Iono Miller of Nodaway, Mo-,
has filed breach of promise suit for
100000 against Charles Weber of
Wapello.
Jasper county sold ninety head Of
hogs from the lots of the county
farm southeast of Newton for the
handsome sum of $2,411.70.
The business men of Gearing are
arranging for three days harvest
festival to be pulled off in that city
on September 20, q and 22.
Mrs. William Book is dead at her
home in Iowa City-sudden death
taking her in her 18th year. She had
lived in Iowa City 81 years.
Madrid entertained the largest
crowd in her history at the home
coming celebration. 1t is estimated
that fully 10000 people were present.
Mrs. Ira Cunningham of Tingley
fell while at work preparing break
fast. She had fork in her hand
and the tine penetrated the left eye
ball.
Lumber mills at Dubuque and other
places along the river are closing
down on account of the water being
so low they cannot get logs down the
stream.
While yawning, Miss Mary Bran
denburger of Nicola dislocated her jaw
and the services of a surgeon was
necessary to get the member back
in place.
While playing wild west show with
several companions Robert Blake, Jr.
Of Shell Rock, shot himself with an
old gun inflicting a terrible wound
in the foot
c. L. Dreier of Muscatine has just
received notice from Washington Of
his appointment to the position of
American vice consul general at
Guayaquil, Evuador.
Two thousand people packed the
Humboldt chautauqua tent to hear
Carrie Nation. All the business
houses were closed and it was gala
day for Humboldt.
Mrs. Daniel Ross, aged Is, died at
Iowa City after IS years residence
She was the widow of Twenty-sec-
ond Iowa veteran: Four daughters
and three sons survive.
At meeting of the city council at
Mason City it was decided to re-
place the arc lights on First street
with Tungsten cluster lights, which
will be put in Immediately.
The official program for the La
Dor day exercises Sept. 5 has been
issued by the Sioux City Trades and
Labor assembly, and it promises one
of the best celebrations on record
Judge z. A. Church was called to
Dunbar, Wis, to see his daughter,
Mrs. Charles Wells, who was serious
| ly injured in a railroad wreck near
Dunbar. 1t is reported that her back
was broken.
Frank w. Braniger, aged q, cash
Ter of the Waterloo Savings bank,
died of infantile paralysis. Both legs
and the right arm and the muscles
of respiration were paralyzed. He
leaves wife and parents.
As result of the Nineteenth
street street car wreck in Des Moines
last November, Miss Avada Nc
Creight started suit in the district
court for $4,000 from the Des
Moines City Railway company.
Limited train No. 4O2, on the ILL.,
nois Central from st. Paul to Chica-
go, was ditched at Mona by striking
q box car blown on the main line
during severe storm. Engineer
| Mark Scroggs, of Waterloo, was Sc
verely injured.
Steve Kennedy, who says his par
ents live in Fort Dodge, is under ar
rest at Mason City charged with the
holdup of William Ninovich who was
robbed of $400 four weeks ago. Min
ovich says Kennedy is the man while
Kennedy claims an alibi.
Judge Parker issued temporary
writ OF injunction in favor of the city
of Marshalltown and against the
Marshall Telephone company, re-
straining the phone company, which
represents the Bell interests, from
enrcing a new schedule of rates.
which demands an increase of rs
cents for all telephone service.
Theodore Workman, an Iowa Cen.
trail brakeman living at Mason City.
who lost a leg at Clifford, on May 81
last, has brought suit against the
company in the district court at Mar
shalltown for $4,000 damages.
The Latter Day Saints of Lamont
Decatur county. are arranging for
their annual fall festival and carnival
at Lamont, to be held October II and
Is. They have secured Judge H. NJ.
Towner and B. w. Garrett to be the
speakers on the two days of the fes-
tiyal.
Sioux City's first official step in