Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-07-07


versity, was awarded honorable men,
ton in the Baldwin prize contest con-
Quoted by the National Municipal
League of Philadelphia for an essay
on THE Commission Plan Of Govern
ment" The winner of the prize re-
ceived 500 and the essays of Rob-
bins and a Harvard man stood next
to the winners in excellence.
Rev. Elias Skinner, who opened the
sixty-seventh session of the grand
lodge of Masons in Waterloo, with an
invocation, is the oldest Mason in
Iowa. He joined the order in 1851 and
has been connected with the frater.
nifty for fifty-nine years. In 1854 he
was made grand chaplain. Mr.. Skinner
is now SO years old and for the last
twenty years has been a resident of
Waterloo.
1t is more than likely that an ad-
ditional reward will be offered by the
farmers of the Vancleve neighbor-
hood near Marshalltown for the ar
rest Of the murderer of three mem
bers of the James Hardy family. The
reward as now posted aggregates
$500, and the farmers and neighbors
of the Hardy family expect to increase
it by several hundred dollars.
The division of counties in super
visor districts is fast becoming the
custom in Iowa counties. The law per-
mits this if done in the June session
in any even numbered years. Floyd
county board has just adopted this
method and hereafter there will be
five supervisors elected instead of
three. They fix their own boundary
lines.
Mrs. Mary Collins Talbot, who
shot and wounded her husband, Roy
Talbot at Sioux City because of do
mestic troubles, will not have to an
swer to the charge as the victim,
fully recovered, appeared in Justice
Naglestad's court and refused to
prosecute the fair prisoner.
Fred c. Nave, of Davenport, well
known lodge man, politician and
sportsman, will be the first game
warden ever allotted to Scott county,
as decided at the meeting of the
members Of the Davenport Spirits
mems association.
The sixtieth wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Gender of
Rippey, was celebrated recently.
Both are still enjoying good physical
health. They have lived in Rippey
and vicinity for over a quarter of
century.
Pensions have been granted Iowans
as follows: Samuel T. Adams, $24;
VIM. S. Burton, SIS; Joshua Camp
bell, SIP; Adelaide Ellsworth, $12;
Lucy A. Helm, $12; Cyrus w. Payne,
SIS; Laban Pierce, $40; John Smith,
SIT.
Roy Milton Of Keokuk, aged 40,
was thrown from a lumber wagon
when the team started to run away
and two wheels passed over his chest,
inficting injuries that proved fatal.
His broken ribs punctured his lungs.
Samuel Try, member of the Iowa
Soldiers home at Marshalltown from
Davenport, is dead at the hospital of
paralysis, aged IS. Mr.. Try was a
veteran of Company I, One Hundred
Forty-eighth Pennsylvania infantry.
The coroner's jury is making
thorough investigation of the case of
Kenneth Anderson who was killed by
a street car at Muscatine Motorman
Callahan was Frustrated by the fatal
ity and his condition is serious.
The body of Ed Wiley of Struble
which was found floating in the Mis-
souri, river near Omaha, was inter-
red in the family lot by the side of
his wife. Mr.. Wiley was a pioneer
and most highly esteemed.
Articles of incorporation have
been filed at Pierre, S. D., for the
Forest City and Mason City railroad.
The road extends from Mason City to
Forest City, thirty miles. 1t is cap
tailed at 100000.
The large Catholic church located
in the country few miles from Law.
Ter, burned to the ground. The build
ing was valued at $4,000, and the
SOhSi CSdllOu was OuS VI luG ldTSSSt
in northern Iowa.
Louise Schonberger, aged II, was
probably fatally burned in a gasoline
explosion at her home at Dubuque.
She had just returned from having
her picture taken in her communion
veil and dress.
Col. Farley Sheldon of Ames, claims
that Rev. James Montgomery, Min
neapolis, used a large part of Robert
G. Ingersolps address when he deliv1
cred the commencement day address
there.
The first store building erected in
Sioux Rapids is to be converted into
residence. 1t was built of black
walnut which would be impossible
to buy at this time, in 1869.
A runaway caused by horse TAX
ing fright at the umbrella carried by
the occupant of the wagon will pro-
badly result fatally to Mrs. F. G.
Goodman, Of Mason City.
Against the warnings of his COM
panions, Harry Bordecker, aged Is
years, waded into deep water at the
mouth of Demming slough, near Mon
trose, and was drowned.
Judge ]. ]. Tolerton celebrated the
SEVENTEEN anniversary OF his birth
by entertaining one hundred of his
friends at an evening reception at his
home in Cedar Falls.
Mrs. James Fair, of Arthur, was
badly hurt when an auto in which
Dhe was riding overturned. She is the
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