Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-01-27
Iowa News
NEWSY iTEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.

To establish an industrial farm
near Des Moines where men who are
down and out may be given work
and yet not be made to feel they are
objects, of charity is the aim Of J.
C. McNeal of Osceola who was in
Des Moines for the purpose of inter-
esting the various philanthropic or
carnations in his plan. Mr.. McNeal
is backed by a young man who re-
Gently inherited $4,000, part of
which he desires to devote to charity
| Together they have hit upon the idea
| of the industrial farm. Mr.. McNeal
will not yet reveal the name of his
| associate but declares he is willing
| to give a part of his fortune to the
scheme If Des Moines people will
cooperate with him. 1t is their idea
to have the farm self-supporting after
1t is once started.
There is to be central meeting OF
the Story County Teachers associa-
ton held in Nevada on Friday even
| ing and Saturday Feb. 4 and ;. Coun-
ty Superintendent /. j. Scott has ar
ranged for talks by number of the
leading school men of the state. On
Friday evening Walter S. Athearn of
Drake university will address the
teachers on dad Mother and the
| School Marm." During the sessions
of Saturday, Prof. p. e. McClanahan
of Highland Park, Herman F. Harris
Of Ellsworth college, Prof. Arthur Nc
| af f.fn m
S. Stout of Cornell and Prof. Frank
lin E. Brooke of Leander Clrak Col
lege of Toledo will speak
A sensational breach of promise
suit has just been settled at River
side, Cal. Miss Frances Held OF
Boone went to California to bring suit
against Dwight Ebersole, who courted
her assidiously while he resided In
Boone. Removing to Riverside where
he is now merchant, he straightway
| fell in love with and married Sc
attic girl. Miss Held proceeded to
| Riverside armed with love letters.
The result was her former sweet
heart handed her a check for $1,000
TO keep the matter out of court.
At the Holstein short course Allen
| Josline won first prize for the best
| 100 ears of corn raised in the county
and received 500 buggy. Leon
Toner, farmer, bought the 100 prize
ears for $3.50. For raising the best
single ear u. S. Baxter of Silver
Creek township received cash prize
of $25 and sold the ear to Henry
| Schenckcloth for Sc. A. Will won
s25 cash for the best bushel of oats
and Fred Meyer won $25 for the best
bushel of barley. Ida Grove has ask
ed the authorities at Ames to hold a
short course there next December.
| Miss Cora d. Smiley, who has been
professor of the English language
and literature and dean of women at
Parsons College for ten years. haG
resigned. Miss Smiley has been for
two months in Winfield at the bed
side of her mother, who is seriously
| i'll, and her resignation is result OF
her inability to return to Parsons i'm.
mediately.
Herman III. Boyer, the alleged biga-
mist, now in the county Jail in Iowa
City, has been forgiven by his first
wife, in a sense; and will possibly
escape prosecution and secure di-
vorce from wife No. 1 and immediate
ly marry wife No. 2.
DR.. J. p Gilmore of Anamosa, con-
victed of causing the death OF young
woman by means of criminal opera
/ ton was sentenced to Fort Madison
for ten years by Judge Ellison at &C.
dar Rapids, who refused new trial.
John C. Prall for many years secre-
tary of the Y. M. c.. A. at the Iowa
State college at Ames, has just been
elected organizer of the Laymen's
Missionary Movement of America,
with headquarters at New York City.
st. James Episcopal church at Oska-
loosa has signed contract for the
| erection of a monster pipe organ, to
be finished by Easter. The puchase
is the result of the work of various
guilds.
William Ziegler, captain of the
| Grinnell football eleven, was chosen
Rhodes scholar for the state of Iowa
by the committee assembled in Iowa
City after an all-day session.
o. l.. Massman of Des Moines has
purchased the 400 acre farm Of James
McGhee, one mile from Mason City
for sS5 per acre. McGhee bought it ten
years ago for $50 per acre.
At meeting Of the board of super
visors at Webster City, A. j. Peter
son was named as county auditor to
serve out the unexpired term OF J. A.
Slower, who died suddenly.
Waterloo business men have or
ganized the Town Criers' club, the
prime purpose being to advertise the
city more thoroughly in the future
than in the past.
James Linger, a farmer living four
miles west of Baxter, killed his old
est son, seriously injured his wife and
then killed himself.
Mrs. HI. A. Fay, of Dewitt, mother
of L. e. and c. A. Fay and resi-
dent of Pottawattamie county for
more than fifty years, is dead, aged rs.
The Rev. Sam Small, who left Wa
| terloo leaving number OF debts, has
been located in London, England,
where he is writing for magazine.
Fred Schubert aged so, teamster
residing at 80 Kneist street, was in
stantly killed at Dubuque by a Great
Western switch engine.
Miss Harriet Wood, city librarian
at Cedar Rapids, has resigned to take
similar position on the Pacific coast
John Olson, wealthy young farm,