Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-02-10
Iowa News
NEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
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NEWsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.
One of the most elaborate "red par
ties" ever given in college society cir
cles promises to take place in Iowa
! City on the evening Of Friday, April
Is, which is the date for the brilliant
Pan-Hellenic or internationally ball
A committee representing the eight
fraternities of the university has al.
ready announced definite plans for the
Greek cotillion. The interior of the
monster armory of the state universe
ty is to be entirely enveloped in a
mass of red decoration. The rafters
are to be completely wrapped while a
solid ceiling of red is to be construct
ed from railing to railing. The walls Of
the gymnasium will be completely
massed with red, while every conceiv-
able detail of decoration with the ex.
ception of the individual fraternity
colors will be featured with a blood
color. Scarcely the equal to such elaS
crate color plans as mark the ap.
proach of the Pan-Hellenic party has
| been recorded in university society
circles. A group of eight fraternities,
consisting of Phi Kappa Psi, Kappa
sigma, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta
Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma NJ,
| Delta Tau Delta and Sigma XII, will
be represented by their active member
ship at the Pan-Hellenic party. In ad.
| dition there promises to be scores OF
alumni fraternity men from all parts
of the state in attendance.
A deer was captured on the James
| Gilchrist farm near Keosauqua. Mr..
Gilchrist saw the deer feeding on
some fodder in the front yard. He
carefully approached the animal from
behind fence and reached through
| between the boards and caught it by
the front legs. Then ensued a strug-
| gle that would have been lost by Mr..
Gilchrist had not George Prall went
TO his assistance. The deer is a
young doe and is now corraled in the
poultry house. 1t is probably pet that
had wandered away from home and
no doubt will soon be claimed.
The Corning Masonic lodge known
as Instruction lodge No. 275, at spe-
cial meeting called for that purpose,
voted to buy a new home. There were
| four propositions before the lodge and
they accepted what is known as the
A. F. Okey residence property at a
cost of $1,000. This is probably the
largest residence property in south
west Iowa and one of the largest in
the state and was constructed by O..
| S. Sigler, banker about thirty years
ago, at cost Of $4,000 at that time.
The building is brick, stone trimmed,
about 50xS0 feet in dimensions.
Gertrude Trusty was married at
Brighton to Harry T. Crandall, a son
of her guardian, Mrs. Anna CrandalI
The bride came into prominence
! nine years ago when she came here
as the 9-year-old child wife of John
w. Leeper, aged 70, from Missouri.
Their relations caused indignation
and the marriage was annulled by the
courts and the girl adopted by Mrs.
Crandall She is now Is years of
age and her husband %.
Some big land deals have been
made at Hamburg recently. Eb. Smith
sold 10 acres three miles east of
town for SITS per acre; Arnold Garst
sold 100 acres north of town one mile
for $1S7.50 per acre, and w. K. Mil
Ter sold 40 acres four miles southeast
of town, in Missouri, for $3.50 per
acre. A. J. Kizar sold 1873 acres south
east of there for $125 per acre.
Mott Preston, well known resi-
dent of Fort Dodge died at the Iowa
Sanitarium in Nevada, after long
seige of creeping paralysis. The re-
mains were shipped to his old home
at Wingdale, -. Y. for interment.
He is survived by his wife and one
daughter, Miss Maybelle, who is a
teacher in the high school at Woon-
socket, Neb.
There was a big crowd in Judge
Kelsey's court in Bloomfield when
George Wilson, the negro, was placed
on trial for attempted rape upon Mrs.
Charles Hoffman. The negro will at
tempt to prove that he was sent to
the house by Mrs. Hoffman's husband
from whom she had been separated.
Willie Granny, living near Delmar,
placed pipe in his overcoat pocket
when he saw his teacher approaching
and hung the coat in the school house
cloak room The coat caught fire and
nearly set fire to the building. Willie
will stop smoking and takes his meals
from the sideboard now.
While the 4-year-old son and 1
year-old daughter were playing at the
home of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Ball, living between Usage
and Stacyyille, the boy knocked over
a gun standing in corner instantly
killing his little sister.
A Visiting Nurses association was
formed at Dubuque, about 100 nurses
attending. Miss Fulmer, head of the
Chicago Visiting Uurses' association
was the principal speaker. A consti
tuition was adopted and officers elect
ed.
Joseph Mickle, for nearly nine years
q mail carrier on a rural route cut o
Red Oak, died at his home. He was
veteran of the Civil war and was Il
his 72d year.
: An $1,000 fire occurred at Willis
ca when the drug store of B. f. Thorn
: ason was almost destroyed. The dru
stock was total loss, as nothing wa
= saved.