Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-05-12
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Events of Recent
o C c uYre n c o
Throughout the
Commonwealth

The Fort Dodge Independent Tele-
phone company made an out and out
| purchase of the stock of the branch
of the Bell Telephone line and will
consolidate. It also made a contract
for long term of years for connec-
ton with the Bell toll lines. The
Fort Dodge company will remain with
only the local stockholders, and the
exchanges will be merged in five
months time. j. M. Plaster, man
ager of the Independent since its in
stitution twelve years ago, continues
in Office. There will be no change
In rates. The change gives the COM
pany 5000 telephones. The Bell line
has been here twenty years.
A decidedly novel scheme has been
agreed upon by the men of the First
Baptist church of Marshalltown, as a
means Of swelling their contribution
to the $4,000 building fund for the
new church. The men have received
a proposition from a pickle factory
to take the crop of five-acre tract
of land, which the company will fur
nish for the purpose of growing Gu
cumbers. The men will plant the
seed, cultivate the crop and harvest
1t, the company taking the product at
a stipulated price. The men will also
plant five acres to potatoes, and add
the money from this source to their
contribution.
The dead body of Bert Hampstead,
well known Northwestern employee,
was found in his apartments at a
rooming house at Clinton. The dis
covery was made by friend, BENZ.
Berger, and the man had apparently
been dead three days when found. He
was about SIS years of age and leaves
son living at Clinton. His wife
and daughter are said to be in Okla
homa City.
Death was busy at the Iowa Sold
iers' home at Marshalltown and with
in fourteen hours three veterans of
the civil war passed away. John w.
Overman, of Logan, aged 63, died of
anemia; James w. Gadd, aged 65,
of New Sharon, succumbed to heart
failure, accompanying pulmonary tub.
erculosis, and Isaac H. Riggs, of OF
tumwa, aged sc, died of paresis
Miss Hattie Garrison was complete
ly exonerated from all blame for the
recent uprisings and outbreaks at the
state reformatory for girls at Mitchell.
vile, and John Cownie, ex-chairman
of the state board of control, was
practically charged with causing all
the trouble, in the report made by
the state board of control to Cover.
nor Carroll.
| The anniversary of the Dubuque
organization of the knights of Co.
lumbus was observed. The event was
signalized by the initiation of sew.
enty-one candidates. A score of out
side organizations were represented,
and there was a banquet at which 100
covers were laid. T. j. Fitzpatrick
served as toastmeaster.
DR.. F. Hilger, aged 80, passed away
at Dubuque of tuberculosis after an
heroic struggle lasting through sever
al years. At one time it was thought
that by open air treatment he had
conquered the disease. Recently the
patient has been failing, and the end
came. He is survived by his wife.
William Neal, aged 10 years, and
Jasper Bowie, his pal, aged 20 years,
indicted at Newton, pleaded guilty in
court and were sentenced to ten years
each in the Anamosa reformatory.
They broke into hardware store and
| sold the plumber to an East Side
dealer in Des Moines.
DR.. Ida M. Guthrie. accused of hav-
ing dynamited the home of G.. A.
Quick near Prairie City, was arraign-
ed in district court and entered a
plea of not guilty. The Judge set the
trial for June 13, and remanded the
prisoner in default of $4,000 bond.
Owing to the fact that they have
not been able to make their prepare
tions for the dedication of their new
$4,000 club house for the date fixed,
the Elks of Marshalltown have an
nounced postponement of the event
for one week, to Monday, May 16.
After lingering illness Of almost
year, the Rev. B. E. s. Ely, former
pastor Of the First Presbyterian
church at Ottumwa and a pioneer
Presbyterian minister of Iowa died at
his home in Des Moines. He was SO
years of age.
Wayler B. Jones, formerly of Sioux
City, who is making his way from
Dallas, Texas, to Nome, Alaska, and
return on a wager of $4,000 was in
Des Moines. He must be back at Dali
las by July Is to win the bet.
In an automobile wreck near Mar
Gus the 10 year old son of Mrs. Mel
vim Simons was killed and Miss Lii
liam Miller seriously hurt.
The Rundell Land and Improve
ment company has announced that it
would break ground for Iowa City's
first street railway in June. Five
: miles will lbe laid during the summer.
AS the result of injuries received
In the local railroad yards, Francis
Gallagher, of Oelwein, died at Mercy
hospital. Death resulted from amputa.
ton of the arm and internal injuries.
Miss Marguerite Murray was award.
ed $4,000 by jury at Davenport as
| damages from the Rock Island road
. for the mangling Of her hands while
working in the railroad laundry.
Major Morton L. Marks, veteran OF
the civil war and pioneer wholesale
merchant Of Davenport, died in Flor
I ence, Italy, according to a cablegram
Plans are being rapidly completed