Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03
Iowa News
NEWsY ITEMo GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.


NEWsY ITEMo GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.
Professor w. l.. Porter of Winter
set, who went to Rawal Pindi, India,
four and half years ago to teach in
the Gordon Memorial college of the
United Presbyterian church, was
compelled in June to give up his work
on account Of his wife's health and is
now returning to his home. After
waiting till October, till Mrs. Porter
was able to travel, they started on
the voyage from Bombay. The sec
ond day out he was taken with cry
sipelas. They remained on board
till Port Said was reached where they
were put off and both entered hospi.
tai. After six weeks delay they again
began the voyage, landing in New
York early in January. After short
visit at her home in New Haven,
Professor Porter Is bringing his wife
to Battle Creek, Mich, to place her
in the sanitarium for medical treat
ment, and bringing their little daugh-
ter to the home of his father, w. w.
Porter at Winterset. He expects to
return east soon to take up work
with the Laymen's Missionary move
ment Mrs. Porter's health has not
been good since the riot in India al
most three years ago, and 1t is hoped
that the rest and change with medi-
cal attention will soon restore her to
health.
The Farmers institute closed a
most successful three days session
at Guthrie Center. The attendance
was much the largest in the history
of the county, the register showing
over five hundred participants in the
work of the institute. A short address
on the subject of Hard Dirt Roads"
was delivered by John w. Foster, at
the close of which resolutions were
unanimously adopted indorsing the &C
ton of Governor Carroll in calling
the Good Roads convention to be
held at Des Moines and directing
President Chapman to appoint one
delegate from each township to at
tend that convention The institute
also took strong grounds in favor of
the systematic use Of the King road
drag.
The Bethlehem congregation at
Slater is planning to erect new
church edif1ce to cost about $4,000.
They recently sold their old building
and will erect the new one, modern
and along the more modern styles Of
church architecture The building will
be 46x72 feet. Solicitors are already
out raising money with which to
build. The church already has fund
of about $4,000.
The little daughter of Ray Treloar
in Peoples township, Boone county,
is suffering intense pain from an in
jury which she received while play
ing about the house when she stun
bled and fell. At the time she had in
her mouth a pencil, the sharpened
point on the inside. In falling this
was driven into the flesh of her cheek,
causing a very painful wound.
Hydrophobia is on the decline in
Iowa. According to the quarterly re-
port of DR.. Henry Albert, state bac-
teriologist, only three patients were
treated for rabies. This is the mini
mum record. During the three months
DR.. Albert reports 2,746 examinations,
1,49S for diphtheria, 1876 for typhoid
fever and 645 for tuberculosis and 2O7
miscellaneous.
The best railroad center in north
ern Iowa, but the poorest train SER
vice in reference to passenger trains,
was the sentiment voiced at the an
nual meeting of the Commercial
club of Mason City where $50 bust
ness men sat down to a banquet
and to enthuse over the prospects of
that city.
Curiosity caused the loss to Homer
Harmon of Oskaloosa, aged IL, OF two
fingers and thumb on the left hand.
While playing in the barn on the
home place he found a dynamite cap
and was prying 1t open with hat
pin when it exploded.
Colfax ministers are soliciting fnan-
cial aid to build tabernacle in Col
fax in which to hold big evangelistic
service next October. Rev. Mr.. Low
cry has been engaged to conduct the
services and Mr.. Moody of Chicago
Is to be the singer.
The price of butter at wholesale at
Davenport has dropped from 6 to .
cents. The retail price has fallen 3
cents. Creamery retails at 35 cents
and dairy butter at 80 cents. Storage
eggs bring q cents and fresh eggs
33 cents.
The BOWS Creamery company at Its
annual meeting announced that the
year 1909 had been the best in the
company's history, $4,000 having
been paid out to the farmers OF the
vicinity.
Shippers along the Northwestern al
lege that the road is trying to punish
Iowa for the two-cent fare law by re-
fusing to furnish cars for stock ship
ments.
Mrs. Sophia Smith, aged 80, an old
resident, died at Clinton. She had
lived in Clinton county for fifty years
After living together seven weeks
as man and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. H. L.
Recksmier of Ackley have separated
Both are over 70 years of age.
Anderson York, 60, and Mrs. j.
Sloan, so, were married at the bride
groom's home at Bloomfield. Mr.
| York is a civil war veteran.
c. H. West of Keosauqua has
brought suit in the district court
against Frank Meneeley for the alien
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