Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-01-13
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| About a mile out of Malvern, Miss
Cecil Dodds, a 20-year-old girl, whose
home is in Red Oak, either leaped
through window in the toilet room
| of Wabash passenger coach or was
thrown out of the window and was
killed Her neck was broken. Miss
Dodds had been living at Malvern.
She spent Christmas with her par.
ents at Red Oak, and was en- route
| to Malvern when she was killed. OF
late years the girl has made her home
with her grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs
p. c, Penny at Red Oak. Her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dodds, live a
few miles out from Red Oak.
w. Ruick of LIE Mars, Ia, loan
agent for an insurance company,
drove from Hartley to a farm nine
miles northwest of Milford occupied
by Perry Rickabaugh to examine Ion
and on arriving at the house, came
in and sat down to warm himself, and
died as he sat in his chair, without
even giving his name, but the livery
man who brought him from Hartley
phoned the Milford National bank
that he was from lie Mars and. it was
learned from the bank there that he
was Mr.. w. Ruick. Coroner Fitz was
called and said he came to his death
from heart failure.
The Illinois Central railroad has
gone to Judge Ladd Of the supreme
court of Iowa, securing an Injunction
! against the Fort Dodge, Des Moines
e Southern Interurban company, pre-
venting them from crossing the ILL.
nois Central tracks south of Fort
Dodge. This prevents the interurban
making big extension. The case is
to be heard at the May term of the
supreme court. 1t may be carried to
the supreme court of the United
States.
After doing the chores Emmett
Lisle decided that he would turn a
2 year old colt out of the stable. He
led the animal out of the barn and
had no sooner taken the halter off
than it turned and kicked up it's
Although he is quite tall man, the
colt reached the face with a terrific
blow hitting him just above the
mouth in such way as to tear the
nose almost off.
1t developed in the case of Mrs.
Clara Hubacher of Muscatine in court
for the appointment of guardian to
take care of her property, that she
went to Boston. Mass, to marry a
man with whom she had correspond
ed and gave him $1,1O0 in cash and
! bill of sale for a mortgage for
| 100000 BY the time her relatives
understood the situation all was
gone but $4,000, which was saved
After examining into the causes of
the wreck at Plymouth Junction
Christmas eve, the Milwaukee officials
entirely exonerated its engine crew
and lays the blame upon the Rock
Island, whose engineer failed to heed,
1t is said, continuous signals from the
Milwaukee engineer to stop, as the
latter had lost control of his train
by the refusal of the airbrakes to
work.
At the special election at Nevada
to decide whether a $4,000 building
should be erected at the county poor
farm, the opponents of the PROPOSE.
ton triumphed by majority of sew.
enty-five.
Perry Lehman, section hand at
Britt has sued the M. & st. L. for
$25, 900 damages. alleging that he was
injured by the ditching of hand car,
so that one limb is shorter than the
other.
The little city of Lorimer is to lose
one of it's oldest inhabitants in the
person of Postmaster George Loeb.
rie, who has resigned the postmaster
ship and will leave soon for Kansas
City.
Henry Keyser, who is supposed to
have been the oldest citizen of Sid.
ney, died aged 81 years. Death was
the result OF shock by breaking his
leg in falling from bed.
The Clinton Congregational society
has announced the erection of a
church building, modern in every de.
tail to cost $4,000 A $4,000 pipe
organ will be installed.
Governor Carroll has appointed DR.
E. E. Harrison of Webster City to
the state board of health. to succeed
DR.. A. NJ. Linn of Des Moines, whose
term expires Jan. 81.
The city council of Perry has or
dered the use of bitulithic paving Ia
the downtown portion Of the town
About thirty-fve blocks of paving, In
all, will be put in.
City Attorney Redmond of Cedar
Rapids rendered an opinion in effec
that the franchise under which the
Iowa Telephone company is now op
Grating is void.
Charles Weiss, IS, of Charles City
was shot in the thigh while butcher
ing. A rifle was accidentally discharg
ed. No bones were injured and h
will recover.
| Iowa is seventy-three years old. L
was on December %, 1876, that the
president signed the act converting
Iowa from territory into state.
The Mount Pleasant auditorium
has been completed and was formal.
presented to the citizens by the pre-
sentation of "The District Leader"
The Great Western announces tina
1t will build new passenger depot
and possibly new freight depot
early in the spring at Maaon City.
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