Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-06
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interesting Items Of News Xxx
Gathered From all Parts oflowa

The home OF doc" HoapeS with
contents burned at Rockwell City;
loss $500.
Louis Martzen, q farmer living
near Mason City, fell from a wagon
and broke his neck.
A vigilance committee has been or.
ganized at Usage to put a stop to
chicken stealing.
Clause Grause's barn was destroy
ed by fire near Manning. with the
contents; loss $4,000.
]. Dobbs. 3S, is dead at Cedar Rap
ids from drinking laudanum. He
leaves a wife and three children.
Oliver Oleson, of Hubbard, has
been fined $500 and costs and his
clerk. Samis. $500 for illegal sale of
liquor.
Fad McNew, a farmer living near
Hamburg, drank carbolic acid but
doctors got to him SO quick he will
recover.
The long bridge over the Maquoketa
river near Lamotte was destroyed by
fire. The fire started from sparks
from passing engine.
Clyde Clemmer, injured in an auto
accident. at Hampton, is still in =
dangerous condition from fractur
ed skull, but may recover
One child dead, another badly in
iured is the result of lamp explos.
ion in the home of George Weston
dorff, living near Alta Vista.
A. L.. F. Barrows, aged II, veteran
of the civil war. retired merchant
and farmer, dropped dead on the
street in Baldwin of heart failure.
Miss Louise Herring. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey Herring living
near West Liberty, killed herself by
taking paris green. III health was
the cause. 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton A. Bamber
of Iowa Falls. celebrated their gold.
en- wedding. They came here forty.
five years ago. He is a veteran Of
the civil war.
Grandpa and Grandma Head" OF
Orient have been adjudged insane
and taken to the State asylum at
Clarinda. They have lived at Orient
for years and are known all over the
county.
Fire destroyed a barn at Mt st.
Cyare. the mother house OF the Fran
ciscan Sisters at Clinton, and also
outhouses containing property Of the
McGorrisk Construction company of
Des Moines.
George A. Pearsons, assistant clerk
to the senate committee on agricul.
ture, and brother of Mrs. ]. p.
Dolliver, widow of the late senator,
was found dead in bed at his hotel
In Washington, d. G.
Old ferry across the Missouri, aban-
doned many years ago, is to be estab-
lished again at Peru, Nebraska, four
teen miles from Hamburg. This Is
the only crossing of the river for q
distance of 100 miles.
It is announced by the Manchester
News that F. d. Joseph has resigned
the management OF that paper and
accepted office as assistant state SUI.
perintendent. He served as county
superintendent seven years.
Forest fires started by sparks from
locomotive burned forty acres Of
timber belonging to Henry Rusch
meyer and threatened his home near
Webster City. Neighbors, after q
hard fight, saved the house.
Thomas R. Cessna, 81, who came
to Grinnell in 1886. is dead of old
age. He was prominent in business
and the Methodist church. He leaves
seven children.
Encouraged by the result OF the
city election at Marshalltown. the
saloon men will at once, start a new
saloon petition and reopen the fight
with the "drys.'
While Mrs. Sparger was In doc
tors office at Villisca receiving treat
ment for heart disease word came
that her nephew, r. A. Moore, had
died at his home at st. Joseph. She
fell in a faint and soon died.
Plans have been made TO duplicate
the handsome $1,000 pipe organ which
was destroyed when the Methodist
church burned the day Of dedication
at Waterloo. 1t will be installed by
October l. Andrew Carnegie gave
$1,000
Running breathlessly from a street
car to the Northwestern depot to
catch train at Sioux City, Mrs.
Hugh Balm. wife OF prominent
Fourth street merchant, suffered a
hemorrhage OF the brain and falling
to the sidewalk, expired.
Archie Kaplan. of Omaha. was ar
rested at Sioux City on complaint of
William Livingston, Cleveland trav-
cling man, who charges him with
stealing $4,000 worth of money and
diamonds from him at Hannibal, Mo-,
when he was Ill in a hospital there.
|, Fred Jenkins. real estate dealer OF
What Cheer, killed himself by TAX
ing carbolic acid. He leaves an in
valid wife and four children. Sick
ness and dependency are given as
The cause.
John s. Stanberry. prominent at
torney. pioneer politician and busi-
ness man of Mason City, Is dead
He served two terms in the general
assembly.
Eating canned corn at the John
Crawford home at Webster City made
seven people dangerously Ill from
ptomaine poisoning.
The burning Of the upple OF the
Shawville mine OF the Anchor Coal
company at Centerville throws 100
men out of work. Five Rock Island
passenger trains were held up by the
fire.
Hart-Parr company OF Charles City
has established huge steel furnace