Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

The steamer Morning STAR" which
has made Q round "Trip to New Or
leans with 100 excursionists aboard,
most of them Iowans has returned to
Davenport. That there is q large
freight business on TIE river for
boats that will seek 1t was shown by
the fact that the Morning Star"
brought from New Orleans a cargo
that would have loaded a train Of
fourteen cars.
Center Point Is in predicament
because of the disappearance of all
the official records of the town ex-
cept the one book now in use. A
condition similar prevails in Central
City. The only book containing rec
ords of the citys business is the one
now in use. which dates back only
five years.
Iowa state convention of station
airy engineers elected the following
officers and then adjourned: Presi-
dent, J. A. Coulson, Sioux City; Vice
President, A. e. Powell, Burlington:
Secretary, Abner Davis, Cedar Rap
ids; Treasurer, G. H. Beebe, Marshall
town.
Walter e. Duryea, who made mill
lions running q starch factory in
Sioux City, is dead In New Jersey.
He left over 100000 to Miss Per-
egrine, who nursed him for twelve
years after he became permanently
crippled as a result of AMI accident.
Last crib In the lower part of The
cofferdam at Keokuk is finished
which completes the cofferdam work
for the power house. Until the ap-
per section is well advanced the wat
Ell will nbt be plunged out of the sec.
ton Just completed.
Effie Mays, the daughter OF o. O..
Mays. Of Marengo, was bitten by a
dog that became a victim of hydro
phobia. Her father has taken her to
Iowa City, and she will be given the
Pasteur treatment at the Iowa state
laboratory.
John Dixon, 23, was arrested at
Dubuque, on suspicion of being one
Of the fire bugs who started the last
fire which burned the Standard Lum-
Der company, causing loss Of $780,
900. Three other men are also being
held.
Biennial grand court Of Foresters
for the district of Minnesota will be
held in Cedar Rapids, June OF, and
will close with banquet for 900.
John p. White, president of the Unit
ed Mine workers, will be toastmaster.
1t developed at the inquest over
Joseph Robbins, who hanged himself
near LeMars that he was q native
of England and had medal of honor
for bravery in the campaign in the
Soudan with Lord kitchener.
Craigie court, Daughters OF Isabel.
la, at Iowa City, initiated class of
fifty-five candidates including mem
bers from Davenport, Dysart, Rock
Valley, Cosgrove, Oxford, Marengo.
Victor and Cedar Rapids.
Work on the new Iowa state col
lege gymnasium at Ames started
Monday. The building will be ready
for full use in about a year and a
half. The new athletic field will be
equipped with cement bleachers.
A feature of the state Sunday
school convention to be held in Ce-
dar Rapids. June 6. and 8 win be
mammoth parade Wednesday after
noon, June Z, when it is expected l.
900 men will be in line.
John Wesselman, Z, and Jennie
Wesselman, ~, were killed and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Wesselman fatally
injured when a Milwaukee train hit
their carriage at crossing at Fort
Atkinson. near Colmar.
A ruling of the Scott county dis
trict court declared that Rudolph
Brandenburg, indicted for murder in
the first degree. may have his liberty
pending his second trial IL he furnish
ed $4,000 bonds.
Leonard McAllister, 1e, Tama, was
killed while working an elevator for
Palmer & Co., in Sioux City. He had
been there but few days looking for
work to get money to care for his
widowed mother.
Earl Talmage, an engineer, son OF
Henry Talmage, of Mason City, who
was the Oldest engineer in Iowa, and
for years a resident of this city. is
among the dead in the wreck near
Maiden, Wash.
J. F. Denny, of New London, went
to California recently. Word comes
from Ontario. CAL, that he is cutting
his wisdom teeth although he is 81
years old. He lays 1t to the Calf.
ornia climate.
Fifty automobiles from Panora and
the road between Panora and Dallas
Center met in joint session to boom
interest in a dragged road from Pan
ora to Dallas Center.
The superintendent of all the
state institutions met in Des Moines
to attend the quarterly conference In
the offices of the control board.
Over $4,000 has been raised by the
Commercial club of Upton for the
new Iowa City interurban which will
pass through to Davenport.
Henry McElroy. 70. living near
Guthrie Center, was killed when a
hog fell on him infiicting internal In
juries.
Thomas Williams, IS, prominent
farmer near Upton, was found dead
ON the floor OF his barn.
Ingham Waterhouse was appoint
ed rural carrier and John Warehouse
substitute at Oakville.
Burlington Country club won the
team golf championship at Keokuk
with Galesburg second, Keokuk third
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