Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-08-17


Hawkeye state are among the finest
dirt roads in the country, according
to DR.. f. L. Bartlett of Denver, who
passed through the state on an au'
to tour. He declares that the trans.
continental route will be used by auto
tourists en- route to the Panama ex-
position in San Francisco in 1915. Mr..
Bartlett Is representative Of the
Colorado highway commission and Is
choosing the best route from New
York to San Francisco.
Judge Hunter, of Ottumwa. has is
sued an Injunction restraining Mrs.
Francis Fry from residing on or Wis.
iting premises of her son-in-law, w,
r. Brereton, living near Glasgow.
Brereton has been married year
and his mother-in-law has bossed him
ever since. Then he invoked the aid
Of the court. The opinion promises
to be as popular as the DeGrafi
street car mandamus.
T. T. Meade, wealthy farmer nine
miles east of Iowa City, unearthed
more than $4,000 in gold coin when he
tore down an old barn built by his
father, John Meade, who died four
years ago. The money is in $40 and
$40 pieces and was packed in old
baking powder cans. Judging from
the date of the coins his father burr.
ed the money about fifteen years ago.
Fred Mahaunah, inspector of high
schools for the state superintendent
of public instruction has announced
nine other high schools in the state
in which the normal training course
provided by the last legislature will
be installed. They are: Corydon.
Audubon. Malvern, Red Oak, Wood
bine, Ida Grove, Rock Valley, Man.
chester and Marathon.
Chief Of Police George Yeager, Of
Des Moines. received a letter from
Nashville, Tenn, asking him to try
aid locate Pride and Jack Bostwick,
who are believed to be in Iowa. The
two young men have fallen heir to
part of an estate in Nashville and
the estate cannot be cleared up until
they are found.
A fierce electrical storm, accompan-
led by a strong wind, swept over
Marshalltown, blowing over sheds,
tearing up trees and doing consider
able damage. Six men employed by
an implement house were knocked
to the floor when bolt of lightning
struck the building.
A telegram announces the death at
his home in Urbana, O., of John w.
Ogden, 81 years old, postmaster of
Keokuk during the fifties. He was a
brother of the late Robert B. Ogden,
founder Of the old Keokuk Register,
one of the first newspapers publish
ed in Keokuk.
Albert Terry, of Clinton, % years
old, was drowned In the Mississippi.
He was running the launch Swan
nanoa, having out party of society
women for an afternoon ride. While
adjusting the machinery the young
man fell into the water and sank
from sight.
Charles M. Mathieson, alias Good.
year, alias Atteel, who is under in.
dictment in Keokuk on two charges OF
forgery and uttering forged instru.
ments and who escaped while under
guard from hospital on April 8,
is said to be under arrest at st. 10.
seph, Mo. h
Judge M. w. Robert of Ottumwa,
Hon. Farley Sheldon of Ames and At.
torney General CossoH is the com.
mittee which will investigate the con-
ditions at Fort Madison penitentiary
and the charges lodged against War.
den Sanders of the institution.
We're Warren, Is years old. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren Of
Spring township, died at the Medical
and Surgical hospital at Cherokee
from gunshot wound received &C
cidentally while at play several
months ago.
r. G. Miller, who for many years
has been cashier of the Bradford
Savings bank, has organized a new
bank located at Lansing, Allamakee
county. The new institution is CAPT
talized at $4,000.
Henry Buck, rs years old. young
farmer of Fairview township. near
Harlan, was adjudged insane and tax.
en- to the hospital at Clarinda. He
was graduated from Ames college
animal husbandry department last
year.
+. c. Gilmore, of Bayard, holds the
new short time record for breaking
into the penitentiary. He was Civ
en- a ten-year sentence twenty hours
after breaking into and robbing .
store.
A severe wind. rain and electrical
storm struck Waterloo. One house
was struck by lightning and hun
dreds of trees were blown down. In
less than an hour LIS inches of rain
fell.
Five barns were destroyed by light
ming during the storm the past weel
~ N"oooh Sitys tuc must severe loss
es falling on George Gabler. $4,000
and James Pedelty $4,000.
The cloudburst this week at Dav
export did much damage in the west
ern part OF the city where the fioot
washed away outhouses, filed eel
lars, damaged sewers, etc.
The council at Eldora has let con
tracts for paving twenty-five blocki
of streets for $1.36 per square yard
Burglars for the second time broke
into the Duluth Lumber company's
offices at Iowa City. They opened
the safe. but secured only few dol
lars. The police are pursuing sus,
poets to Cedar Rapids.