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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-01-05
Take Notice

Commercial Club Meeting Friday
evening, January 8. Special business.
Every member urged to be present.
JOHN WEIGHToN, F. A. BUTHwEG,
President. Secretary.
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The Danish Lutheran Church.

Young Peoples Meeting this evening
at o'clock. The confirmation class
meets Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.
Sunday school Sunday morning $50.
Services Sunday evening 7:30.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-01-05

Don't miss the best comedy drama
in the business. THE Girl and the
Gawk." Its the best 1t will be here
Saturday, January Tat the NJ. w. A.
Opera House.
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MONEY TO LOAN

With the German Savings Bank.
Lowest rates, Optional payments.
Abstracts promptly furnished. insur-
ance written in reliable Companies.
NASH & PHELPS
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Or. John Il. Donaldson. Dentist
Office over Sohr's Harness Shop, Au-
dubon, Iowa. Tel. AL.

Or Carrie Brooks-Wood, Dental Of
flee opposite Commercial Savings
Bank
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FARM LOANS

At 8 per cent Complete set of Alb
stracts of Title to all lands in Audubon
County CHAS BAGLEY
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G. s, MeLsran, o. .. s. Office over
Smiths Drug Store, Audubon.

Get Col. c. Z. Mertz Of Manning
to cry your sale. 36Is
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ADDITIONAL MANILA.

Rev. and Mrs. G.. F. Cannom We're
Council Bluffs business visitors on
Monday.
Miss Hazel Dempster returned on
Monday from Walthill, Neb.. where
she had been visiting her brother
Jesse Dempster.
Mrs. Nat Dillingham; and children
went to Perry Monday to visit hel
husbands sister.
Mrs. D. r. Weaver went TO Nicola
Tuesday to visit her mother, Mrs. W.
D. Howard.
c. G. Saunders, of Council! Bluffs
visited Friday with his brother, II. G.
Saunders.
Miss Lucinda McHenry returned on
! Tuesday to her home in Dow City
after visiting few days at the Ed
Saunders home.
Miss Milda Hoffeins entertained a
few of her friends Monday Afternoon
i'm honor of her thirteenth birthday
A dandy six o'clock dinner was
served.
Mrs. A. J. McNeal went to Denison
Tuesday to visit with friends.
Miss Fern Boyenick, of Sac City
is here visiting her sister, Mrs. J. B
Schmidt.
Miss Martina Anthony, of Red Oak,
came Monday to visit her brother,
Will Anthony, and family.
Misses Loretta and lrma Springer
Ida and Bessie Breckenridge attend,
ed the Catholic, picnic in Defiance on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Mae Larson transacted bust.
ness in Omaha Tuesday.
Bernita Lyden returned Monday to
Manning after visiting few days
with his mother, Mrs. Al Milligan.
Will Bliven and Ruth Robertson
spent Sunday near Manning with Mr.
and Mrs. j. H. Stammer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Barber and
daughters and Rockley Barber re-
turned Monday from Wall Lake, where
they had been spending the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Saunders and Mrs
Fred Saunders were in Dow City on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Boots, of Okla
homa City, Okla, are here visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Will McCracken.
Miss Kate Collins and Mr.. Will
Hook were married Monday morning,
August 7th, at the Catholic church.
Both are popular young people of this
vicinity, and host of good wishes
go with them.
Mrs. A. r. Potter entertained a
number OF young people Tuesday even
ing in honor of her friend, Mrs. John
son, of California, who is visiting her.
J. T. Draper, of Dawson, Neb., came
Friday to visit couple of weeks with
DR.. w e. Draper and wife.
Miss Olga Peterson, of Aston. Wis
tied the past week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Ibpsen..
: lawyer p. w. Harding. of Denison,
was Manila visitor Tuesday
: Miss Freda Frederickson returned
Monday from Sioux City, where she
had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Will
Sabine.
Clarence Slagg, of Scranton, N. d.,
returned to Manila Tuesday for an
indefinite stay.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-16
TWO AVlATORS
DROP TO DEATH
First Fatalities to Happen at the In
ternational Flying Convention
Being Held in Chicago.
ONE is CRUSHED, ONE DROWNED
Badger Falls Into Pit and tombstone
Is Dragged to Depths Of Lake
Michigan by Similar Accidents.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-two aviators,
both young men, lost their lives at
the International Aviation meet here
today. In dying both revealed the
frailty of the craft in which two or
more score aviators were curVing
about in the air with scarcely a pause
for the death OF their contemporaries.
Death in both cases was due to un-
explained accidents, probably the re-
suits OF unexpected weakness in the
machine and in no way was caused
by carelessness nor lack OF RESPONSE.
bility OF the drivers.
Badger, a wealthy youth, careened
to his death in a pit in the aviation
field There had been a flaw in one
Of the wings OF the propeller of the
BALDWIN machine he drove. Centrif-
rgal force broke the propeller, upset
the delicate equilibrium of The ma
chine and Badger dashed 100 feet to
the bottom of the pit, his neck being
broken.
tombstone fell 500 feet under his en-
CINE and was drowned as the result
of an equally unsupported defect
Caught under the heavy engine in the
Moissant monoplane, he was carried
deep into the lake and his body was
not brought to the surface until an
hour later,
Badger lived for three-f0urths Of an
hour after he had been extracted
from the wreck of his engine. He did
not recover consciousness and died
almost at once after he had reached
the hospital. His death was the first
serious accident of the meet although
thi1ty-five flyers had dipped and girded
here for three days and experts say
several similar accidents have been
narrowly averted.
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Pains "Pompeii" Again.

Pains big open air spectacle, Last
Days Of Pompeii," contains more dis
tinct features than any circus per-
Torrance ever offered. Principal, of
course, is the magnificent fire 'orks,
the great scenic display and the
startling earthquake and volcanic
eyuption scene. But in addition to
these are the imposing pageants Of
Roman senators, priests, guards, cour-
tiers, gladiators, musicians, choir
bows. flower girls, standard bearers,
etc, all gorgeously costumed; sensa-
tjonal aerial and acrobatic perform
e,s; pretty ballots by trained prem
ieres and coryphees, Including a Won
derful fire dance, contests Of the hip
podrome, such as wrestling, boxing.
fencing, vaulting, etc. 1t will be seen
again for the first time in years at
the Iowa State Fair.
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Weather Crop Bulletin.

For the week ending Aug. IL, 1911.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Both the temperature and rainfall
were above normal during the past
week; the average daily excess OF
temperature being about degrees,
and the rainfall ranged from nothing
in some of the southwestern counties
to 5.54 inches in Dubuque county; the
average for the state being about l.5O
inches. Showers occurred on one or
more days in nearly all sections, and
We're heavy over the central and
northern districts, and excessive and
damaging in some of the northeastern
counties, where they were, in many
localities, accompanied by wind
squalls, thunder and lightning and
heavy hail. The temperature exceed
ed 100 degrees at many stations in
the southern section on the 10th. The
drought has been .eifectually broken
over three-fourths OF the state and
general conditions have been decided
ly more favorable for all unharvested
crops, pasturage and aftermath In
meadows. The rains will check further
deterioration of vegetation and will
be OF material benefit in developing
the late corn, except in some locali
tiles in the southwestern counties
where the drought still continues. The
rains, however, came too late to be Of
much benefit to early corn which is
in many sections, past recovery and
will, at the >best, make light crop
Late potatoes show considerable i'm
proven ent and pastures are becoming
green again. The bulk Of shock thrash
ing has been completed except in east
ern and northeastern counties where
the work was suspended on accoun,
of wet weather. Much blowing was
done during the week and the indica
tions are now favorable for large
increase in the acreage of winter
wheat.-George NJ. Chapel, Section
Director.
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man.
81 don't understand" declared
|Sneffens. "lm selling out stock OF
drugs, not beer; nor am running .
tramway. What's the matter with
you?"
"Matter! Why. man, you've got
every nickel and every penny, and
most all of the dimes in town; that's
what's the matter. We can't collect
streetcar fares because no one has
any small change; neither can Mr..
Schmidt sell his beer, except man
buys a quarters worth. That's how.
Don't you see you are hurting our bus
iness?"
The streetcar magnate mopped the
Precipitation from his face.
Get some nickels shipped In from
down the line," advised Sneffens cody.
THAT is easier said than done."
declared the magnate. "The nearest
town with any amount on hand is
hundred miles away, and the railroad
bridge down. Can't be opened before
Monday
Three days more OF this foolish
ness will cost the town fifty thousand
dollars. We've got to have the
nickels you's corraled in those internal
barrels. We've got to have them.
tell you, or we might as we'll quit
business
Sneffens lit a fresh cigar, and his
visitors waited impatiently for his
reply.
well, gentlemen he said; I'm
mighty sorry for you, but | cannot
afford to allow my sympathy to in
terfere with business. struck this
town dead broke. Now I'm making
money. If you want to take over my
Job, you can have those nickels and
the balance of the unsold stock for
just twenty-six thousand dollars, de-
livery made at once. That will leave
me about seventeen thousand to the
good in this deal. Want to take me
up?"
There was more or less haggling,
some swearing and less c6ngratula-
tions at their opportunity to get rid
of Sneffens' fool" sale, but it did no
good; twenty-six thousand was the,
price, it was paid.
Sneffens cashed the checks and
paid Sterns back his money, with q
thousand dollars added for good
measure.
Then he took solitary quarter
and a lonesome dime from his
pocket.
Looking them over carefully he
said: Say, for man that's broke,
you're mighty lucky company"
lKluink in All.Story.
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blocks the walk was crowded with a
line of waiting buyers, each taking
their turn and depositing their money.
Everything, from borax to bird
seed, from bath brushes to brandy,
castor oil to cucumber cream, patent
medicines to paregoric, clutch to cut
tie bone, Isassafras bark to saffron,
cochineal to copperas, sulphur to safe.
| y razors, perfumes to pocketbooks,
chocolate creams to cosmetics, pre-
pared and labeled by the busy clerks
behind the screen, was passed out, the
buyers dropping steady stream OF
coins into the barrels.
If they We're dissatisfied they trad
ed their goods to someone else, and
entered the line to try their luck
again.
BY noon of the third day consterna.
ton swept the town. Sixty other drug.
gists were in quandry. Their trade
was demOralized. The salOOnkeepers'
association held hurried meeting.
The street car officials cussed and dis.
cussed the situation. At five o'clock
Representatives of all these interests
called on Sneffens.
"Too busy to see you now; call at
ter nine o'clock" calmly declared that
individual; and, since they could not
do otherwise, they agreed to do so.
In his room at the hotel, Sneffens
expressed his pleasures at meeting
them.
What can do for you, gentlemen p
The inquired.
How long is this fool sale OF
yours going to, last?" demanded an
irate streetcar magnate.
Until I'm sold out. I've got un
til Saturday night. Why?" asked
Sneffens. *.
"Most two days let, already" q
German saloonkeeper grumbled.
Sneffens jingled the two coins in
his pocket and waited for further
L
light on the subject.
"Look here" announced the street
car official, you're injuring business
We want you to quit it, and quit now. >
His face took on a choleric hue.
"How's that? don't understand
You amt in the drug business, are
you?" demanded the imperturbale
Sneffens.
mot by darn sight. But you're
killing my business, just the same"
"How so?" demanded Sneffens.
'How? Why, we've carried eleven
thousand passengers today and oul
total receipts are less than two hun
dred-that's howl"
"Und my saloon don't take in
more as seventeen dollars all day
und we serve out forty-one kegs to1
beer-dot's how" declared the Ger
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town, where he shortly breathed his
last. Florence and Fern, who were
terribly bruised and wounded, We're
taken back to Galva and medical aid
and care given them. Relatives at
kiron and Akron were Immediately
notified and two autos started from
Kiron at once for Galva. !. Michael
son, father of Mrs. Johnson, and her
brother, V. E. Miachaelson, G. A.
Norelius, E. E. Clanson, Mrs. Herbert
Ward and Miss Alice Sandberg went
in the autos. A special train was sent
out from Sioux City, carrying two OF
the railroad doctors. After examin-
ing the injured ones and consulting
with the local physicians, it was de-
cided to hurry the surviving ones to
the hospital at Sioux City. The in
jured ones, together with the dead
members, were placed on the special
for Sioux City, accompanied by V. K.
Michaelson and E. K. Clauson. Flor
ence, who had sustained most fatal
injuries, died just as the train was
pulling into Neville. Fern was TAX
en- to the st. Joseph's hospital and
while severity injured and bruised, is
making a strong fight for life and at
last reports is slowly improving and
hopes are entertained for her recOv-
cry. Thus four members OF the fam
lily were quickly transported out of
time into eternity, only one surviving.
Mrs. Johnson was the eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. l. Michaelson, of
Kiron, and was born and raised in
this vicinity and was married to A. F..
Johnson, a prominent business man
at Akron, where they had fine home
The funeral occurred at Akron Sun
day afternoon, and was attended by
several thousand, the procession of
teams numbering over four hundred.
The entire town of Akron, as well as
the surrounding country, together with
Kiron, has been thrown into deep sor-
row over the disaster to this happy
family. The bereaved ones have the
sympathy of all in their dark hours OF
trial.
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kiRON ITEMS.

Elmer HOaglund and wife went to
Denison Saturday for an over-Sun
day visit with relatives.
Mrs. Ed Anderson and children and
Ethel Clauson returned Monday from
couple of days visit at Castana
with the John Bjork family.
Connie Kullberg ended her visit
with Kiron friends and returned to
her home at Lake View Saturday.
Mrs. Elmer -Hoaglund left the first
Of the week for Oakland, Neb., for
short visit at the home OF John Cedar
sren.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-16

A well-known Des Moines woman
after suffering miserably for two days
from bowel complaint, was cured by
one dose of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, For
sale by all dealers. 31-5t
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4 MEMBERS OF FAMILY KILLED

CONTINUED from Page One.)
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the old Dutton company drug store.
EVERYTHING GOES FOR CENTS
N O more! No less!
You must make your own change.
Bring nothing but nickels.
insight and unseen!
Open-faced and unwrapped!
You don't know what you'll get.
But it will be worth the price!
By seven o'clock crowd had
gathered and was astonished at what
it saw. Across the fifty feet front
of the salesroom was stretched a
framework covered with black cloth.
behind, which no customer was al
lowed to go. Its center was penetrat-
ed by an oblong opening, through
which packages were handed to Sneff-
ems, who passed them to purchasers.
Before him stood two empty bar
rels, the head of each being pierced
with funnel shaped tube of tin.
Drop your nikel into either one"
instructed Sneffens, land I'll hand you
your purchase.
The first buyer was a messenger
boy, whose curiosity had led him to
risk his money on what seemed to be
pure gamble as he slipped his coin
into the funnel.
Sneffens reached through the cur
tain and handed him out silver
backed mirror worth three dollars.
The boy shouted: "Gee!" and hur-
ried out.
"Only one purchase to each buyer"
Sneffens, but you can
come back as often as you like"
He handed out a pint bottle of
whiskey to the next customer.
: That set the sale going and buyer
after buyer crowded into one door and
out the other, getting into line again
1t the first opportunity. For three
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-24

Major M. ]. Phillips, brigade in
spector of small arms practice, on
Tuesday evening presented expert
riflemen medals to the following
members of Company H: Capt. f. e.
Evans, Lieut.. Charles F. Lahman,
Sergts. William Schaar, Paul Hinze
and Harvey Marvin and Corporals
Charles Wilson and Clarence Mccall.
Marksmen's medals were present
ed Sergt Earl Whiteherse, Corporals
Glen Whiteherse and John LaClear
and Private George Water.
New bronze bars. representing six
years service, were awarded as fol-
lows: Major Phillips, for 10 years
service 1.-TWO bars), Major Carlos H.
Hanks, chaplain, 10 years; Capt. F..
E. Evans, IL years; Lieut.. Lahman,
IL years; Lieut.. ID. X. Parker, 8
years;Q. M. Sergt. August Schneider,
1S years; Sergt. Jas. Orth, years;
Cook Charles j. McNally, years;
Musician Frank Schier, 6 years.
Following the presentation of the
medals, Major Phillips gave the
men a short talk on rifle practice.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-24
Obituary-Mary Lucy Evarts

Mary Lucy Evarts was born in the
state of New York, Dec. IL, 1843
With her parents, Seth and Nancy
Markham, she came to Michigan in
1851.
She was united in marriage with
oliver Perry Evarts, June Is, 1862,
To this union was born two children,
one daughter, Mrs. Belle Spangler
and one son, Carson Evarts.
She is survived by her husband,
one son and one daughter, five grand
children and three great grand chill
dren and other relatives who have
the sympathy of all.
Mrs. Evarts was an excellent wo-
man, faithful wife and mother, a
kind friend and neighbor, one loved
by all who knew her.
She was for more than thirty years
a devoted Christian, a member of the
M. e. church of this place and died
happy in her faith.
Rev. Gordon conducted services
at the M. e. church, after which she
was laid to rest in Oak Lawn GENE.
terry.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-24
Real Estate Transfers.

d. Graham to w. H. Wilson pit. nv
IL sec 27 Corunna, $240.
j. Brooks to H. Allen pit ne "a SCI
S3 Venice $500.
L. Rittenburg to H. B. Dibble and
wife lots and blk 2, Blood's add
Laingsburg, $3.50.
J. Schmid to Michigan Sugar Co.,
ut. sw Ii sec 3, Owosso, $3.50.
H. Dutton ct al to w. Fauth ne n
sec 80 Bennington $1,000.
s. Dutton to E. Hart e " lot 22
blk 23, Laingsburg, $25.
l.. Pearsall to G. Ceol and wife ne
Il sec 8, New Haven, $3.50.
G. Woodward ct al to c. r. Will
liams pit sw Il sec 13 and pit ne u
sec IA, Fairfield, $4,000
A. Muzzy to d. Jordan and wife pit
NV u sec 81 Shiawassee $4,000.
G. Van Luven to l.. McBain and
(Oe's$ vuunIoO OF oes VI gu ld OHM
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to study tax conditions and report its
| findings to the legislature. A bill to
that effect was drawn by the attorney
general and introduced in the house
Chairman Lord of the committee on
taxation was intrusted with the steer
ing of the bill through the house.
When the committee on taxation dis
the chairman did not enlighten the
members as to which bill was the ad-
ministration bill, and several members,
seeing that the bill provided for a
commission of three with salary Of
$25 per day, voted to pigeonhole the
bill. Lord did not explain to the mem.
bers that the salary could be reduced
and the committee could fix the time
for the final report of the commission.
Action was postponed indefinitely, and
In consequence Governor Osborn told
Representative Lord what he thought
of his action before the committee.
Representative Lord, who was sec.
rotary Of the tax commission, believes
that the tax commission Is able to
furnish the legislature with all the in
formation necessary for their consid-
GRAFTON.
Tonnage Tax Bill May Pass House.
The Graves McNaughton hill, provid-
ing for a specific tax on copper and
iron ore, was up for discussion before
the committee of the whole Thursday
and was placed on third reading. Rep
resentative Knight of Dickinson coun-
ty moved that everything after the
enactment clause should be stricken
out. The motion was lost by two
thirds vote. This vote. however, does
not represent the strength of the
friends of the bill, but indicates the
lineup for and against. The bill will
come up for final passage Tuesday,
and then Representative Dusenberry
will move that coal, gypsum and salt
be included in the bill Should the
house reject Dusenberry's amendment,
then the body would go on record as
favoring purely sectional measure;
and this would cause open rebellion
from the upper peninsula members,
who threaten to retaliate by opposing
pet measures introduced by lower
peninsula members. This would seri-
ously hamper legislation An effort
will be made to prevent a vote en-
the bill until the committee on taxa
ton reports out general tax bill.
II appears that many members will
vote for the tonnage tax bill, although
Thoroughly convinced of its inonracti
bility, just to get a whack at Speaker
Baker. who as member of the execu-
tive committee of the state grange is
expected to support the bill because
1t is a grange measure and as a close
adviser and friend of the governor be-
lieves such method of taxation unjust
and handicapping the promotion of the
mining industry Of the future. Many
members will vote for the bill because
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-02-24
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS

Postal savings banks, according to
Postmaster General Hitchcock, have
already proved their value. "If the
necessary appropriation were had,
he says, 81 would establish postal
savings banks tomorrow in 500 addi-
tional cities and towns"
To do this would be easy, for many
towns which have not been given the
postal banks have filed applications
and would be glad to receive them.
Several applications have been made,
for instance, from Michigan towns,
| of which announcement has from
time to time been published. The
fact has become evident that the
postmaster general has a decided
shortage of banks with which to meet
the demand.
Under the law of 1910 only As
postal banks were created. 1t was
provided that one of these should be
given to each state and territory
They started their activities January
l last, so that only on the first
months business are figures avail
able. The total deposits in the banks
during this month, however, reached
$50, 900. 1t is not an enormous sum,
but when it is taken into considera-
ton that the number of banks is linz
tied as it is and that they have been
located in the small towns the show
ing is very satisfactory.
Most of the money deposited has
come from aliens. They had seen the
same system working satisfactorily
in the countries from which they
came; they were familiar with it and
at the same time somewhat distrust-
full of the regular banks, with whose
workings they were less familiar.
Consequently when the opportunity
offered they put their money where
they had full faith that it would be
safe. At least part of the 100000
is money that would have been sent
abroad for deposit.
Postmaster General Hitchcock is
urging congress to make an appro-
priation for an extension of the sys-
tenn. In view, however, of the fact
that the postal banks have already
been in service but a month and of
the reluctance with which congress
first extended the right to start the
service 1t is unlikely, now that the
session is so far advanced, that any
thing will be done this year. The
next session is likely, however, to
see an extension of the service
Saginaw Courier-Herald.