Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-01-19
Iowa News
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The ice harvest has, been begun,
ice of ten inches in thickness being
taken out at Struble.
o. E. Wonderholm. employed at the
waterworks at Plattsmouth. was kill
ed by fast train near Creston.
| Measles have broken out in a mum.
Der of families at Fertile. Four and
five in many homes are stricken.
Merchants at Anita are planning
to close all stores at 6 o'clock during
the winter months except Saturdays.
| Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. harrington cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding at their home at Silver City.
A night school for foreigners un
der the auspices of the Y. NJ. C. A.
officials will be opened at Sioux City.
Four fires were caused by the high
wind at Council Bluffs. They result
ed from defective fues and fireplaces.
| Many attended the Jackson Day
banquet at Mason City. John Lind
of Minneapolis was one of the speak
ers.
| F. S. Catlin has sold the Mason
City concrete plant for $4,000. Aug
Schmitt Of Waterloo was the pur-
| chaser.
The Burlington is planning to dou-
| BILE track on the Beardstown division
for 100 miles between Beardstown
\ and Business.
Rufus Stringer. Iowa City pioneer
was killed by fall on a cement
| floor, according to word received from
Fostoria, Ohio.
David B. Connolly, Sc, one OF the
Oldest Odd Fellows in the state. and
for forty years resident OF, Victor,
died at his home. SMs
Wesley McKeon, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. l. McKeon is at Mason City
from the Philippines where he has
been serving in the army.
Mrs. James Edmunds, wife of the
Hon. James Edmunds, representative
| elect from Taylor county, died after
lingering illness at Lenox.
The saloonists won their fight
against the ants before the board Of
supervisors of Pottawattamie county
by vote of to 2. by the board.
The Ottumwa "wets" scored a vic.
tory over the "drys" in the saloon
fight, the petition carrying by 10. The
"drys" will appeal to the district
court. D
More ,han 100000 worth of prop.
erty was destroyed by fire at Mystic,
when twenty buildings, including
business and private houses, were
burned.
Col. Rodney Dexter and Mrs Al
ma Vaughn Nichols were married at
Cedar Falls. Among the guests was
Robert Merrill Cloves. great grand.
son of the groom.
Fire which strated in the Boston
cafe burned number of business
houses at Marcus, and for a time
threatened the entire business sec.
ton. The fire caused loss Of $75,.
600.
This year was disappointment;
it would be no use to try another"
said o. T. Burton, 81, residing near
Elkin, when he took carbolic acid.
He was dead before physicians err
rived.
Cecil Lockhart, who is accused OF
attempting to murder Miss Clara Nc.
Intyre of New Sharon, has been un.
able to obtain the $4,000 bond requir.
ed when he was bound over. and Is
in Jail.
In rear-end collision between two
freights on the Chicago & Northwest.
ern half mile west of State Center
Louis Johnson, brakeman, Clinton and
Frank E. Smith, former, Upton, were
killed.
4 Governor B. +. Carroll was inau.
gurated for a second term, and deliv.
ereG his inaugural address to the
members of the Thirty-fourth general
assembly of Iowa. Following his in.
auguration, a reception was held by
the governor.
newly named Rhodes scholar from
Iowa, left for Yale, where he will
complete his post graduate course
in Greek and Latin. He will leave
for Oxford university next fall.
G. NJ. Button of Creston. has
brought suit against the Grain Ship.
pers' Mutual Fire Insurance company
for $3.50, which he claims the COM
pany owes him because of the burn.
ing of machinery last October.
Bert B. Child, carrier of rural route
2, at Nevada, and secretary of the
state association, and at the last ma.
tional convention elected national
secretary has been forced to resign
because OF continued Ill health.
Representative Hubbard has recon.
mended reappointments OF John Mey.
er at Alton. George A. Sedgwick at
Hawarden and Francis II. Farley at
rioan. The postoffice department has
advised Mr.. Hubbard that unless there
Is some good reason otherwise. Post
master w. j. Scott of Ida Grove will
be reappointed.
State publicity boosting will be the
subject for discussion at Joint
meeting of Iowa newspaper men and
commercial league members in Des
Moines January IS and 20. Plans for
securing state publicity bureau win
be made.
Members Of the hospital board at
Washington will meet to decide on
the site for the new hospital which
is to be built.
Dan Cupid was fairly busy with his
bow and arrows in Clinton county
during 1910. striking total OF S92
hearts.
Judge Anderson at Centerville. ov.
errSled the motion for a new trial
for Lem Johns, convicted of killing
his step-father, and sentenced Johns
to five years at Anamosa.
Rev. F. H. Ashcroft, the pugllist
evangelist, who at the time OF his