Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-08-24

| Nearly 500 young people Of north
| ern Iowa and southern Minnesota
were in Mason City this week attend
ing the Seventeenth annual conven-
ton OF the United Luther League OF
the Scandinavian church. The prin'
cipal addresses were delivered by
DR.. G. A. Melby, Prof. !. +. Gose OF
st. Olaf college, Mortified, and Prof.
A. ]. Doe of Forest City. The st.
Olaf choir and the choirs from St.
Ansgar and Austin were present.
Charged with administering poison.
| ed coffee to her father and two min
or brothers in order that she might
more quickly inherit valuable proper
! ty, Mrs. Eta Larsen, with her hus-
band, Christian Larsen, was placed
under arrest at Northwood. D. Rhod-
enbaugh. the father, is wealthy land
owner.
Catholics of Dubuque are resigned
to the appointment of Bishop J. j.
keane Of Cheyenne to be archbishop
OF that archdiocese. Archbishop
Keane who resigned. Is in weaken
ed condition and has not been uoti.
fed of the appointment Of his sue
| cessor.
Immigrants from cholera infected
districts Of Europe still continue to
come into Iowa. The state board of
| health has. received notice of four
immigrants from cholera infected re-
gions in Russia. who are bound for
Centerville. in Appanoose county, to
work in the mines.
| The remains of an unidentified
man were found on the Chicago &
Northwestern tracks near Low Moor.
The name Thorpe was found on the
shirt band The man was about "a
years old, feet inches in height.
was fairly well dressed, and had red
| hair.
Niles is the name written where
Ogden should be on the new railroad
commissioners map which has just
been issued. There is no way of
remedying the mistake until a new
map Is issued and until that time Og-
den will be known as Niles, Iowa.
A wholesale robbery of goods by
employees, 1t is said, was unearthed
by the police when John Klama.
foreman of the freight handlers OF
the Northwestern railroad was ar
rested at Mason City charged with
stealing automobile supplies.
James Dunkerton. founder Of the
Blackhawk county town bearing his
name, died this week of old age. He
had been a resident of that county
for fifty-nine years, and was the
father OF C. H. Dunkerton. the bank
er who died recently.
After the final motor boat regatta
at Spirit Lake the first class cup was
awarded to William NJ. McHenry Of
Denison; the second class cup to b.
c. Turner Of Grand Junction, and the
third class cup to Mr.. Heinsseisner
of Glenwood.
Frank Ham, the wealthy Douglas
township farmer who suddenly disap-
peared from his automobile while en-
route home from Harlan with his
family, Sunday night, from church,
returned home as mysteriously as he
disappeared.
James w. Quinn of Sioux City, F..
j. Armstrong of Harley, Nathan J..
Lambert of Otturhwa, and A. p. Dau-
Der of Sioux City have been appoint.
ed assistant inspectors in connection
with the bureau of animal industry.
0. L. Husband of Thurman mas re.
turned from a trip to northern Ne.
braska and southern South Dakota
and reports that the country is so
dry that in many towns they charge
ten cents for glass of water.
| That wife cannot steal from
her husband was declared by Mayor
w. H. Jones of Marshalltown, when
he discharged Mrs. j. L. Korns, who
had been charged with the theft OF
$50 by her husband.
Roy Thomas of Ventura has filed
charges against Rev. Mr.. Robinson, a
minister of that place. charging him
with burning his own barn containing
a horse and buggy which Thomas re-
Gently purchased.
| Arrested by the police of Des
Moines on the charge of vagrancy,
c. s. Miller of Cresco was escorted
to police headquarters, where it was
found he had 1884 in his possession.
Herman Berdahl, aged "a years,
committed suicide at Baskerville at
the home Of his sister. by shooting
himself with a shotgun. The charge
practically tore OF his head.
George w. Campbell, aged %, a
drainage contractor ut Harcourt, died
from injuries received in an interur.
ban wreck. The body was taken to
Grimes for interment.
Charged with taking $3.50 from .
cafe at Clear Lake, which he man.
aged for John Hall during the lat.
ter's absence, William Ford is under
arrest at Waterloo.
Keppy Grub, young farmer, re.
siding near Blanchard, is dead fror
the effects OF eating poisoned candy.
He leaves a wife and father and moth
err.
Adams Stoehr filed a claim against
Charles City for $4,000 for injuries
he is alleged to have received from
falling into sewer ditch.
The safe in the John Balm livery
Office at Boone was broken into and
about $40 taken. John Moen, an EN-.
ploye, has disappeared.
A postoffice has been re-establish.
ed at Brazil Appanoose county, with
Sanford s. Cole commissioned as
postmaster.
|
Mrs. Julia Clay has sued her hus-
band, H. w. Clay. for divorce They
live four miles north of Conrad and
are wealthy She charges cruel and