Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-10

circle convened at burlington last
week with over 200 delegates present.
1t performed much important work
OF interest to the delegates. including
the report of ]. w. Geiger, state
manager. The report shows that the
order In Iowa is in prosperous con-
dition, gain of 1886 in membership
is shown in the United States and of
1911 in Iowa In the last two years.
Sioux City was unanimously selected
as the next place Of meeting.
Sensational divorce proceedings in
which DR.. Allen G. Staples was suing
his wife at Dubuque came to sudden
stop when the plaintiff was stricken
with apoplexy while on the witness
stand testifying. The crowded court
room was thrown into a panic as the
doctor reeled from his chair and was
caught by his attorneys. Efforts to
restore consciousness failed and the
Doctor died an hour later.
The Scott county mercantile COM
pany, one of the largest cooperative
concerns in the middle west, has pass
ed into the hands Of receiver. The
company is composed largely of
wealthy farmers. They have a large
stock OF farm Implements, automo-
.biles and general farm goods, includ-
ing a grocery department. The value
OF the stock is estimated at $50 900.
II will be sold.
Faith Felgar, for more than twelve
years o contributor to a Chicago farm
paper, is declared to be Mrs. Albert
Mullin Keeper, who lives on farm
a mile north OF Winfield. She is a
member Of the executive board of the
International Farm Women's Press
association, and Is daughter Of
Washington Mullin, former member
of the Iowa legislature from Henry
county.
II. w. Pitkin was reelected to serve
another four-year term as state fore
man of the Yeomen of Iowa at the
state meeting held in Des Moines last
week. Other officers elected were
the Rev. B. w. Petit of Abba, master
OF ceremonies; Mrs. Fannie p. Hines
OF Des Moines, correspondent; and
the Rev. Charles e. Chapter OF Rock
we'll City, chaplin.
Robbers entered the postoffice at
ST. Olaf and removed safe weighing
nearly half ton to the rear OF O shed
half a block away, where they blew
It open with high explosives and Sc
cured 800 in cash and $50 in stamps
and valuable papers, the property of
fheA r.AGf a1fn tll.
handcar and escaped.
Tho record price for Iowa corn was
reached by the Iowana Farms, owned
by Colonel George w. French near
Davenport Colonel French sold fifty
bushels OF selected and tested seed
corn at $40 per bushel The pur-
chase is FOR growers In Wisconsin,
Illinois. Oregon and Oklahoma.
Not in years have duck hunters en-
joyed such fine sport as they are now
having. Spring rains and thaws
have caused the creeks and rivers to
boom. and it is poor day when two
hunters cannot bag from fifty to one
hundred mallards by going to the bet
ter hunting grounds.
A. F. Call, member OF one of the
most prominent families in Iowa, and
himself widely known lawyer, a
former resident of Sioux City and
Algona, was instantly killed in an
automobile accident that happened
recently near Los Angeles. Cal
The charge against George A. Cow
ley, the Scion signal tender. accused
OF having misused the malls In send
ing alleged black hand" letters to
John Adams. wealthy farmer was
dismissed at Cedar Rapids for lack OF
sufficient evidence.
The Rev. w. II. Fisher, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Greene
has accepted call to the Presby-
terrain church at Abba. The Rev. Mr..
Fisher has doubled the church mem
bership during the seven years spent
In Greene.
Members of the Woman's club of
Waverly have secured the moving pic
tnre pure food exhibition from the
state dairy and food commission.
which has arranged to have DR..
Thompson there on April s.
A meeting was held recently at
Hopeville, in Clarke county, to dis
cuss ways and means to build line
OF railroad from Hopeviile to Alton
and later to extend the line to Cres-
ton.
Manager Rowland of the Dubuque
Three-I league team notified his play
ers to report this week for practice at
st. Mary's campus, Prairie du CHEN.
William Frew. shotfrer In the
mines at Ward, one mile west of
Abba, was killed in an explosion of
powder.
The Girls Glee club OF GrinnelI left
here on April 2 for spring tour Of
ten days. Marengo, Davenport, wyo-
ming. Maquoketa, Independence,
Cresco, Leroy. Charles City and Cedar
Falls will be visited. The girls win
travel In their private car "Saskatch-
evan"
A syndicate OF Iowa Falls business
have purchased the Woods hotel
Chas. G. Hibner for $31 900 and
spend nearly as much more in
ng forty more rooms, installing
tors and making 1t modern in
way.
500 ised In Omaha for
work of rebuilding
devastated by
day Is well un-
'ons establish
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