Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

carriers has been adopted by the
Sioux City anti-saloon league, and two
Injunction suits, naming the Milwau-
kee and Illinois Central railroads as
defendants, have been brought in the
district court. Under the law, accord
ing to the leagues attorney, a rail-
road must assure itself that the con-
sigaee OF any intoxicating liquor CIV
en- for shipment is a person legally
authorized to sell 1t.
When a request, signed by $50 rep
resentative women, most of them
members of the w. c. T. u, that call
those who must smoke, refrain from
doing so on the streets or in other
public places" was published in
Cedar Falls paper, the smokers came
back with a suggestion that the wom-
en- rferain from using artificial beauti-
tiers and appear on the streets clad
in other garments than the slit skirt
and kindred creations.
A piece OF weatherbeaten board
bearing the Initials Il. F., Jr." was the
strange contents Of a parcels post
package which came to Isaac Kurdish
OF Iowa City. The board was removed
from the steeple of Unitarian church
in Kennebunk, Me-, and the initials
had been carved seventy years ago
when Kurdish climbed the steeple. In
repairing the steeple the initials were
discovered and an old friend mailed
the board to Mr.. Furnish.
Picking UP rural mail while travel
Ing twenty miles an hour in an auto
mobile Is a feat accomplished by
George Flanagan, a rural carrier out
of Haverhill Flanagan uses an auto
to drive his route Miniature mail
bags are used, and the carrier. driy-
ing past the crane, throws off his
pouch and grabs the outgoing sack
without even slowing down.
1t cost William Pope of Cerro Cor
do county $34.S0 to make good his
part OF a bargain to his daughter,
whom he told he would give the
market price of all the corn she could
pick in day. Miss Pope went into
the field and gathered IS bushels,
which at 60 cents a bushel made
good days wages.
The breach OF promise action for
$4,000 to have been tried at the pres
ent session OF the Johnson county
district court, in which Mrs. Lucy
Richey Porter, divorced wife of At
torney Henry X. Porter, sought to
collect from David Kirkpatrick, 9
wealthy. Lone Tree resident, has been
settled out of court.
The jury in the $4,000 damages
case of Mrs. Agnes M. Goodwin
against thAMason Seabury garage at
Logan retk Ad verdict for the de-
PENDANT Mrs. Goodwin's husband
Was killed by the falling walls of the
garage at Missouri Valley when TIE
building collapsed in a violent wind
storm.
The extension Of the Waterloo, Ce-
dar Falls & Northern railway to Ur.
bana is nearing completion, and 1t Is
expected that service will be Install
ed within the week. Center Point
will be the next step for building OPP
erations, and the last link-into Ce-
dar Rapids-will be finished next
spring.
The Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge
company is made defendant in a suit
for $4,000 damages brought by the
administrator of the estate OF J. w.
Oblennes, who was a fireman on tie
bridge and fell into the river and
was drowned six years ago.
Enos P. Marmon, editor OF the
Mitchellville Index. and one of the
pioneer editors OF Polk county and
Iowa. died at his home at 1O:3 80 o'clock
Tuesday. Mr.. Marmon was one OF the
old settlers Of Mitchellville and
pioneer editor Of the state.
The resident travelling statesmen OF
Shenandoah held an informal recep-
ton and luncheon. Eighty solesmen
and their wives partook of the FIVE
course service. Shenandoah, town
Of 5000, is the headquarters for sixty
five travelling statesmen.
Roy Maxson, 30 years old, fore
man employed by contractor in the
state penitentiary at Fort Madison,
was attacked by John Meltzer, a life
prisoner, and possibly fatally injured,
n
with heavy hammer.
Andrew Jackson, colored, pleaded
guilty at Iowa City to a charge of at.
tempted assault and was sentenced to
twenty years at Anamosa. Jackson
nnsuccessfully attacked two Iowa City
women near the Rock Island depot
last month.
Although there is no Elks' lodge at
Iowa City, about thirty members of the
fraternity live there and for the first
time in the history OF the city an
I Elks' memorial service was held last
Sunday.
The following Iowa postmasters
failed Of confirmation and must be re-
nominated: w. A. Higbee, Fairbank;
Jay Sullivan. Fontanelle; ]. A. Dun.
levy, Lansing; N. c. Butler, West
Branch
Students who guide the destinies
OF college papers In Iowa met in Ce-
dar Rapids and formed an association
which will be known as the Iowa
College Press association.
Bishop Frank M. Bristol OF Omaha
dedicated the Olivet Plymouth Memoir
ial Methodist church at Mason City
and raised more than $4,000.
Six cities along the Mississippi riy-
er will be visited by the Mems Glee
club Of the University OF Iowa during
the Christmas vacation. Engagements
have been booked at Clinton, Davan-
port, Muscatine, Burlington, Keokuk
and Fort Madison. The tour will be.
gin on Dec. 20.
Mrs. Sarah l.. Montgomery of De-
corah has ONE into possession OF a
fortune r % the death Of a sis
Z 7'lE Mrs, Matilda R.
~ ate judge Henry
y VIII receive