Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-07-03

beyond control before the flames were
discovered.
The Des Moines city council has de-,
cided to employ visiting nurse to
serve during the hot months of the
sumner. Her efforts will be directed
particularly to the baby saving cam
paign in which the health department
is interested.
George l.. Eason, of Des Moines.
jeweler for fifty years, has sold his
store to l. R. Stubbs, who has been
associated with him in business and
who will continue at the old stand.
Mr.. Eason left for his old home at
Brattleboro, Vt.
Mrs. Chris. Schoop, 46 years old,
horn and raised in Davenport and iv-
ing within thirty feet of the main line
of the Rock Island railway, took her
FIRST ride on railway train VIXEN she
vent to Walcott, Iowa, Give miles
west of there, to visit frie DIS.
Mrs. Stella Hindley of Ctiumwa
has brought suit in the district court
against the American Commercial
Travellers FOR $4,000 to recover on
policy held by her husband, who, it
is alleged, died from the effects of a
fall IN the streets of Helena, Mont.
j. R. Wallace of Logan sustained
serious injuries when an automobile
in which he was riding skiddad over
an embanknent two miles north of
Missouri Valley. Mrs. Wallace and
the driver escaped injury by Jumping,
but Mr. Wallace went down with the
car.
The ceremony of consecrating a
baby to the work of the Salvation
Army was held recently in the hall
CT the army at Davenport. Lieuten-
ant Colonel Charles Miles of Chicago
conducted the ceremony, assisted by
Brigadier A. T. Brewer Of Des
Moines.
P. E. Burke, the young landlord of
the Miller hotel at New Hampton,
went to Rock Island, ILL.,, to be mar
ried to Miss Anna Christensen at the
home of her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Burke VIII rc,ara at once 10 assume
. the active mana crlcnt of the hotel,
purchased by his father some time
ago.
/ Howard Hart, The Timber Creek
county farm hand, charged with Grim
inal assault by Miss May Steward of
Haverhill, entered plea of not guilty
and was held to the grand jury at
Marshalltown in $4,000 bonds. Miss
Steward has recovered sufficiently to
give an account of the alleged as
Eault.
| George Pilgrim of Beacon was
stricken with blindness while walking
Oh the streets of Oskaloosa and is
able to distinguish the difference be.
tween light and darkness. The doc.
tors say his eyes are in apparently
good condition. The man is in per-
feet physical condition and tie doc
tors are puzzled.
George Friday, young barber who
has been working at Webster City,
| viii leave soon for Kansas City. where
he will demand his right to a $4,000
legacy left him by an uncle, but
which is being contested by other
heirs. The news of the beques.t
reached Friday as a complete sur
prise. TIL nephew had heard nc.h-
ing from the uncle for years.
William H. Harrison of Davenport
OF the Hotel Davenport has purchased
an extensive block of stock in the
Observation-Disclosures shows, which will
be taken over by new syndicate at
Peekskill, N. Y. B. E. Wallace, the
multi-millionaire circus man Of Peru,
Ind, will ire from the sho'y bust
ness on that date and will turn over
all his holdings to the new corpora
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lindquist, while
visiting at the home of Mrs. Lind
GUSTS parents near Essex. were at
tracted BY the actions Of SOW which
was tossing something into The air.
On investigation the Object was found
to be the Is months old child of the
Lindquists, which had climbed into
the lot where the pigs were. The
babes left arm was broken. A hole
had been gored in it's side.
Material now is being distributed
from Creston for the new electric
light service from Creston to Alton.
Although this is no lkeokuk PROPOSE
ton, it is step toward complete in
serstate distribution of electricity. 1t
is understood that line of the same
nature is being pushed through from
Osceola to Murray. This will leave
the terminals of the two companies
but short distance apart.
A three-year-old child of VIM.
Koran of Clermont was kicked to
death by colt, the skull being
crushed. 1t was at first believed
that the lite girl had been crushed
Under the wheels of wagon, driven
by the father. but it was later discov-
cred that the accident was not caused
that way, which was some relief to