Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-08-07

| Two children less than 10 years old
were heroes of a rescue from the wat
er at Clear Lake. The little daughter
of n. E. Gildner, clothing merchant,
fell from the dock. She was playing
with the S-year-old son of r. E. Glib
son, who saw the accident, and pluck
lily set about rescuing the child. Ly-
ing down he was able to grasp her
hair as she arose to the surface. He
held her in this position till help ar.
rived The water was more than
eight feet deep.
President Wilson has nominated
the following Iowa postmasters C. s.
Shanklin, Marion; OHIO c. McShane,
Springville; Charles Daniel Huston,
Cedar Rapids; John S. Sloan, viii
liams; William A. Cooper, Bayard;
Ethel M. Busch, Macksburg, Madison
county, vice l.. C. McKibben, resign
ed; William H. Holdsworth, Sully,
Jasper county, vice ]. M. Varenkamp,
resigned; William F. Dunn, appointed
rural carrier at Bernard.
Believing that his brother met his
death through foul play rather than
suicide, Dan Moore of Donahue has
offered reward of $50 for the arrest
of the assailant of Tom Moore, whose
body was recovered from the Missis-
sippi April is. Moore points out that
his brother had $50 on his person
when last seen and that when his
body was found there were but few
cents in his pockets.
One person dead, one fatally hurt
and two others injured is the result of
an automobile accident a few miles
southwest of Reinbeck. The dead:
Pauline Bern. IS years old Fatally
injured: Carl Bern, Jr, years old,
broken arm and internal injuries.
| Others injured: Lou Raider, broken
shoulder. Mrs. Lou Raider, broken
hip.
Four persons were injured and six
more narrowly escaped death near
Charlton when an automobile in which
they were riding was hit by a freight
train. Those injured were: Miss Col
die Grevo, shoulder broken; Mrs.
Walter Good, back injured Miss Jen-
ME Arvidson and Miss Ruth Frelan-
der, bruised and probable internal in
iuries.
James Grimes is lying at the point
OF death in Sioux City with four bull
let wounds inflicted by S. A. McMil-
Ian, Waterman at the government
docks at Riverside. Mcmillan says
that Grimes attacked him and he was
compelled to shoot in self-defense.
John B. Ertz, 43 years old, street
car motorman at Burlington, commit
ted suicide by drinking poison. Some
time ago Ertz fell down stairs and
injured his head and since that time,
his mental faculties have been i'm
! paired.
John Steffen, who lives at Ackley.
has record for fruit growing that
covets comparison. From a berry
patch fifty feet square, he has picked
this season $50 boxes of raspberries
for which Mr.. Steffen realized 1872.
Asking pardon for Clarence Skaggs,
convict, whose case is now arousing
SO much controversy, sixty-one mem
bers of the Bible class of the First
Presbyterian church of Davenport
have written to Governor Clarke.
Henry Witzke, a farmer, was ar.
rested in Storm Lake by L. p. An
derson, state dairy and food in
spector, charged with selling rotten
eggs. Mr.. Witzke pleaded guilty and
was fined IS and costs.
Worry over an overdraft in a bank
at Oxford caused William Kelley, a
young farmer, to commit suicide. He
hanged himself by rope halter to a
joist in his fathers barn, after return
ing from a dance.
A rattlesnake crawled into the home
Of Fred Land, near Greenfield. Mrs.
Land was alone. She called in neigh
bors who killed the snake. The rep
tile was two feet long and had FIVE
rattles.
j. M. Bechtel and A. A. Simons, two
of the large orchardists of Fremont
county, have disposed Of their crops
of apples, which will aggregate be-
tween 5000 and 10000 barrels.
Oscar Carlson, well to do farmer,
living near Villisca, was found hang
ing dead from tree on his farm. He
left nothing to indicate the cause.
| Carlson was unmarried.
Not even the presence of two score
of stalwart policemen awed the pick
pockets at Colemans park, Sioux City.
during the police picnic. Several
thefts were reported.
L. A. Gerhardt, real estate dealer
of Applington. was instantly killed
near Parkersburg. when his auto hit
the fence, throwing him out and
breaking his neck.
Grinnell's oldest white citizen Is
dead. She was Mrs. Mary e. Green,
95 years old. Mrs. Green was able to
be around the house until two days
before her death.
Andrew Jamison, aged As, farmer
living near Nora Springs, was instant
ly killed by being kicked on the side
of the neck by horse
| City officials of Grinnell refuse to
confirm or deny a report that the
Grinnell heating and light plant Is
sold to a syndicate.
Elmer Buckley, 10 years old, died
at his home at West Liberty the re-
suit of being kicked in the stomach by
a horse.
Mrs. Mary Hamilton, aged 6S, Of
Clarion and Alexander Fix, aged so, Of
Cantril were married recently at Iowa
Falls.
In trying to avoid a collision with
motorcycle, Dewitt Davis drove his
car too near the edge OF bridge near
Woodbine and the machine turned
turtle, seriously injuring Phelps
Wood, the l7-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. N. Wood of Logan Paul MIL
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Miller and VIII
Hughes also were injured.
Every vacant room at the court
house at Mason City suitable for stor-
ing liquor is full to the ceiling. The
latest addition to the supply was seiz-
ed Saturday. A car load of beer had