Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-09-04
IOWA. NEWS BRIEFS

at the Keokuk Country club.
Uncle" Johnny Ross, an old resi-
dent of Villisca. was found dead in his
chair.
Twenty thousand people witnessed
the parade at the Council Bluffs car
nival.
The authorities are holding John
Murke on charge of horse stealing
Al Ogden.
Louis Hcrtzberger of Council Bluffs
was drowned while bathing in Lake
Manawa.
Fifty new residences will be start
ed in the west part of Perry by Sep
TENDER LIST.
Old Settlers day was observed by
large crowd and had a good pro.
gram at Salem.
Many hogs being shipped out Of
the state by farmers are dying of
cholera in the cars.
A we'll organized gang of box car
robbers are operating in the railroad
yards at Council Bluffs.
The home of Frank Pollock was
struck by lightning twice in twenty
four hours at Fort Dodge.
Leon Snyder, aged Is, of Evan.
was drowned while attempting to
swim the Des Moines river
Plans are on foot for fall festival
at Muscatine, the campaign for funds
already having been started
Morris Grossman, while riding q
bicycle, fell in front of a team Of
horses and was badly injured.
Lee Arnold, alias l.. E. Kemp, and
wife are held by the Burlington po-
lice for cashing bogus check.
Death followed an operation for the
removal Of peanut from the lung
Of Mildred Larsen of st. Ansgar
Frank Farmer, of Wayland, aged
IL years, broke his arm while in
friendly scuffle with boy friend.
Mrs. Frank Cotton of Cedar Falls
has been reelected president Of the
Thirteenth district of the Iowa w. C.
T. u.
Mrs. S. T. Hardy Of Logan suf-
fered very painful burn one day re-
Gently by the explosion of gasoline
iron,
The city council has voted to in.
stall boulevard lights around the
square and on Vine street at West
Union.
Geo. Eaton, brakeman on the Illi-
nois Central, was killed by being run
down by switch engine at Fort
Dodge.
The Sioux City Commercial club is
urging the city council to levy tax
for the purpose of purchasing fire APP.
paratus.
Fred S. Eslick, agent for the Great
Western at Mason City, has been pro-
NOTED to district freight and passen-
ger agent.
Rev. Jesse Cole, chaplain of the
Iowa Soldiers home, died at Mar
shalltown, following an illness of sew
eral weeks.
The disappearance of William
Claussen, one of the men indicted for
short weight of ice at Davenport, is
still mystery.
The charred bones Of an unknown
man were found IN the ruins Of barn
burned on The farm of Thos. Felt
near Mason City.
William j. Seaman, plumbing
contractor of Clinton, was struck by
an automobile and received painful
and serious injuries.
After quarreling over pair Of
socks, Tressie Russell, comedy negro
girl of Council Bluffs, shot and killed
her lover. Earl Stone.
Citizens are becoming angered over
the operation of an alleged "peeping
Tom" at Iowa City. Rewards have
been offered for his arrest.
John Parker and John Wyatt of OF
tumwa were instantly killed when a
passenger train ran into the wagon
in which they were riding.
The little 7-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Henminger Of
Webster City, who stepped on a
single nail, died Of lockjaw.
A. G. McColm of Waterloo was
painfully injured when he was struck
by an auto truck owned by the Great
Western Creamery company.
Miss Pearl Finch of Northwood has
been elected to fill the position o!
eighth grade teacher here left vacant
by the sudden death of Miss Georgia
Barker at McGregor.
Roy Leach of Keokuk YVES fatally
injured by being struck on he heae
with shovel in the hands Of Howard
Sheppard, following a quarrel. Shep-
pard is being held for attempted muir
der.
Suit has been filed in the district
court at Sioux City by William r
Hagman to recover $500 from E. p
Howell, alleged to have been obtained
under false representations in liant
deal.
Two men, giving the names Of
James Wilson of Des Moines and
Herman Miller of Waterloo were ar
rested, charged with stealing an au.
tomobile belonging to the Orleans