Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-03-27
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

P. E. c. Lally, well known Deni-
son attorney, has gone into Chicago
to undergo an operation.
Miss Stella M. Poke, public
school teacher at Iowa City, was
married to w. H. Teeters.
Adristine Pordooth, laborer, was
run down and killed by switch en-
CINE in the Milwaukee yards at Ma
son City.
The boy scouts have circulated a
petition asking the city council at
Battle Creek to enforce the anti-cig-
arctic law.
Helen Pieper of Battle Creek was
granted $68 back pay and $3.50 for
alleged SANDER, which she charged
against Jacob Shaw.
P. M. Pardoe, mayor of Webster
City, was elected president of the
Iowa State Drainage association in
convention at Fort Dodge.
LeMars will vote on March 20 on
the question of the city purchasing
the electric light plant and water
works now in operation there.
Jay Ryan, aged 40, was struck and
killed by a crane in the Bettendorf
steel car works at Davenport. Ryan's
place of residence is unknown.
Isband Noble Of Taylor township
caught large timber wolf in trap
near Vinton. It is the largest one
that has ever been caught around
there.
The $4,000 home of William F.
Hanfeld burned to the ground at
Correctionville. The origin of the
fire is unknown. Part of the furni-
ture was saved.
Nine years ago Dale Bales, a bell
boy in the Elliott and later in the
KMkwood hotels at Des Moines, is
now on the vaudeville stage at sal
airy of $3.50 week.
The Des Moines postoffice has been
granted eight new carriers, who were
placed in service on March 1, when
the new eight-hour law for postal
employees went into effect.
Ida Grove is in on the house
famine. 1t is reported that one fam
lily had to move elsewhere because
when its lease expired there was not
another empty house in town.
The 2-year-old child of Dan Fyock
Of Fraser drank half cup Of kero-
sene. Prompt work by doctors saved
his life. His mother had been using
kerosene and had left half a cup ON
the table.
By unanimous vote of the Rockwell
Gas company that concern was dis
solved. The plant is to be put up
for sale on March 16. w. F. McClel.
land is heading a movement for reor.
ganization.
Burglars blew the safe in the Mag
noia postoffice and took $21O in cash
and $3.50 in stamps. They entered
the Frazier Harvey johnson store and
took $40 from the cash drawer and
several revolvers.
Thieves entered the Rock Island
railway station at Folletts, and after
ransacking the freight room and fail
ing to effect entrance into the ticket
Office, escaped 1t is not believed they
obtained anything of value.
Shot accidentally with a gun that
was supposed to be mot loaded" Miss
Rae Coleman, aged IA, living near
Anthem, was taken to Sioux City,
where it was found necessary TO am
putate one leg above the knee.
An auctioneer living at Mapleton
set a new high water mark for farm
land prices. At the conclusion of the
Mcfarland sale near Sloan, the forty
acre farm was put on the block and
drew the neat sum of $12,25O.
Harry Bates, 80 years old, a brake
man on the Minneapolis & St. Louis
railroad, died at Marshalltown as the
result of an injury at Roland two
weeks ago. Bates fell while attempt
ing to get on his train, breaking his
back. He lived at Story City.
The Standard Gate company is
moving to its new factory at Cedar
Falls. The Standard and the Iowa
Gate companies in the last year sold
10000 farm gates, which is believed
" ludhc ScOdI II ais Vic gave
factory city in the United States.
Ministers and laymen who enlist in
every reform wave movement that
starts in a city were scored by Rev.
David r. Huber in his sermon at the
Trinity Lutheran church at Sioux
City, when he said they were going
out of the sphere of the church work.
Proposals for the purchase Of $780,
600 Union county refunding bonds
soon will be issued. Bids for these
will be received until April z. The
bonds will be issued in denominations
Of $1,000 each and five of them are
to be paid each year, commencing in
1923.
The jury at Abba, in the case OF
Drew Collinswood versus the Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
brought in verdict of $4,000 for the
plaintiff. He was an engineer in the
employ of the road and was injured