Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-08-21

association, to be held at Storm Lake,
Aug. 21-22 Iowa editors who are
scheduled to speak include j. K.
Chrysler, Odebolt Chronicle: G. l..
Caswell, Dennison Bulletin; Elmer E.
Johnston, Iowa City Citizen; Paul E.
Stillman, Jefferson Bee; 4. M. Glas-
cow, Spencer News. and Marion Bruce,
Rolfe Arrow. Friday afternoon a pic
mic dinner will be served at Sunset
park.
DIR. c. B. Knowles of Sioux City.
president of the Hawkeye Veterinary
Medical association. has called con-
ference of it's officers. to be held in
Des Moines Aug. Is to consider the
alarming spread OF hog cholera in
Iowa Attending the meeting will be
the directors and members of the hog
cholera serum committee. Difficulty
is being experienced by veterinarians.
Dr. Knowles says. in obtaining enough
serum for their needs.
The Iowa baptist assembly which
Just closed u ten day meeting at Iowa
Falls elected the following officers:
President. Rev Frank Day OF Algona:
first vice president, a. ID. st. Clair OF
Hampton: second vice president, Rev.
w. e. barrow of Mt. Ayr; third vice
president. Mrs. Clara sherry of Iowa
Falls: secretary, d. " Wilson Of Iowa
Falls: Rev l.. M. Vets OF Iowa Falls
was elected chairman of the board OF
directors.
Three thousand Seventh Day Ad-
ventists are expected to- attend the
state camp meeting and fiftieth an
nual Iowa conference OF the church to
he held at Cedar Rapids Aug. % to
Sept. s. Speakers have been secured
from all parts of the world, and offi-
cials of the church plan to make the
Cedar Rapids meeting the largest ev-
er held in Iowa. All sections of the
state will be represented by delegates.
One person Is dead and fonr others
injured as the result of an automobile
accident near Dubuque. Their machine
turned turtle on the country road.
Mrs. Caroline l,reitbach, 81 years old.
who lives near Massey station was
killed. Her daughter. Mrs. John I.e-
3rande. suffered fractured hip aud
John LeGrande and his two children
suffered minor injuries.
The thirty-flfth annual reunion of
the Story County Veterans associa-
ton was held Friday at Cambridge.
Col. j. w. Willett of Tama, state de-
parfment commander G. A. r., Col.
David Palmer. Col lot Abraham of
Mount Pleasant. Or. Frank G.. Nc.
Kean OF Des Moines. Judge L.
Nelson OF Clayton. Mum. and Mayor
C. IL. Hall OF Nevada were on the pro.
gram.
Striking his leg against live wire
when locating defective telephone
line on top of pole. caused Leroy
Watkins, a lineman at Ottumwa. to
fall from the pole and die shortly aft
EDWARDS from his injuries. Electric
light wires we're strung on the same
pole with the telephone wires. Wat
kins leaves widow and two small
sons.
DIR. Walter McFIenry. a protege of
John Wanna maker and government
inspector who was located for two
years In Waterloo has fallen vic
tim to tuberculosis which he combat
ted with such intelligence among the
dairy herds OF Iowa. His death at
Redwood. Pa, occurred a few days
ago
The strawberry season of the Gard
ner Nursery company at Usage has
started. and they now are picking
about two hundred quarts a day. The
company has field of thirty-eight
acres and 1t is believed 1t will soon
be picking thousand quarts day.
A. +. Tanner. OF Milwaukee, repre-.
| senting the Iowa Construction com.
pany. has submitted a proposition to
the Commercial club OF Iowa City for
the construction of a new interurban
from that city to Keoya, Keokuk
county. a distance of Sc miles
Demanding raise of wages or a
strike. the members Of the FIRE depart
ment OF Mason City succeeded in ef.
fecting a Settlement with the 'city
commissioners. securing a raise Of
SO month in wages. The men were
getting $50 a month.
John Whitaker. a wealthy property
owner and proprietor of the ST. James
hotel at Davenport. committed suicide
by jumping into Lake Michigan from
the deck OF the steamer Maniton. The
boat was bound up the lake from
Chicago
Freeman Conway, editor of the
Mason City Times, was elected presi.
dent of the commercial club OF that
city at recent meeting of the organ.
patton.
That clans in the iowa river are
still yielding good pearls is evidenced
by the success of Henry Johnson who
has heen "rlamming" near Dows. Mr.
johnson recently sent a consignment
to Marshalltown firm that contain.
ed some fine specimens OF fresh wat.
er pearls.
"Rean Day. was celebrated at Gen
eva again this year and was a success
from, every standpoint. A big crowd
enjoyed the day. the only drawback
being the collapse OF the grandstand
at the hall game. when eco people es.
capped serious injury.
Henry Cocker of Yorktown is
building new home on his farm and
In tearing down the old home he dis
covered 200 pounds of honey in the
walls of the old house. The bees had
been at the worS for years.
An explosion in the boiler room of
the Sanitary laundry at Mason City
blew the boiler OF the establishment
100 feet into the air. No one was in
| jured.
Forester Stanley, professor of
chemistry at Penn college. has left his
lone in Indianola for New York, from
! whence he sails for Berlin Aug. rs.