Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-10-30
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

MuSCat1ne is Taking OF ereCClnS
new city hall.
Nearly 10000 automobiles have been
registered in Iowa.
Mrs. T. j. Scoles is in Jail in Marengo
on charge of bigamy
The bronze statue of Chief Keokuk
was unveiled at Keokuk.
Five men were badly burned at q
garage explosion at Murray.
The hunting and fishing at Arnolds |
Park is said to be at its best.
The Degree of Honor lodge will hold
its next annual meeting at Washing |
ton.
The old Carson mill, landmark Tor
many years, was destroyed by fire a
. loss Of $4,000.
Three prominent business men OF
Mason City were arrested for indulg-
ing in poker game.
Glenn Bryany, who broke his parole
at Muscatine, will be returned to the
reformatory at Eldora.
The George Turner premises at
Nora Springs were destroyed by fire,
entailing loss Of $1,000.
Js =,
Des Moines, has been elected presi-
dent of the Des Moines Y. M. c. A.
Two locomotives were wrecked, q
standpipe uprooted and two trainmen
injured In a collision at Mason City.
The next convention of the Kings
daughters will meet in Burlington.
Their annual session closed at Abba.
The work on the new hospital at
Perry has commenced. When COM
pleted the hospital will cost 100000.
George Wessler is in the hospital In
Anamosa in critical condition. the
result of a cut in his leg from corn
knife. - - 80 g. s 49,
Eastern Stars from all over the state
are in session at Council Bluffs. This
Is the time for their annual chapter
meeting.
John Reese fell from his motorcycle
On West Third street in Davenport and
is in a serious condition. He Is hurt
internally.
Captain ]. H. 8. Coleman, formerly
a we'll known pilot on the upper Mis-
sissippi river, died recently in Port
laad, Ore.
The ]. b. Hurlbut Drug Co.. Of Des
Moines, one Of the Oldest in Iowa. filed
voluntary petition In bankruptcy.
Assets are $13,824. IKE <. sa1s-s
The Iowa State fair board met at
Des Moines and estimated the fair
grounds and buildings to be worth
100000 or more.
- Six business men Of Mason City
we're badly hurt when their auto
turned turtle with them All the men
were taken to a hospital.
At the closing session Of the Assoc
ciated ad clubs in convention at Dav-
export it was resolved to raise money
to advertise Iowa at home.
Holding OF bis wife at the point of
a gun, while he drained vial of car
bolic acid, George King of Des Moines.
aged "a, committed suicide.
Robbers secured over $500 worth of
merchandise from hardware store
at Monticello. The stolen goods in
cluded revolvers and cutlery.
In the region about Clear Lake and
in Owen and Portland townships the
been the heaviest in the state.
Ripe blackberries in October from
vines which bore plenttfully in July
is the novelty afforded the table of Dr..
w. G. Payne of Marshalltown.
A story telling club has been organ
lied at Fort Dodge, to teach the art
of story telling so the children may
be given a better class Of stories.
The business district of Tiffen was
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000. Hun
dreds of farmers came from the sur
rounding country in autos to help fight
the fire.
Confessions made by prisoners ar
rested at Mason City for stealing auto
tires implicated several business men
of that city. The names have not been
given out.
Ferdinand B. Debates, aged 19
years, a structural steel worker. fell
from the fourth story of new build
ing being erected in Clinton, and was
instantly killed.
Prospects for the material redHc-
ton of freight rates between points in
Iowa and points in Utah. southern
Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas and Ne
braska are good
A five year old son of Jap Robinson
who lives west of Perry. accidentally
shot his baby sister, with % caliber
rifle. The infant will live, but will be
disfgured for life.
Jacob Gross, of LeMars, while help
ing excavate for building. was
caught In a slide of dirt and had both
legs broken when taken out. He was
hurt internally also.
Jerry Miller, foreman Of the Rock
Island freight house of Iowa City. dice
of injuries received when barrel Of
sauerkraut he was carrying, fell or
him, fracturing his skull.
Fort Dodge's fourth artesian wei
has been connected with the pumping
station The new we'll is 400 feet deel
and while the flow is small the water