Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-10-02

Waterloo will be the home of the
Young Aeroplane company after De-
,ember /. The concern at present is
coated in Kansas City, Mo-, and has
been negotiating with several cities
'elative to new location. In addition
% manufacturing areoplanes the COM
)any conducts a booking agency for
lviators.
Grading for the new yards that the
Rock Island will put in at Eldon is
finished. The new yard will be mile
ong and the grading is wide enough
Tor twelve tracks. The plans include
a big roundhouse and trackage for
repair work.
Clarence and John Gill, two Des
Moines orphan boys, were found at
Durant, where they had walked since
from Davenport. They
were taken back to be placed in the
Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home in the
latter city.
Fire in the Purity Oats company
plant at Keokuk entailed loss of
$4,000, according to estimates placed
by officials. 1t started in the grad.
ing room when dust exploded. Fire
doors kept the blaze from spreading
Elsie Bastese, 16, waitress in the
Clayton hotel at Nora Springs, was
fatally burned when she saturated her
clothing with a gallon of kerosene
and locked herself in a closet after
setting her clothing on fire.
F. F. Faville, former United States
attorney, and one of the most widely
known lawyers in the state, has been
compelled temporarily to give up his
work. His physician has ordered him
to take a complete rest.
A big touring car carrying T. z.
Saunders Of Omaha, his wife and
three sons, turned turtle down steep
embankment near Hamburg. One
son was pinned under the car and his
neck was dislocated.
The board of supervisors of Sac
county has granted the petition OF
farmers living in Coon Valley town
ship for a reduction in the width Of
the roads in that township from 66
feet to 80 feet
Molten metal seeping through sand
in the molding hox and setting the
wood afire was the cause of a blaze
which resulted in $4,000 damage to
the Red Jacket Manufacturing plant
at Davenport. ...
Branch army recruiting stations will
be established at Clinton, Dubuque
and Cedar Rapids. Capt. Carroll d.
Power, in charge of the Davenport
station, will have charge of the three
branches.
JEFF Miner, Sc years old, residing
near Modale, received fatal injuries
when team ran away with a corn
binder he was driving. He continued
to drive the machine for an hour, and
died. ...
Work has been commenced on the
new power house for the municipal
light and heating plant at Ackley.
The building will be built entirely of
brick with a cement roof and will cost
$500.
Charles d. Huston, appointed post
master at Cedar Rapids by President
Wilson, received his commission and
has taken charge of the office There
was quite fight over his appoint
ment.
Drouth has cut last years mark OF
3,26t 900 cases of corn canned In
Iowa to 747,000 cases. The price will
probably go as high as in 1901 when
II jumped to SLIPS dozen cans.
Fred H. Taft, who founded the Har.
din County Citizen at Iowa Falls
years ago, is now Juvenile court
judge at Los Angeles, Calf, with a
salary OF $4,000 year.
The date for Knoxville's "Old Home
coming" or fall festival, has been sci
for the week beginning Oct. 10. The
committee already has raised $500
and figures on obtaining $4,000.
The Rev. w. B. Crewdson, pastor Of
the Christian church at Logan, ha,
rendered his, resignation and accept
ed a call at Elliott, Ia, where he viii
go about Nov. /.
An epidemic Of typhoid fever II
raging in Kossuth county. Cases
have been reported from nearly al
towns in the county. Several deaths
have occurred.
Joe Long was shot by a gang o.
drunken Italian coal miners at Cen
terville. Long tried to enter an ltal
ian bootlegging joint and aroused theil
| ire.
Three men held up the crew Of {
westbound Wabash freight train neal
Malvern. Conductor Lindley, Brake
men Rodgers and Wilson each los
valuable watches and suits of clothes
Frank Smith, James Sorenson ant
Edward McGraw are under arrest a
LIE Mars charged with burglary ant
beating F. c. Mote, farmer.
J. N. Erbs, proprietor of hotel q
Pioneer, took bichlorfie Of mercur!
mistaking 1t for calomel, and will die
according to physicians.
Mrs. Dan Wells was arrested a
Mason City following her indictmen
by the grand jury on ?. charge OF lille
gal selling Of liquor.
George Norby, living near Esther
Vile, has disappeared and his reia
tives fear foul play, He had beef
visiting in North Dakota and Mime
sofa. Three weeks ago lie wrote tina
he would be home within three days
He failed to arrive and no trace o
him has been found.
The Sac City school board has es
tablished special business course To-
the benefit of farm boys and girl'
who wish to spend the winter months
in practical study. The department
will open at the close of the corn
husking season.
The liquor cases that were heart
before Judge Mcnamara at Keokui
were appealed to the district cour
when fines of 500 for violation OF thu
city ordinance regarding sales, were
assessed. Cases were brought agains
twenty-six who had government II
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