Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-02-20
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A new barn belonging to Thomas
Parks, near Cherokee, burned to the
ground with 900 bushels of oats.
Nearly $2,0OOOOO are to be asked
of the state legislature by the Iowa
State college during the present SEES
sion.
Attorneys for the defense in the
case of Earl Madden at Crestcn, con-
victed of being a "frebug," state
that they will ask for new trial.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Auditorium Princess melton pic
ture theater at Fort Madison. The
damage amounted to about $4,000.
Three hundred buttermakers of
Iowa were in attendance at the third
annual convention of the state but
termakers at Cedar Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cox, living at
Belknap, are the parents of a wee
baby girl weighing but two and one
half pounds. The little one is
healthy.
Joseph Durfee, aged 80, died at
Keokuk, after long illness. He was
one of the pioneer residents of Keo-
kuk and a prominent democrat for
many years.
Johannes Schroeder, aged AZ and
single, hurg himself in his barn at
Eldridge. His father, his only rela-
tive, is in the insane department Of
local hospital.
Don F. Bennett, who claimed to be
the youngest aviator on earth and
who was wanted in Davenport for
passing worthless checks, has been
arrested in Ashland, Wisconsin.
James Mahon Of Des Moines died
OF Injuries received when he fell un-
der a Burlington freight train. The
wheels passed over both legs and one
arm. Mahon was 40 years old.
Curtis Hart of Keokuk will sue
coed G. B. Lake, who disappeared two
weeks ago, as county clerk. Exam
liners have discovered shortage in
Lakes cash Of from $4,000 to $4,000.
Miss Ida Saxton of Danbury was
shot in the leg while walking along
the railroad track near Danbury.
Small boys who were hunting did
the mischief. The wound is not seri-
Gus.
While trying to re-enter buggy
from which he had alighted to get
warm by running, Ben Goodrich Of
Galva fell and had his ankle sprained
when the buggy wheels passed over
his foot.
Fireman William Mullane, 23 years
old, of Preston, Mimi, was instantly
killed when Milwaukee engine ten
der buckled after striking coal car.
on a siding which had not cleared at
Dubuque.
When Col. g. o. Shield, New York
City, a lecturer on animal life, APP
peared at Mason City, Rev. Fl. H.
Shield of Fertile, brother, whom he
had not seen in forty years, was in
the audience.
George Coleman, chief electrician
of the Sanborn electric plant, was
electrocuted Death was instantane-
Gus. The accident occurred while he
was repairing switches. The current
was LOO volts,
Charles Holmes of Coin met with
a painful accident while loading
wagon with heavy posts A post fell
on his hand between it and the wagon
wheel, crushing it badly
Hiram Mitchell, an Indian, who was
hauling a load of grain across the
river on the ice to Onawa, lost the
entire load in the river when the back
wheels broke through and the wagon
tipped up. The driver and team es-
capped.
About II o'clock at night fire
broke out In the George Wagner
building at Reinback. Firemen pre-
vented the blaze from spreading to
the hotel, but We're unable to save the
building. The damage is estimated
at 5000.
Rockwell City. Sutherland, Spirit
Lake and Fort Dodge asked admis-
sion into the northwestern Iowa fair
circuit at its annual meeting at Sioux
City Two OF the four must be re-
fused, as but two vacancies exist in
the circuit
A representative of an eastern
milk condensing company was in Red
Oak recently making an investigation
as to the conditions to ascertain
whether or not the place would be a
suitable one for the location of q
branch plant
Ames' special election upon the
proposition of a new light plant re-
suited in victory for the supporters
of the plant by margin of severity
votes. The plant will probably be To-
Gated west of town along the edge of
the college campus.
Emmett county last year, for the
first time, experimental with sugar
beets, raising about SOP acres to sup
ply the factory at Chaska, MINI. The
beetS grown in that county tasteo *