Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-10-30
peploring the lack Of leadership and

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fist schools.
The following railway clerks have
been appointed in Iowa: Malvern Nc
Dougal, Burlington; c. l.. Wood, Gar
win; G. L. Swanson, Stratford; r. B.
Landon, Marshalltown; Dean Buther.
Pleasantville; v. NJ. Endsley, Colum.
bus Junction; Keith Gray, Postville;
e. e. Whited, Ottumwa; A. NJ Nc
Bane, Buffalo Center; A. L. James,
Waterloo; C. F. Fox, Numa; H. H.
hughes, Des Moines; M. Winterlin,
McGregor.
Marion county is in the information
al beauty contest with Miss Ethel Ap-
plegate, daughter of E. E. Apologize
of Knoxville and niece of Judge APP
plegate, as the contestant Miss Ap-
plegate is being championed by A. w.
Monfort, a Chicago artist of national
reputation. The portraits are to be
judged by the National Society Of
Photographers and later exhibited at
the Panama exposition.
County superintendent comprised
In the newly organized North Central
County School association want new
light on new state school laws passed
by the last legislature. A committee
OF three, headed by Superintendent
Benson of Cerro Gordo county was
chosen to take the proposition up
with State Superintendent Deyoe and
with Attorney General Cosson.
The agricultural extension work of
Iowa State college promises to break
all records during the present year,
not merely in Iowa, but elsewhere.
Director Kennedy says his staff OF
more than fifty men and women wifi
take the work of the college out to
more than half million people Ia
Iowa this year.
Confessions, made by the prisoners
arrested near Fort Dodge in connec-
ton with the auto tire thefts at Mason
City, duplicates several prominent
business men. Search warrants is
sued made startling discoveries and
many tires were recovered, but the
police will not give out the names at
present.
Miss Hattie Simpson, the 21-year-
old daughter Of o. B. Simpson, who
resides near Whittemore, is suffering
from bullet wound as the result of
an attempted attack on her by an IN
known man wearing mask. Miss
Simpson was surprised by her assail-
ant when alone gathering nuts.
The annual reunion of students,
graduates and faculty of the State
Teachers college is to be held in Des
Moines during the convention of the
State Teachers association early in
November. The reunion is to take
place Nov. 7 in the evening, and a
big attendance is expected.
Six men were badly hurt when an
automobile turned turtle near Mason
City wrecking the machine. The seri-
ously injured are Charles Potter, Carl
Fravers and ]. H. Griffith, Edward
Strand, Lee Cunningham and Harry
Anderson, all business men there
One days session OF the synod on
Iowa of the Presbyterian church al
Storm Lake last week was given over
to the discussion of the mission works
Of the church, to colleges and educa
ton. A full representation from the
various presbyteries was present.
A rise Of $35 an acre in clever
months, plus $4,000 in crops, is the
net result Of Oscar Alberts' invest
ment in a 115-acre farm three miles
west OF Marengo last year. T. r
'Hammell has just bought this farm
at $3.50 an acre.
Pensions have been granted a
Washington recently to the following
residents of Iowa: Carrie Lee, Os
sian, $12; Phoebe Seeber, Sabula, $12
Mary l.. Taylor, Greenfield, $12; Mar.
A. Jones. Oakville, s12; Elizabeth
Lake, Charlton, $12.
The Davenport Coliseum burned t.
the ground. The structure with it
contents was valued at about $50, 200
1t was built for the National Sanger
fest in 1898, and has since been uset
for public meetings.
Ellen Wallsi, aged ~ years, wa
burned to ashes, when her two room
log cabin home near Fort Madison
was burned. An overturned lamp 4
supposed to have caused the fire.
DR.. w. T. Shepard and others of lie
Mars will organize company .,
manufacture breakfast food whicl
he has patented. A cement factor,
building will be erected.
| Negotiations have been CLOSED
whereby Keokuk gets a new factory
The American Cement Machine Manu-
featuring company of Madison, Wis
will move to that city.
| Apples are plentiful in Alamake,
county and profitable, too. A. NJ. Cab
alan at Waukon Junction has SOLE
$1,000 worth OF apples from ten acre.
of ground.
| The Rev. ]. d. Vsnnoy, pastor o
the Federated Baptist church at Els
therville has resigned to accept a po
sition at Cedar Falls.
>Drs. w. G. Wilker and J. ". McCo,
have been appointed pension surgeons
at Allerton.
w. A. Holdren, former sheriff ol
Cerro Gordo county, Archie Ball and
]. ]. Mulgrew, well known business
men OF Mason City, are under arrest
on gambling charge, the result OF Q
complaint Of the wife of one OF the
men.
Fire which broke out in pain,
shop in the second story of the SAM
tary Laundry building at Mason City
destroyed the building, doing serious
damage to the machinery and stock
1t cost seven men IS each for hav
ing made one drag with seine In 3
pond near Msrshalltown recently.
A big reception, attended by nearly
every person In Nora Springs, wa.
held there for DR.. e. E. Birney, &C
quilted OF responsibility for the deatt
of Miss Myrtle Irish Of Hopkinton
Nearly zoo persons met DR.. Birney al
the station on his return and escort
ed him to his home.
The young man with stolen team
wagon, blankets, rifles and large
| SunDly of cartridges apnrehended