Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-05

Bluffs called William Sayles into
court and sentenced him to life i'm
prisonment for the murder OF John
Runyon, Milwaukee railroad engineer.
The evidence showed that Sayles hit
Runyon upon the neck with his fist
on May because Runyon interfered
with Sayles and a call boy who COM
planned that Sayles had taken his
bicycle.
The state convention Of the w. c.
T. U. closed at Creston with the cleo
tion Of officers Mrs. Carrie Balleng-
er of Council Bluffs was chosen re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Lucille w.
Shade of Shenandoah was elected
treasurer; Mrs. Mary Isabella Smith
OF Mount Vernon was chosen editor
and business manager. Mrs. Hattie l..
Wright of Fort Dodge was reelected
to the office Of member Of the board
Of trustees.
Help save Cedar Rapids" This
rather startling exhortation has been
staring passengers on the Cedar Rap
ids street cars in the face for several
days. 1t is one OF the ways which has
been adopted to attract attention to
the forthcoming revivals to be held
there in a huge tabernacle under the
auspices OF Evangelists Brown and
Curry. An immense building has
been constructed.
The first acre of corn in the big
$1,000 acre corn growing contest-the
greatest event Of the kind in Ameri-
ca-has just been husked. The acre
yielded 93.7 bushels. This yield will
undoubtedly be surpassed by many
others; but the quality of the corn
cannot be excelled in the county The
acre belongs to A. G. Larson residing
just south of Cedar Falls.
Oscar Hanson, a former business
man of Boone, was killed at Beaver,
fourteen miles west of Boone. He
stepped from behind tool house just
west Of the depot onto the railroad
track and was struck by freight
train. He leaves wife and four
daughters. For several years he was
engaged in the hardware business in
Boone.
The body OF Leon Euziere, drowned
near Marshalltown, has not been
found despite Of energetic efforts
which kept UP all last week. In ad-
dition to dragging the river and div
ing by Tama Indians the flood gates
were opened twice to reduce the
stage of the water without avail.
Manning Edic of near Carson had
SO fine hogs die from rather pecu-
liar cause. The veterinarian he sum-
moned announced they died from in
digestion caused by eating green
shoots Of corn that had blown down
and sprouted from the moisture of the
earth.
With the husking and weighing Of
the corn under way, interest in the
big $1,000 acre corn growing contest
at Cedar Falls grows in intensity.
Five hundred and seventy-one entrants
in the contest-the biggest thing of
the kind ever held in America-are
anxiously awaiting the outcome.
Iowa pensions granted recently are
as follows: Nancy A. Bliss, Des
Moines. $12: Nancy A. Bailey, Thorn
ton, SIP; Matte Cook, Maquoketa,
$12; Mary A. Kelley, Ruthven, $l2;
Minnie G. Goodsell. Waterloo. $l2;
Serena A. Matthews, Washington, $l2;
Jennie Smith, Odebolt, s12.
Bootleggers are handed heavy jolts
when they come before the courts in
Marshalltown. c. H. Carkhuff and
George Sellers were each fined 5000
and costs, the total amounting to
nearly $500. They had the option Of
six months in jail and took the jail
cell rather than pay the fine.
The White House clothing store at
Sheldon collapsed recently. The first
floor was occupied by the White
House Clothing company and the Sec
ond by the Beach Dental parlors. Ex-
cavating on lot adjoining weakened
the structure. No lives were lost.
The building is total loss.
j. NJ. Reeder, one Ct the most sub
stantial and respected young farmers
of Delaware county, died at his home
as the result of an accident. While
engaged In hitching team one OF
the horses kicked him in the abdom-
en-. He is survived by his wife and
six children.
Steve wilkins was seriously injur-
ed and his 10 year old daughter killed
when an automobile in which they
were riding ran off bridge near Sell
ma, Van Buren, county. The car
turned turtle, pinning them beneath
It, wilkins legs were broken.
&C. Nelson has sold his farm north
west of Randall to Lewis Maland for
5000 an acre, and the Andrew Rasmus-
sen place, north of Randall, has been
sold to Martin Olson for $40 an acre.
The latter farm has no improvements.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mulhollen have depart
cd from Dubuque without the formal
fly of bidding their friends goodbye.
They were out under bonds OF $5,400
on serious charges. Their bondsmen
will have to liquidate.
Harold Williamson, the nine year
old boy who was hit by an auto at
Sheldon died of tetanus. The auto was
driven by Mr.. Bunker of Remsen and
he was not at fault as the boy jumped
into the street in front of 1t.
The freshmen were surprised when
the sophomores beat them s6s to
6s1a in the annual Ames soph-prep
field and track meet on State field.
Scott county, with an expenditure of
$4,000, has finished its banner year
Of road building. More than 100 miles
Of roadway were repaired and three
miles Of permanent highway construct