Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-03-26
iowa NEWS BRIEFS

Herbert Richey, button factor,
iempioye at FIT. Madison, found pear.
valued at $3.50.
i Seventy-four funerals have beer
held in Oskaioosa and Mahaska coun
ty within a period of sixty-eight days
The school board of Muscatine has
ordered the schools opened, following
the scare caused by the smallpox cpl
demic.
Millinery is being taught to seventy
five women and girls in the night
schools at east and west high schools
in Des Moines.
The U. NJ. w. A., which was in con
vention at Des Moines, has appropri
ated $4,000 to build miners temple
in Abba this summer.
Joseph j. Murphy. son of the late
Johns. Murphy. of the Dubuque-Tele
graph Herald, is dead of valvulal
heart trouble. aged Al.
Rock Rapids voters will have sub.
mitted to them at the June primaries
new courthouse proposition, de.
feated in the election of 1913.
A two weeks mission will be giveI
In st. Ambrose cathedral by Rev
Father Drumm and Rev. Fathe,
Byrne, two well known missionaries
Edward Larsen, secretary of thu
Farmers Grain company of Kirkman
has announced his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for county
treasurer
The Pearl City Serum company, one
OF the lately acquired industries, was
incorporated at Muscatine The CAPT
talization Of the company is set out
as $4,000.
Lille Theodore Peterson, aged Is
OF Cherokee, senior in the high
school, died after a three days illness
The cause OF her death was measles
grip and typhoid.
Car inspector Peter Christensen OF
the Chicago and Northwestern rail
road at Council Bluffs found the
body of an unidentified man, crushed
under the wheels.
r.. E. Loring, president of the For,
Dodge, Des Moines and Southern rail.
road, has offered to sell the FIT. Dodge
street car line which the road owns
to the city for 100000.
While riding on the backs of two
horses, Ernest Clifton and Harry
Taylor of Mondamin suffered broken
legs in a peculiar manner One horse
fell, tripping the other.
new pipe organ was formally de-
dicated in the Presbyterian church at
Cherokee. Louis Paggi, noted organ.
list and tenor singer rendered the
program of the evening
William Eislee, farmer near Mus
catine, and Anna Strouse were mar
ried. thus putting an end to breach
of promise suit which Miss Strouse
had started against Eislee
The Protestant Episcopal church
annual just issued at Davenport shows
the number of communicates in the
Iowa diocese to be 1922 The number
OF Sunday school scholars is 1886.
One death and some twenty cases
of typhoid fever near Dedham are
traced to a church social held six
weeks ago, where oysters were served
State health officials are inyestigat.
ing.
The new $4,000 school building OF
the newly consolidated school district
at Tenant was dedicated Speakers
for the occasion were Lieut.. Gov. w
l.. Harding and j. c. McGlade of Des
Moines.
DR.. L. #. Cummins, prominent
physician OF Hopkinton, barely es-
capped death when he lost control OF
his car which turned turtle, pinnine
him beneath it and crushing his left
shoulder
The Independent school district has
disposed OF the Prescott school build
ing site in Dubuque to Fuhrmann
Bros. Clothing company, which means
a new and modern store building. The
price paid was s14,75O.
Peter Frye of Burlington, farmer
aged SO. died ss the result of a frac-
tured skull. lie was knocked down
by John Hedge, negro, and his head
struck the sidewalk with terrific
1Oi W. A1SGSS was ARRESTED.
The Rev. Lee E. Rife of the United
Presbyterian church in Clarion fol
the past three years, has rendered his
resignation, after which he will de-
part at once to the pastorate of a
large church in Philadelphia.
Passing resolution to charge cash
for all work done hereafter, the Wood
bury County Blacksmith's association
adjourned at Correctionville. L. ].
Stribley of Correctionville was elected
president for the coming year.
Mrs. Mary Bush, aged 80, and a pio-
neer for sixty years, is dead at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. Eva burst
in Washington. She leaves two sis
tiers, Mrs. Phdebe Cronkhite and Mrs,
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