Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-07-02


per acre.
Chairman Reed of the yenloo7atiS
state central committee, has announc
ed the following temporary organiza
tion for the state convention to be
held at Council Bluffs, July 20. Chair
man-Congressman Maurice Connolly
OF Dubuque; reading clerks-John H
Gillespie. of Creston, and C. G. Gloeck.
Ter, of Mt. Pleasant; secretaries-John
De Mar, Of Des Moines and ]. H. Crib
ben, Of Newton; sergeant-at-arms-J
]. Ganin, of New Hampton; chief door
keeper-Louis Eckhardt, of Daven,
port; chaplain-Dr. G. A. Buxton, oil
Council Bluffs.
An old bell with history was re.
Gently removed from the belfry OF st.
Mary's Catholic church at Hamburg,
Iowa, and shipped to new church re-
Gently established at Fort Madison.
The bell is considerably over a cen.
fury old. II was once used as a sig
nal on the steamer Osprey which was
owned by the Mormon prophet, Joseph
Smith. 1t was the first church bell in
use in the Mississippi valley and also
has seen service as fire bell.
Roy McCurrn, aged IS, was drowned
at Blue lake, three miles west of On,
ava. He was one of large pleasure
party who went to Blue lake to spend
the day. He and several others went
over to the swimming hole across the
lake, in row boat. While over there
he diyed into about twelve feet OF
water, from the end of the boat and
became entangled in some weeds at
the bottom.
Hunters are very much pleased with
the results OF the new game laws,
which are already showing their effect.
Several hunters who recently spent a
day fishing in the waterways of Mus,
catine Island, state that wild fowl arse
abundant on the island and that ducts
bird which formerly was seldom seen
there at this time Of year, are there
in abundance.
There is gnashing of teeth on the
part of twenty-one saloen keepers a,
Dubuque who by decree of the city
fathers will be out ~ business on July
l. On January 1915. the number OF
saloons will Pc down to the regula
tion basis ,thirty-eight. Twenty-one
more VIII Ge put out of business Jan
uary l.
MIG. Norton, Winona, MINI, mil
li2gAaire lumber merchant, has sen,
f,is check for $1,000 to his cousins
Mrs. A. M. Hummel and T. A. Black
residing at Waterloo. The beneficiar
les are children of Thomas s. Black
of Lewisburg, Pa, who risked $4,000
Of his own funds to give the Winons
millionaire his start in life
Dr. Ralph e. Heilman, recently pro
NOTED to the position of associate pro
fessor in the department Of HON,
economics at the University Of Iowa
has resigned and will become profes
sor in the school of commerce at the
University of Illinois.
At the meeting of the Iowa League
Of Nursing Education recently held al
Boone Miss Luella Bristol of Boone
was elected president; Miss Martha
Cakes of Davenport vice-president, ant
Miss Amy, Beers of Fairfield secretary
treasurer.
Mrs. A. M. Mclaughlin of Schaller
aged SO, has recently completed kni
bed spread which contains 756 pieces
or blocks. She has done this work al
by hand since Jan. /, using fifty-nin,
balls OF knitting cotton In its con
struction.
The resignation Is announced OF P
P. Crafts, general manager Of tn
Davenport and Muscatine and the low
and Illinois interurbans, who has &C
cepted the general MANAGEMENT of tn,
Mobile, Ala, Light and Railway com
| pany.
Mrs. A. O'Brien has sold 100 acre
unimproved land northwest OF Barnsn
to w. L. Condor for $3.50 per acre
Two years ago the 0'Brien brothers
bought this same piece Of land TO
1920 per acre.
J, C. Cox, aged SO, a track inspector
for the Union Pacific, died In hos
pital at Council Bluffs three hours
after being hit by Milwaukee trair
while he was inspecting the track neal
the Missouri river bridge.
The 32d annual meeting of tn,
Sheriffs' Association OF the State O
Iowa will be held on July 8, 9 and II
at Oskaloosa. A large attendance 4!
expected at this meeting as Legislative
matters will be given official attention
William A. A. Cadter, aged 80, has
passed away at his home in Hancock
He was the olde1t living resident o.
the town and had resided there forty
years.
The Charlton District Epworth
League convention met at Russell will
125 delegates present from othel
towns.
Charles Witt, the 15-year-old son o.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Witt, who live or
the Watkins farm near Bonaparte, wal
drowned while swimming in a pond.
Augustine Fiorscae, aged 30, one oil
sixty men employed near Nicola by the
Rock Island in rebuilding tracks
sought relief from the heat and made
bed for himself under the bunk cars
A train of gravel cars was showed In
on the side track and Fiorscae was
decapltated
Walter Plinsky, Harry Otto and Law
renee Otto, all young farmers OF neal
onawa, were hurt in a motorcycle &C.
cident. Plinsky crashed into the ma
chine of the Otto boys upon which both
were riding. They were thrown
against a fence. All received broken
bones and internal injuries.
The senate has confirmed e. r.
Moore as marshal of northern Iowa
The vote was IS to 80. Several demo.
Gratis who were against him were
absent and only one democrat voted
against him on roll call.
Postmasters recently appointed for
Iowa are: Brazil, Appanoose county.
Raymond E. Holbrook, vice Merle w.
Hoffenberger, resigned; Gardiner. Dali
las county, Lydia j. McFee, vice Jas.