Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-08

trict meeting of Church of the Breth
rem at Maxwell; Oct. 7-l4-Nationa
convention of Disciples of Christ, al
Atlanta, Ga; Oct. 6-S-United Pres
byterian synodical meeting at Cedar
Rapids; Oct. 15-1S-English Lutheran
synodical meeting at Nevada; Oct. 20
21-Presbyterian synodical meeting al
Council Bluffs; Oct. 21-23-Iowa Won
ems Christian Temperance union con
vention at Creston.
]. w. Dorland and E. Gallup, the
two bull moose nominees for the leg
islature from Pottawattamie county
have withdrawn from the ticket. Rev
A. B, Adams, the progressive nominee
for congress from that district
(Ninth), who was sent to Dow City
by the Methodist conference of the
Des Moines district at Atlantic, has
accepted the charge rather than re
main in that district and make the
race for congress. Dow City is in an
other congressional district.
Matt Merfeld of Greene had some Of
his thoroughbred hogs on exhibition
at the Cedar Valley fair at Cedar
Falls and took one first and two sec
ond prizes on them. He also took the
sweep stakes, not only on his particu
lar breed of hogs, but on all hogs ex
hibited.
The Y. NJ. C. A. at Ottumwa has
started membership campaign in
competition with Burlington, Water
Zoo and Keokuk. Two teams Of about
fifty men each began the campaign
last week. Red and blue lights al
night and flags IN the day will denote
the team heading in the race.
Norman Mcleod, a Presbyterian
minister Of Corning, has filed applica
tion with the clerk of the supreme
court for the state bar examination
He is thirty years of age. Among his
credentials are records stating he had
studied in a number of noted univer.
stiles in England.
Mrs. Henry Taylor of Bloomfield was
elected chairman of the Sixth district
federated women's clubs at the con.
vention in session at Ottumwa recent.
ly. No other officers were chosen
Hundreds of women from over the
Sixth congressional district were
present.
Robert Minter aged As, a prosper.
Gus farmer of near Council Bluffs,
was killed while threshing, when a
pitchfork in the hands of another man
caught in a belt and was hurled
through the air. The tines struck Mr.
Minter in the head, penetrating the
brain.
Roy Johnson, young farmer living
four miles northwest of Marathon, was
instantly killed while stacking hay
He stepped beneath the fork to gath.
err up the loose hay and was caught
when a pulley broke. He was 20
years Of age.
The country home of E. 9 Libbe,
near Muscatine, was robbed in a mys.
ferrous manner. Members of the
household were drugged and a trunk
containing $4,000 worth of bonds,
notes and curios was taken from the
room coupled by Jacob Liebbe.
A floating saloon" in the Mississip-
pi river near Muscatine was raided by
the police and FIVE men were arrested
and a quantity of liquor taken. One
man who jumped overheard and tried
to swim away was frightened by bull
let's and turned back.
Roy Easchman, a bricklayer of Wa
terIoo, Ia, and Napoleon Fielder, OF
Dupre, S. D., were killed and six pas.
sengers were injured, three seriously,
when Chicago Great Western passen-
ger train No. 5 crashed through a
bridge near Waverly.
Friends of Will Ulmer of DEBORAH,
who disappeared several weeks ago,
are making country wide efforts to
get trace of him. He left home say
ing he was going to Prosper, Mimi,
on business.
Chester N. Amber, who has been
foreman in the Pilot-Tribune office at
Storm Lake, has resigned his position
and has gone to Grinnell, where he
became associated Oct. with C. A.
Miller in the publication of the Grin
nell Register
J. II. Hughes, farmer west of
Bancroft, was instantly killed in an
auto accident. His auto ran off a
grade into the old Mud creek channel
and was badly smashed. He is sur
vived by family OF six small chill
dren.
Lester Pearson OF DEBORAH was
thrown about 30 feet and knocked un-
conscious when his hand came in
contact with live wire.
The Hawarden high school has a
squad of 22 men training for places
on the football team.
A consolidated school was dedicat-
ed at Cornell, near Spencer, last week,
Thomas Walpole, for many years
postmaster at Storm Lake and prom
inent, has bought the Manson Journ-
al, and will take possession Oct /. He
was for years in the newspaper work
at Alta and Storm Lake and before
this was a school teacher.
After being in Jail at Sioux City
for two weeks pending Van investiga-
tion of the murder of Ray Dugman,
the police released Ed McCavern and
Rose Creamer, there being no evil
dence against them.
Cleve Sisch, garage man OF Gaze,
has purchased the Fred Mott electric
light plant at Calumet.
W. r. c. delegates from six coun-
ties were in Usage Monday TO attend
the organization meeting. Allamakee,
Winneshiek, Howard, Chickasaw,
Mitchell and Floyd counties were rep
resented, twelve corps in all being