Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-10

Not before in the history OF coal
mining In Iowa has there been at the
first Of December any such general
feeling OF depression as right now.
The coal operators are complaining
very much of the conditions that
exist. They are not mining very
much coal and there seems to be no
market for 1t. It Is true the unseas-
enable weather has caused decline in
the demand but the operators are say
~ rg that there must be something else
to cause all the loss of business. They
say that never before have large pur-
chasers been so careful not to stock
up heavily on coal and great many
places where coal has been sold are
closed to the business. There are
hundreds of idle miners in and around
Des Moines at the present time with
little prospect of work for them be-
fore the first OF the year. .,g,
At meeting of the business men
and farmers of Pella enough stock
has been subscribed for to assure a
fair for that section of the state. The
plans are to reorganize and hold the
annual fair, as it has been for the
last thirty years. The grounds were
sold, and bought again by business
men who did not want to see the fair
a failure, and are now selling stock
for the new fair, which promises to
be better than the old one. The bust
ness men are planning to build a new
art hall and the farmers will build
new stock pavilion.
Capt J. w. Rambo, one of the last
ef the old LeClaire rapids pilots and
Mississippi river steamboat men, to-
gether with Mrs. Rambo, daughter of
the Slaughter family, pioneer settlers
OF Iowa, observed their golden wed
n ding anniversary. Captain Rambo's
n name is known up and down the Mis-
sissippi. His father was rapids pill
OF before him and the son began to
follow the river when a child Of 8
years. When 10 years Of age he be-
came pilot and since then, until
very recent years, he has been
steamboat man.
The bank Of Van Vert. which has
been operating for number Of years
as a private bank, has recently filed
articles Of Incorporation with the
county officials of that place The new
\ institution will be known as the Van
Vert State bank, and is Incorporated
with a capital of $4,000. The presi-
kdent Of the corporation is Wilbur Blair
f{of Van Vert, and o. 8. Stearns, who
thas been for a number of years cash
tier of the bank at Van Vert, will
H.
regime.
4 Enrolled high upon the present day
Industrial heroes is the name Of
James Burke of Blue Island, Ill. Strick-
en- with apoplexy while at the throttle
of the California Limited, Burke re-
manned at the throttle of the giant
locomotive for two hours, bringing his
train to the end Of his division on
time from Muscatiae.
A punctured tire proved fatal to
George Blunt, well known resident
of lie Mars, when he was returning
from trip In the country. ]. s.
Hoyt had his shoulder broken and C.
A. Clarke and Carson Heron escaped
with bruises The car turned over and
pinned Blunt underneath.
When the mercury In the govern
ment thermometer at Des Moines
climbed to 81 degrees, a new warm
weather record for Thanksgiving day
\ was established. In the thirty-six
lyears Des Moines has had weather
bureau station there is no record of
another Thanksgiving day so warm.
BENJAMIN Boyce. an engineer. died
of injuries received when he was run
over by his own train. After bring
ing his passenger train to Marshall
town, Boyce crawled under the loco
motive. A hostlcr not knowing
Boyce was beneath the engine started
the locomotive.
OF the 3,593 applicants who took the
teachers examination at Des Moines
in October, 1857 received passing
grades and will be issued certificates.
The report of the examiners follows:
355 first grade certificates issued; L.
J al second grade and 791 third grade.
\ Over fifty cases Of smallpox have
been discovered at Hooking and few
light cases have been discovered in
Abba. Physicians have ordered all
public buildings closed and expect to
stop the spread of the disease.
ID Because there is another case OF the
hoof and mouth disease on the south
ern borders of Jones county. near the
first case, the quarantine of all the
county must be submitted to for ano-
Their month or whereabouts.
While driving along the road near
(. the Sherwood school. three miles west
OF Sheldon, c. p. Van Horsen Of Will
mot, Mimi, with four passengers in
his car, struck and killed Peter, the
year old son of W. Postma.
The people of Eldon are wondering
what has become OF man and woman
representing themselves as members
OF the Good Shepherds society.
They landed in Eldon several days
before Thanksgiving and proceeded to /,
work smooth game. They rented
the Odd Fellows hall for big Thanks
living feast for the poor and stated
their society was to give such an af-
fair in every city between Chicago
and San Francisco. After securing
subscriptions from the business peo-
pie OF Eldon and surrounding country
they departed without the formality
OF leaving their address
John d. Rope, a civil war veteran
Of clarinda, who has just returned
from Europe said he had no Difficulty
IN getting through the lines Of both
Germans and allies as well as neutral