Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-06-18

The Sheldon District Methodist
Episcopal church will hold a camp
meeting this year at Arnold's Park,
Iowa, July 1920. A large tabernacle
accommodating 1900 persons, seated
with Chautauqua folding settees, has
been provided and will be pitched
midway between the baseball park
and the old log cabin in delightful
opening near the natural timber and
about five minutes walk rom the
railroad depot at Arnold's Park. Tent
lots for campers will be furnished free
If application is made to Rev. f. P.
Quick, Inwood, Iowa, who will fur
nish anything desired in the line of
camping outfit.
Using the same cleaver with which
he carved beef while at work at the
Kohrs Packing company plant in
Davenport, Hynack Johann, an Aus
trian butcher, went home maddened
by jealousy and cut off his wife's
head. He then called in neighbor,
pointed to his wife's headless corpse
land said, 81 did 1t, she won't go
around with other men any more"
He was arrested and a few minutes
after being locked up in a cell at the
police station was blissfully sleeping.
Iowa Grand Council U. G. T., closed
its convention at Keokuk, naming
Sioux City as the place for the meet
ing in 1915. D, F. Scribner, Clinton,
was elected grand counselor; James
Townsend, Cedar Rapids, grand junior
counselor; w. B. Emerson, Des
Moines, grand past counselor; L. s.
briggs, Storm Lake, secretary; j. L.
Des Moines, treasurer; ]. T. Reese,
Sioux City, conductor; H. r. Reses-
ford, Fort Dodge, grand page; Joe G.
Buss, Keokuk, grand sentinel
The Iowa athletic board will in all
probability vote to disapprove the
two-sport rule passed by the profess
sors of the Big Mines committee at
their late meeting at Chicago The
rule was tried at Iowa University two
years ago, and was found to have few
benefits, while in many ways 1t put
the schools with the smaller number
OF eligible men at the mercy of those
with big list OF students from which
they could draw.
The watermelon crop this year will
far exceed that OF last year and in
fact will be one of the largest in sew
eral years is the opinion expressed by
a prominent melon grower Of Musca-
tine Island. The spring has been
ideal, he said, for the growing of mel
ons and this years crop has secured
start of two weeks over the crop of
last year. Near Cone alone this year
$500 acres have been planted with
: Materpslons.
Mrs. Mary Comb of Grand River,
Iowa, who was visiting the home of
her daughter, Mrs. r. T. Brammer,
near Tabor, died suddenly from shock
and fright. The family took refuge
in cyclone cave upon the approach
of storm and Mrs. Combs death oc-
Cured upon emerging from the place.
She was In excellent health.
Archie Legg, wife of an Oneida
merchant, was instantly killed when
the automobile in which she and her
husband were riding, half mile east
of Onieda, was struck by runaway
team. One of the runaway horses
Jumped into the automobile and struck
Mrs. Legg in such a way as to cause
her death.
Janke Pinovich of Peoria, ILL.,, was
killed in the Rock Island yards at Ce-
dar Rapids while trying to steal a
ride to Waterloo and Clifford Rock
Ar1A ~ ttrry,1 xya Ia Il
brakeman, was killed in the yards
while setting out cars.
The annual convention OF the Mar.
shalltown district Epworth league,
comprising the organizations of cen
trail and northern Iowa, will be held
at Marshalltown June 20 to rs. Speak
ers well known to Methodism will be
in attendance.
Believing that he was pursued by q
mob, man, believed TO be Frank
Hartman of Toledo, attacked Constable
Swan Of Morning Sun with knife
and inflicted serious wounds. Hart.
man evidently is deranged. He was
shot through the leg by the officer.
John Stiles, barber living at Yale,
was drowned in the North Raccoon
river, nine miles east OF Yale, while
fishing with two companions. His
body was recovered shortly thereaft-
err Stiles formerly lived at Redfeld.
Crop prospects In the immediate
vicinity Of McGregor have never been
better at this tine lof the year than
they are now. The grain and hay
fields, and the pastures are in the very
best condition.
Mrs. c. ID. Sullivan drank carbolic
acid at her home az Clinton and died
in Agatha hospital. Illness of her
husband is said to have been the
cause OF her act
Three of the four frame buildings,
erected when Winfield was an in
FAINT OF few years, have been NOV
ed from the lots on Main street re-
Gently purchased by the newly or
ganized Farmers National bank, to
make way for the building soon to be
erected.
Gov. George W. Clarke and his staff
and large delegation of members OF
the G. A. r. and the w. r. C. will
leave Des Moines June 16 for Burl.
ington to attend the annual encamp.
ment OF the Grand Army OF Iowa.
Special coaches will be provided by
the Burlington route
Rodney Jackson, farmer, near
Pella, shot and killed himself and
when his wife learned of 1t she took
poison and died within a few hours.
No cause for the mans suicide has
been disclosed. He was about 40
years old and owned fine farm. The
couple was quite well to do and high.
ly respected. There are two children,
aged about 10 and IL.
Jacob Wenger OF Bismarck, N. D.,
is visiting with relatives in Monticel-
10. after twenty-five years absence
In North Dakota His sisters and
brothers did not recognize him when
he presented himself.