Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-05-28

IOWA news BRIEFS


A corporation with a capital of $780,
coo is to be formed to build an armory
for Company H at Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. S. Freeman, resi-
dents of LIE Mars for thirty years,
celebrated their golden wedding.
The James Black Dry Goods COM
pany of Waterloo are preparing to
move into their new eight-story build
ing.
The 5sth anniversary of the great
blizzard, which costs three lives in
northern Iowa, was observed in Mason
City.
The tiftieth wedding anniversary OF
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Bothell of Iowa City
was observed with their children and
grandchildren.
The second annual short course for
Adair county is being held at Green
field and prizes amounting to sGo0
have been provided.
Miss AIRY Hill of Webster City left
few days ago for New York City
where she was married to Glenn Kir-
by, former resident.
David Short was killed at Piedon,
six miles west of Correctionville, when
his buggy was struck by an auto
driven by Ed Miller.
Another pioneer of Keoklk, Benja-
min Maynard, has passed away. Mr..
Maynard was. ninety-one years ord and
came to Iowa in 1857.
H. B. Sturtevant, foreman in the
Twiner office at Woodbine, has leased
the Churdan Reporter and will edit
the same in the future
! Jacob Bergstrom of Cedar Falls, 70
years old, dropped dead OF heart fail
ure upon his return home from visit
at one of his neighbors.
A petition is being circulated for a
new $4,000 public school building at
j Postville. The election to decide the
matter will be held next month.
! Oliver Watts of IIiteman had his
skull fractured and his back wrenched
by a fall of slate. He was brought to
the miners hospital by Dr. Marney.
d. w. McManus, an attorney of OF
j tumwa, will speak to the Knights of
Columbus at Iowa City, the lecture
uary.
A brindle bulldog owned by G.. B.
Rhodes of Keokuk has been found at
/ Springfield, ILL.,, and returned to it's
owner. The dog was stolen by Will
liam Mcdowell.
/ Mrs. Martha Dougan, widow, re-
siding near Fairfax and pioneer of this
vicinity is dead, following a two
weeks Illness. She settled on the old
homestead in 1876.
4 Albert Bergland, a night operator
at the interlocking tower of the North
western and NJ & st. L. railroads at
Ogden, died of burns received when a
lamp exploded in the tower.
Prof. Ross, who has been principal
OF the high school at Earlville for
many years, has rendered his resigna-
ton, as a direct result of an assault
on him of two of his students.
Will Schroeder, cashier of the Goose
Lake Savings bank has accepted the
position OF president of the First
National bank at Preston, and resumed
his duties the first of the year.
Miss Sara Herzberg and John Harms
of Yorktown eloped to Clarinda anG
We're married. The bride came to
j, Yorktown three months ago from
Dodge City, Kansas, to visit relatives
Will F. Smith, former captain o
/, small arms practice in the Iowa Ma
, tional Guard, and a pioneer newspaper
man, died at his home at Webster O
: heart disease, after three days illness
] News has been received OF the dealt
: of Mrs. George r. Smith in Denver
Colo. For over fifty years Mrs. Smitl
4 was resident of Keokuk, and onl,
recently went to Denver for he
1 health.
4 With hosting capacity of 80
bushels per hour the elevator is nov
ready for business at Woodbne. TIL
' elevator is a decided acquisition to th
town and great convenience to til
| farmers.
1 Mayor Lyons OF Dubuque will vet
the ordinance passed by the counc
: OF that city compelling street cars an
o other conveyanees to stop on near sid
i OF street intersections to load and ul
I" load passengers.
L With the home deliberately decor
ated for the christening OF the Unfair
q son, Christmas afternoon, Mrs. Henri
q Ruschmeyer, wife of northwestern
railroad man, awoke to find her bah
& dead in her arms
Miss Hurd. teacher of science in tn
Monticello schools has been offered
y fine position, that OF critic teacher
v the Cedar Falls college. She has X
signed her position at Monticello, t
{ take effect Immediately.
( The University of Iowa graduates
i Ida county will hold rally at Id
+ Grove, at which time Prof. A. G. Smit
II of the university will show movin
e pictures of the Iowa-Ames game an
n views of the university.
The government has not yet RI
sponded to the offer of the Dubuqt
ii county board of supervisors to furnis
vi 100000 on the governments offer
h 500 goo the total to he used towa1