Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-28
The decidedly unusual incident Of

runs tHIouSH the uOrLn section. IN
that vicinity the railroad has over
three miles of right of way which 1t
is disposing of to private parties.
After seven years of hiding in Tex.
as, John H. Standring, defaulting
cashier Of the First State bank at Cor
with, Iowa, walked into the district
court room at Garner and pleaded
guilty to fifteen indictments charging
forgery, which the Hancock county
grand jury returned against him in
the fall Of 1907. He threw himself up
on the mercy of the court, and has
been taken to the penitentiary at Fort
Madison to begin serving fifteen year
term.
To help Iowa fruit growers prevent
an annual $4,000 900 damage to the APP
pie crop by the cooling moth, the en-
tomologists of the Iowa agricultural
experiment station have just prepared
a complete bulletin on ways and
means or Kidding orchards of this pest.
To keep it down trees should be
sprayed Immediately after the bios
SONS fall, and then il wormy apples
are found in July, second time in
that month
DR.. E. e. Richardson of Webster
Hahneman Medical association OF
Iowa at Iowa City in an address said
he believes that the curriculum of ev-
cry medical college ought to include
work in osteopathy, chiropractic and
the uses Of the X-ray and radium. He
would abolish all state boards OF
medical examiners and permit stu
dents to enter practice direct from
graduation.
Daniel B. Ferguson, aged so, a mem.
Der of the soldiers home at MARSHALL
town from Ida Grove, is dead. Fergu-
son was a veteran of Company e,
Second Iowa cavalry, serving four
years. He was one of the oldest
members Of the home, having entered
in 1883.
w. d. Cantillon, general manager
OF the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way, has retired after forty years OF
service on account of i'll health. S. G.
Sti AShAohub VIM mas pCCh dSololdat
general manager, win become general
manager.
The German opera house at Deni-
son is now open. This amusement
house has been built with popular
subscription and represents an invest
ment of $4,000, and is absolutely
modern in every respect. 1t has seats
for 1875 people.
Members of the Iowa State Under
takers association will meet in Iowa
City June 2 to in their thirty-fourth
annual convention. The program for
the convention is one of the most ex-
tensive ever arranged for meeting Of
this kind.
The Bank of Brooks, state institu-
ton, capitalized for $4,000 and with
deposits amounting to about $4,000,
closed its doors. Its stock was mostly
held by the owners OF the First Ma
tional hank Of Corning, which closed
recently.
Arthur Robbins, for nearly guar.
ter Of century conductor on the
Rock Island, most of the time be-
tween Cedar Rapids and Minneapolis,
died soon after he had finished his
run. Mr.. Robbins was 40 years old.
Ray Cross, young man of Nevada,
was arrested by Marshal Shaver and
turned over to the decruiting station
at Ames as deserter from the army.
He enlisted in the hospital corps at
Lincoln, Neb., in December, 1912.
Miss Ella Hitz, aged 20, of Tripoli,
iowa, drank poison at the home Of
Louis Schwartz in Waterloo where
she was employed, and died two hours
later. A note explained that she was
tired of living.
Gilbert Currier was killed by WI
liam Elsberry during a scuffle at the
McHose Tile factory near Fraser. The
victim was struck on the back Of the
head and his neck broken.
The 4-year-old daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Nokes Of Nevada set nre
to her clothing, and before the flames
could be extinguished she was fright.
fully and perhaps fatally burned.
All the officers of the supreme
camp Of the Royal Neighbors OF
America, headed by Mrs. Myra B. En-
right Of Kansas City, Kan, as SUI
preme oracle, were reelected.
Worrying over domestic troubles,
Mrs. Amelia Hawkins attempted sui
eide at Ottumwa by shooting herself.
Little hope is held out for her re-
covery.
Mrs. Hans Rasmussen, IS years old,
was fatally injured by falling from an
interurban car at Cedar Falls. She
was returning from Waterloo. where
she had spent the day with her son.
Clyde, the 11.year-old son OF L. B.
Bradley, living on a farm north OF
Numa, was killed by bolt Of light.
ming.
The nineteenth annual convention
Of the Society of Music Teachers OF
Iowa will be held in Muscatine June
IT, IS and 10.
To reform the wayward boy and take
care of youths when they get into trou-
BILE with the law is the object OF the
"Big Brothers" band now being organ.
lied in Iowa City under the auspices
OF the Elks' lodge. When small boys
get into trouble through bad associates
or otherwise, this brotherhood helps
them get into the right way again.
The new Russell-Lamson hotel at
Waterloo will be opened TO the public
July l. When completed this will be
one of the finest hotels in northern
Iowa and will greatly relieve the pres
ent crowded condition of Waterloo
hostleries.
Prof. r. w. Beckman, professor OF
journalism and bulletin editor, Iowa
State college, will attend the national
conference of agricultural college and
experimentation station editors and
publicity men to be held at the Ken.
lucky State College of Agriculture at
Lexington, June 1926.
Business and professional men Of
Early held their annual squirrel hunt
recently. Ninety-four men and boys
engaged, and they bagged 5,066 striped