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

The Episcopal church of Iowa open
ed three days diocesan convention
in Council Bluffs.
! Capt. Andrew j. Lyon, Iowa pioneer
and civil war veteran, celebrated his
82d birthday at his home in De Soto
| Florence. 3year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Chester Gamble, of Coin
died of indulging too freely in pea
nuts.
Carl H. Lambach. aged "a, newly
appointed city attorney Of Davenport
is the youngest man who ever held the
position.
A fall from gasoline speeder near
Oxford resulted in the death of Albert
Kuchina, an empioye Of the Rock Is
land railroad -. - q
The 18Th convention Of the Des
Mofnes Western. Baptist association
will be held at Lake City. Programs
have been issued.
Denison's new $4,000 opera house
was formally opened to the public
with moving picture show. No seat
sold for less than $3.50.
Nfnety-four men and boys Of Early
killed over 5000 squirrels in the ami
NAL hunt at that place. The game
weighed in at 5.l10 pounds.
DR.. c. G. Lang Of Chicago. play.
ground expert, has arrived at Ottum.
wa to assume charge of public play
ground and recreation movement.
Dwight E. House. aged 80. civil
war veteran. died at Davenport fol-
lowing an attack of paralysis. He is
survived by wife and one daughter
L. Voorhees,, machinist in the en-
ploy of the Great Western at Des
i Moines, was found dead in the railroad
: yards. He Is thought to have died OF
heart failure.
Ernest L. Anderson, a merchant OF
Knoxville, has filed petition In bank
! ruptcy in the federal court, giving his
assets as $1,000 and his liabilities
nearly 100000.
George Radcoe of Abba was found
guilty in the district court at Abba on
the charge of bootlegging, together
with his wife, Mrs. Radcoe. Radcoe
was fined $500.
Brady Lolbo, a farmer near Center
Vile, was internally injured and may
die, and Emmett Baker lost an cal
when the automobile in which they
were riding, turned turtle when a rear
wheel broke.
The board of directors of the Mar
shalltown Y. M. C. A. have elected G
p. Gilman. of Kankakee, ILL.,. physical
director, and Paul II. Mckee. Of Des
Moines, boys secretary, to report fol
duty September 1.
George Murray, a boiler maker, fell
dead in the presence of his family anG
his brother in his home at Des Moines
He had been in apparently the best Of
health and his death from heart fail.
ure was unexpected.
Supt ]. L. Cherry of the Independ
ence high school and the debating
team. we're given rousing welcome
by the townspeople upon their return
home after winning the state cham
pionship against LeMars.
Fire destroyed the barn and out
buildings belonging to Frank Burns
four miles west of Creston. A fin,
team of horses, eighteen hogs and con
siderable machinery were destroyed
The loss is $4,000 with insurance o
| $4,000.
After winning the custody of al
three of her children in the courts
Mrs. Mary Williams. of Council Bluffs
was compelled to give up her battl,
to earn their daily bread and turf
them over to the father, business
man of Iowa Falls.
Miss c. F. HALEY, for the last 81,
years a stenographer In Mexico City
and refugee. in an interview at Wa
terloo, declared the administration ha
badly messed matters. She declare,
most of the Americans in Mexico sym
pathize with Huerta.
John Sandring, defaulting cashier o
the First State bank Of Corwith, Iowa
who left seven years ago, suddenly re
appeared and gave himself up a
Garner. He had been hiding in Texas
He stole $4,000. Sandring has beel
sentenced to Is years.
The Illinois Central has agreed t
erect and maintain nearly two block
of electrolier lights on streets leadin
to it's passenger station at Waterloo
This action is taken to induce trav
elers to use Park avenue instead Q
Water street, on which several fas
trains operate and it is narrow
The new Russell-Lamson hotel vii
be opened to the public at Waterlo
July 1. When completed this will b
one of the finest hotels in norther
Iowa and will greatly relieve the pres
ent crowded condition of Waterloo he
tells The Ellis hotel is also under tn
same management as the new hote
The American Express office at Jol
dan, small town east of Boone, wa
robbed of almost 5000, and a ne,