Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-05-28
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i Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Minnick cele-
brated their siyty-fourth wedding an
niversary at Keosauqua.
Miss Lydia Yeager of Estherville,
while riding on a motorcycle with S.
Nelson, collided with an automobile
driven by Robert Bauviard, and the
! wheels of the heavy car passed over
her body 1t was thought an arm and
several ribs We're broken, in addition
to internal injuries.
Amos Cameron. farmer near Wat
erloo, killed himself with shot gun
He had the gun fastened in wise
to his workbench with cord at
tached to the trigger. He stood in
front Of the gun and pulled the string,
the charge striking him in the neck
and causing instant death.
Nathan and Charles Jaeger, once
| prosperous Ringgold county farmers,
recently decided to locate in Louisi-
ana. They returned after having lost
several thousand dollars. They re-
port that the Louisiana land is SO
that team will mire almost any
where. Several families from Mt Ayr
have gone to the new country. Only
these two returned.
| Louis Noonan, Clinton mute, ar
rested on charge of purloining par
Gel post mail matter from the Burling-
ton railroad depot in Clinton, was ar
raigned before Commissioner Bush, of
the United States district court at
/ Davenport. The testimony of Clinton
witnesses was heard and Noonan was
held under $500 bends to the federal
grand jury to meet in Davenport in
April.
The commissioners of Ottumwa
passed the resolution authorizing the
mayor to call a special election for the
purpose of submitting to the people
Of Ottumwa the question of whether
or not the city shall issue bonds for
100000 for constructing concrete
dams that will furnish power for an
electric lighting plant Monday, Feb.
2, was set as the date for the special
election.
Those who imagine that small fur
bearing animals are becoming scarce
in Iowa should examine the books of
the Knoxville Fur company. NJ. w.
Conwell, manager, shipped out con-
signment of furs consisting Of the
skins Of sol muskrats, 275 of the large
species of striped skunk, 1873 of the
civit cat or spotted skunk, AZ mink,
20 raccoons, SO possums and one fox.
He has another shipment of almost
equal size ready for the market.
City Attorney Charles p. Hanley of
Muscatine has definitely announced
his candidacy for thu office of con-
gresham in the Second district on the
progressive ticket. Back of Mr. Han
ley stands the Muscatine county pro-
gressiyes almost to q unit. In 1912
Mr.. Hanley was talked of as candi-
date against Mr.. Pepper but he de-
clined to accept the nomination
against his fellow townsman. Mr..
Hanley won the city attorneyship on
the progressive tickst in Muscatine
last spring in three cornered fight.
Frank Fontana, year old son of
Antoine Fontana wa4 instantly killed
at Enterprise by the discharge of a
shotgun. The cause Coroner Lee has
been unable to disco yer. Joe Sciaero,
aged 90 who was with the boy when
he was shot, ran up stairs and jumped
; out of window and broke a shoulder,
in frantic search for help. Antoine
, Fontana, the father seized knife and
he came home and found his boy dead.
E Italian miners pinned him to the
ground and took the knife away from
: him.
f VIII Pointer, the Cambridge man
. who shot and killed his wife and after
! wards shot himself with suicidal in
. tent, and has since been at the Iowa
b Sanatorium, where he underwent an
V operation for the removal of piece
r of the bone of the skull from the brain
is now reported by the attending phys
0 icians to be getting along very we'll
v and while it is not thought that he will
Q be sufficiently recovered to answer tc
g the court for his crime at the January
G term, it is thought that he will be il
shape for trial by the March term.
O All the last meeting the Keosauqus
il school board selected Miss Mar,
d Shafer OF Sibley, Mich, as teacher o
l. for the last semester. She is a colleg'
graduate and has taken specia
: course in domestic science. She will
it begin her work about the middle o
y January, and in addition to domesti
n science will teach such other branche
,e as may be required CT her. The estab
lishment of the domestic science de
e partment is made necessary if tn
a school district is entitled to the stat
n aid of $500 per year, or $3.50 for TIL
= half year.
% An automobile owned and driven b
Mont Christmore of Washington town
IN ship, was entirely destroyed by fire o
la the roadway near the l.. l.. Bybee far,
h south of Knoxville on Christmas ey
g ening. When the auto with its loa
I'd of passengers passed the Bybee tene
ment house persons in the barnyar
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