Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-01

Mason City, who had one leg cut off
in an accident, proposes to get busy
and earn his own living. A letter is
er in the county, asking them to loan
him the two hens and a peck of po-
tatoes, he proposing to return them
or their equivalent just as quickly as
providence smiles upon him.
The Percheron sale at Marshall.
town drew big crowd and high
prices were the rule. Forty head sold
for $19,610, an average of over $500.
The highest price paid for one horse
was $l,675 for Lotto, stallion weigh.
ing 2,100 pounds, who was sold to
John Mckinley of Brooklyn. One
mare with week.old colt sold for
$1,000, and another mare weighing
1900, and in foal, sold for 1905.
Williamson & Willoughby sold their
$50 acre tract of land located near
Cylinder, Ia, few days ago to Mr..
Wilson, of Estherville. for approx
mately 100000 Williamson G. Will
loughby owned this land less than two
years and sold it at an advance of
something like $50 an acre.
]. C. Parks, a farmer living near
Mondamin, who shot and killed his
wife last December, pleaded guilty to
second degree murder, and was sen.
fenced to fifteen years Imprisonment.
Jealousy is said to have prompted the
crime.
The construction of an interurban
railway between Muscatine and Iowa
City will be commenced before the
close of the coming summer if the
right of way can be purchased at
proper figure. The financial aid neces-
sary to build the line is pledged.
The instruments for wireless sta
ton have been installed by the sci
ence department of the Shenandoah
High School. It is capable of sending
messages a distance of from fifty to
one hundred miles and receiving from
nearly any Of the large stations.
The annual state meeting of the
mother-teachers congress will be
held in Cedar Falls, April s, 8 and
10, and large delegations are expect
ed. Some of the meetings will be
held at state teachers college and
some in the high school auditorium.
A splendid program will be given.
Mrs. Katherine Specht of Dubuque
mother of several children, although
of late not living with her husband,
! pleaded guilty to manslaughter in
having smothered her new born baby
several months ago. She was given
an indeterminate sentence at the
Anamosa reformatory.
| A five weeks evangelistic campaign
has just closed at Cedar Falls with
943 converts. The evangelist was
Rev. Oscar Lowry, of Cedar Falls,
who has had wonderful success both
in the west and in the east. The tab
ernacle seated 1900 people and was
crowded to its limit every service.
AT a recent meeting of the council
OF Staceyville bonds to the amount of
$1,000 were sold for the purpose OF
putting in new waterworks system.
Schanke and Company, OF Mason
City, were the successful bidders.
Stock breeders in the northern sec.
ton Of Iowa are planning to send
two train loads of blooded stock to
the Panama fair at San Francisco
some time in August Sioux City has
been selected as the collecting point.
Land is still on the boom in Ben
ton county. Frank Weichman has
| just bought 153-acre farm adjoining
the town of Newhall on the south for
which he paid $35, 200-or at the rate
Of $3.50 per acre.
Fifty-three per cent is the gain in
population made by Mason City dur
ing the past five years. The total
number of inhabitants, according to
the state census just finished, is H..
221.
The Southwestern Home Missionary
Convention of the Methodist church
will be held at Woodbine April 10 and
1G, and the Foreign Missionary Soci-
ETY. convention will be held at Deni-
son Thursday and Friday OF April 30
and 30.
| Miss Mary Wilmek was found dead
in the home of Arthur Brooks in Ia
ma. where she was employed. An in
Lvestigation revealed that she had com
mitted suicide by drinking two ounces
of carbolic acid.
Little Florence Gaunitz, who was
injured in coasting accident at Wau-
kon, died after two weeks OF suffer-
ing. A stick penetrated the childs
abdomen when she was thrown from
the sled.
| A fire which destroyed Joe Brew.
ster's barn at Buck Grove endanger-
ing most of the town, caused the
death of two blooded stations belong
ing to Henry Hink and two COWS own
ed by Charles Chase.
State college students are liberal in
their support OF the Y. NJ. c. A. At
a mass meeting in behalf OF foreign
missions nearly $1,000 was subscrib-
ed in support Of their representatives
in foreign fields.
J. d. Sinclair, aged 80 years, died
at his home at Livermore. Mr.. Sim
clair was farmer and was the Oldest
resident in the county. He came to
this district in 1864.
Forty acres Of camp ground on
West Okoboji lake have been pur-
chased by Methodists OF the Sheldon
district A camp meeting will be
held there July Is to %.
w. H. Johnson. of Aurelia. who has
been raising popcorn quite extensive
ly for several years, he's Nst sold to
one buyer $4,000 pounds of old pop