Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-08


Liberty, drove the entire family,
quarantined for scarlet fever, int the
fields and destroyed the structure. On
ly the brick walls are standing and
the loss is estimated at over $4,000.
The house, which is situated on a
farm, had been placed under quaran-
tine, and as result, neighbors refus-
ed to give the homeless ones shelter.
The family was forced to take up a
temporary abode in a barn.
Trial was commenced at Logan on
the case in which S. G. Mahoney, a
prominent farmer of western Harri-
son county, is defendant in a $4,000
damage suit instituted by a former
employee. Paul Holstein. The plaintiff
alleges alienation of his wife's affec-
tions, while Mr.. and Mrs. Holstein
were employed on the Mahoney
farm. Mrs. Holstein secured a d.
vorce, but the decree was later set
aside, and the case is still pending in
court.
Mrs. NJ. V. Potion Of near Well.
man, was the victim of a very seri-
Gus accident the results of which may
prove fatal. While in the feed lot
near the house, she was attacked by
vicious hog. She attempted to run
but fell and was pounced upon by the
furious animal, which chewed her
face and arms, tearing large pieces
of flesh from her body before she
could be rescued by her husband and
John Potion, who were working in
the barn.
Walter Niebert of Muscatine Is held
under arrest at Detroit, Mich charg-
ed with being member of a gang of
white slavers who transported more
than thirty girls from Peoria, ILL.,, to
Detroit. Niebert is charged with
having taken several inmates of Pc
oria dtsorderly houses to Detroit os-
tensibly as his wife.
Sioux City seems to be having a
crime wave in its midst. Scarcely a
day passes that one or more burglar
les or hold ups are not reported to
the police. The home of o. w. Har-
vey was looted of 500 worth of
jewelry and $50. Part of the jewell
~ was considered almost priceless
as heir looms.
Mrs. Theo Winneka of Nicola de-
serves honors for having the best lay
ing hens in her surrounding territory.
She gathered 260 eggs one evening
recently and filled a 80 dozen sized
crate in two days. She has about 400
hens. Her friends doubt if this rec
ord can be equalled.
John Confer, aged %, deaf mute,
faced charge of double murder fol-
lowing his confession, said to have
been made to the police at Marshall
town that he killed Bonnie Milan and
Mrs. Minnie Milan, at their home near
Green Mountain. Milan and his wife
were also deaf mutes.
The high school cadet company of
Council Bluffs now numbers "a men,
bers. The lads have been armed with
Krag-Jorgensen rifles discarded by
the army ~ years ago. Six thousand
rounds of ammunition-120 to each
gun-was received with the guns for
target practice.
oped in the election for president of
the Sioux City Women's club, the
fight being along religious lines. The
candidates are Mrs. Milton p. Smith
and Mrs. Burton A. Morrow and $40
women, members of the club, are al
most equally divided.
Land is still on the boom in Ben
ton county. Frank Weichmann has
just bought 1853 acre farm adjoining
the town of Newhall on the south for
which he paid $35, Poor at the rate
Of $3.50 per acre. 1t is choice farm
being well tiled and in high state of
cultivation.
vags and will establish a rock pile
where they will be forced to work.
!. w. W. leaders were sent to Jail re-
Gently, and they declare l. w. WIS
will invade Sioux City from all parts
OF the west
Thomas Gittins, who resides south
of Griswold, brought III head of hogs
to Griswold that averaged 337k
pounds each. These hogs required
20 wagons to transport them. Not
one was hurt or killed on the way
to town.
Mrs. Joseph Kabila of Scion, Iowa,
is dead and her husband and six
children, the youngest an infant, are
i'll as the result of eating meat cook
ed in a copper-lined boiler. The meat
had remained in the boiler over
night.
Clarence c. Guernsey, a laborer re-
siding at Altoona, filed a voluntary
bankruptcy petition in the federal
court, placing his liabilities at s14,-
60S.2S and assets at $10,550.
Mahaska county women are the
first to organize in the state to per-
feet an organization for equal suff-
rage. Mrs. James A. Dewitt, as coun-
ty organizer will preside over and
direct the work.
Mason City had real masked hold
up recently. James Nickalou was the
man and he was relieved of $25 In
cash and watch he valued at SIS.
Nickalou was confronted by two men
as he was riding home on a bicycle.
The Teachers Association OF North
eastern Iowa will hold its annual con-
yention in Clinton April 1-3. A record
breaking attendance is looked for.
Police raided the Homann drug
store In Des Moines for contraband
liquor and confscated quantity Of
booze found there. The police claim
to have knowledge of sales of liquor