Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-07-22
IOWA STATE
a. NEWS
!! 0| II Late Happenings
II Throughout the
III II Commonwealth


rorized his employer, William Took
err and family by brandishing butch
er knife and threatening to kill them.
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put in operation by Charles Sanford,
proprietor of the local bus and trans
fer company. The car is especially
constructed to take care OF either bus
or livery business.
The famous Bedford murder case,
which has attracted country wide at
tention, has passed into history. The
four aged defendants, Sam Scrivner,
Bates Huntsman, John and Henry
Damewood, charged with double
murder OF forty years ago, were dis
missed upon motion OF Attorney Flick
for the defense, and the additional
recommendation of Attorney General
Cosson.
While trying to start nre with
kerosene. Edna Christensen. a school
teacher living near Badger, suffered
fatal burns. With her clothing mass
of flames she rushed from the house
and jumped into = watering trough.
Although medical assistance was
rushed to her she died five hours la
ter.
Proposed paving amounting to 343,-
900 worth Is involved in q suit
brought by George Fessel to enjoin
Fl. Dodge from attempting to assess
taxes In payment for the paving. Mr..
Fessel alleges that, because Chicago
firm did not file samples before open
ing Of bids on the work. It did not
comply with specifications.
The stomach of Mrs. Henry Zenta
OF Luverne, who died under mysteri-
Gus circumstances, has been sent to
Iowa City chemists for examination.
Cries of pain emanating from the
barn brought her distracted husband,
who was told before she was seized
with commissions that she had been
kicked by a COW.
The fight between the Iowa City
council and the city railway company
over the right OF the latter to enter
the city park has not ended yet. 1t
seems likely now that petition sign
ed by hundreds of citizens of the city
will ask that the council grant the
privilege asked by the company.
Corwin Taylor, former Esther
vile boy, is visiting with relatives in
Iowa prior to departing for San Fran
cisco. from which point he will sail
Aug. rs for Korea, where he has work
ed during the past eight years as
Methodist missionary.
At special election at Sidney the
proposition to vote bonds in the
amount OF $4,000 to extend the wa
ter works system so as to take in the
> Toieh spring, two miles east of that
town, was carried by majority OF
nearly three to one.
The body Of Walter Taylor. a ma
chinist In the Milwaukee railway
shops at Dubuque, was found floating
IN the Mississippi. He had been miss
fng for two days. 1t is believed to Do
a case of suicide, as he was said to
be respondent.
Mrs. Caroline B. Drake, formerly
president of the First National bank
OF Abba, died at her home there at
the age Of SO years. She is believed
to have been the first woman bank
president in the United States.
Hal Fuller, editor of the Lehigh
Valley Argus. down in the picturesque
country south of Fort Dodge. has
started on $500 mile automobile
trip to Denver. II the going is good.
hn xxrtIl 80 he 80
New London and sections in south
eastern Iowa which were struck by
disastrous storm recently are recov-
ering from the effects of the twister.
Later developments show that only
one life was lost
John veidt of Merrill was badly cut
on the face and breast, and George
Dennler also suffered injuries when
q car driven by Mike Klenk plunged
into a ditch and through a barbed
wire fence.
Francis v. Hull, aged ~, who re-
sides at Blakesburg. is the youngest
applicant for a hunters license. The
lad procured his permit to hunt game
from the county auditor. and thus far
is the youngest legal hunter.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the entertainment of the
Iowa Rural Letter Carriers associa-
ton, which convenes at Atlantic for
three day session.
Two large barns, a large corn crib,
eight head of horses, several sets of
harness and considerable farm ma
chinery were destroyed by fire on the
old Clay farm near Emmetsburg.
Plans are being completed by the
Boone Ad club to entertain the State
Admen's convention there In October.
Five hundred will attend.
St. Charles, a town OF 454 inhabit.
ants, claims one distinction over most
other towns OF similar size. Every
sidewalk and every crossing in the
town limits Is built OF concrete, not
board, not brick being used in their
construction in the whole town.
Mrs. e. 8. Bailey Of Percival. widow
OF the man who was shot and killed
in their home recently. and who was
herself shot in the arm, has had the
member amputated and is now recov-
ering.
John Rich was crushed to death
two miles south OF Wayland when a
threshing machine fell upon him.
Pennington is the last city to get
colony Of convicts from the Fort
Madison penitentiary. A gang of If
teen left TT. Madison aboard prison
truck and will pitch camp near Farm
ington.