Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-02


Cheer, w. Wettleaf of Nichols. J.-A.
Rae of Sioux City, H. s. Maland of
Jewell, were some OF the Iowa trap
shooters who were among the high
guns at the Grand American handicap
at Chicago. No state was better rep
resented in point Of attendance and
also in the class of shooters than was
Iowa.
p. w. O'Brien, newspaper soil
citor of lie Mars, while canvassing at
Hinton where there was a carnival
in progress, fell in with stranger
who offered him an auto ride back to
LIE Mars. O'Brien accepted and en-
tered car in which there were two
men and two women. About mile
or so from Hinton, the men demand
ed his money. He thought they were
joking and told them so. They then
beat him up and took s35 from him,
he says.
According to a report by County
Auditor Rainbow there are forty-eight
widows in Black Hawk county on the
pension list. They have drawn ST.
061 since Jan. /, in amounts ranging
from 81 to SIS a week. Fifteen thou
sand dollars have been paid cut in the
county since the law became effective
In 1913. The warrants, which aggre-
gate $3.50 to 5000 weekly, are mailed
each Saturday.
A Negro believed to be d. Jones
was shot and killed by Henry f. Meir
while attempting to enter the Meir
home in Des Moines. Meir was
awakened by sounds of some one try
Ing to enter the bathroom, adjoining
his room. He grasped revolver and
waited until the top OF the intruder's
head appeared above the window sill,
and then he shot.
Mrs. Fannie E. Vessels, of Mel
bourne, was granted decree Of d.
vorce from H. G. F. Vessels, well
known merchant OF Laurel. Mrs.
Vessels filed her petition only two
weeks ago, alleging a statutory Of
Tense and cruel and inhuman treat
ment. Vessels paid his wife $4,000
alimony. and gave her all the house
hold goods that she cared to take.
The First National bank OF Audi
bon has increased it's capital stock
to 100000, the $4,000 increase be-
ing paid in cash, and the bank, which
is one OF the strongest in western
Iowa now having capital and sur
plus OF s125,OO0. The bank was or
ganized over thirty-nine years ago
with $1,000 capital and its officers re-
main unchanged.
Roy Well of Blairstown was the
victim of a serious accident while
working in the barn with his horses
when a young stallion wheeled and
kicked him in the face. His lower
Jaw was crushed, the upper jaw
broken, most of his teeth knocked
out and his tongue was badly LAGER
ated.
Pensions have been granted to the
following persons In Iowa: Rena d.
Bennett, Usage, s12; Josephine w.
Brown, Oskaloosa, s12; Anna R.
Fomm, Plymouth, s12; Amanda Kelly,
Waterloo. $12; Elena Kneller, Corn
ing, $12; Margaret j. McCandless,
Marshalltown, s12; Sophia Wittkup.
Tripoli, $12.
Attorneys are seeking in Fort Madi-
son definite information concsrsihg
the relatives OF Mrs John O'Connor.
who before her marriage or JAN 80,
1863, was Miss Hannah Sullivan. An
estate of 100000 awaits those heirs
through the death of John O'Connor
and his wife, which occurred at Hast
ings, Neb., two years ago.
Three men in a touring car charg-
ed with carrying too much booze in
the car and In their stomachs were
taken into custody at Nevada. They
are all prominent farmers Of that vi
cinity. They we're carrying six quarts
OF whisky and several bottles of beer
when arrested.
Oliver Olson, one Of Estheryille's
most respected citizens, who has re-
sided in Emmett county for nearly
thirty years, dropped dead from heart
failure. The deceased has not been
sick nor has he been troubled with
the malady in the past He leaves
a wife and one son.
William G. Collins, IL years old,
was drowned in the Little Sioux at
Sioux City while bathing. He got be-
yond his depth and since he could not
swim was carried out into the cur
rent and sank before aid could reach
him.
Aaron Brown, aged eight, who lives
near Council Bluffs, has caught $50
gophers in his AZ traps.
Miss Dora e. Morrison has been ap.
pointed postmaster at Ewart, Powe-
shiek county, vice Viola F. Morrison,
resigned.
The license of B. Schuhat, banker
at Dubuque, has been revoked by
STATE authorities because inspectors
SAID his bakery was unsanitary.
o. w. Maxwell, elected superin-
tendent of the schools Of Franklin
county last spring, died in hospital
at Omaha.
A record price for Story county land
was reached when tract OF 30 acres
in Washington township south OF Ne
yada changed hands at 500 an acre.
John Wierling, of Boone, was In
stantly killed on the Fort Dodge, Des
Moines G. Southern railway, Just out
side the city limits OF Ames, when
a steam shovel tipped over and rolled
down q steep embankment. Wierling
was caught beneath an overturned fiat
car. Ray Thompson of Boone. fire.
man on the steam shovel, stayed at
his post and escaped with few minor