Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-11-18
Mis-, Flossie OMEN Of Mt. Pleasant

Miss F1ossie O'Neil OF Mt. Pleasant
barely escaped death beneath the
wheels Of Burlington train through
the presence of mind and fearlessness
of her sister. The sisters, in company
with their mother, attempted to walk
across the tracks ahead of the train
and in some manner Flossie and her
mother collided with each other and
were both thrown to the ground be.
fore the onrushing train. BY stroke
of fortune Mrs. O'Neil was thrown be-
tween the double tracks, while her
daughter fell squarely across the rail.
The girl, who had crossed the tracks,
turned and saw the situation, and
without moments hesitation rushed
to the rescue of her sister with no
thought Of her own personal safety.
Reaching the PROSTATE form she man.
aged to drag her from beneath the
wheels Of the onrushing train, which
barely missed them.
Some one has done little figuring
and finds that during the past year
the farmers of Iowa invested S36.O00,-
600 in automobiles. Well, and suppose
1t had been a larger sum. The Iowa
farmers have the money and they
have worked for 1t and earned it. They
find that the auto is not merely a
source of pleasure but 1t also helps
them In the management of their
business. And even If it were used
for pleasure only it would still be
the best investment the Iowa farmer
has ever made. OF course, he realiz-
es that fact and he will be in the
market again next season, and will be
buying more machines and better ma
chimes than ever.
The city of Boone is making
more improvements this year than
in either 1918 or 1914, which were
the banner years in the building line
for that city. A conservative value
of improvements under way in Boone
this season approximates one million
dollars. In the report for the year
1914 on poll tax collections in the
several Iowa cities Boone heads the
list with s3.427. Mason City follows
with $3,345. Waterloo was S3,033 and
only Ottumwa and Oelwein exceeded
$4,000. Des Moines. Sioux City, Dav-
export, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Burl-
ington, Keokuk, Fort Madison, Ma
rion and Washington reported none.
Mason City will try again for a
new high school building. Three
months ago the city voted to build a
100000 high school building. The
vote carried by light majority and
those opposed to the project carried
the trouble into court and were sue
cessful in having the election set
aside. Now two petitions are being
circulated. One asks that the board
call an election asking for a bond is
sue Of $250,000 for high school build
ing and the second calls for $685.
900 bond issue to purchase a site.
When road hog crowded him in
the road so that collision rould not
he avoided without ditching his :,
c. L. Burt, farmer living near Gil j
Mountain, preferred the alternative
of taking his chances in the ditch.
His wife's life may pay the penalty.
Mrs. Burt alighted on her head, suf-
fered severe conclusion of the brain
AID possibly fracture of the skull
She is partially paralyzed as result
of the accident. The name of the
driver of the offending car was not
learned.
The third floor Of the Lincoln school
at Fort Dodge, one OF the largest as
well as the oldest grade schools in
the city, has been abandoned by
decision of the school board. The
board took this step to dodge the re-
sponsibility of housing 1875 children
on the third floor of school building
which is not freproof From the
third floor of the building, which is
OF frame and brick construction, only
one stairway leads to safety.
Increase in realty values in Harri-
son county is exemplified in the his
tory of sales of a farm of 240 acres
two miles south of Dunlap. Fourteen
years ago the land sold for $4,000
three years ago the same tract sold
at $36,000 short time ago the land
is reported to have sold at $4,000
and just recently eighty acres of the
240 acre farm we're sold for $3.50 an
acre or $4,000 for the eighty.
That the Iowa Soldiers home is a
Gretna Green for old folks was dem
onstrated when Andrew Mcintosh,
aged rs, of Nevada, claimed as his
bride Mrs. Virginia Washburn. aged
"a, of Davenport. Mrs. Washburn is
soldiers widow and Mcintosh serv-
ed in Company I, Ninth Iowa infan-
try. Both have been living at the
home.
Three Mason City young men are
at the front, seeing real service with
the United States expeditionary force
that is endeavoring to pacify Haiti
John Young is in the marines; l.
Bouldin, Jr., is hospital steward in
the navy; while Harold Ford is a
member of the Nineteenth infantry
and is patroling the border.
Marshalltown and Marshall county
have expended $1S466 this year on
| the Lincoln highway within Marshall
county end the city will let contracts
this winter for $4,000 worth of paw
ing to be done newt spring on the
Lincoln highway within the city.
! An Allamakee county bee man
named Jones recently disposed Of
nearly two tons Of honey to Chicago
commission man for which he receiv-
ed $500.
Homer Gray, near Toledo has an
orchard of 1900 apple trees, which he