Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-25


Marion first, Bruce Mcdowell of
Hampton second; dramatic, Gertrude
Fiala of Eagle Grove first, Judith
Sandren, second; humorous, Edith
Bloom of Ackley first, Geneva Van
Eyera of Eldora second At North
wood, Robert Cook of GAINESVILLE,
Ruth Reemsten of Charles City and
Roberta Castor of Bows won first in
the respective classes and Harold
Thompson OF Dumont, Susan Baker
of Northwood and Mary Hood OF
Green, second. At Waterloo first was
taken by Robert Eddington Of Waiver
ly, Harriet Floyd Of Grundy Center
and Jeannet Shearer of Cedar Falls,
and the second by Simmons Town
send of Traer, Carrie Sadler of Water
loo and Florence Donacelske. The
winners meet at independence March
26.
Bootleggers in Dallas county are
finding that the business is far from
profitable and there is a noticeable
decrease in the illegal sale of liquor
since the various district court judges
started filming the men heavily. At the
last term of the district court total
of more than $4,000 was paid in fines.
The Iowa State Association of Reg
istered Nurses will hold its annual
convention in Iowa City, April 81, 2s
and 80. This is the first of the or
CARNATIONS of state nurses in the
country to apply for membership in
the National Society for the Proven
ton of Infant Mortality.
The body of Harry Landheer was
found in Prairie Creek by two fish
ermen, who get the $500 reward offer
ed by his brother, F. c. Landheer OF
Sterling, Ill. The young man fell
from the train while it was standing
on the trestle over the creek near
Beverly.
The second trial of the case of C.
l.. Nicola, of Oskaloosa, who killed
his father, will come up in Keokuk
county. In the first trial he was con-
victed of manslaughter but the SUI
preme court reversed the decision and
remanded the case for re-trial.
r. E. Cromwell, a Red Oak trav-
cling man, who has been in Jail at
Bedford for some time, charged with
having wife in that city and one in
Red Oak, was indicted for the Of
tense and will be placed on trial be-
fore Judge H. X. Evans for bigamy.
The Commercial club has an
nounced that the taking of the city
census was completed and Fort Dodge
showed population of 1894, a gain
22 per cent over the national cen
sus of five years ago, which gave
15,75S.
John J. McGarvey and wife sold 240
acres in sections IA and 20, Eagle
township, Bremen county, to Peter
Beck for $4,000, or an average of $275
an acre. The deed carried $64 in
revenue stamps.
Sixty-eight men have been paroled
from the state penitentiaries since
Jan. /, according to an announcement
made by the board of parole. EN-
ployment has been secured for more
than half of them.
DR.. Mayer Rudyk of Fl Dodge, who
was injured in an Illinois Central
wreck near Calender, July 20, 1918,
has decided to accept $1,091 from the
railroad company, thereby settling the
case out of court.
Because it is considered unsafe the
Lincoln school building at FIT. Dodge
will be condemned. The voters re-
Gently denied authority to issue $780,
600 In bonds for a new school build
ing.
Extensive public improvements are
being planned by the city council Of
Boone. That body is now considering
a proposition to build four miles of
street paving the coming summer.
F. A. Slocum has taken over the
Massena Echo r. ]. Cornell, who has
acted in the capacity of editor of that
paper for the past three years, has re-
tired.
BY vote Of two to one the propo-
sition to grant free text books for
Manning pupils was passed. A spe-
cial election was called for this pur-
pose.
While Arthur Ellston was cutting
trees at the home of Asa Tackett, near
Sidney, tree that had been lodged
suddenly swung around and caught
him under 1t, killing him instantly.
The Storm Lake Electric Light and
Power company has been purchased
by the Federal Light and Power COM
pany OF Boston.
At recent meeting of the council
at Stacyville bonds to the amount of
$1,000 were sold for the purpose of
putting in a new water works sys-
tenn.
The dead body of Fiddler" Clarke,
II years old, of Dubuque, was found
in a boathouse on the river, where,
it is supposed, he starved to death.
He had made precarious living play
ing on the streets OF Dubuque.
A sixty-fve loaf gas oven exploded
in Webster City wrecking the build
ing and terribly burning the propri-
.etor, Miss Eta Brewer, and an as
sistant, Mrs. Fill Willard. Miss Brew.
er's injuries may prove fatal.
The vote on the proposition to build
a new schoolhouse at Hull carried by
q vote OF 215 to "a. The new build
ing will cost $4,000.
Elmer c. Hinshaw, state fish and
game warden. has employed 8. p.
Bauer OF Meredosia. ILL.,, an expert
fish culturist. to take charge Of tho
fish hatchery at Spirit Lake. He has
applied for ten million pike eggs for
this spring. Mr.. Hinshaw also has