Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-16
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Perkins recently


son. In many ways this old couple
are the most remarkable couple in
Iowa. Mr.. Perkins has been raised in
the vicinity of Jefferson and Mrs. Per-
kins has resided there almost as long,
and the couple have lived in the same
home for more than fifty years Per-
kins has never ridden on a train, nor
in an automobile. He has never
shaved, was never out of the state
and has never seen moving picture
play.
When w. A. Thompson, of Mar
shalltown, got through playing with
a dog, that had grabbed his hand two
or three times, he missed 5000 dia-
mond ring. He wondered if possibly
the dog might have swallowed the
ring. The more he thought of 1t, the
more he became convinced that that
was the case. He bought the dog for
$40, killed and cut him open, and
found the gem safe in the dogs stom-
ach.
Lewis Getter, 20 years old, living
seven miles south of Manila, lies at
the point Of death as result of an
auto accident Getter was returning
from Manila to his home with sew
eral friends, when a blowout caused
the car to run off an embankment,
pinning Getter beneath the car. The
other occupants escaped with minor
bruises. Getter received a fractured
skull and broken jaw.
William Maxwell, a farmer living
six miles west of Greene, was painful
ly Injured when he attempted to crank
his automobile without having disen-
gagged the gears, the machine knock
ing him down and the wheels passing
over his head and body. Maxwell sus-
tanned several broken ribs and con-
tusions of the head and face, but his
injuries are not considered serious.
| Five Of Duncan Blacks ribs were
broken and he sustained severe in
ternal injuries when the auto in which
he was riding struck a sand bank on
the road from Algona to Humboldt
and turned turtle. Mr.. Black was
pinned under the car. He was taken
to Humboldt for medical aid and then
moved to his home in Fort Dodge.
President ]. H. Schaefer OF the
State Grocers' association which will
meet In annual convention at Du-
buque, September 81, has asked the
state university extension department
at Iowa City to aid in deciding means
by which grocers can secure goods
cheaper and thus reduce the cost OF
| living.
Lewis Benda, the man who success
fully negotiated many worthless
| checks in Cedar Rapids, received an
indefinite sentence in the Fort Madi.
son penitentiary. The law provides
a penalty of from one to fifteen years
for forgery and not infrequently Is
the sentence given as an indefinite
term of years.
Three young people, Elsie Teeters.
Hazel Bowman and Fred Anderson OF
Marceline, Mo-, are being held by the
authorities at Fort Madison on in
structions from the former place to
take them off train bound for Chi
cago. An unpaid board bill is the
reason for detention, according to
Anderson.
Charles Hudson of Iowa City re-
| ceived a severe wound in the alb
domen in an encounter with his wife,
who used a knife when her husband
attempted to strike her. Hudson is
in hospital and will be arrested
when he regains his strength. His
wife was not arrested.
Mrs. Mary Scott of Ames has filed
suit for divorce from her husband, w.
F. Scott, asking the court to order
alimony in the sum of Sc week until
her children have reached an age
when they can care for themselves.
Drunkenness and cruelty are charged
in the petition.
Burglars, who gained entrance to
the Jewelry Sales company's store at
Marshalltown, stole about $500 worth
Of diamond and other rings, bracelets
and scarf pins. There is no clue.
Bloodhounds have been put on the
trail of the robbers.
A case of considerable interest has
just been filed in the district court at
Harlan. The suit is one in which the
administrator of the estate of Lloyd
Hambin seeks to recover damages
from ]. c. Hansen. who, it is charged,
shot and killed Hamblin in 1913.
A man and a woman asking farm
ers in the vicinity of Arlington for
chickens "for the orphans home in
st. Louis" secured enough to realize
$50 from their sale to produce dealer
at that place. Several cash dona-
tions were also secured
George Phillips of Ottumwa, candi-
treasurer at the last election, was
held up and robbed OF 500 while on
his way home recently by two negro
women. A companion with Phillips
at the time made his getaway.
Lester Wilson, an employee OF the
Nicola Lumber company at Perry, was
injured when the horse he was driy-
ing ran away. Young Wilson jumped
from the buggy while ii was travel
ing at a high rate of speed, and re-
ceived broken leg as a result.
Walnut logs are being shipped from
Hamburg to Ottumwa where they are
manufactured into gun stocks for the
European war.
Governor Geo. w. Clarke has prom
Used parties from Dubuque who charge
Irregularities in the management OF
county affairs, that he will turn the
| case over to the ATTORNEY generals de-
partment with instructions for an in
vestigation.
Masked robbers held up and robbed