Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-08

| IN us history the last winter Never
before have the animals been so
scarce The muskrat has always
been the principal fur bearer, but his
home has become cultivated farm
land and the members of his family
nave slowly dwindled in number
Katie Green, little girl about nine
years old of Dubuque attempted to
cross street in front of a moving
car and was knocked down by the
fender, horrifying the spectators. She
lay there writing and sobbing till
her little brother cried out, 1--WE got
a dime, let's go to the movies" She
! scrambled to her feet before anxious
inquiries made by the car crew could
be answered.
Adding insult to injury what is
supposed to be four men, broke into
the Mason City Standard Oil office
and taking their safe in some man.
ner, removed it several blocks to the
east and there proceeded to break it
in and succeeded in securing about
$50 and a large number of 2-cent
stamps. The safe was found later.
The transfer house and the Independ-
ent Baking company offices were
opened, but not much damage done.
In the district court at Council
Bluffs was begun trial OF the suit of
Enid Shaw against August Dammrow,
receiver Of the Iowa and Omaha Short
Line railroad, seeking to recover
funds put into the road in connection
with the Atlantic and Southern deal,
in which the Short Line was inyolv-
ed. Miss Shaw is a daughter of for
mer Governor Leslie M. Shaw, >who
has sunk small fortune in the At.
lantic Northern and Southern road
Waterloo police arrested C. c.
Shannon, aged 81 years, on the charge
OF attacking a little Z year odd girl.
The child identified him as the man
who misused her. She told the police
he gave her Is cents to buy candy
! with. Shannon denied he attacked
| the girl, in the sweat room at the
police station.
The Floyd County Sunday School
association held convention at the
Baptist church in Charles City. A
conference was held in the afternoon
in charge of w. H. Rockefeller, as.
sistant secretary of the state associa-
ton. A picnic supper was followed
in the evening by programme of ad-
dresses and music.
David Willard of Tama, a farmer,
Uh tba a.,
buzz saw he was operating broke and
drove piece Of metal about four
inches square through his mouth, al
most completely severing his head
from his body. His left shoulder was
also crushed. He died instantly.
After the doctors had pronounced
Tim Dwan of Mason City dead and
telegraphed relatives in Minneapolis
and Des Moines, another examina.
ton an hour later showed signs of
life, and hot water bottles and stimu-
lants brought back the vital spark He
Is better and may recover.
The dead body of a strange man
was found lying between the rails on
the c., B. & @. track near Troy. In
his pockets were papers and cards
bearing the name of Harry Culver,
st. Joseph, Mo. There was also a
receipt for dues paid in the Eagle
lodge.
Fiftyone conversions in a town
containing eight houses resulted from
two weeks union meeting of the
Baptist and Methodist churches in
Mineral Ridge. an inland town eight
miles north of Boone. The meetings
were conducted by the pastors.
A great religious awakening is be-
ing conducted at the Methodist Epis-
copal church at Perry. Evangelist
Kennedy and wife of Canada are in
charge. So far over 200 have hit the
trail, the converts embracing all
classes of society.
A fire, caused by spontaneous COM
bustion in No. 3 mine at Knoxville
which has been burning for three
days, has been finally brought under
control. Over 200 men have been
thrown out of work as a result of the
blaze.
Eighteen girls representing many
factories and laundries in Sioux City,
met in the Y. w. C.. A. and organized
an Industrial Girls Council II will
work with the association officials in
the interest of the girl workers OF
Sioux City.
Mrs. Cleo Martin and her brother,
Bert Goodwin of Des Moines, were
indicted by the federal grand jury at
Creston on a charge of white slavery
in connection with the disappearance
of Fern Middleton, the IS year old
Des Moines girl.
The Illinois Central Railroad will
expend approximately 100000 for
Improvements in the Waterloo shops
this season Local officials state the
shops will be enlarged, new round
house built and an extensive car re-
pairing shop erected.
Four farmers were hauled over the
Goals in Justice Nugent's court at Ce-
dar Rapids for selling impure milk
He assessed a fine on each of them
of $25 and costs.
Eighty-four horses passed through
the ring at the sale held in New
Hampton. The receipts OF the sale
amounted to $1,000.
Nearly $4,000 worth of farm horses
from the county districts surrounding
Marshaltown have been sold to for
eign buyers. The horses are to be
shipped to the English and French
governments. The buyers paid as
high as $3.50 per head, and as low as