Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-23


two brothers, purchased the Butter
field farm ten miles southwest of
Shellsburg. The farm contains ESQ
acres and the purchase price was 1910,
total of $500. The farm has been
operated by the purchasers a number
Of years. Carl Sevendahl has resided
there for fourteen years and the land
is in high state of cultivation.
')ne OF the largest gifts to the for
eian missionary cause of the NJ. e.
church has just been made by. Mrs.
Ma rilla McGregor OF Mason City. She
tuius over property interests to the
valve of $4,000 Her husband, d. Nc
Grtgor, was an enthusiastic foreign
mis- sionary man, and gave literally.
He died two years ago and this lib
eral gift on the part of the wife is
In memory of her husband.
Ames' mammoth fat man, George W.
Nichols, weight sos pounds, was re-
Gently married to Mrs. Violet Williams
Of Washington, Iowa, weight 230
pounds. Mr.. Nichols is 40 years old
Is feet 6 inches tall, has a waist
measurement of 70 inches and weighs
sos rounds. His bride is 49 years old
is nearly feet tall and weighs 230
pounds.
Pref. w. E. Hays, head OF the de-
partu ents of music at S. U. !. and the
Iowa City high school, was severely
hurt and his sister was painfully
bruised in a runaway accident at Sey-
mouI, Iowa. Two of the professors
ribs were fractured. His sister was
thrown to the pavement, but escaped
serisus injury.
august A. Brandhorst, aged 10, son
of well known farmer living eight
mVes northwest of Hudson, was al
mist instantly killed when he was
thrown from wagon in a runaway
The wheels Of the wagon passed over
bis body, and death came twenty min
utes later.
Mystery surrounds the death of
herd of nineteen head of steers be-
longing to Nick Colsch of New Albin.
Mr.. Colsch has been fattening the
steers and when he went to see about
them the other day he found the ami
mails dead. 1t is supposed they were
poisoned.
Primghar leads the state in the
percentage of citizens attending col
lege. Over forty of the young people
of Primghar have recently left to at
tend colleges from coast to coast This
Is about per cent of the population
of the town, and is the largest in any
community in the state.
H. S. Rattenborg, of Atlantic, one
OF the bondholders of the Atlantic
Northern, has filed suit In the dis
trict court asking that receiver be
appointed for the road. He claims
the road has been mismanaged, thus
damaging. the security and lessening
the value of the bonds.
George Sumpter, wanted in Des
Moines for assault upon Sarah Multi
gan. 10 years old has been arrested
at Perry and returned to the capital
city. Five other men and woman
face white slavery charges in the
same case.
Cyclonic gales and near cloudbursts
have caused thousands of dollars dam
age to farm and city property in Mus
catine and surrounding country. Two
railroad lines running into the city
were tied up for some time because
of washouts.
John B. Besh, of Mason City, was
killed and his son severely injured
when the automobile in which they
were riding ran over the edge of an
embankment and turned turtle. The
father and son were both pinned be-
meath the car.
Within three miles of the center of
Council Bluffs there are 600 acres of
grapevines, and their fruit brings the
growers higher price per basket
than is secured by any other grape
growing region Of the United States.
Jitney bus owners at ottumwa have
entered complaint against the passage
of an ordinance that imposes many re-
strictions on jitney bus traffic. An
indemnity bond of $1,000 is one of the
regulations proposed
Unable to rouse her husband. Mrs.
B. F. Stevenson of Jefferson called a
physician, who, upon examination de-
clared tina: the man had been dead
for six hours. Death was due to heart
failure
The farm OF c.. s. Kent, two miles
northwest of Dallas Center, was sold
the other day for s217 per acre to B.
F. Barnett of Earlham. There are
240 acres in the tract.
A postoffice has been established
at Manhattan, Dickinson county. with
Mrs. bolt Harrel as postmaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Shaw, while
walking to Sioux City from Sloan,
were held up by five men. Shaw was
robbed of small sum, while Mrs.
Shaw was dragged into weeds by the
roadside and attacked Mrs. Shaw
was taken to hospital in a serious
condition.
Despondent because of iii health,
and being unable to receive any hope
from any physicians he had consult.
ed, John Chivek, poultry dealer OF
Gladstone, was found dead in a room
In a Tama hotel. A bottle that had
contained carbolic acid was lying be.
side him. Chivek was 40 years old.
One of the most acceptable of a
number of important business items
transacted by the Mt. Vernon town
council was the lowering of the mu.
nicipal levy for 1916. The reduction
is from total OF 3S mills for the
past year to "a mills for the coming
one. II is an actual reduction, too,
for the assessment values have not