Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-16
The following Iowa patents have re-


Gently been granted: David 9. An
thony, Sioux City, horseshoe; Johann
H. B. Bake, lie Mars. signalling de-
vice; Clinton c. Butler, Waterloo,
friction clutch; John p. Charles, La
porte City, hog pen fount; Albert R.
Crandall, Mount Pleasant, shoe
stretching device; Hilder Erickson,
Palmer, road drag; William A. Fra
zier, Geneva, gate hinge and closing
device; William H. George, Dexter,
gear mechanism; Mathew A. Heinen,
Waterloo, bar bending machine; F. A.
Hense, Dubuque, railway tie; Henry
]. Hickey, Fort Dodge, piston valve;
Melvin Holloway, Norwalk, attach
ment for hay trucks; Edward H. Mar
tin, Webster City, telephone system;
Charles A. Nathoo, Muscatine, upright
bed; E. w. Paulsin, Smithland, three
row corn planter; Ernest F. Plett,
Blue Grass, hog waterer; Carl H.
Stempel, Fort Madison, folding re-
ceptacle; Elmer j. Wells, Nashua,
fence post.
Apparently the reports OF the
death of Frank Johnson, formerly OF
Fairfield, were very much exaggerat-
ed. Although Johnson has been de-
clared dead officially, he confesses to
having very human interest in ma
terial things and wholesome desire
for plenty of good cooked food. John
son lived in Jefferson county seven
teen years ago. He left home and
nothing more was heard of him.
Johnson's parents died and he still
could not be located the court al
lowed the estate to be settled and
Johnson's brothers and sisters to in
herit. Several days ago the dead"
man came back The other heirs to
the estate have agreed to see that he
gets his rightful portion OF 1t, it is
understood He now is a successful
landscape gardener in Minneapolis.
Formation of an electric power
syndicate at Humboldt second in size
only to that which operates the pow
er plant at Keokuk, has been an.
nounced by officers OF the new con-
Germ. The company will be known as
the Northern Iowa Gas and Electric
company and its formation will in
volve expenditure Of several millions
Of dollars. Eastern capital, it was
said, is behind the project. With the
big power plant of the Northern Iowa
Power company, at Humboldt as nu-
cleus, plants will be established in
thirteen towns, the local lighting
companies to be absorbed by the new
concern. Included among the cities
to be served are Humboldt, Eagle
Grove, Sheldon. Clarion and Golddeld.
Iowa State college at Ames is to
present a gorgeous pageant in the
early spring as its part in the country
wide celebration of the Shakespeare
tercentenary. Plans for stupendous
May Day fete in which over three
hundred persons will take part have
been formulated. A large stage win
be erected on the campus and charac-
tiers portraying Shakespeare and
Queen Elizabeth will watch the acting
from the lateral wings of the central
stage. On the green before the plat.
form, solo and group dancing win be
staged, while actors representing IA.
nous characters in Shakespeare will;
perform in the background.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthias Goldman Of
Sabula, have a record reached by hut
very few people-that of sixty-one
years of married life. Matthias Gohl-
man was born in Schleswig, Holstein,
Germany, June %, 1880. He came to
America in 1851 on sailing vessel,
making the voyage in thirty-nine
days. There being no facilities for
travel at that time, Mr.. Goldman in
company with others, walked from
Chicago to the Mississippi river Mr..
and Mrs. Goldman were married in
1855.
Within fifty years the city OF Coun-
Gil Bluffs will receive from the es-
tate OF the late Gen. Granville M.
Dodge 100000. according to Robert
| B. Wallace, one Of the executors OF
the estate. A special meeting of the
mayor, city council and executors was
| held to prepare for the handling Of
the $4,000. bequest of General Dodge,
| which becomes Immediately avail
able. A committee, consisting OF the
mayor, two aldermen and two citi.
gems. handle the spending Of the be-
quest.
The mystery of four simultaneous
| fires In the opera house at Hampton
has been solved by the arrest of two
women and two men, Mrs. Rather
Inc Nugent, &C years old, and her
| grandson, Al Winters, 10 years old.
have confessed to setting the fires
and have implicated Mrs. Nugent's
daughter. Mrs. Charles Winters, and
another OF Mrs. Winters sons. The
motive OF the incendiarists was to
conceal evidence OF thefts from the
rooms of other occupants of the OPP
era house block
The city of Davenport has decided
to take the part of the liquor dealers
in the three suits pending in the
District court for violation OF the pro-
hibitory law. The city attorney will
file papers for intervention. shortly.
One Of the councils causes for &C.
ton is loss OF revenue. The council
took this action at special meeting,
following request by attorneys for
the liquor interests. The latter will
pay the costs of litigation.
Webster City's municipal electric
light plant has been quarantined be-
cause one OF the engineers is sick
there with diphtheria. The city has
no hospital for contagious cases and
| when the engineer fell i'll 1t was de-