Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-01-11
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Fire loss of $25O,O0O followed
gasoline explosion in the new Gran
theatre at Estherville Monday night
The theatre, the Groaf confectioner
and the II. B. lyons clothing store
buildings and contents, were gutte
by flames.
TRANSMISSION of blood from a broth
er after his left shoulder had beef
torn away by accidental discharge O
a shotgun failed to save Fred Fol
kerts of near Kelsey He died in
hospital at Hampton, Tuesday. Fol
time of the accident, holding the gul
in one hand and driving the team
with the other.
The kitchen of the r. Il. Lee HON,
at Hamilton was unroofed and other
wise badly damaged by fire which
originated from a defective fue OF
Christmas day. Mrs. Lee, who is z,
years of age, received painful burns
about the hands while trying to saw,
the furniture and fixtures, but wa,
not badly injured, unless it be from
the nervous shock.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Bryan, two O
Hampton's most highly respected res
idents, celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary at their home il
Hampton, Monday. They were mar
ried at Rush, 10 Daviess county, Ill.
Dec. 25, 1866, and in 1870 came Il
Franklin county where they settled
on farm and about twenty year.
ago moved to Hampton which ha.
since been their home.
Mrs. Earl Striegel, living one mile
north of Harper and six miles north
west of Keota, taking a 2-year-olt
son with her, went about quarter
of a mile to the mail box, leaving 9
6-months-old baby asleep in a cradle
last Monday. After securing the mai
she turned to retrace her steps ant
then she discovered that her home
was on fire. Before she could reach
the house the roof fell in and it was
impossible to rescue the baby. Two
older children were in school.
Overcome by illuminating gas es
Gaping into his bedroom through 9
que, a Russian Jew peddelr, was pro-
nounced dead by physician who
had been summoned. The city am
bulance corps had been summoned
at the same time and the men wanted
to practice with their new pumotors
They worked over the dead mar
from s O'Clock until 1880 Monday
morningand brought him back tc
life. He will be out carrying his
pack again in few days.
Last Saturday afternoon Fred G
De Jong, who is employed on the
farm of Andrew Van Rees near Sully
was called home on account of the
serious illness of the little baby. He
started out on horseback and in some
manner either fell or was thrown of
the horse and was hurt pretty badly
He was picked up unconscious and re.
NAMED in this condition until Sunday
morning at s o'clock. He seems un.
able to explain Just how the accident
happened. At last reports he was
getting along nicely.
]. F. Dillon of Clarinda appears
as plaintiff in a nasty case filed in
district court of Page county in which
he charges Mr.. and Mrs. E. p. Gustin
of Clarinda with SANDER and de-
mands $4,000 damages. 1t is charg.
ed that a slanderous letter or pur.
ported letter of such character was
in Union county, associat-
ing the plaintiffs name in a criminal
way with a young woman of Union
county. The petition on file Is a
nasty mess and If the case ever comes
to trial the court room will have to
be fumigated each day, it is pre-
dicted.
A fire which broke out at AIS last
Thursday afternoon completely de-
stroyed the Atlee flats, corner Fourth
and Market street in Fort Madison
and rendered eight families and thir.
ty other tenants homeless, many OF
the occupants loosing all their posses
hC was ny tnC
late Sam Atlee, the lumberman, and
is the property of his estate. 1t was
a tire story brick building, built
about twenty-five years ago and not
far from the business district. The
fire had it's origin in the furnace room
in the basement. The loss is esti.
mated at $4,000 with a fair amount
of insurance.
District Judges of Iowa, forty-nine
of them including Judge Hamilton OF
Fort Madison. and Judge Bank Jr.
of Keokuk, will ask the thirty
seventh general assembly to raise
their salaries from $500 to $4,000
Among reasons advanced in request
ing this raise in the unusual high cost
Of living proposition, ut the main
argument is that the services rem.
dared nv these nrasidinQ offiicprs M