Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-04-04
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~ Late Incidents
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OF sugar. Government authorities are
Investigating.
A gold star will be placed in the
Fremont county flag in honor Of
Charles Walters, who died at Camp
Dodge recently, from measles and
pneumonia.
More than one thousand school
teachers were in Sioux City recently
for the twenty-fourth annual conven-
tion of the Northwestern Iowa Teach
ers' association.
Earl P. Nelson, electrician and wire
less operator, who was named in a
casualty list as injured with the u.
s. S. Manley, is the 19-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N. Nelson of Water
loo. The parents were notified by the
war department
Every war garden in Fort Dodge is
to be marked with understandable
United States flag to show that both
garden and gardener are lined up to
whip the kaiser. Fifteen hundred Of
these flags have already been ordered.
Storm Lakes first war babies have
arrived. Twins, boy and girl, were
born to Mrs. Charles Tysen recently
They have been named Charles Will
liam and Charlotte Winifred. Their
father is stationed at Camp Pike, Ark.
and is expected home on furlough.
There are 444,75 registered men in
this country not called in the first
draft infected with syphilis, accord
ing to statement prepared by DR..
Guilford H. Sumner, secretary of the
state board of health, and of these,
10,159 are in Iowa.
Earnest Stafford, Clear Lake boy,
who went to France with the Rain
bow division, recently died of scarlet
fever, according to a message receiv-
ed by his parents from the war de-
partment Stafford saw service on the
border with the national guard.
One thousand and fifty dollars wag
the top price paid for one animal at
the third annual sale Of shorthorn
cattle at the fair grounds in Des
Moines. A red two-year-old COW, be-
longing to E. R. Silliman Of Colo, was
Knocked down at that figure to Will
liam Myers Of Beaman.
The grand jury at Muscatine recent.
ay returned indictments for murder
against Herman Moore, Oliver Lam.
phere, Henry Rebehn and Franklin
Freeman The men are charged with
the murder of James Haney, whose
qifeless body was found at the Rosen.
field button factory Feb. rs.
More than s23,40O worth of War
Savings Stamps have been sold in
1rvington township, Kossuth county.
Dolph Raney and John Frank. who
are in charge of the campaign, receiv-
ed $4,000 in their first afternoons
work. This township includes AL
COMA.
After having railroaded for twenty
one years, Frank Schmitz, engineer
On the Illinois Central, chose Storm
Lake, his home town, for his first
wreck. A large engine was derailed
on side tracking, the switch having
been carelessly or maliciously left
open.
Hardtack issued to John Call, Com
pany /, One Hundred Fifty-third New
York regiment, in 1864, was taken re.
Gently to Memorial hall in Waterloo
to exhibit as mark of the keep.
ing qualities Of food. When examined
the crackers appeared as clean and
fash as though just baked. They are
ffty-four years old.
The quota designated in the call
for 1900 Iowa men who will be sent
to various gas engine training schools,
has already been filled by Shelby
county. The number asked for from
Shelby was IL. 1t is likely, General
Logan says, that this call will be com.
pletely filled with volunteers so that
it will not be necessary to induct men
into these places.
Two men were drowned and four
others narrowly escaped death in a
river accident near Clayton, few
miles up the river from Dubuque re.
Gently. Herman Felhafer and John
Seidel were the victims. The six had
planned to go on fishing expedition.
They were near the Iowa shore when
the fat boat in which they were rid
ing capsized, throwing all the men in.
to twelve feet Of water.
The first Iowa gardener to gather
fruits from her war garden is be-
heved to be Mrs. Jacob Zahn OF Nc.
Gregor. Recently she went out to her
last years onion bed 1t was cover
ed with snow. She pushed away the
snow and there were fresh green tops
She pulled several punches and found
small wellformed green onions. The
onions are of Siberian strain and sc
hardy that the beds need no covering
In the winter.
With the final determination OF The
boundaries Of districts, the assign
ment of patrolmen, and the equip
ping of men with tools and machin
cry, the patrol system of maintenance
of the Marshall county highway sys