Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-09-19

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B. c., Canada.
Regular aerial mail service between
Chicago and New York will be inau-
gnrated October /, postoffice officials
at Washington announced,
American casualties up to August
20 totalled 5000, 10000 of whicm are
slight Injuries and had not been re-
ported up to that date.
Hogs sold for $50 hundred on the
South Omaha market the other day,
the highest price ever paid for pork
| ers at that market.
Alexander Pancages, theater owner,
today was asked by the war indus
tries board to stop construction work
on his new S25O,O0O theater at Salt
Lake City.
Over 1900 more people attended
the Nebraska state fair at Lincoln this
year than ever before in the history
of the exhibition. Total attendance
numbered 214,5s7.
| Henry Ford in statement at De-
troit announced he would become an
active instead of Il passive candidate
for election to the United States SEN
ate.
A specially organized corps of De-
partment of Justice agents have be-
gun nationwide search for men of
draft age, who failed to register Sep
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| It has been officially announced that
President Wilson'S proposed trans
continental speaking tour for the
fourth Liberty loan has been aban-
doned
Fifteen persons were killed and
more than a score injured when fast
| passenger train on the Burlington
crashed into a. work train near AL
lance, Neb.
American navy headquarters in
London announced that nearly 100000
men were transported overseas during
August, one-third of this total in
American ships.
Unofficial estimates from France
say the Germans have left behind
them during the withdrawal of the
past few weeks more than 100000
men, killed, wounded nr prisoners.
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4 Gasoline stocks in the United
States were reduced at the rate OF
1900 barrels daily in July alone, q
total of 1,367,O 900 barrels for the
month, Fuel Administrator Garfield
informed the senate.
After beating their guard into in
4 sinsibility two convicted murderers
4 awaiting execution, a noted safe blow
er and an alleged accomplice in a
killing escaped from the Cook Coun
ty, ILL.,, Jail at Chicago, in view of a
large, throng of pedestrians.
While no real shortage is to be fear.
ed in the supply of wooden cloth OF
4 clothing this winter, the country was
warned by the war industries board
4 against mistaken belief that there
would be surplus of free wool ovel
government requirements.
i The food administration announced
that bakers will be put out of bust
ness temporarily if they fail to us,
q the correct amount of substitutes il
bread. The administration assert.
that all/bakeries should be familia
with the regulations by this time.
Mayor Thompson of Chicago who's,
. loyalty to the nations war program
i has been questioned. was oyerwhelm
ingly defeated for the republican sena
torial nomination in Illinois by Medil
Mccormick. Senator J. Hamilton
. Lewis was renominated by the demo
Gratis.
. Senator Hardwick of Georgia, term
ed by President Wilson "a constan
and active opponent of my admins
tration," has been defeated for re
nomination in the Georgia democrati
primary by William ]. Harris, forme
. chairman of the federal trade con
, mission.
The Boston team of the America
league carried off the baseball champ
ionship of the world by defeating tn
Chicago Nationals in the sixth gam
! of the world series, making four vi,
: tories for the Bostonians to two 10
the Chicago aggregation. The gam
marked the end of professional base
ball for the duration of the war.
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A corn crop of 2,e72ooo,oOo bushe7