Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-11-14

Ine use OIL UnH government IN making
the chemicals required for gas masks.
AS an incentive to swell the nurses
students reserve, the government
will pay the transportation of stu
dent nurses from their homes to the
hospitals, according to information
receied by Mrs. w. o. Finkbine, state
director of enrolment.
Governor Harding has been re-elect-
ed along with a complete republican
state and congressional ticket accord
ing to unofficial returns from all but
twelve of the ninety nine counties of
the state. 1t lis estimated that his ma
jority over Claude r. Porter, demo
cratic candidate will be at least TO-
00O.,
At a conference of officials from
four student army training sorps dis
tricts held in Kansas City at which
Iowa was represented, it was report
ed that there are 225,000 college men
in the 500 s. A. T. G. units in the
United States. OF this number $780,
600 will be called into the service by
July /, 1919.
The maximum price for bread for
Iowa was fixed recently at the food
administration office 1t is the retail
price for cash and carry, and credited
delivery stores. The prices follow:
Ten cents for one pound loaf, and
fifteen cents for one and one,half
pound loaf. This is the maximum
price. The dealer may sell for less
than these prices but he must not
ask for more.
The fiftieth anniversary of the
building of the Methodist church at
independence was observed recently.
The Rev. w. w. Carlton of Charles
City who was pastor there for twenty
five years preached the morning SER
vice. In the afternoon special ami
versary service was held Short talks
were made by former. pastors and al
so by some of the old members who
helped build the church.
With $4,000 high school students
working toward an enlightened pa
triotism, the state of Iowa should
have no difficulty in continuing the
record it has established in carrying
on the war. That number of students
is already enrolled in the Iowa Patri-
otto League, the unique organization
for furthering patriotism which has
been instituted by the University of
Iowa with the approval of the state
council Of defense
Refusal Of Tony Dezorzis of Cen
terrible to come through with $4,000
alleged to have been demanded in
blackhand letters was followed by the
explosion of bomb under the Decor
zis home. One side of the building
was virtually demolished and win
dows we're broken in many nearby
houses, but no one was injured.
Bloodhounds put on the trail led to
the home of Frank Dannos, who was
arrested and is being held pending
an investigation.
Instead of giving the city police
an increase Of wages as they had de-
manded, the city council of &C.
dar Rapids has decided to give
them war bonus of $40
month for the duration OF the war
and for six months thereafter. The
police obtained wage increase last
April. The council was willing to
the firemen the same bonus, but as
they have demanded referendum
on the platoon system, they will have
to be content with the present wage.
The Iowa State Highway commits
sion service bulletin issue of Septem-
ber-October shows some interesting
Items to auto drivers and occupants
OF cars which ought to set everybody
who drives or rides in an auto think
Ing. Sixty deaths occurred on the
highways during July and August
from various causes. Twenty.one of
them were caused by the auto being
struck by trains. A number deaths
were caused by racing and the car
turning turtle. There were 966 ac-
cidents where there were no fatal
ties
Webster City took up the last out
standing bond against the central
fire station. The building was erect.
ed in 1912 at a cost of $4,000. At the
time OF its erection $1,000 in fire
bonds were issued and the taking up
of the last bond today wipes out this
Indebtedness leaving the building
clear to the city. Financially Web
ster City is in fine shape. The water
works andelectric light and power
plant are municipality owned and
some $4,000 is being carried in the
electric light fund as accumulated
profits. $4,000 of this has been in
vested in Liberty Bonds.
The school board at Lamont found
that there were more cases of flu
than when sessions closed, so ordered
a continuance. The local board of
health put the ban back. and Grace
land college sent kilograms and
phone messages Mar and wide to
countermand the notice of re-opening
on November A. So the lid is tightly
on again, with about twenty-five cases
and one death locally. In the brief
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