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Putnam patriot., 1919-01-03
SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY
 MORNING

Superintendent Macdonald of the Putnam schools has given no- tice that all schools, including eye nings schools, will begin Monday.
 At the Israel Putnam school the first grade will be in session all day instead of half day as here tofore.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-03
"iNDHAM COUNTY M
 HLITERATE

w, me census of 1910 sboho+
 tSa %manam o4 was the most Hit ln, in
 2 me e state its rate of illiteras;no, ,n no, of s,' Q . Fairfield county withrnts sii,s ,;t..e St 9.s had the least numbe @S' II eD a5sra'es oa Hartford's rate vyiv. " Ias. Ha as 9, and Litchfield sir ,t ss 5eeS ,, Middlesex's percentamss l,s s' z New London CT and s a9
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-03

Mrs. W. J. Bartlett is one of the Connecticut delegation that went to Washington who will give a report at meeting of the executive committee of the National Woman's Party at Hartford Monday.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-03
COALOGRAMS.

If you waste coal, some ono , else will have to do without. Save anthracite. 
 General infiuenza's forces de- , feated the anthracite coal miners
 [ In their battle for big production. Save what anthracite you have. The more wood you burn, the
 | less coat you need. Saw wood | and save anthracite.
Putnam patriot., 1919-01-03
coALoGRAMs.

Turn m"s s,, try ?. to heat all ou.dot anthracite. ''ahe 'e i and an fa.. out your furnace, r,. .hso so0s ,s 2 better heat un
 ee anthracite 1t and l | | ( A
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
FELL FROM LOAD OF HAY
AND FRACTURED ANKLE

August Burr, jr., living on a farm
east of Hamlin had the ankle bone
of his left leg broken yesterday
morning when he fell from load OF
hay. Mr.. Burr was out in the hay
field and had finished loading
load and as he started to drive to
the barn the front wheels of the
wagon pulled out from under the
rack, permitting the load to tip for
ward. This frightened the horses
who started to run away. August
hung onto the lines but did not get
the team stopped until he had been
dragged over the ground quite dis
lance.
Fred Owen brought the injured
man to DR.. Fulton's office but the
swelling was so great that 1t was
impossible to determine the extent
of the injury. Mr.. Burr was taxi
EN- to Atlantic where an X-Ray pic
ture was tanen which revealed the
fracture. The fracture was re-
duced and the patient brought back
to Audubon and taken to the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. August
Burr, where he will remain. Mr..
Burr will be laid up for several
weeks and this will work quite a
hardship as it comes In the midst OF
the harvesting season when the crops
must be taken care of. - - ''-'.'--'''
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
DAIRYMEN,s PICNIC

Thursday, July 18th the dairymen
Of Audubon county are to have a
basket picnic in the park at Audi
bon. The Audubon band will play
and there will be speakers. The
buttermakers of the county will fur
nish plenty IL ice cold buttermilk
so that each one may have all he
wants.
W. B. Barney, state dairy and food
commissioner, will talk on DAIRY
Opportunities" l.. p. Townsend
secretary of the Iowa Dairy Council
will take up the matter of organiza-
ton, while Jack Waugh of Omaha
will have something worth listening
to to say. The speeches will begin
at one o'clock. ss
Everybody Is invited to this picnic.
Bring your basket dinners. Come
early and plan to stay all afternoon
and evening. Regular band concert
in the evening by the Audubon band.
Don't forget the time-Thursday,
July 18th. and the place-Audubon
park. Bring the women and the
children. I'm
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
FIRE AT ELK HORN ON
EVENING OF THE FOURTH

A fire that destroyed three hush
ness buildings ON the business street
of Elk Horn on the evening of the
4th was the occasion of the fire alarm
in this city about seven o'clock. The
buildings were frame and for a while
it looked as though it could not be
controlled so the assistance of our
fire department was enlisted. The
fire truck made the run in good time
and when they reached the scene
they were unable to do anything but
to help confine the blaze to the frame
buildings.
The fire is supposed to have orig
mated in a meat market from spon-
taneous combustion. Adjoining
this building was bakery and a
store room used by L. H. Johnson as
a ware house for undertaking goods.
Practically all of the contents In
these three buildings were destroyed
and but little insurance was carried.
While the loss falls quite heavily,
the owners are not discouraged but
arrangements are already under foot
for the erection Of modern brick
buildings.
Hans Johnson of this city was In
terested in the undertaking goods
that were destroyed as he and his
brother were in partnership. ia
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
DISTINGUISHED MEN VISIT CITY

DIsTINGUI6HED MEN VISIT CITY
A number Of prominent stock
men representing the republic of
Uruguay, were in the city yesterday
with a view to purchasing pure bred
cattle. In company with l.. b.
Burk. of the Bureau Of Markets,
washington, D. c., we're r. Pareja
Reissag, Hector Fernandez, Bolivar
Fernandez and Arlero Terra Arocena,
all of Montevideo. Uruguay. These
gentlemen in past years have been
purchasing pure bred cattle in Eng
land and Scotland, but last year and
this year they have had their eyes
on the United States. For several
weeks they have been visiting some
of the best herds of cattle of all
breeds and have made many pur-
chases.
Ths party went to the farm of e.
B. Thomas and looked ovsr his
splendid herd of Short Horn cattle.
They purchased two Short Horn
bulls, one eight months old and the
other one fifteen months old for
which they paid Mr. Thomas $4,000.
They went to the Masterson farm
to inspect his Herefords and took
an option on three head. From
there they went to Avoca and At
lantic where they will look at other
herds.
The visit of these distinguished
gentlemen pays o high compliment
to the pure stock breeders OF Audu-
bon county. 1t proves that their
herds rank with the best.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
vEIMA SPENCER MARRIED

s Miss Velma Spencer and Mr.. Seq
wall Henriksen were married at the
home of III. H. Berg at Hamburg, Ia.
On Monday afternoon at three o'clock
by the Rev. G. Brown. pastor of the
Methodist church. The young peo-
pie gave their friends the slip and
carried out their plans to perfection.
They returned home on Tuesday af-
ternoon.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Spencer of this city
and is an accomplished young
woman. After graduating from the
A. H. s. she took commercial
course at OMAHA Later securing po-
sition in that city. This spring she
returned to- Audubon and the past
two months was employed as book
keeper at this office.
The groom Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chris Henriksen and is one of
our progressive young business men.
being at this time a member OF the
Henriksen Bros Department Store.
Two months ago he returned from
army service and has since been at
the store. He is an energetic. wide
awake hustler and In every way
worthy of the splendid young woman
whom he has chosen as a companion.
They both have a wide acquaint-
ance and have host of friends who
Join the Republican in extending
best wishes for a happy and prosper
Gus married life. They will soon go
to Housekeeping and will then be at
home to their friends.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
AUDUBON BOY WITH
PRESIDENT WILSON
HAS RETURNED FROM FRANCE
AND is NOW IN NEW YORK
ENROUTE TO AUDUBON

Kit Lane, son of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
d. Lane, who has been in Paris
since the signing of the armistice
and guard for President Wilson
during his stay in France while at
tending the peace conference, has
wired his folks that he has landed in
New York coming across on the
George Washington, the steamer on
which the president returned to AM
erica.
Kit has had lot of experience in
the two years he has been in the
service. He has been awarded sew
eral medals for bravery and was in
the thick of the fighting practically
all of the time he has been overseas.
Immediately following the sign
ing of the armistice he was stricken
with the flu and removed to a hos
pital. After his recovery he was
sent to Paris where he was one OF
the guards for the American delega-
ton who were attending the peace
conference. -
At the conclusion of the signing
of the peace treaty the. president and
his party started homeward on the
steamer George Washington and on
this steamer were all the attendants
and thousands Of soldiers returning
to the homeland to be discharged
from the service.
Kit Lane is now at Camp Merritt
and will soon be sent to Camp Dodge
where he will receive his honorable
discharge. His many friends will be
glad to welcome him on his return.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
BAND DREW
LARGE CROWD
THREATENING RAIN PREVENTS
MANY FROM ATTENDING
GREAT CONCERT

The 16Sth Infantry Band Of the
Rainbow Division gave one of their
splendid concerts at the fairgrounds
Tuesday evening. This band is COM
posed mostly of Iowa boys. and with
few exceptions saw service in France
from the beginning Of the war until
its close.
The band is one of the best musical
organizations we have ever heard
and under their able leader present.
ed concert that was unsurpassed.
The band carries with them male
quartette and they proved to be
popular, Each time they appeared
on the program they were vigorously
applauded and Obliged to respond
with encore numbers.
The concert lasted two hours.
However the crowd here was not
half what 1t would have been had
the weather been favorable.
About supper time storm came
from the southwest that passed over
without giving us any rain, but
north and east of us few miles
there was heavy downpour of rain.
At eight o'clock another storm came
from the northwest and as the crowd
was gathering 1t began to rain. 1t
sprinkled for half hour and when
1t cleared of the band boys got
ready for their concert
=, Considering everything the at
tendance was good. The concert
was interesting throughout and
LASTED until about eleven o'clock.
After the concert the orchestra
came up town and prepared for the
pavement dance. The street east
of the Audubon Hardware Store
was used. Dancing continued until
about one o'clock. The entire pro-
gram was one Of pleasure and en-
joyed by hundreds of people. We
understand an effort is being made
for return engagement and IL that
is successful the hand will he greet
ed by large and enthusiastic au-
dfence.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
REPORT CROP CONDITIONS GOOD

c. H. Topping, district travelling
inspector for the Canadian Pacific
Railway Co.. arrived in Audubon on
Monday from two weeks business
trip through various parts Of Alberta.
Canada He reports crop conditions
good. Present indications are that
wheat viii go 20 to S5 bushels per
acre in the vicinity of Standard and
practically all over the new Danish
colony. In some parts It is even bet
ter and again in other parts Of Can
ada the crops will be short. This
is true of the southern part as in
Wyoming and Montana where the
hot winds have practically ruined the
crops. Canada Is big country, in
fact larger than the United States
and of course person would nat
urally expect that conditions would
be different. in the various localities.
Charles White, recently returned.
from Canada, made similar report.
However, Mr.. Topping states that
within the past week rain has fallen
over a large section of that country
which will make great deal of diff
ference
A number of Audubon county peo-
pie expected to leave for Canada last
Tuesday evening, but they decided to
postpone 1t until next Tuesday when
others will be able to get away and
then the party will be much larger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
MRS. WESLEY JAY DEAD

Mrs. Wesley Jay who has been in
poor health for over two years, died
at her home in the ,uth part of the
city last Saturday. Mrs. Jay has
been resident of Audubon for MANY
years and through her beautiful
Christian character made many
close friends.
Martha A Galley was born in Hen
ry county, Iowa, February IL, 1S47
and died at her home in Audubon,
July 5, 1919. aged ~ years, months
and % days. April 5. 1866 she was
united in marriage to Wesley Jay
and to this union eight children
were born, three of whom died in in
fancy. The living children are, j.
III. Jay, Sterling. Colo; Mrs. p. III.
Carroll. Audubon; Mrs. J. w. Fry.
Howard. s. D.; Mrs. Alfred Bamsey.
Greeley, Colo; and Mrs. Fred Nc
CRYSTAL, of Audubon. Besides these
immediate children there are eight
grandchildren and three great-grand-
children.
In 1880 Mr., Jay and his family
moved to Audubon county and most
of that time they have been resi-
dents of this city.
Mrs. Jay was Christian, having
united with the church in 1902. She
has had a long period of sickness
and has been almost helpless for
over year. This prevented her
from attending religious services but
did not hinder her from living a
sweet Christian life every day. Her
last days were full of suffering but
now her weary body rests and she
has gone to her Lord.
Funernl services were held at the
Christian church on Monday after
noon. conducted by Rev. L. M. Mat
son OF Extra. The court house
where Mr.. Jay is janitor. closed dur
ing the funeral out of respect to him
and the force attended the funeral.
Jnterment was made in the Maple
Grove cemetery.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
MONTANA CATTLE

w. l.. Beers, field agent in market
ing, Bozeman, Montana, has written
C. Foster. field agent in marketing.
Ames, Iowa. the following letter:
"Drouth conditions in Mantana un-
less Immediately relieved by rain will
necessitate the movement of Mon
tana cattle and sheep in large num-
bers.
"Our agent in livestock marketing,
Mr.. Brande, is now in Minnesota in
vestigating the grazing possibilities of
that state and will look further.
Cannot you and work out a CO.
operative plan whereby Iowa feeders
who wish to buy and Montana stock
men and farmers having feeders for
sale can deal directly to their mutual
advantage? These cattle will move
somewhere very soon unless our dry
streams and burned pastures receive
prompt and copious rains"
Any Audubon county famers con-
templating the purchase Of feeder
cattle or sheep may find this an ex-
cellent opportunity to get what they
want at good prices. Anyone wish
ing further information regarding
cattle or sheep, weights. prices. etc.,
should write to w. l.. Beers. direct
or call upon the county agent, Audi
bon. who will be glad to secure such
information as may be desired.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
BACK FROM FRANCE

Elvin M. Cole, jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. e. M. Cole of this city who re-
Gently returned from France arrived
in the city the latter part of the
week, having received his honorable
discharge at Camp Dodge. We be-
lieve Mr.. Cole has the record for the
longest army service Of any man in
Audubon county July 2, 1915 he
enlisted in the service and for many
months was on the Mexican border
at the time of the trouble with the
Villa bandits. He was later dis
charged for disability but on July 2.
1917 he re-enlisted by permission of
the War Department and remained
in the service until July 2,t1919, be-
ing exactly three years. Nine
months of this time he was in France
being a member OF Co. A, 109th u.
8. Engineers. This company was a
part of the 34th Combat Division but
in some way he was separated from
the Division. Their papers were lost
for some time and for that reason
they remained in France longer than
the others, they being the last Ma
tional Guard units to leave, conse-
auently they have been known as the
Lost Iowa Battalion"
Within fifteen days after they, left
Brest they were discbarged. which
was record breaker for time.
Mr.. Cole is greatly In love with the
French people. For almost nine
months heswas stationed at La
Charlie. and during that time. he
became we'll acquainted with the
business people. His conduct was
such that he was admitted to many
of the splnedid homes of that city
and the acouaintances he formed
there he will cherish all his life.
Notwithstanding the fact that he
liked his work in the army. he is glad
to get back into civilian life and to
home and friends. w
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
DEMPSEY, sLUGGER

h4ND oA<<AOAAAsAs
Commenting on the new champion
a writer remarks The Chicago Trib-
une says, The New York Papers call
Dempsey "The worlds greatest fight
ing man. The same edition names
the American casualties up in the
hundreds of thousands. Dempsey was
a % year old hobo when the draft
was called, without domestic obli-
CATION, and he beat it to a shipyard
and got an essential occupation" as
a day laborer for a few weeks while
Pacific citizens with wives, jobs, and
lifetime careers laid down their foun-
tain pens and went into the great
mill. Dempsey Is wonderful slug
ger. Fighting is another thing
again
Dempsey knocked willard out in
the third round For this fighting
Willard received a lite better than
a hundred thousand dollars and
Dempsey twenty-seven thousand. It
was a poor exhibition OF pugilism.
Willard. has long wanted to retire
from the ring to enjoy private life
with his wife and family. This he
can do now and take life easy the rest
of his days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
= LOCAL AND PERSONAL >

A. Niklason is in Independence
this week visiting some friends and
looking after some business matters.
Mrs. Geo. N. Weighton departed
this morning for Lake View to spend
a couple of weeks at the home OF
Mrs. George Spencer.
Miss Catherine Campbell of IT.
Dodge arrived in the city this
morning for ten days visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. ]. G. Prosser.
George Scott, our linotype operator
was overcome by the extreme heat
yesterday afternoon and was COM
PEELED to take a short layoff to re-
cuperate.
Mrs. s. ID. Ross who has been
making an extended visit at the
home OF her daughter. Mrs. F. H.
McFadden and family. left this
morning for her home at Grand ISL
and, Nebr.
B. A. Spence was in Carroll last
evening to visit his wife who is in
the hospital recovering from sur
gical operation. She Is greatly i'm
proved and will soon be strong
enough to return home. Mr.. Spence
said a heavy rain fell In Carroll ear
ly In the evening but when they re-
turned to Audubon there was no sign
Of rain outside Of the Carroll city
limits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
MANY ENJOY CELEBRATION

The people Of Douglas township
celebratsd the 4th in what is known
as Edwards lark out west Of town.
They felt that nefghborhood gath
ering was more delightful than going
to some cityhto put in the day. A
large crowd was present and in the
afternoon Rev. G.. B. Christensen.
pastor at Ebenezer church, delivered
a splendid address.
Another delightful gathering was
the people of the Danish church of
this city who went to the county farm
to eait their dinners. In the after
noon a program was carried out The
older ones as we'll as the children en-
Joyed the day very much and came
home in the evening feeling greatly
refreshed for having spent the day
in Gods great out-of-doors.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
WEATHER SIGNS

People living near the seashore say
storm Is brewing" when the air ia
salty. caused by the wind blowing
from the east.
A red or copper colored sun or
moon denotes great heat. A silvery
moon denotes clear, cool weather.
The old Indian sign of dry month
was when the ends of the new moon
were nearly horizontal and one of
them resembled hook on which to
hang his powder horn.
Many people troubled with rheu-
matism and neuralgia usually are ex-
cellent barometers and can predict
changeable weather by feeling 1t in
their bones"
And the advice of the old weather
sage is never go out during the
month. of April without being accom-
panied by your umbrella"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
BRAYToN


Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Bartlett drove
to Avoca Saturday to see Mr.. Bart
let's brother, Elbridge Bartlett and
wife and sister, Mrs. Lille Reynolds
and daughter Beatrice, who arrived
there Thursday from a trip by auto
from California.
Mrs. Leila Benson returned to her
homs in Nebraska Friday She was
called here to attend the funeral of
her brother. John o. Cotton and Wis
tied few days with her sister, Mrs.
o. y. Ide.
Lars Christensen was up from
Greenfield Sunday and spent the day.
N. d. Nelson and wife accompanied
them home for visit at the Peter
Christensen home.
r. M. Alexander and family re-
turned to their home at Hudson, 8.
d., Friday after spending several
days with Mrs. Alexander's parents.
\ o. f. Ide and wife.
Charles Ide OF New York City was
the guest OF his parents. o. #. Ide
and wife the latter part Of the week.
He left for his home Sunday.
Jacob Andersen and son Nels, and
G. p. Andersen went to Des Moines
Sunday to see Andrew Andersen who
is still In the service.
Alfred Miller, wife and son Louie
left Sunday In their car for Kings
bury county, s. D., to visit relatives
and look at the country.
Chris D'Jerness and family and
Sophus Christensen arrived in Bray
ton Tuesday from New York to visit
relatives and friends.
Enar Miller and Roscoe Smith
have returned home from France
where they saw service for several
months.
Mrs. c. B. Sykes, Mrs. Warren
Chase and Mrs. James Cornell were
shopping in Atlantic last Thursday.
The foundation is completed for
Hans Nymand's new home and the
carpenters will soon be at work.
Brayton lost a game of ball to Elk
Horn Sunday on the latter's diamond
by score Of A to s.
"A baby boy was born July 3rd to
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Jones, who live
south of town.
Miss Mary Ide went to Elk Horn
Tuesday to visit her friend. Miss
Vera Petersen.
Mrs. Chris Christensen Is visiting
her sister, Mrs Peter Christensen
near Greenfield
r. p. Clark and wife left Monday
for Missouri to take O look at the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-10
CHAUTAUoUA TICKETS HERE

A. H. Roberts informed US yester-
day that the season tickets for the
Audubon Chautauqua, July 20-26
had arrived and were now On sale.
At the close of last years Chauttau-
qua pledges were signed and enough
tickets were sold to insure the re-
turn of the Chautauqua for 1919.
These pledges are in the possession
of Mr.. Roberts and he asks all those
who have signed to call for their
tickets at the earliest possible mo-
ment. Tickets can be. secured at
his store or at any one Of the three
banks.
There are but few tickets that re-
main unsold. People who desire to
purchase the season tickets at the
price of 50 should purchase them at
once. After a stipulated number of
season tickets have been sold the 81
rate will be withdrawn.
Reports from all parts of the state
are to the effect that the program
this year Is winner. Record
breaking crowds are attending and
there is no reason why this should
not be the case in Audubon.