Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-06-12
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Interesting Items Of News, Xxx
Gathered From all Parts oflowa

Five new garage buildings are 10
be erected at Cherokee this summer.
L. L. Harrington, OF North English.
was sentenced to seven years at hard
labor for forgery.
Maj. Frank w. Mack and Guy e.
Mack have purchased the electric
light plant at Manson.
Bert G. Woodruff who has carried
mail on one Of the routes out OF Dem
ison for seventeen years, has re-
signed
The congregation of the Methodist
Episcopal church voted OF put on
drive for funds for new $4,000
church building at Nehama.
Mrs. B. F.. Jackson of Manson was
fatally burned when she accidently
set fire to her clothes. No one knows
just how the accident happened.
Nelson & McCausland of Atlantic
bought 400-acre farm of Hans Fred
erickson Of Audubon county for $780,
900.
More than 100 blind persons were
present gat reunion of all then former
students of the Vinton college for
the blind.
Guthrie county has purchased
Canadian army plane which will be
used this summer in series OF
booster programs to be put on by
that city.
Ruth Bethke, although only Is
years old graduated. from the high
school course at the Sacred Heart
academy at Greene. She also finished
a special course in music.
o. Kindenon was fatally burned
with gasoline at Washington. A stove
in van exploded and Kindenon
pushed his wife OF to save her. but
was unable to escape himself.
James Whiteford of Volga City Is
planting ITO acres Of potatoes In Fay
cite and Clayton counties This is
perhaps the biggest planting OF tu-
bers ever put in in that part Of the
state.
The first train carrying five COM
panies Of the Three Hundred and
Fiftieth infantry OF the Eighty-eighth
division, enroute to Camp Dodge for
Rehabilitation, has reached the can
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| torment.
The draining of some 1000 addi-
tional acres of Clay county land will
be obtained by four petitions filed In
the office Of County Auditor A. W.
| Chamberlain expressing the desire Of
farmers for four new projects.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed for the national convention Of the
Young Peoples Luther League and
Choral Union Of the Norwegian
Lutheran church Of America, which
is to be held in Story City.
Two purchasers eager to get hold
OF the 526-acre Kossuth county farm
of Representative j. B. McHose, raced
from Bancroft to Boone with sack
of gold to bind the bargain. One took
a train, the other an auto. The train
won.
At the national convention Of the
Luther league which was held at Red
Wing, Mimi. o. S. Boyd of Roland
was chosen treasurer Of the choral
union, that being the musical organ
ization in connection with the nation
al league. Other Iowa men chosen as
officers were o. A. Tinglestadt Of De-
corah, who was elected secretary and
Carlo A. Sparati OF Jewell who was
elected director of the choral union.
Joseph Johnson, nearly blind,
pleaded guilty In federal court at
| Sioux City to selling liquor to an In
dian, but was freed by Judge H. E.
Rex. an the showing that Johnson's
sight was such that he could not see
the whiskey was being given to an
Indian, and further that the liquor
had been procured from third party
on the plea that the Indian needed It
for the influenza.
| Three Iowa cement mills, two Of
which are located at Mason City and
one at Des Moines, produced 3,326,456
barrels OF cement in 1919. This is a
4 decrease in production of ZIG per
cent over the total in 1917, when the
1 three mills produced 4,626,141 bar.
rels These figures have just been
4 made public In a bulletin on cement
| production in the United States which
has been prepared ; by the United
States Geological Survey.
Frank Zmolok OF Traer. a native OF
Bohemia, who came to America be-
fore the beginning of the world war.
but whose family still remain in the
native country, this week purchased
bill of groceries from one of the
Traer dealers and started the same
on its way to the family in Bohemia.
The shipNent consists of five pairs
OF shoes, quantity Of flour, sugar,
cofhee and rice. Transportation
charges will amount to nearly twice
the purchase price of the flour and
sugar.
Because Mrs. Emma Fahrenkrug Of
Gladbrook was shown to have been
too busy washing her two pet poo
dies to do the family washing, Err
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