Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-08-26
Iowa News
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Falls Commercial Club starts August
1.
John S. Fiske of Des Moines, has
purchased the j. R. Reeves lumber
yard at Hampton.
The state Teachers college summer
term at Cedar Falls closed when 107
received their diplomas
The First Iowa Cavalry troop has
been organized at Iowa City with
William j. Hayek. captain.
The twenty-eighth triennial con-
Vention of the Lutheran synod of
Iowa will be held at Waverly.
Five divisions of the Iowa State
college will have exhibits of eXper-
imental work at the State Fair.
Miss Anna Lawther of Dubuque will
give the opening address at the Cox
and Roosevelt campaign at Cascade.
Walter B. Luke has been appointed
postmaster of Hampton, after %
years service in the Office as assist
ant
Francis NJ. Bates, SO, civil war vet
eran and pioneer resident Of Fon-
tenelle, is dead at his home in Iowa
City.
The consolidated school building
erected at West Liberty II years ago
will be opened this year for the first
time.
While learning to drive Ford,
Frank Daphin of Chicago was killed
near Keota when he ran the car into
9 ditch.
Oxford citizens are planning the
erection of stock pavilion to be
used by farmers in conducting sales
of fine stock
Walter Williams of Shenandoah has
been selected to go to Hong Kong,
China, to have charge of an American
Express office there.
Bert Hitchings, farmer, was badly
cut above the right eye when the
cap on the radiator of a tractor blew
OF while he was removing it.
Andrew 1verson, 81, of Roland, died
caused by fall down the cellar stairs
when he was seized with an epileptit
fit
Marion Peterson, ~, son of P.
Peterson of Roland was knocked
down and run over by an automobile
in the street there His leg was brok
en-
While four persons were slightly in
jured when their automobile turned
turtle down an embankment nea
Williamsburg, a baby in the car wa!
not awakened
James Cole, Des Moines boy, OF
vacation with his mother at Clea1
Lake broke his neck attempting t.
Turn two fip-fops from divin,
board at Bayside.
Rev T. F. GulliXson of Minot,
D., former Iowa man, has beel
called to the pastorate of Bergen Lu
theran Church at Roland, to succee,
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ecutive secretary of the Church
Pension Fund
At special election the Sioux Cit
street car company was granted tn
right to charge 6 cent fares. 1t j
understood the increased revenue
are to apply in increased wages pai
carmen The vote was more tina
three to one in favor.
Pushing Deputy Sheriff Reece G
Wapello off the running board Of tn
car, knocking his assistant in tn
head and throwing him out at tn
side of the road two bootlegger
whom the deputy sheriff had arres
ed at Columbus Junction escaped frol
arrest
Rabies continues to be prevaler
over the state, reports to the sta,
board of health show The board hs
received statement from the labor
tories at Iowa City to the effect tn;
an examination of the dogs head 70
warded from Delmar showed the dc
had rabies. The dog was killed ate
it had bitten child Health author
ties are using the pasteur treatmel
promptly.
Three reports Of planted" boml
which have been called to their a
tention during the last three days s.
Des Moines police on the trial of
gang of organized bombsters. In OF
instance the explosive was acco1
panied by a threatening note with {
linked picture of BLACK hant
scrawled out on the bottom TIL
leads to the conclusion that the wol
is by persons with Matchmaking
tentions.
The waters of the Iowa river clail
ed another victim at Eldora wht
Henry Weichman lost his life. Wi
his family Mr. Weichman had drive
from the farm home southwest
Hubbard to Eldora for picnic on Il
banks of the river. Some time du
ing the afternoon Mr.. Weichman +