Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-02
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son City to capture violators of the
internal revenue law.
Electric light service is being in
stalled for the benefit of farmers be-
tween Welton and Dewitt.
Loss of Liberty bonds which were
stolen from the First National bank
Thorton, is covered by insurance.
DR.. Henry j. Hinkel, physician at
the Mt. Pleasant Hospital for the
Insane is dead of spinal mengitis.
The Tri-city railway company of
Davenport was granted the right to
charge nine cents fare, temporarily.
Yeggs blew the safe in the Bueh-
Ter Brothers meat market at Mason
City and escaped with nearly $500
in cash.
Arthur Linville, IS years old, man.
ager OF the Robert Mckenzie farm,
one mile east of Council Bluffs is
missing.
Fred Huebner was elected naviga-
tor of the Fourth Degree knights Of
Columbus at Iowa City for the com.
ing year.
The Farmers Mercantile company
has been incorporated in Polk coun-
ty. The authorized capitalization
will be 100000.
DR.. Edwin Clyde, formerly of Iowa
City and Cedar Rapids, was elected
dean of the school of commerce of
the University of Oregon
Henry NJ Ramey, 50, Oldest inmate
of the Iowa Odd Fellows home at
Mason City lis dead. The body was
taken to Grinnell for burial.
A patrol has been formed by Cerro
Gordo county bankers to watch for
burglars, following the robbery of
$4,000 from the Thornton bank.
Captain Adair, aviator, was instant
ly killed at Milford when he dropped
5000 feet from his airplane to the
ground. His parachute failed to
open.
Mrs. Jones Anderson, her daughter
Alice and her son Albert, received
serious injuries when their car skid
ded and ran into a hedge fence near
Taber
Paul L. Benjamin, brother of Prof
G. G. Benjamin of Iowa University
has been appointed associate editor
of the Survey, social workers maya
zine of New York
The body of Sergeant August A
Jansen has arrived at New York from
overseas and will be shipped to Ply.
mouth for funeral conducted by
the America Legion.
A large barn on the Sumner Bishop
farm southeast of Elliott was burned
to the ground entailing loss of
about $4,000 with insurance of about
so per cent. The cause of the fire is
unknown
When pin in the gizzard of a
chicken which she was cleaning ran
into one of her fingers, Mrs. c. w.
Boyer of Council Bluffs contracted a
case of blood poisoning which may
prove fatal.
Lieut. George R. Burns, aviator, and
c. L. Osborne, passenger, fell 500 feet
near Melbourne while on a CONNER
cial flight. The plane was total
wreck. The lier and passenger re-
ceived but minor injuries.
Otis Patterson, AZ, wealthy farmer
from near Sheldon, Iowa, after tear
ing $1,000 in currency to pieces at
tempted to kill himself by slashing
his wrist with a razor. He was dis
covered and taken to hospital.
| Otis Patterson, Al, wealthy far
mer from near Sheldon, Iowa. after
| tearing $1,000 in currency to pieces.
attempted to kill himself by slashing
his wrist with razor He was dis
covered and taken to hospital
Lieut.. George R. Burns, aviator,
and c. L. Osborne, passenger, fell
800 feet near Melbourne while on a
commercial fight The plane was a
total, wreck. The fier and passen-
I ger received but minor injuries
John Swanson. miro The Nc
4 Cagg mine near Knoxville, reported
!. the loss of 1920 which he was carry
ing in his dinner pail. The
paid lid came unfastened while Swan
son was swinging the bucket it is
thought.
( Approximately 100000 in cash and
Liberty bonds is on hand in the trea-
sury of the Iowa Farm Bureau fedora
lion, according to the report of j. f.
/ Craven. treasurer On January i,
there was or hand $1O0,725 and be-
tween that date and July 1, 1921 ,019
was received Disbursements were
/ $l06,501 in the first six months of the
! year. There are more than 10000
members of the federation in Iowa.
Frank Wisner of Toledo, was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment at Fort
Madison penitentiary for the murder
of his wife's uncle, Frank Linhart.
June 10. Linehart's body contain
ing poison was found in Salt Creek.
When he unconsciously placed the
lighted end of a cigar in his mouth
Ray Lewis, farmer, lost control of
truck in which he was bringing a
load of hogs to Council Bluffs and