Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-23

Miss Yvonne MANN and Miss An
dree Dumont of France are visiting
With Miss Agnes Wood at Traer.
Nights in August, 1920, were cooler
than they have been in the past IS
years, according to weather reports.
A shortage of timothy seed is pre-
dicted due to this years production
being only 50 per cent of the crop
last year.
Sioux City people are paying s.
cents for street car fare. The raise
from cents was granted at spe-
cial election month ago.
j. l.. Johnson so, and his wife were
burned to death at their home in
Marshalltown when Mrs. Johnson
poured gasoline into cooking range
to hurry the fire.
Prof. C. B. Gose of Simpson college
has presented to the college some
| mastodon remains which he unearth-
ed while visiting the Devils Gulch, in
northern Nebraska. this summer.
Mrs. Charles NJ Hodge of Neville
was instantly killed three miles east
of FIolstein. when the car she was rid
1 ing in coilided with another. Mr..
! Hodge is believed to have been fatally
injured
Charles piclserson, farm hand, COM
mitted suicide on the Ray Brau1son
farm near Manson, by placing shot
gun on table and forcing the trig
ger with a poker. His body, when
| found, was riidled with shot.
Edgar NJ. Houstow of Fort Madison
| has flied suit for the annulment o.
his marriage to Mrs. Harold Price,
declaring that she had not obtained
a divorce from her former husband
when she married him.
Grief over the death of her hus-
band, M. F. Bagley, who died from
pneumonia in France where he serv
ed as soldier, caused Mrs. Alice
Bagley. his widow, to commit suicide
at Manchester by drowning.
Belgian horse breeders throughout
the United States and Canada have
their eyes turned toward Waterloo,
where the second annual Interna-
tional Belgian Horse Show is to be
held. September 27-October 9.
George Whale of Sioux City, 23
years old arrested for intoXication,
dropped dead as he entered the po-
lice station. An examination show
ed his death was caused by wood al
cohol His is the second death in
! week
/ Ike Hensley, of Hensley Bros, we'll
| known farmers and stockmen of Au-
dubon county, topped the Chicago
livestock market recently with a
carload of choice Angus steers which
averaged 1852 pounds and sold for
| s1725
The fine new farm home of Henry
hoffman, about seven miles east of
Monona, was burned to the ground
| with few of the contents saved The
! fire was started by the explosion of
can of floor varnish which was be-
| ing heated in the kitchen.
One of the activities of the farm
bureau Of Clayton county was the or
! ganiZation of County Wool Growers
i association and shipping of the wool
crop through the Iowa Fleece Grow
| ers' association. Over 41,000 pounds
of wool was shipped from four
/ points, Elkader. Clayton, Osterdock
and Turkey River from more than
| 200 farmers.
John McGill, %, Negro, of Sioux
City, was murdered by unknown per-
sons. His body was found in the rear
of business mans home when po-
lice investigated the source of groans
reported by the owner of the resi-
dence. McGill had been literally hack
ed to pieces with knife, many of
| the wounds being in the back, indi-
eating he had tried to escape his as
sailants.
| Mrs Frank McGovern, the wife of
a we'll known Jackson county farmer,
was found dead at the side Of the
road near her home Eve miles south
of Bellevue. The driver of an oil
wagon seeing her lying beside the
road investigated and found her
dead. From her position, she had
evidently started for some nearby
plum trees to pick some fruit when
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failure.
Thieves, breaking into the Protec-
tive Cleaners and Dyers shop at Des
Moines. made away with $500 worth
of clothing. A. Borman, manager of
the shop, discovered the theft
after entering the store through
the front door, and noticing mud
dy foot marks all over the place
The thieves broke thru a win.
dow in the rear of the building, ac.
cording to Borman. One lady's plush
coat with fur-lined collar, valued at
1920, and 20 suits of mems clothing
was taken.
Carl Hutchins, farmer and stock
man east of Algona, lost valuable
bull in peculiar way Carl had sold
the animal to a Spencer stockman
for $415 and had agreed to load the
animal on board car at Algona He
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