Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-08-19
Iowa State
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80 Late Incidents
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Norway.
S. e. Paine ,octogenarian former
mayor and alderman and pioneer of
Iowa City is dead.
Edward Hurt whose jawbone was
fractured in a runaway near Iowa
City is recovering.
John Harrington, formerly of Mis-
souri,, was fined $1,000 at Knoxville
for brewing "choctaw"
River improvement work by the
government at Bellevue has been
held up by the coal situation.
Bert Hayes, 81, was killed instant
ly in a collision between his auto
mobile and another near Extra.
Nate Kendall and Clyde l.. Herring
will speak at Traer, August % and
"a at homecoming celebration.
William Rouse, 95, Mexican War
veteran and pioneer resident of Dali
las county, is dead at his home in
Perry.
DR.. H. M. Gage, president Of Huron
College, was elected president of Coe
College to succeed John A. Marquia,
resigned.
Near 1000 members of the Tri-State
Medical Society are expected to at
tend the meeting of Waterloo, Octo-
Der to Z.
Fl. L. Duple OF West Liberty suf
fered broken hip when he fell from
a ladder at the top of an apple tree
at his home
The stomach of Harold L. Ford,
who died mysteriously at his home
in Mason City, has been sent to Iowa
University for analysis.
A record in realty prices is be-
lieved to have been established near
Iowa City when George Brennan paid
$1,000 per acre for 10 acres.
David Ellis, coal miner, is believed
to have a broken back as the result
of being caught in falling of slate
in the Hazletine mine, near Ottum-
wa.
Iowa delegates to the national con-
vention of the G. A. R. in Indianapo-
lis, Sept. 20 and 21, will travel from
Chicago via a special train of four
teen pullmans.
Gertrude Darrell, clerk of the Of
tumwa federal court, has been ap-
pointed deputy clerk Of the southern
district to succeed Louis Adelman
of Des Moines, resigned.
The University of Iowa will pub
lish its annual year book this year
as before. Owing to the cost of print
paper several colleges have been fore
ed to suspend publication.
The Iowa River Company has be
gun it's work of quarrying rock along
the Iowa River Lieutenant Stanley
NJ Hands, former United States army
aviator, is president of the company.
Herbert Quick, Iowa author, is seri-
ously i'll at st. Mary's hospital, Ro-
chester, Mimi, and soon will under
go a serious operation, according to
word received at Sioux City, his for
mer home.
All former service men who wish
to reinstate their insurance are al
lowed until Sept. / to reinstate the
government risk policies without an
examination. After that date a ply
steal examination will be required
The Tabor & Northern railroad,
which has been owned for twenty
years by Robert McClelland of Oma-
ha, has been purchased by COM
pany of Tabor citizens and the ma
jority stock formally transferred
Five of the guests at their wedding
OIL
bration of MIR. and Mrs James Nc
Closkey, two miles north Of ST.
Charles They were Mrs. Nancy
Jane Young, Mrs. Isabel Kitmer, Mrs.
Isabel Faust Miss Mary McGinnis and
j. Y. McGinnis
Approximately 100000 is in the
treasury of the Iowa Farm bureau
federation according to the financial
stat ment of the treasurer The or
ganiZation has over 10000 members
in Iowa. Cash on hand jan 1, 1920
was S100,725. Cash received from
Jan. to July 1, 1920, $221,O19, show
ing total of s321,745 For the first
six months of the year disbursements
were s1O6.501, leaving a balance of
$215,243
Hats off to Iowa once more! Pres
emit indications are that the Hawkeye
state will again swing into line as the
banner corn state of them all. Frank
S. Pinney, agricultural statistician
for Iowa, in his official report issued
through the office of the Iowa wea-
Their and crop service, states that
Iowa leads all states in the forecast
production of corn. The color is
good and with favorable fall. it now
appears that Iowa will harvest big
crop of good quality.
Scount Car No. 1 of the Mississippi
Scenic Highway, driven by Truman
Pierson, general manager, arrived at
Burlington from Minneapolis on a
cross-country tour to mark a route
from Winnipeg to Manitoba.
Statewide search is being made
for Robert Smith, IA, son of Mrs.
Winifred Smith of Iowa City. The