Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-08-05
Iowa News
Items Of Interest
Summarized for
Busy Readers.

George Wesley Mullca, 80, fell be-
tween two cars at Pacific Junction
and was killed
Kiwanis of Iowa will hold their
first state convention in Des Moines
Mondas, September Is.
Eli storms which visited the vi
cinity of Truesdale destroyed corn
fields in 20 square miles.
The Smile stretch of paving be-
tween Charles City and Floyd will be
completed by September 1.
A contract has been let for the
building of a 100000 convent by the
Sisters of Mercy at Cascade,
Pilot De Valid made the trip from
Iowa City to Chicago, 215 miles, in
85 minutes, establishing new record.
Trustees for the new water works
plant at Mason City were elected. but
the proposal to issue bonds was de-
feated.
Herbert Moulton "a carpenter Of
Iowa City, arrested on charges of
running over child at Marshalltown,
was released
Max Dose, 40 years ord, a farmer
near Sabula, was drowned at a site
opposite the old packing plant The
body was recovered.
Attendance for the first term of the
1920 summer school at the University
OF Iowa is officially announced as L.
265, increase of 10 per cent over last
year.
Dr. j. P. Mullin, formerly a member
OF Iowa University's medicine faculty
resigned to engage in private prac-
tice Will tour the Old World in quest
of health
Hearing the baby's screams, Mr..
and Mrs. Church Saunders of Manila
rushed to their yard to rescue their
child from SOW which was dragging
it off by the leg.
Mrs. Mary Meyers, 50. formerly a
resident of Cedar Rapids, committed
suicide by drinking paris green at the
home of her sister, Mrs. j. C. Witou-
SEX of Iowa City.
Thomas j. Kirby, professor of Sec
ondary education, and Frederick B
Knight, assistant professor of psy-
chology, are new members of the Iowa
University's faculty.
Frank B. Yetter is starting his
campaign to capture the presidency
OF the Iowa Bankers association next
year. He is opposed by A. M. Hen
dersom of Story City.
A freak pig was born at Grinnell
recently on Brock Bros. farm which
had one head for ears, two bodies and
eight legs. The animal will be pre-
served as a curiosity.
Russell Thomson of Storm Lake re.
Gently caught pickeral 80 inches
long and weighing Is pounds. Uncle
Bobby kier of Sac City caught 36-
pound catfish in the lake.
Ten boys, 10 to 16 years old, of
Fort Madison, were arrested, for
breaking into car of watermelons.
They were paroled upon promising
not to steal any more melons.
Further investigation into the mys-
terry surrounding the murder of
SHdIleS refers, TAXI driver, brings
Des Moines police and detectives no
nearer the real identity of the slayers.
Plans are being made for the i'm
provement of the Lincoln Highway
and the Sioux City Hampton-M cGregor
Air Line running through the city
by the county board of supervisors at
Hssmpton.
SIX hundred gallons of gasoline and
barrel of lubricating oil were stolen
from the Community Oil Company's
storage station at Elliot Thieves
gained entrance by breaking locks on
the sheds.
The mysterious girl, found murder
ed near Omaha last November was
not Alice Moissette formerly of Col
fax. That was definitely established
when the girl was found living near
East Peru on a farm
Thieves broke into the general store
at Stanton and got away with more
than $4,000 worth of clothes Includ-
ed in the loot were sixty-eight suits
of clothes two dozen silk shirts and
two dozen silk ties.
The Democratic State Convention
al Cedar Rapids read into the party
platform the promise of many reforms
IN state management of affairs if
elected The convention ratified the
following nominations for state office:
Clyde l.. Herring of Des Moines. for
Governor, Chas. e. Cameron of Alta
for Lieut.. Governor, Ruth Sumner OF
Adel for Sec'y of State John E. Rude
of Marshalltown for Auditor, C. E
Walters of Toledo for Attorney Gen
eral, j. O. Boyd of Keokuk for Rail
way Commissioner, Claude R. Porter
of Centerville for U. S. Senator
Iowa miners are leaving the mines
for other lines of industry because
they are dissatisfied with condition.
in their trade. and they are fretfu
under what they declare are the un
just adjustments made by the United
States coal commission With thi!
attitude prevailing, j. C. Lewis, dis
trict president of the United Mine
Workers, declares that Iowa is facin,
the most serious coal shotage tn,