Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Iowa News
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newspaper.
c. McCracken of North English has
been made superintendent of schools
at Cincinnati to succeed c. A. Ten.
ney of Des Moines.
Thieves entered the August Will
iges fur store of Sioux City and got
away with 30 coats and 20 capes, the
total value of which is estimated at
$4,000.
Frank Hamelan, of States Center,
was instantly killed when struck by
Chicago and North Western train
near that place. The body was dis
covered by workmen.
County funding bonds amounting to
$4,000 have been sold by Boone Co.
to =, II. Rollins of Chicago, at a
premium of S3,S50S0 with accrued in
terest of 1916 They bear 51s per
cent interest.
Frank Kennison, age years, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Erbey Kennison, of
Waterloo, was drowned in the Cedar
river. The child had been playing
along the river bank near his home
and is thought to have fallen into
the river.
A mysterious shooting occurred on
the Wacha farm two miles north and
one mile east Of Maple leaf, when
Frank Wacha, 20 was shot by
stranger who was prowling along the
edge of cornfeld No motive is
known.
Horace Kinzer, manager of stock
farm near Union, narrowly escaped
death when he drove his car on the
railroad tracks in front Of an NJ. and
st. L. freight train. He jumped from
the car just in time to see 1t de-
molished. He was uninjured.
The American Savings bank,
small institution, of Sioux City, fail.
ed to open it's doors recently. 1t is
in charge of an Iowa bank exam
ner It was announced that the banks
affairs may be reorganized and re-
opened in a few weeks. 1t was cap
italized at $4,000.
Suit for $4,000 is being prosecuted
in District Court at Red Oak by Miss
Katie Herzog against the Red Oak
Electric Co. She is seeking the
amount as damages for injuries to
her hands, which were badly burned
while she was operating an electric
ally heated fiatiron.
Claiming she was held prisoner
for three days and three nights In
tent back of a street concession at
Upton, Ia, Ellen Christ, 16, is in a
hospital at Iowa City recovering from
her experience. She alleges she was
drugged. Three men, alleged to have
been responsible for her imprison-
ment, have been arrested.
Mrs. Beulah E. Dresser of Atlantic
has brought suit in the District Court
Of Cass-co to have set aside the will
of her grandmother, Mrs. . Emma
Murray, on the grounds she was of un.
sound mind and incapable of making
an equitable distribution of her large
estate. The estate consists of con.
siderable valuable Cass county farm
lands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Dagnett, living
field to husk corn, leaving their three
children, a boy years old and twin
girls years old. playing about the
house. The boy managed to secure
can of gasoline from shelf and
poured the oil on a pile of cobs and
set fire to them. The resultant blaze
burned one of the girls, Gladys, so
haI Ityf hof hn bnt.
later. The boy will recover. The
house was also partly burned.
Emil A. Steffens OF Dyersville,
finger print expert, was stabbed and
shot by party of three men on the
Hawkeye highway short distance
from Dyersville, after they had stop.
ped his car and had him alight on
the pretext of borrowing a jack from
his car. The condition of the injured
man is not serious, although he is
weak from loss of blood That per.
sonal enrity was the reason for the
attack is the belief of officials. He
has worked on several big robbery
cases lately.
Simon Campbell removed recently
as postmaster at Loveland. entered
plea of not guilty to a charge OF en-
bezzlement before Judge Martin ].
Wade at Council Bluffs. He said he
would furnish bond of $1,000 The
trial will not be heard at this term
of court. Campbell was indicted for
embezzlement following a checking
of his books which 1t is alleged show
ed him short 1858. Mrs. Ella Spencer
is now postmistress at Loveland.
Campbell rose from day laborer to
postmaster and owner of the general
store In less than two years.
Mrs Carl Crippen and young daugh-
ter, former residents of Council
Bluffs, were drowned in the Brittania
Beach, British Columbia, flood recent
ly. Another daughter Of the family is
missing. The family were at the
beach preparing to go to Alaska.
When Carson hunter, named Fen
der, let fly a few days ago, at what
he supposed was a flock Of exception.
ally large ducks, he was surprised by
bringing down a mammoth cormor-
ant web-fotted sea bird which in
habits the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
The big bird has been mounted and is
on exhibition.
Cass county's farm bureau is under
severe fire by many OF its farmer
members, who are criticising the
$4,000 salary paid the county agent,
L. X. Bennett, and other expenses
connected with the bureaus mainte-
nance. The battle was begun by
Charles E. Malone. seed dealer, farm
er and assistant superintendent OF