Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-05
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When gasoline, which he was car
rying, exploded through too close
contact with lighted lantern, Albert
Duvel of Waukon was seriously burn
ed about the body.
Mrs. Lillian Chapman, 10, is under
arrest at Iowa City under $500 bonds,
charged with living Improperly with
her father, Philip Stagg. She is mar
ried and has one child.
Stricken by heart disease as he sat
in his chair, Jesse I. Alderman, a re-
tired farmer, died minute later at
his home in Iowa City. He had APP
parently been in good health.
Fire in the plaza, a motion picture
theater at Sioux City, damaged the
building and contents to the extent
Of several thousands dollars. The
blaze started in the basement from
an unknown cause
Daniel T. Sullivan OF Council Bluffs
has been appointed receiver by Fed
eral Judge Martin ]. Wade for the
Moreland Amuestnem Company, oper-
ating movie houses in Missouri Valley
and Osceola, Iowa.
John R. Bell, formerly publisher of
the Clarion Clipper and other Iowa
newspapers, died at his home at Por-
terville, Cal. He was stricken with
paralysis a few weeks ago, and fol-
lowing that underwent and operation
for the amputation Of one leg.
Cleo Wesenburg, 10 years old, of
BOWS, Iowa, one of the occupants Of
the machine which crashed into the
Inter-Urban train in Des Monies re-
Gently resulting in the death Of Har-
ry Long, 17-year-old harrisburg lad,
was reported by hospital attendants
as being in very serious state.
Mrs. A. ]. Parsons, 63 years old,
received injuries which physicians
say probably will be fatal, Mrs. Pella
Bentley, SO years old, was seriously
injured and two others received minor
inhurts when an automobile driven
by E. L. Barthe of Waterloo struck
the buggy in which they rode. One
horse was killed.
Mrs. Guy Kiger of Council Bluffs,
young mother of pretty 6-year-old Au-
dry Kiger, suffered the removal Of all
the skin from off her thighs in a
Council Bluffs hospital recently,
which was then grated upon the body
Of her daughter in hopes of saving
the child's life. Audrey was burned
while playing near a bonfire.
Grover Fountain, the Conesville far
mer who disappeared recently was
found at Lawrence, Kans., and return
ed to Wapello by Sheriff Schwab, and
placed in the county Jail charged with
wife desertion. The cause Of his de-
parture is said to have been imam
cial worries and he deserted his wife
and eight children, the youngest less
than year old.
Acting on the application OF five
creditors, Judge Apologize has ap-
pointed Fred Grant of Orient, receiv-
or for the Coffey-Irwin Implement
company Of Greenfield, which operates
10 branch houses in southwest Iowa.
The liabilities of the company are
said to be from $15O,O00 to SITS, 900.
Charges Of Encouragement. are made
by the creditors.
An increase of S15,O0OO0O in valua-
ton of real estate in Sioux City is
expected to be shown when final fig
ures on property are ready for the
public. Last year the total valua.
ton OF real estate in the city, as
shown by the city assessors books,
was $54,677 ,904. The increase will
bring real estate valuation up to ap-
proximately $69,00O,000.
Buildings of the Sis, 1000 gravel
cleaning plant owned by Woodbury.
county near Correctionville were CON-
pletely wrecked by a tornado which
passed there recently. Buildings on
the Charles Killer farm northeast Of
the town were also wrecked, the
storm apparently having raised over
the town and come down again. Sew.
eral persons were injured none seri.
ously.
The Marathon Savings bank at
Marathon, Buena Vista county, vol
UNFAIRLY closed its doors recently and
asked the court for receiver, On
the banks application A. L. Whitney
of Storm Lake was appointed. State
examiners have been at work exam
ming the institution. Slow paper
and losses incident to loans on which
it could not collect are reported as
the cause of the bank closing It's
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A strange accide=-.. c---e.----.::77.d recent.
ly to Robert Stratton Of Ayrshire.
Stratton and his son were driving
along a country road in their car
when they met man on horseback.
The horse reared back taking a leap
forward and landed squarely on the
radiator then drove foot through
the windshield into Strattons face
which necessitated the removal of his
left eye. His son and the man who
was riding the horse escaped with
minor bruises and scratches.
Peter Sorensen. sued for $4,000 by
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