Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-12-15
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NEWS BRIEFS
T. Mack Easton, who lived in Cal
houn county for fifty-seven years died
at Lake City after an illness of sew
eral months.
l.. B. Knauss, q years old, of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, was killed by falling under
a train. Details of how the accident
occurred are not known.
An injunction was granted by Judge
D. M. Anderson in district court re-
straining 7-cent street car fare sche-
dule to become effective December /.
John Thode, n, veteran Iowa news.
paper man, formerly editor of the
Stuart Herald, died recently Mr..
Thode is we'll known throughout the
state.
Injuries received few days ago
when a can of gasoline exploded at
his home, resulted in the death of
Vernon Rush at his mothers home in
Madrid.
The Burlington roundhouse, three
switch engines and one road engine
were destroyed in a fire at Council
Bluffs. The loss is estimated at S25,-
600. The fire started on the roof.
The taxpayers of Iowa will be call
ed upon to foot bill Of approximate
ly $1,000 because of the calling out
of the Iowa guard to quell the disturb
ance of Ottumwa during the packing
strike
Howard w. Ross, Spanish-American
war veteran, who was superintendent
of mails, has been named assistant
postmaster of Shenandoah at salary
Of $1,000, by Alfred Jones, newly in.
stalled postmaster.
Sunday moving picture shows will
be allowed at Waterloo. By vote of
1888 for and 400S agains, the movies'
were sanctioned in referendum re.
Gently. Five out of twenty-one pre-.
cincts voted in favor of closing.
After two uneasy weeks, Floyd
Powers of Coin, overseas veteran, has
at last located his pretty German
bride. She was due to arrive in Coin
Nov. 90, but did not Powers insti-
tuted a nationwide search and found
her in Norfolk, Va. The details OF
the delay have not been learned.
The city council of Muscatine re-
Gently authorized Mayor R. S. Nc
Mutt to issue proclamation calling
for special election for the purpose
of voting on a proposed bond issue
Of $250,000 for municipal electric
light plant. The election will prob
ably be held early in January.
With 103 men donating their work
and 800 donated by the cemetery as
ISOLATION OF Hartley and the sand and
hauling donated, the half mile of
road between Hartley an the Hartley
cemetery was graveled. All the
work, gravel and hauling money by
several Of the citizens was donated
for the cause.
jury to return verdict of not gull
ty in the case of Frank Miller, Jr,
accused of rape by Augusta Wellner.
Is years old. Physicians declared the
charges false and Augustus sister
said the entire charge was frame
up arranged by her father to get rid
of his daughter to enable him to re-
marry.
+ John A. Kline, one of the Johnson
county's prosperous farmers, held a
sale at his farm seven miles south
west of Iowa City at which the farm
products and stock went for good
prices. The cows sold from $50 to
$50, earrings brought $50 and brood
sows $25. With all the talk about
Decent corn, Mr. Kline feels pretty
cents.
A black bear, two-thirds grown
from no one knows where, roamed
about the southern part of Council
Bluffs recently terrifying women and
children. Men set out to capture the
bear, but lost it in thicket near
Lake Manawa. All park bears are
accounted for and the appearance
of the bear, which apparently came
up from the timber long the Missouri
river, is mystery.
Iowa will get three times as much
money as any other state from the
war finance corporation, if the
amounts approved are any criterion
from which to judge. According to
statement issued by Managing Di.
rector Eugene Meyer, the war finance
corporation has approved 15S advanc-
es, aggregating S6.420OOO, for agricul-
tural and live stock purposes. OF
this amount Iowa gets s1,20S,o00. The
next nearest state is Missouri with
s591, 900.
Teachers salaries in the n years
since 1S5Ol have risen from an aver
age Of STATS month for men and
$50 a month for women to an aver
age of sos month for rural school
teachers last year Statistics have
been compiled by P. E. McClenahan.
state superintendent of schools which