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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
ANNUAL MEETING

y The annual meeting Of the Youns
Peorle's society OF the Danish Luth-
eran church was held Wednesday
evening at the church. The score
tary's report showed that ~ meet
ings had been held during the year
with an approximate total attend
ance OF 1035. Besides these meet
ings the society had during the yesl
held q recsption for the confirma-
ton class, 5 Chriatmas tree festival,
. summer picnic. and an ies cream
eocial. 4,
The tressnrer's report showed q
hAndu3me balance. $40 was voted
% Indian mission boarding school
10 Qoka, Okla.
me election oi officers resulted
Vice36Eairman, Anna Andersen.
I, < GocretAFy. AIuR Rosmussen.
TtenNotoF, ~ gfono ARdeK1tn.
Aiot. eecy. ltiinlo Rasmussen.
AhroxiAn, Lillin1 ls9rseu.
"a William Lau1t1cA yeogino Paul
een, Ms>a peli1Ca ~ an1 Alex Hsn-
si.2sn Eere ~ nv nsmbsrs
= Ns1ts I'M e><yS1 n =
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
AUDUBON co. SUPPLY RECE1vED
Yinre INN $4,000 .O0o OF the red,

sAUDQUON GO. 8UPPLY RECEIVED
Nore thhn $4,000, 600 OF the red.
kKtSl md blne health seals sold an
nuoilY in Iowa for the purpose OF
ki1nncink the fight on tuberculosis
\ and 20 help local communities IN
3hoiF efforts to tight disease have
boo1 Distributed to the county chair
Men who aro handling the sale In
regeneration with the Iowa Tuber-
i clIloSiD Association, and will be plac-
( ~ a. ttlo thio week.
1n1ic1tions are that Iowa Will sell
m0ra of the SEALS than any Dreviope
Joar. The seal sale has the endorse
l1ont u an public agencies OF the
Nhk}e, and u y believed that evory'
68&itly Will be represented In the
14lN this year.
v f1nm THY to seventy psr cent Of
;thS DforeeAa IL retained ID the COM
~ where the seals are sold, to
2 ~ 0xbond6d tor public health or
eNl1d welfare work, the percentage
d6pnnding upon ths number Of seals
Y me IOWA TubefonIosls sssocia-
4ion. which directs the seal sale In
IoWs :. dsvotes its entire share Of the
9 WID@|-A- " AAI0NANI S0W-tSHt0pA1 S&s>A
{ promoting public heath work IN
Iowa. With seal funds competent
force Of nprpes II kept busy at all
time. The aesociation c0Soperates
Win the stats Department Of public
lnkiructi0n n ~ school-health ac-
ttvlkioo. With the board Of hea1h and
Z also With the atate board Of control
- h0lGinE tpherculosis clinics IN all
Isfia ~ the state. the expenses of
,1naoo clinics beiug betrayed In large
sD4gt from seal sale funds.
The stamps are sold Tor one cent
each. No<AtfOft Is hade 20 make the
eoal aalc 4 "dTive." and purchasers
! IA asked p do only what they feel
tE6R can afford,
Tie seals win be on sale from now
until Chriatmas time. The goal Bet
- most counties 4 ten seals per
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01

A ring Of automobile thieves. COW
ering the whole Of Iowa aud extend
ing Into Illinois, Wisconsin and Min
nesOta, Na3 unsarthed u Dubuque
Monday BY state InveotigAkcr n. B.
CamDholl pf the attoFnpy generals
office. HeadQuarter1 Of the ring
have been discovered to b. in Du-
buQue. According to Officer Camp
bell, cars were brought to Dubuque
who're they ware remembered and
repainted and sent to other parts
!. So far 100 stolen cars have been
traced by the county auto license bu-
reau. More than 500 stolen cars In
months are expected to be traced
through the branch offices Of the
ring In Dubuque, Des M0ines, MUS
catine. Cedar Rapids and Davenport.
where eytdence Of activities of the
ring has been noticed, officials de-
clare. Officials say 500 Of these cars
have already been recovered In the
state, County records show sales
and transfers OF cars that have been
bought In Chicago Rockford. Min
neapoifs. Milwaukee and other large
citie& OF the middle west.
OF fifty Stolen ears disposed Of in
.Cedn1 Rapids to innocent purchasers
more than thirty have been traced
~ coming from Dubuque, Il IL
claimed. Whether the garage own
ers and those who sold the cars are
implicated IN the ring, officers were
not able to say. A statewide inyes-
tigation HAS been ordered into the
activities Of the ring.
At Dubuque one man whose name
Il withheld by authorities. has been
arrested and officials are sceking
another who has disappeared. A
number sof arrests Is expected to-
morrow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
STREET CARS FOR DIES MONIES


BY an overwhelming two to one
vote, Des Moines Monday registered
approval at.the polls of the propos-
ed street car franchise. Unofficial
count. including all forty-eight pre-
Ieincts, showed the following totals:
For the franchise. 1887: against.
STA.
Probably the most efficient cleo
ton day machinery ever brought In
to play was used by the citizens
franchise committee to bring out the
pro-franchise vote. 1t was estimated
that thousands of women who would
ordinarily have stayed away from
the polling places were carried to the
precinct booths In pro-franchise au-
tomobiles and then taken back to
their homes when they had voted.
Nearly two hundred cars made up
the fleet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
MUSIC DEPT. TO MEET

5 The Music department Of the Col
umbian Club will meet at the home
Of ]. w. Mcclure on next Monday ev-
ening. A special musical program
has been arranged for the evening.
Il IL hoped that al Of the members
vii lbe present.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01

The Women's Auxiliary Of the
American Legion will meet Tuesday
IexeninU, Dec. eth. It q o'clock. n
tho Lagoon club rooms. Nlecti0n Of
o9ficors Tor che ensuing year viii
tane ploee a this tina. and Il =
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
M. w. A. SOCIAL

Commencing Thursday evening, Dec
9Th and each alternate Thursday dur
M. w. A. will give social entertain
ment for their families and invited
guests. at their hall.
COMMITTEES.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
AMERICAN LEGION MEETING

The members Of Audubon Post No.
100. American Legion. will hold
their meeting in their club rooms
ON Monday evening. December 9Th.
A good attendance IL desired.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
MELVILLE Centcr Notes

Sunday school at p. m.
Preaching by the pastor at 3 p. m.
The Sunshine Sunday school class
meets this week ON Friday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Hoyt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01

Friday and Saturday at the Cres-
cent James Oliver Curwood pre-
senta ''Nomads Of the North" 3 ak
part drama. Matinee Saturday at
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
viola--Mt. Zion

Prayer meeting Thursday at 1880
p. m.
Sunday school at 2 p. m.
Preaching at 3 p. m.
Next Sunday afternoon there will
be baptisms and reception Of menu
bers into church fellowship.
Plan to worship with US.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Committee
M. w. A. NOTICE

Next Tuesday evening. December
9Th Is election night for officers for
ensuing year. All members are urged
to be present and voice their choice
therefor.
w. ]. Iauhandlor c1nvsr
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01

W.. J. Laubender. ClerlE.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
FOUR BANDITS
 HOLD UP TRAIN ROBBERS FORGE CLERKS TO OPEN MAIL CAR DOOR WITH
 GAS BOMB.
MAIL COACH LOOTED
ENGINEER KNOCKED OUT BY BANDITS, WHO ALSO SHOT
 PORTER IN LEGS.
Cwsstsru Newspaper Union New. s.r,io.)

Texarkana, Texas.-FOur masked men held up the Kansas City Southern passenger train No. 2 between Bloom burg, Texas, and Texarkana, and loot ed the mail car of all valuables. Nei- ther the express car nor the passenger coaches was entered. F. Woodson, en- gineer. of Shreveport, was knocked on the head with the butt of gun.
 WOOdsOns scalp was cut in several places, but his injuries are not Seri- Ous. E. Moss, a negro porter of Shreveport, was shot in both legs.
 Postal authorities declined to make any estimate of the loot.
 About a mile north of Bloomburg, the bandits entered the cab of the en- zine and commanded the engineer to proceed to the bridge across the Sul- phur river, where the stop was made with all but the engine and the mail car on the bridge.
 Two mail clerks in the car resisted the command of the bandits to open the car. whereupon a small gas bomb was thrown through the transOm, the gas compelling the clerks to open the door. Meanwhile Engineer Woodson had been knocked out and the porter shot.
 Fireman B. T. Ryan of Shreveport was made to uncouple the mail car, after which the bandits took one of the clerks to the engine cab, two ban dits remaining in the car with. the oth- .er clerks. A ruin then was made to the outskirts of Texarkana, the car being footed en route.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
Canada a Good Customer.

Canada is the second best customer of the United States. This is proved by trade statistics recently issued by the Canadian government covering the fiscal year ended March 31 Great Britain is the largest buyer. Canada's imports from the great republic last year averaged $1OO per capita of Can ada's population. Its total imports amounted to $1,24O,125,056. This was an increase of $175,OOO,OOO over imports of the previous year, due, ac- cording to authorities, to heavy buy ing in the United States. The grand total of trade done by Canada during the last year was $2,45O,5 ,553, ,175.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
ODD BITS OF FACT

An apples skin is one one-hun- dredth of an inch thick.
 There are more suicides in China than in any other country.
 One pound of phosphorus will sup ply heads for more than a million matches.
 Snow has fallen only once in Cuba, on Christmas day in 1856.
 The oriental has more than 300 uses for bamboo.
 Sweden has the longest mile, 11,69O yards, and China, 7O5 yards, the short est.
 John Wesley is said to have preached 45,OOO sermons in 54 years.
 The planet Mars is never nearer the earth than 36,OOO,OOO miles.
 Paper was first made of straw and hay at Meadville, Pa, in 1928.
 Antidisestablishmen is said to be the longest word in the English language.
 An authority on finance, after ex- haustive investigation, finds that in the United States only one rich mans son in r dies rich.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
Cotton Makes Advance.

New Orleans, La.-Advances of $10 a bale were scored in the cotton mar ket on both contracts and spots. In the contract market the close was strong, with all trading months POO points up, the full limit of fluctuations allowed under the cotton exchange rules. October closed at 19.49 and May at 20.1O cents a pound, the high est prices reported since early last winter.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
Petrifed AppIe

Dr. c. E. Holt of Otis, Me, is pug. zling local scientists with what appears to be a petrified apple. It was picked up on the shores of a nearby lake, and whether the apple" is petrifed, the work of nature, or of a clever stOnecutter cannot be decided. It is perfectly formed, yellOwish white in color, natural fruit shape, about two inches in diameter and exact even to the stem, leaf and deeayed portion of the skin.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
Harding Likes Dawes Plan.

Washington. = Imperative instruc- tiOns for economy in preparing the new government estimates for the next financial years appropriations have been given all department heads. Director Dawes discussed the tenta- tive budget with President Harding, and the President was said to be much encouraged over the outlook for reducing government expenditures. President Harding was represented as insistent on greatly pared estimates. One of the principal reductions, it was said, would come in the War Depart ment.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
May Make Tax Retroactive.

WashingtOn.-There is a growing sentiment in the Senate finance com mlttee to make repeal of the excess profits tax retroactive to last Jan. 1, instead of effective next Jan. 1, as provided for in the House revenue bill. It is understood Secretary Mel Ion will suggest the retroactive re- peal. Such repeal was provided for in the tax bill as drawn by the House ways and means committee, but Re publican members of the House voted in conference to postpone the date to Jan. 1, 1922.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
Poorly Equipped.

Funny how some people try to get along with no household equipment at all," remarked Juggins. "Why, those new neighbors of mine haven't lawn mower, hose, a stepladder, saw, a fishing rod, an ice cream freezer or any new books"
 "HOw in the world do you know they haven't?" asked Muggins.
 "Why, the day after they moved in stepped over in a neighborly way and tried to borrow those things New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
The French sportswoman.

Georges Carpentier was talking to girl reporter.
 "The modern Frenchman," he said, ''is well up in sport, but the French woman is still rather retrOgrade.
 'I know a young Frenchwoman who called friend up on the tele- phone the other day and said:
 "'Pm sorry to trouble you, dear madame, but can you give me a good recipe for cooking clay pigeons? Jacques has just sent me word that he is going out to shoot some, and he is sure to bring a lot home, and can't find single word about them in the cook book"
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
Life,s Llttle conrtesies-

Stillwell seemed in none too good a humOr when he got home from the office. Hang it allI' he exclaimed. "Well have to call on the MOrtOns to- night I''
 "Why, Henry" said Mrs. StillweH. you said you wanted to stay home with me in comfort tonight"
 ''Yes; but Morton told Collins he and his wife meant to call on us tonight. We can leave their house earlier than we could make them leave ours"
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
chicaoO Has Record Suicides.

ChicagO.-Suicide shows the larg- est increase of any of the death causes listed in the city health de- partment, according to an eight months report made public here. There were 215 suicides in Chicago this year, as compared to 13S last year, an increase of 67 per cent.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
suicides to Avoid school.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-Alonzo Gray 14- year-Old newsboy, son of Mrs Pauline Gray Oie, shot himself through the head with a .32-caliber revolver while on a fishing and swimming expedition with several other newsbOys. He had told his companions previously that he did not want to go back to school.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
Freshen a Heavy Skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti- cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely scented convenient, economical face, skin, baby and dusting powder and perfume. Renders other perfumes su- perfluous. One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum) .-Ad- yertisement.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
Why Wlves eet Fractions.

Mrs. Gawker is the envy of every body in her set" said Mrs. Gadspur.
 ''Why sOf" asked Mir. Gadspur.
 "She has a French chauffeur who says 'Oui Oui, madame"
 "Ump!" replied Mir. Gadspur. q could teach George, our colOred chauf- feur from Mississippi, to say that in five minutes"
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
Rob Motion Picture Theater.

Omaha, Neb.-After binding a negro porter to a chair on the stage of a downtown moving picture theater, two robbers escaped with 5000, repre- senting the theater's receipts for the day. The money was taken from safe.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
In the Beginning.

It was a beautiful New Year morn ing in the Stone age.
 Hey, StrOngarm," said Hairy Face, '1end me your crowbar, will you?'' "Watta you want with it?" asked StrOngarm.
 "I wanta take it home," informed Hairy Face, ito turn over a new leaf" {"
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
SHnnerY.

MOther-That's twice you've made a mistake in spelling bananas" dear.
 Little Jen-Well, you know, mamma, bananas are such easy things to slip up on.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22

Truth isn't always a thing of beau ty, but it isn't the truths fault.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22

Many a man who imagines that he is a wrestler can't even throw dice.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22
News Sense.

"This paper says it'll rain today" E. 'Well, why don't you buy some oth- CT paper ?"-Life.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22

The miser is known by the money he keeps.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-09-22

An apples skin is one One-hun- dredth of an inch thick.
The Washington times., 1921-10-30

seen often together. Sometimes when
the Princess was taking her afternoon
beauty sleep the Prince would propose
walk on the avenue, which he termed
"The Bois," with Yvonne.
When newspaper readers noticed in the
court news one day the announcement ~
the case OF Mishnikoff against Mishnikor
they we're surprised to read that Yvonne
Couraud. the foster child of the Princess
vas named ir the Princesss suit for sep.
aration!
But Yvonne had cnly developed the
ideas and code she had absorbed at the
hearthside of her adoption. Was it sur.
prising that when her mother presented
Ter a handsome now stepfather she, too,
should be interested in him? II her
adopted mother could love this engaging
Prince why could not she? The child ad.
mired and loved her fairy godmother. She
had tried to initiate her in dress, in man.
ner, in speech. What he'd appealed to
Mrs. Gouraud appealed to the child. If b
man, as she had been told could have n
heart large enough to hold Two or three
The Washington times., 1921-10-30

which in plain view of all dropped the
broad and massive stairs.
Now. Prince Paul. the python, was
trained to come running like dog when
bis mistress called him. So after all her
guests were comfortably seated, so the
story runs, Mrs. Gouraud took her place at
the entrance of the room, saying: Now,
you must meet the prince"
After which she called loudly: Prince
Paul. Prince Paul"
Before the assembled ladies could
realize how unusual this form of summon
ing a royal potentate was, there came leap
ing and twisting and squirming down the
stairs gigantic python! 1t reached Nine.
Gouraud's side and coled itself around
her with its head resting against her
cheek!
From the horror.stricken guests came
loud cries of fright. Some tainted, some
remained frozen with terror where they
sat, but the most of them fell over them.
selves getting away from that house.
Her introduction to Prince Paul was but
the beginning Of strange adventures for
the Cinderella from Bloomsbury.
After a few weeks of this bewilderment
fvonne was brought from Paris TO New
York. Her fairy godmother, who was her
foster mother now, lived in a high house
with grilled gates on West Fifty-sixth
street, near Fifth avenue.
They had many guests az the Guuraud
house. Strange guests, Yvonne thought
them. One was a Russian dancer, very
young, very handsome, who taught her
mother strange Oriental dances, BY and
by he came to live al the house. There
was a baroness who managed a troop OF
strange little fat dark persons whom
yvonne learned were only part civilized.
They we're Igorrotes, headhunting saw.
ages from the Philippines
There we're large, ugly statues in the
house. All of these resembled each
other Yvonne learned that they were ali
statues Of Buddha in different moods.
There was the one the ribs Of which she
could count. That was the starving
Buddha. She learned that her foster
mother had changed her religion from
Christian to Buddhist She heard her
mother say her prayers TO Buddha.
Mrs. Guuraud gave many parties Us.
necially after her mourning for the death
&C, 1921 b, star Company.
The Washington times., 1921-10-30

Gouraud's kind heart. 1t is large and
impulses. But it is doubtful if anywhere
any woman could have taken the little
waif and given her quite as unlike the
bringing up that the poor English mother
would have done if she could"
Mrs. Gouraud liked the little girl, ex-
pressed her desire to adopt her and an
swered the necessary questions. She had
been Aimee Crocker, daughter of a multi
millionaire and railway magnate OF San
Francisco. She had married Porter Ashe,
a popular clubman, and divorced him. She
had married his friend, Harry Giuig, and
divorced him. She had now her third hus
band and many millions. She lived for
part of the year in Paris, part of it in New
York She owned Summer home. which
she called La Hacienda, at Larchmont, on
Long Island Sound. Yes, she was amply
able to rear and educate little Yvonne.
Yes, she had the consent of her husband.
She had one child of her own. but that
child a daughter, was married to- her
hrother-in-law, Powers Gouraud. There
would be no opposition to Yvonne's en-.
trance into the family OF the Gourauds.
Instead, she would be warmly welcomed.
So Yvonne was adopted.
Cinderella went to the palace in pump
kin coach drawn by pair of white mice.
Little Cinderella Yvonne went in a first
class compartment of q fast train to Paris.
She supped in the dining car, displaying
the appetite Of q child who for many
months had been undernourshed.
But when rhey reached Paris the little
girl from Bloomsbury lodgings registered
more wide-eyed wonder than even Cinder-
ella did in the palace. She had been
whisked as upon a magic carpet from a
place of faded carpets and broken window
panes and creakng chairs and rickety
. tables from which the, paint had faded. and
cheap chromos to palacelike house with
a marble vestibule, in the centre OF which
was marble nymph pouring scented
water from Greek vase: marble seats
massed with crimson velvet cushions and
rugs in the depths Of which her small
shoes. worn transparent at the toes, lost
themselves. She climbed a marble stair
case with servants at the right of her.
servants at the left of her. servants in
front of her-and behind. She bathed in
perfumed water in bathtub of the shape
and shaded pinkness of q seashelI
She slept in a bed OF such downy depths
that the next morning when fairy god
mother Gouraud came to give her a good
morning kiss she had to look for her, ex-
ClalmlnS' why, WHERE IL Jne CnllO
Her unusual education really began
when she was introduced to Prince Paul,
the python.
Mrs Gouraud was very fond of Prince
Inul, not only for his own innate endear.
ing qualities but because he enabled her
now and then to crafty a peculiar and
bizarre sense of humor. The~story is told
that once in Paris Mrs. Gouraud invited
a number of ladies who, she thought, had
been saying unkind things about her, TO
meet at her home real Indian prince. The
ladies', no matter what their personal feel
ings about Mrs. Gouraud might have been,
we're immensely interested apd curious.
So they came to the last one to meet her
lrince. The room in which they we're
seated opened out upon q wide hall, down
The Washington times., 1921-10-30

ers and mere whiffs II the fragrance of
champagne But after being kept awake
by dozen of the parties she pleaded that
she could not sleep anyway and begged to
be allowed TO stay up at the parties.
There she heard strange conversation,
and she began to learn thing or two, as
he saying goes. She listened to details OF
divorce suits. She learned the signifcancs
of the word Correspondent" Slowly she
imbibed the ideas and absorbed the point
Cf view OF her sophisticated elders.
And at this ripe time came the news
that Mrs. Gouraud had achieved her
fourth marriage. In a registrars office
was record. II was said, OF the nuptial
ceremony of Mrs, Gouraud and the Prince
Alexandra Mshhikoff. Yvonne was one
~ the witnesses. She approved, thorough.
~, Of her mothers marriage, Il was said.
All went happily in the household OF the
Russian Prince and his American much
married bride for year or two. The
honeymoon was spent in New York. The
robleman and his entourage we're housed
at the Hotel McAlpin.
Great Britain Hight, keeerveo.