Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-03-10
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Fire, which broke out in the rear
of the Refs and Johnston drug store
at Spencer resulted in a loss Of ap-
proXimately $4,000.
Fire of undetermined origin de.
stroyed the Mortimer garage and
Critchlow hardware store at Barnes
City recently. The loss is estimated
at more than 100000.
Charles Melcalfe, SIS year old, prac.
ticing lawyer Of Sioux City,
was sentenced to serve six months
in the county Jail for shooting Mrs.
George Booten in the jaw during a
family quarrel last July.
The Ames Tribune at Ames chang.
ed hands recently, having been sold
by w. G. Williams, editor and owner,
to j. L. Powers, editor of the Cedar
Rapids Republican, and E. E. Johns.
ton and S. E. Carroll OF Iowa City.
The plate glass window of the vii.
liam Hellbert jewelry store at Mar.
shalltown was broken by thieves and
about $1,000 worth of jewelry stolen.
One OF the proprietors was working
In the rear of the room at the time.
A half dozen postoffice inspectors
and special officers of the govern
ment has testified in the trial OF
Clyde Poffenberger, charged with
completely in the big Burlington mail
robbery, Council Bluffs, when court
adjourned. Their testimony was
mainly the findings of alleged
Stolen money at the home of Poffen.
berger's mother-in-law.
Miss Mary Osmond, Is years old, a
pioneer of Iowa and widely known
over the state in educational and Ii.
brary circles, died at her home in
Osceola recently. Miss Osmond serv.
ed from 1884 to 1888 as county su.
pefintendent of schools, and was for
several years editor of the P. E. O.
Records and took an active part in
the affairs of the sisterhood.
Earl Johnson, % years old, a rail-
road worker, died at Colfax of injur-
les sustained when run over by a
truck carrying coal into the city from
the Colfax Consolidated mines at
Sievers, la. Johnson's right leg was
crushed from the hip down. He fell
before the front truck of coal train
just as it was entering the outskirts
OF the city. Death came before the
man regained consciousness.
A cerebral hemmorrhage brought
on by the excitement, of trying to
stop his runaway team, caused the
death of Frank H. Hungerford, a
contractor of Cedar Rapids recently
Mr.. Hungerford was unloading his
wagon when the team took fright. He
ran to the front end, grabbed the
1 lines and swerved the horses toward
the sidewalk. The exertion was too
much for him and he tumhled over
dead.
After refusing twice to indict Alex
K. Graves in connection with the
Staying of Clarence De Vault in Des
Moines May last, the Polk county
grand jury recently returned a true
Dill charging him with murder in the
second degree. A warrant issued un-
der the indictment has been received
at FIT. Dodge by Sheriff George S.
Bassett Of Webster county from the
sheriff at Des Moines. Bonds are
fixed at $4,000.
lowa's state railroad commission
will be thrown upon the junk pile,
as far as real power is concerned, il
the decision Of the interstate com.
merce commission in the recent Hi.
nois case is upheld and carried in its
Interpretation of the law to its logi
cal conclusion. by the terms Of this
decision, the interstate commerce
commission declares that it has com
plete authority over railways and
traffic, and all the means and instru.
mentalities Of carrying it on.
| The New Hampton Equity Co
operative association has just held its
annual election and the following Of
| ficers were elected: President, Percy
Snyder; secretary, Anton Rasanker;
directors Pieton, Jake Stirm and John
Eischied. During the year the asso
citation shipped 161 cars of livestock
These shipments consisted of 7O51
head of hogs, 724 head of cattle
LOTT head of calves and Sill head OF
sheep. The value of the livestock
was $243,264.64; value of grain, SCI.
06S.9S, and $10,625.66 received from
eggs.
Although the bill permitting the
state to purchase the buildings or
the states land at Camp Dodge is
law, having been signed by the gov
ernor on February %, the purchase
has not been completed, and it is
now uncertain when, or upon what
terms the state can buy, according
to L. G. Lasher, adjutant general
The bill was introduced into the as
sembly by the house military com
mittee, and was rushed through both
houses under forced pressure, SO that
the state might take advantage OF
the governments offer to sell about
two million dollars worth of buildings
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