Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-13
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@AAuCAt MdCc, 20 years OAo, Oduulds
was given life sentence for rape
on his plea of guilt.
The Bank of Boyden at Boyden,
was entered by yeggs who got away
with 5000 in cash and large amount
in bonds and valuable papers recent
~.
Mrs Elizabeth Morris of Lacona
celebrated her Goth birthday recent
ly with gathering of all her rela-
tives. She is pioneer resident of
Marion county.
Funeral services were held at De-
corah recently for Raymond j. Bro
hammer, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Brohammer, who was killed in action
in France on September %, 1918.
Lucille Hogan, 16 yeas old, has
been missing for sometime. Dewitt
Thompson, II years old, also is miss
ing. Posses are securing the country
for the girl. Both are from Month
cello.
State Auditor Glenn c. Haynes an
nounced recently that the state has
completed negotiations for three
parks, one in Jackson county, an
other near Pennington and the last
near Eldora.
Joseph Walsh, prominent farmer
near Waukon died recently as the
result of injuries received when he
was thrown from a wagon against
the corner OF his corn crib. His
SHINE was fra cfurod
Mrs. F. L. Blanchard, Mrs. Roy
Blanchard and Mrs. G. L. Cassidy of
Norwalk were painfully hurt when
the car, driven by r. L. Blanchard,
jumped an embankment into twen-
ty-foot ditch and turned over three
mile northwest of Summerset.
A. i. Blue, Webster City merchant,
received knife wound five inches
deep in his right side when bumped
against large butcher knife which
was lying on the counter with the
blade extending beyond the edge and
the handle wedged against scale.
Eight men forced their way into
the home Of E. A. Wickman, million
aire contractor of Council Bluffs, held
up his son and the maid, and escap-
ed with loot said to be six bottles of
liquor. They are reported to have
done considerable damage to the
| house and furnishings during the rob-
berry.
Good prices were realized for the
pigs sold, the average for the lot
being 911s cents per pound. There
was good attendance and buying
was brisk. All Of the pigs were sold
to stockmen of that vicinity. Mr..
| Clark plans to have a sale again
next year at which he will dispose
Of 1000 barrows at clip.
Byron E. McKelvey, 35 years old,
a farmer living near Clemens, was
was taken very i'll and died at his
home a few days later. The case has
been diagnosed as infantile paralysis.
There are no other cases in the neig-
borhood, and physicians are at a
loss to know from what source Nc
Kelvey became infected. Neither is
it know whether the insect bite had
anything to do with the illness. Nc
Kelvey returned home recently from
Canada, and it may be that he got
the infection while away.
w. B. Hulse, Nevada, contractor,
was arrested recently at Written, by
Deputy United States Marshal Wayne
Morse, on charges of possessing and
Transporting liquor in violation Of the
Volstead act. A small quantity of
liquor and Hudson automce lie, the
vehicle alleged to have transported
the liquor. were confscated When
arraigned before United States Com
missioner Judson E. Piper, Hulse
pleaded not guilty, waived examina-
ton and was bound over to the fed
eral grand jury. He gave bond III
the sum of $500 and was released.
Emigration Of several hundred
thousand young people from the rural
districts Of Iowa in the past 20 years
creates a grave danger of future
decadence in many of the farming
sections of the state. Iowa has lost
as large proportion of the natives
of its rural districts as have the New
GA6AoA0 oCoIOo, WhOSOf uCCo0CASO
has been SO often discussed. The
present condition, however, is not Of
degeneracy by any means, for the
majority of the farmers of Iowa are
still the descendants of splendid pio-
neer stock. But if the best young
people continue to leave the farms
and if the birth rate among the bet
ter families continues to fall, coming
generations are practically certain
to be inferior to the early settlers.
/ The quarterly check of state funds
just completed by Frank H. Paul, as
representative of the governor, shows
that Iowa has close to $4.000,000 in
it's state treasury or on deposit with
Des Moines banks. Settlement with
State Treasurer w. j. Burbank at
the close of business Sept. 80 shows
by this report that there was $22,-
1929 in the state treasury and that
the remainder of the states assets,
with tho aycantion of tho two hond