Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-12-29
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ley recently
Rudolph Chester of Hampton was
fined $68 for driving an automobile
loaded with dynamite, while intoxi-
Gated.
Iowa postmasters appointed by
President Harding were: Wallace R.
Ramsay, of Belmond, and Ella K
Holt, of Blanchard.
Because his children objected to
his second marriage, Frank Buckner,
IS. Of Audubon, drank poison and
then hanged himself in his barn.
Judge Rockafellow has directed the
clerk of courts to dismiss all women
drawn for jury duty in Page county.
He will not permit them to serve.
John Setback, charged with shoot.
ing at Editor Moscrip OF MARSHALL
town. has been released on $1,000 bail
furnished by his son, ]. R. Setback,
of Des Moines.
Appeal to the Supreme court will
be taken by the S. L. Collins Oil com.
pany from the decision of Judge Hume
the state law imposing a tax OF SO on
oil stations.
Fire Of an unknown origin destroy.
ed large barn on the farm of An.
ton Peterson near Griswold. causing
loss of $4,000. The barn was filled
with hay, grain and large amount Of
farm machinery.
Lawrence Hasselman, farmer of
Sully, filed voluntary petition in
BANKRUPTCY in United States District
court recently. His debts amount to
$3.50. The schedules show that he
has assets amounting to s1,055.
Word was received at Ames recent
ly that William Barr. prominent state
breeder, was elected president of the
Chester White Breeders association
and selected as Judge for the inter-
national stock show next year.
Fred P. Nelson, SIS years old, far
mer near Clinton, died in Jane Lamb
hospital following an accident of one
week ago. He was driving his team
in his barnyard, was caught in the
lines and fell under the wheels which
passed over him causing internal in
jury.
The following Iowa postmasters
were appointed recently: GLADDEN. A.
Archer, Cumberland; Mary B. Glib.
son, Emerson; Marie G. Trott. Oak
dale; Herschel H. Thornton, Abel;
Henry c. Hayes. Centerville; Ivan
McCreedy, Riverside Merle H. Lay
cock, Gearing.
Frank j. Bushman. member of the
firm of Billiard Brothers Ossian was
throwing kerosene on a fire when the
can exploded, throwing the burning
| kerosene over him. He rushed out in
| to the yard, but was. unable to beat
out the flames. His wife was severely
| burned about the hands and face in
an attempt to aid him.
| Lewis Jones. son or Sheriff w. Fl.
Jones of Woodbury. county. and Ha-
sen 'Kaled. packing house striker.
were killed at Sioux City recently in
a battle in the packing house strike
| district Kaled was killed by either
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having fired after Kaled shot young
| Jones'
| Robbery OF the Stockman's Savings
bank at Long Grove. proved fatal to
one robber and an accomplice is in
custody. The pair entered the bank
| with drawn reviewers and as one
hank employee was handing over cash.
another shot him. The second ban
dit. covered by the employees revol.
/ yer, surrendered
| Cass county members of the county
| farm bureau will cut their corn acre
age the coming season below what
| it has been heretofore. This will con-
| form with a resolution adopted by the
| bureaus board Of directors calling
| on the members to reduce the corn
acreage as a means of increasing the
price of corn.
M. A. Lindsay, county agent OF
Linn county voluntarily has reduced
his annual pay $500. The reduction.
which was accepted by the board be.
comes effective Jan. l. 1t cuts his
| " YoiSVV q Coi l liz iall llOl .
voted to recommend to the county
| board Of supervisors that gravel be
used on roads next year to the exclu.
sion of paving.
At the door of the home Of his d.
vorced wife at Rockwell City. Louis
Seger, %, recently discharged shot
gun into the body of the 16-year-old
| girl who had divorced him after two
years of matrimony. and then calmly
reloaded the shotgun and killed him
self in the same manner. Both died
instantly. A baby, is months old. is
being cared for by relatives.
Twenty men and boys of the neigh
borhood went to the Pavlik and Mil.
i ner farm near Westfield and husked
nearly 1000 bushels of corn for these
young farmers who have had a run
of hard luck this fall Mr.. Pavlik is
in hospital at present recovering
from surgical operation. The teach
err of the nearby school closed that
her older pupils might go and help.