Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-12-01

Ireton, may die from wounds receiv-
ed when shot while playing hold up"
with other lads who carried the. gun.
Edward Nystrom, farmer, Ogden.
filed SCHEDULES in bankruptcy in Unit
ed States District court recently. His
debts amount to $1,000; assets, 1858.
Joseph Roth, farmer of Brooklyn.
filed a petition in bankruptcy recent
ly claiming liabilities in the sum of
S120,693. His assets amount to $72.-
918.
r. ]. Shepard, % years old, of Clin-
ton, is under arrest charged with op-
Grating lottery for the "benefit" of
the destitute family Of an unmarried
railroad man.
Mrs. G. A. Rutherford of Waterloo,
who, six years ago, sent her husband
to the pen for bigamy after they had
been married week, has just been
granted a divorce from him.
w. ]. Sheppard, ~ years old Of
Manchester, is suing his 55-year-old
wife for divorce and $4,000 alimony.
We worked for her first husband,
Fred File, and married her after
Files death.
The court at Charles City has set
aside the conviction of Marion Evans
for adultery because the jury looked
over the auto in which the crime is
said to have been committed.
r. l.. Sharon is buying corn from
farmers, advancing % cents bushel
to them, allowing them to keep the
corn, in their cribs and agreeing to
divide all profits above the % cents
made any time in the next three
years.
William e. Phillips, carpenter Of
Mason City was probably fatally In
jured when a ladder Oh which he was
working broke and he dropped two
stories to the sidewalk, hitting on his
head. Phillips has a wife and "a
young daughter.
Governor N. e. Kendall will ap.
point board to lead the campaign
against illiteracy, and which will aid
| the state teachers association in their
| plan to teach every uneducated per.
| son in Iowa to read and write. Mrs.
! Cora Wilson Stewart of Kentucky,
president Of the national illiteracy
commission, will also aid in the drive
in this state.
A shipment of twenty head Of big
dappled grays went from Humeston
to Lancaster, Mo-, to be sent by ex-
4 press then to Bridgeport, Conn, as
draft horses in Ringing Bros. shows;
one Of these weighed 2,1b0 pounds.
The buyers ranged the country from
Humeston to west Of Des Moines to-
| get these grays, as Ringlings use on
ly dark Sdappled grays.
At Henry Williams public sale at
4 the farm near Humeston recently the
| carload of 2-year-old steers sold at
! $3.50 each; Northrup & Bartlett Of
Garden Grove were the buyers This
was a fine bunch of cattle, twenty Of
them being whiteface; they were on
full feed Of corn and weighed little
more than 1900 pounds, average.
There were twenty-five head in the
bunch. Other property also sold well
probably little more than was ex-
pected.
4 Iowa postmasters named by the
4 president recently are William w.
Moore. Ainsworth; William H. Hall,
Allerton; James r. Temple, Bode;
Hugh w. Dickson. Delta; Emil C.
Weisbrod, Fenton; Raymond F. Sar-
gent, Fonda; Thomas Phillips, Ded-
ham; Earl M. Skinner, Farnham-
vile; Viewer K. Kuenzel, Garnavillo;
John F. Cagley, 1onia; Martin A. San
erstrom. Kiron; Elmer l.. Langlie,
Marquette; Carl Nielsen, Moore.
head; Ulysses C. Hunt, Plymouth.
The third death in the family OF
Wayne Erwin of Cambridge, son OF
President G. w. Erwin of Commercial
Savings Bank at Britt, within two
weeks occurred when Sarah Helen Err
win succumbed to scarlet fever. Mary
Jane, another daughter, died on Ar
mistice day, and Mrs. Erwin died
Nov. II, both of the same disease
Only the father remains Mary Jane
was prize winner in the baby con
test at the Iowa State Fair three
years ago and Sarah Helen won sec
ond prize in the baby show last fall
Charles Jorgenson, 20 years old
, hoist man for the sand and grave
company at Clear Lake, lost his lif
! when he slipped in the gravel pit an,
Z ten tons Of gravel smothered him
j He was an overseas soldier. He i
survived by q. bride of six months.
: In an effort to forestall the layin
off of Is per cent of the force, EN-
ployes of the Northwestern railroa
n shops at Missouri Valley have aske
the railroad officers to reduce tn
q working hours to approximate the re
!. duction in force. This would allo'
+ all workers $3.50 chance for en-
ployment.