Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-23
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Merchants Of Lewis, Iowa, as a
trade-puller, will give free movies in
the town park on week day evenings.
James Jerolman was drowned in
the Shell Rock river recently. He
was taken with cramps and called
for help but disappeared Immediately.
A thousand gallons of milk from
purebred Guernsey cows was dis
tributed at the Dubuque county farm
bureau picnic June Is free of charge.
Wool growers of Pottawattamie
county have stuck to the pool plan
begun last season and will ship
carload to the Wool Growers asso-
citation.
A Judging class for women will be
one of the features at the old fashion
ed picnic Of the Iowa Shorthorn
Breeders Association held at Ames
June IS.
Farmers in Lucas county have
bought the bulk of their binder Irvine
this year at from Ice to tic, the 10
cal dealers handling the Irvine on
&c margin
After attempting to kill George
Thompson and his wife, neighbors,
Louis Bowers farmer, living near
Fort Madison took his own life by
hanging from tree.
Farm land is still up in Muscatine
county. Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Korthus OF
Oklahoma recently paid $4,000 for
a 169-acre farm near Muscatine, APP
proximating $312.40 per acre.
The body OF Horace B. Rome, 70
years old, was found in the Iowa
river near Marshalltown by boys He
was civil war veteran. It is thought
he fell into the river as the result of
a stroke Of heart disease.
Clear Lake scientific farmers are
trying to develop the perfect spud.
It has become the principal point in
the state for the study and demon
stration of experts, and will be watch
ed by farm agents from all over the
state.
The body of ]. A. Ridley, aged u, a
printer, was found on his wife's
grave in Woodland cemetery in Des
Moines. Ridley had committed sui
eide. Ridley reported to the police
two days before that he had. been
robbed of 5000.
While engaged in friendly wrest-
ling match, John Vaitkunas, 80
years old OF Sioux City suffered
broken neck from which he later
died when Joseph Dalinda, his oppo-
nent, applied full Nelson hold. Wait
kunas is survived by d WIDOW and two
children.
A. B. Henry, SO, a farmland Of
JEFF CLANCY near Hamburg, commit
ted suicide by placing a shotgun
against a tree in an orchard and
pushed the trigger with a forked
stick. Henry had been in i'll health
for some time. He has sister, Mrs.
George Thompson, living near Ham
burg.
George Croker, Is, son Of Grant
Croker, was drowned in Lake Man
ava at Council Bluffs when the boat
in which his brother and himself were
fishing capsized. Croker could swim
but little and his brother was unable
to render him aid. Croker narrowly
missed downing few days before
when a boat capsized.
Governor Kendall has issued pro-
clamation calling special election
in the fifth congressional district to
elect a successor to Representative
James w. Good of Cedar Rapids, who
recently resigned. The election is
called for July 10: Cyrenus Cole, edi-
tor of the Cedar Rapids Republican,
and Ray P. Scott of Marshalltown
are the leading candidates for the Of
flee,
A Negro on street car in Council
Bluffs. while passing the armory,
where, overseas soldiers were gather
ering for triple funeral, made some
sneering remark about the men in
uniform. The people ON the car
threw the Negro of and reported the
matter to the service men. In an
luSIduL tu0 NcSTO was SOlZ6U anu
forced to kneel in the center of the
street and make an humble apology
for his remark.
Because there nave been numerous
drownings in the river near Perry
the only available bathing place, a
public swimming pool which will ac-
commodate several hundred people is
to be built in Pattee park. Because
the park commissioners are short Of
funds, the money is being raised by
popular subscription, and although
there have been no contributions Of
more than $25. the money is now
practically all subscribed.
Temporarily crazed by drugs, Paul
Wightman, an employee of Pattee
Brothers, bankers at Perry, was cap.
tured by police in a running gun bat
tie after he had attempted to shoot
up the town with two revolvers
Wightman., who is a houseman at the
Pattee home. first visited a local
bank and threatened to shoot Ne
gro ianitor LATER ha pncountared