Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-03-03
Iowa News
SSWggB Items Of Interest
CIV Summarized for
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RIA, recently.
The vault in the bank at Albion
was blown open, but the bandits on
ly secured a small amount, bank of
ticials claimed.
Nearly all chiropractors in Oelwein
and Fayette counties were arrested
recently, charged with practicing
medicine without licenses.
Mrs. Edna Riley of Davenport COM
mitted suicide at the home of Mrs.
NJ. A. Sears, Grinnell. She swallow
ed two ounces of carbolic acid and
died Immediately.
The Lake bill, to legalize boxing
matches in Iowa and place them I'M
der the control Of commission, APP
pointed by the governor, was passed
by the house 60 to A.
After an attempt to amend the bill
TO allow primary road funds to be
used for building bridges and cul-
verts had been defeated, the senate
passed the measure unanimously.
Fire starting from spontaeous COM
bustion wrecked the Davenport Bed
ding Co. factory recently. Loss is
estimated at $4,000, $4,000 of which
was the ESTIMATED damage to the
building.
The Iowa senate killed the Camp
bell bill, backed by the farm bureau
organization of the state, to require
thirty-day notices of intention to
foreclose mortgages, by vote of 10
to 81.
Women's hopes that a law would
be enacted excusing them from jury
service upon request were blasted
when the senate judiciary committee
voted to report the Cessna bill out
for indefinite postponement.
Michael Schrebirtr Russian, 80, died
at Sioux City from gunshot wounds
he declared, in a death bed statement,
were inflicted by Mike McCarr, in an
alteration over dividing profits in
liquor sale. McCarr is held.
The bill to impose state tax up
on all amusement tickets sold In
Iowa, of one cent for each so cents
of admittance price, was reported ia
yorably by the house ways and means
committee and was placed on the
house calendar. !,
Representative Packers bill pro-
viding that money may be taken
from the primary road fund to be
used for the building of bridges and
culyerts was favorably acted upon
by the senate highways committee.
The measure was reported for pas
sage by Chairman Stoddard.
House File 597, by committee on
motor vehicles, provides that county
treasurers shall remit motor license
fees to the state treasury the mid
die Of the month. State, treasurer is
authorized to maintain a cash bal
ance of this money not exceeding
100000, and to call upon county
treasurers for remittances whenever
the fund falls under 100000.
-Four families of Waterloo, using
water from an old-fashioned well have
been in a serious condition from a
malady that for short time baffled
the health officers. One after an
other of the members of the four
families living in an apartment be-
came i'll, until sixteen in all were
stricken. Mrs. Ertha Hennessey
owner of the property, notified the
health authorities of the situation
and investigation was made 1t was
learned that surface water was rum
ming into the old box well and was
being used by the families for drink.
ing purposes. The city officials con-
demned the we'll No analysis of the
water has been made, but specimens
will be sent to the Iowa university
chemist.
Adair county farmers are looking
after their own interests, not only
through the township and county or
CARNATIONS of the farm bureau but
they have several well organized far
mers cooperative companies as well.
The Farmers Cooperative Grain and
Stock company at Greenfield consists
of 1874 stockholders with paid up
capital stock of S39,025. The Coop
erative Creamery association was Or
ganized in the year 1900 and has two
hundred stockholders, many of whom
own several shares. According to a
report Of the Secretary at the annual
meeting recently, the receipts on but
ter and by-prodncts of cream was
s103, 429.21 this year as compared
j with $3,17075 from the same sources
last year. The average price paid
for butterfat was $6168 The total
number OF pounds Of butter made last
year was 190,720 pounds. The COM
pany in 1920 received and discussed
SIZE, 7O2.63.
Frank Cahill of Dubuque, veteran
of the world war, died while at the
dinner table, from the effects OF wood
alcohol he had drunk, according to a
coroner's report. The Cahill death
is the first to be reported there from
wood alcohol poisoning.
Asking $4,000 for personal injuries
sustained when run down by a Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
train at grade crossing at Redfeld,
Iowa, Aug. 2Sth last, Ethel G.. Jordan
filed suit in District court against the
company and James Mulaby, engi.
neer. Loss Of foot is claimed in the
petition.
Fire originating at the time OF shot
firing, completely destroyed Rizer-
vile Mipe No. 2 in Monroe county,
near Abba, entailing loss estimat-
ed at 100000. The mine is owned
by the Abba Coal Co., Of which H.
II. Harris of. ottumwa is president.
All employees of the mine were on the
surface when the fire was discovered
at $3.50 o'clock by the night watch