Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20
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"A. Il. hodges, 70 years old, of Wa
terloo, was killed when he fell thirty
feet from tree while squirrel hunt
ing.
John Grant & Son of Creston, sold
TO. Poland China hogs to G.. E. and
G. H. Williams of Charlotte at pric-
es running to $1S5.
World war veterans Of Washington,
Louisa and Muscatine counties held
their annual Tri-county Veterans as
ISOLATION meeting at Washington re-
Gently.
Miss Helen Desmond, kindergarten
teacher, was Slightly injured while
attending football game at Web
ster City recently. One of the play
ers accidentally ran into her.
Vernier Rasmussen, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. T. Rasmussen of Brayton, is
in serious condition as the result of
injuries received when he was run
over by the high school truck.
Theodore Roy of Fayette was SEN
fenced to seven years at Fort Madi-
son following his plea of guilty to
fraud in the sale of $4,000 worth of
blue sky stock to an Oelwein man.
Sylvester Lyman of Cherokee, one
OF the pioneer residents of Iowa, will
be 100 this month He came to this
state at the age of 81. He is still
active physically, but his memory is
poor.
Miss Daisy Dennison, who brought
suit against the Keokuk Electric Co.
for damages sustained when the
street car she was operating jumped
the track two years ago, has COM
promised with the company for $1,000.
Ralph Bennett, 5-year-old son of
Frank Bennett, was scalped at Ran
dolph when thrown from a horse.
The horse ran over him, his hoof catch
ing the lads head in such way as
to tear off nearly the whole scalp.
Three hundred quarts of newly
made liquor have been coniscated at
Centerville already this fall. The
county authorities plan to make a
huge drive this year, and will open
their campaign on bootleggers full
blast soon.
Corn picking has started in the vi
entity Of Green and quite little corn
is being cribbed Corn is fairly good
but is down badly, and they are an
xious to get it out before snow. Corn
pickers are getting from three to
four cents per bushel.
| Bruce Christensen narrowly es.
capped death at Audubon when a
| Northwestern train hit the car he was
driving. 1t threw him on the COW
| catcher where he remained until the
train was stopped. The train back
ed up and took him to Carroll hos.
pital. He will recover.
Airline Higgins, is, who left her
home at Castle Hill to attend high
school in Cedar Falls, has disappear.
ed and search has failed to locate
her, although it was learned that she
had attempted to purchase ticket
to Chicago, but lacking the fare, took
one to Dubuque. She cannot be 10.
Gated in Dubuque
Arthur Kosek, of Wilton Junction
was slightly wounded over seas but
he went through the whole war. AT
ter the war was over he nearly
knocked an eye out of it's orbit in
an accident. 1t as replaced and his
vision was but slightly impaired. Re.
Gently he was making chicken coop
A nail flew into the eye and he was
| made totally Hind
"NobOdys to blame but the par.
ents," chorused the City Council OF
Emmetsburg when it passed an ordi
nance making effective again the cur.
few regulation. Boys and girls, un.
der the terms of the ordinance, are
forbidden to be on the streets later
sAas 8 O'Clock in the evening in the
summertime and s o'clock in the win.
ter, unless they have a written per-
mission from their parents.
The body of George Holland, a far
mer living in the northeast part OF
Palo Alto county, was found dead in
the yard of his bachelor home. Au
thorities believe he was murdered
Physicians stated that Holland had
been dead four days. Two cuts
were found in the back of his head
and one in the forehead, believed tc
have been made by some blunt in
strument. Hollands cattle had tori
most of his clothing from his body
Holland owned $50 acres Of land. He
was not known to carry a great
amount OF money.
Reports reaching Boone from var
ious parts of the county indicate thai
hogs by the hundreds are dying. The
reports indicate that in many case.
the ailment closely resembles chol
era, while others report different all
ments. Some of the farmers who
have been caught by the tight money
market and low prices for crops have
found themselves strictly up agains
1t as the result of the ravages O
these hog diseases. The heavies
losers seem to be in the vicinity O
Jordan. Many reports come O
heavy losses in that community, bu
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