Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-07-21
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Thurman.
Hundreds of acres of small grain
and corn land in Fremont county
were flooded when food water ditch
became choked during a recent rain.
When the team hitched to a rake
became frightened and ran away
Wilbur Taacke, 10, of Elkader was
thrown in front of the rake and kill
ed instantly.
Veterans of the Eighty eighth di-
vision have just received word from
the Western Passenger association
announcing a reduced railroad rate
OF fare and one-half for round trip
to the first reunion of the division to
be held at Des Moines August 26 to
rs.
George Davy, prominent business
man Of Pomeroy, was found hanging
dead in his barn by his wife, who
had become alarmed at his long alb
sence and gone in search of him.
Losses in land speculation are said
to have caused him to commit sui.
eide.
Joe Kelley, the negro who shot and
killed James johnson the night of
July at Anderson's coal camp, near
Knoxville, was caught recently by
Sheriff Clark. Officers went to the
Kelley home at Anderson and lift.
ing two trap doors in the floor found
Kelley under the house.
Eradication of tuberculosis was car.
ried on on large scale in Tama
county recently when DR.. j. M. Wine.
1ngren OF the bureau of animal in.
dustry, inspected fifty herds contain,
ing 62S head of cattle and only found
eighteen reactors, which means only
2.S per cent of all cattle tested.
The body of Earl Stolte was taken
to Boone from Tama where he was
killed when struck by a passenger
train. Stolte was a brakeman and
had gone after a jug of water for
his fellow workmen. Returning, he
did not see the passenger train. His
death was instant. He was 23 years
old.
Godfrey Herring, young farmer,
was severely injured on a farm near
Iowa City when he attempted to shut
off the feed of corn shelter. His
foot slipped in, and one leg was
broken, and the flesh was stripped
off, before the power could be stop
ped. He was taken to a hospital in
Iowa City, and is doing well.
Keith Shepherd formerly OF John
son county, lost a foot at Des Moines
on his way back from Utah to his
home farm near Lone Tree. He
slipped under the wheels while try
ing to board car. Toes we're man.
gled and bone in his foot broken,
and it became necessary to amputate
the foot to avert worse results.
Brigadier General NJ. A. FINLEY,
commanding the lowe brigade of the
national guard, announced John Ball
as his adjutant with the rank of Ma
jor. Ball is at present captain and
adjutant Of the 16Sth regiment. He
was adjutant of the old 16Sth regi.
ment overseas. General FINLEY Is not
ready at present to announce other
staff members.
With the arrest in Mason City re.
Gently of Walter Jones and Milton
WEIGH, both railroad men with head
quarters In Waterloo, officers think
they have succeeded in rounding up
an organized bandit gang responsible
for wholesale robbery operations in
Waterloo, Charles City, Mason City,
Rockford, Frederika, Hudson and
other Iowa towns.
Criminal statistics compiled by
Fred S. Petit, clerk of courts OF
Black Hawk county, show that the
county authorities during the past
twelve months handled eighty Grim,
inal cases at cost of S14,582. In
fifty-eight cases there were convic.
tons or pleas of guilty, the state dis
missed eighteen for lack Of evidence
and four were acquitted by juries.
Seventeen applicants for license to
sell cigarets in Oskaloosa have been
refused licenses. The city council
decided that no license would be is.
sued. AS result the mail order
business in cigarets became brisk i'm.
mediately. Along with this decision
the city council issued instructions
to police that bare knees would be
banned in Oskaloosa streets.
About 5000 visitors attended the
National Education association at Des
Moines. The association spent &c.
900 in putting on the convention, and
Secretary J. W. Crabtree estimated
that each visitor spent about $40 in
Des Moines. This would make the
total cost of the convention s210, 900,
not counting travelling expenses, which
would probably double that amount.
j. ID. Thomas, we'll to do farmer OF
Given, was thrown from a mower he
was driving on his farm and killed.
He fell into a drain washout, and the
mower slid over on top OF him, break
ing his back.
]. o. Burgess, Newton, Iowa, who
arrived at Waterloo to attend the fun
eral of his mother, Mrs. Mary L.
Burgess, died few hours later. The
shock of his mothers death is be-
lieved to have caused his death. The
funeral service for Mrs. Burgess was
postponed owing to the death OF the
son and double funeral service was
held.
All code revision work will prob
ably be discontinued soon in view of
the fact that no special session of
the Legislature is to be called on re-
vision. The members of the COM
mission met with the committee on
retrenchment and reform in session
at the state house and went over the
details of concluding their task
Members of the state animal health