Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-10-13
Iowa News
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u W. LSSell, o. years Olu, Oh
Fairfield killed himself with shot
gun. His wife and eight children
survive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hoffman,
farmers of Boone county, filed petit
tons in bankruptcy. They list ST.
$50 in debts and $1,000 in assets.
A coroner's inquest will be held
to determine the responsibility for
the death of Marie Late, 10, who
was run over by truck at Dubuque
recently.
AS the result of the "skittishness"
of his team, Myrtle Daugherty, farm
er near Oakland, will gather no more
corn this year. He was hurled from
his wagon, breaking both his wrists.
The churches of Cincinnati are all
putting on an improvement cam
paign. The Methodists are building
new church and the Congregation
alists and Christians are remodelling
theirs.
The Civic Improvement Club of
Greenfield are backing up the ceme-
terry trustees in paving the driyeways
in the cemetery. The ladies have
given over $4,000 in cash and quite
a good many donations in the way
of labor.
The Illinois Central made new
record for shipping grain from the
Cherokee district, defined at it's linn
its by Onawa, Terril, Sioux Falls and
Sioux City, when 100 cars were NOV
ed in one day recently. The previous
record, made in 1914, was eighty
nine cars.
P. ]. Deluhery, farmer living
near Manchester, has filed bankrup-
toy proceedings. His debts total $11,-
564!04, his assets appear to consist
OF his bland smile, and the direct
DRY of Delaware, Buchanan, and Fay
cite counties. He admitted that it
had taken him 16 years to accumu-
late all the debts.
Sig Getmundson was riding in an
automobile with w, Drais of Onawa
at Council Bluffs recently. Drais
turned out to pass a street car, and
as he cut in ahead of the car Get
mundson thought the car was going
to hit the auto. He leaped out Of
the car, hit his head on the curb
aand was taken to a hospital. He
was seriously injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Skroh, former
residents of Diagonal, were slain re-
Gently at Buena Vista, Col, when
William Bailey, an insane rancher,
shot up his ranch. Bailey also ,seri-
ously wounded his wife and another
person, and later committed suicide
in the hills where he had fed. The
bodies of the Iowa people were
brought back to Diagonal for burial.
Tony Kanzlarich recently removed
s1100, the saving of his lifetime, from
the bank and decided to buy home.
He stuck the roll in his hip pocket,
and went home The next morning
his trousers hung above the stove,
caught fire, and Tony's savings went
up in smoke. Tony's friends are
helping him try to collect $1100 from
the federal authorities, on the
strength of charred trousers.
Iowa will produce more than an
average crop Of corn this year, al
though it will run about 50,000,0O0
bushels short of the 1920 crop, Off
Gals of the State Board OF Agricul-
ture says. Ninety-three per cent of
the corn is safe, they say, and if
frost holds off until Oct. Is, SO per
cent will be out of danger. Potatoes
will be less plentiful this year, only
4,246,000 bushels being grown in the
state as compared with 9,350,000 in
1920.
Andrew j. Boyd OF Fairfield who
was found guilty of receiving stolen
goods was denied a new trial and
sentenced to Fort Madison peniten-
tiary for five years by Judge d. M.
Anderson of Abba. His attorney at
once gave notice that they would ap.
peal to the Supreme court and the
required $4,000 bond was furnished.
Boyd is proprietor of a large general
store in the factory district and has
a large patronage. There are five
similar indictments yet hanging over
Boyd.
The body of Bert Cutler. disabled
soldier who was drowned Sept 26 in
the Skunk River at Colfax, was
shipped to Deep River for burial. 4
party Of searchers that had been cut
for days under the leadership OF Fa-
Their Jackson, Catholic priest, found
Cutters body floating on the water
near the inlet of Indian Creek. The
soldier was receiving treatment at the
government hospital, and was
waiting for a visit from his wife
when he fell from the railroad
bridge.
Leonard Kirk was sent to Jail for
six months for forgery and Bessie
Knudson, his sweetheart, was sent
TO the Rockwell City reformatory for
secreting him when the officers were
after him. Both are residents of
E Harlan.
Frank Clark, IL years old, was
killed instantly by a blast of dyna-
mite at Gilman. He was helping his
father shock corn and road grad
ing gang nearby was blowing out
stumps with dynamite. When a
charge let go the boy was hit by a
flying missile and was instantly kill
ed.
]. H. Bennett, former steward of
the poor farm in Monroe county, who
is accused of the theft of a large
amount of the county's property
when he left office, has obtained a
change of venue and will have his
trial at Centeryille.
Scott Learner. deputy sheriff of Os-
ceola county, was convicted Of as.
eauI, to commit rama unon 14-year.