Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18
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The body of Elijah Nix, one Of the
Oldest residents of Manchester, was
found in the mill pond recently. He
had died of heart disease and fallen
into the water.
Rex Jones, q, son Of a prominent
farmer living south of Abba, was
killed near Moravil recently when the
car which he was driving turned over.
He was alone in the car.
Mrs. Bening, of Yorktown, has eigh-
teen young orange trees which she
grew from seed planted from choice
oranges. She will distribute the
trees among her friends.
Two men robbed the Weston Saw
ings bank just as it opened recently
and escaped with $4,000. They lock-
ed the banwers in the vault. They
escaped in a Ford, headed toward
Council Bluffs.
Yeggmen broke into the Newark
shoe store at Cedar Rapids recently,
cracked the safe and got away with
$500 in cash. Checks totalling sew
eral hundred dollars were scattered
about the floor.
Fire Of an unknown origin COM
pletely destroyed the plant of the
Northrup Produce company and badly
damaged the residence Of Joe Shaw
adjoining at Extra recently. There
was no produce in the Northrup plant
at the time.
Orders have been issued by post
office department requiring rural mail
boxes on the routes from Cascade to
be placed on the right side Of the
road. This is protective measure
to insure the collector fro minjury
from speeding autos to which he, is
liable in crossing and recrossing the
road
Bernhardt Hoffman,, IS years old,
died at his home at Ottumwa after
an illness of fifteen months. He was
one OF the pioneer business men Of
the city and was active in the drug
business for many years. He erect
ed the first modern Office building in
the city. H.
"If don't come home early, don't
worry" said Mrs. Fred Martin, 35,
when she left home in Iowa City to
visit physician. Her body was
found in the Iowa River. Her leap
into the water was witnessed by a
11year-old school girl who paid no
attention thinking the woman swim
mer.
J. ]. Lee, So. and father Of six
children, was fatally injured while
working in an Ottumwa mine when
struck by small stone which drop
ped nearly hundred feet down the
hoisting shaft. Knocked unconscious
by the force of the blow, Lee was
rushed to hospital but died Within
a few hours.
Despite the fact that voters of the
little town of Farley have four times
voted down bond issue for the pur-
pose Of erecting a new schoolhouse
to replace one destroyed by fire, the
board of education has secured tenn
porary quarters, hired teachers and
announced the opening date of school
for September 6.
Because her sweetheart quarreled
with her, Mrs. Gertrude Menter, %,
swallowed dose Of poison on street
car in Sioux City recently. She had
gone to suburb to call on friends
and was returning when she collaps-
ed in the street car. She died few
minutes later. Her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John EMS live in Cedar Rapids.
George Johnson, SO, a Negro porter
at hotel in, Ottumwa. was fatally in
jured recently when he fell twenty
feet down the freight elevator shaft
landing on the cement floor of the
basement. He suffered internal in
juries from which he died few hours
after the accident No one was near
him at the time he fell, and he was
found within a few minutes by en-
ployes who heard his groans. The
elevator was on the seventh floor at
the time.
Frank Olinger, Is years old, was
killed by lightning during storm at
Strawberry Point recently. He was
with threshing crew on the Hook
farm. Four of the crew remained at
the separator when the storm started,
to cover the machine. The bolt
struck the machine and young ding
er was killed while the other three
were stunned. One M. r. Meyer, a
deaf mute, managed to crawl to the
farmhouse where he scribbled dead"
on a piece Of paper and tainted.
Poultry culling demonstrations in
Worth county recently has brought
out the fact that there is an alarm
ing amount Of tuberculosis, consider
able more than was found last year,
when thu culling first started in the
county. A large amount of tubercu-
losis has been found among many Of
the herds of cattle of the county,
and it is the intention to test all
herds as soon as possible. The
county agent is making very effec-
tive campaign to eradicate tubercu-
losis from the Worth county farms,
and is receiving the cooperation of