Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-06
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$500 diaond ring and other valuables
for small amount.
H. K. Allis, 86, of Albert Lea was
run down and killed by a car driven
by G. L. Palmer Of Britt. Allis walk
ed in front of the car.
Rose Harrand, 20, of Collins COM
mitted suicide by drinking poison
She left note accusing man with
whom she had kept company as be-
ing to blame.
The ladies of the Methodist church
of Plano unloaded 5000 tile while
their husbands were digging for the
basement of new edifce.
Federal Agent Knox seized an au-
tomobile at Council Bluffs contain
ing $50 pints of bonded whisky and
estimated to be worth $4,000.
Glenn Robinson, 20, Of Grinnell ex-
service man, is dead of infantile
paralysis. He was sick but three
days. Hehad served in the aviation
corps.
w. E. Brown, salesman of Gales
burg, ILL.,, saved his life by jumping
from mis- automobile when the en-
CINE went dead on a grade crossing
in front of a speeding train near
New London.
Fire which for a time threatened
the entire east side of the business
area of Cromwell destroyed the Frank
Mullen restaurant and barber shop
and machine store room owned by
Frank Sparr were destroyed.
P. ]. Griner, of Wesley, former
implement dealer recently purchased
the William Green farm located near
Algona on the North Iowa pike at
$3.50 per acre. The far is a 99-acre
tract with modern improvements.
Con Marion, former hotel clerk of
Sioux City was awarded $500 in his
damage suit against the Globe Hotel
Co. for $647O. He alleged he was
thrown down flight of stairs by
drunken man while in discharge Of
his duties as clear. He suffered a
broken knee cap.
Dorothy Golf of Atlantic, is asking
two-thirds share of her foster ia
theirs 100000 estate in the court.
Although her adoption was not COM
plete, she is asking that it be re-
garded as contract under which she
would be entitled to share the same
as natural daughter.
Mrs. w. S. Hamilton, wife of the
former president of Simpson college,
was killed at Indianola recently when
she was run over by truck. Alva
Clark, driver, was exonerated by the
coroner's jury. Mrs. Hamilton was
SO, and member of the class of 'S7
at Simpson.
The ministers of Waterloo, backed
by 5000 supporters have begun a
fight to bar Sunday movies and i'm
prove the morality of the city Three
prominent ministers have appeared
before the city council with petit
ton asking the closing of the Sun
day theaters.
Stock took an upward turn for Ma
son City's unemployed recently when
G. o. Darland, formerly of Minet, N.
D., announced the leasing of a hotel
where credit will be extended to the
aged and needy and all out of work.
1t will be. known as the mission
Home" Lodging and board will be
available.
The G. A. R. encampment of 1922
which the boys in blue will ever hold
will be Des Moines' chief conven.
ton event of next year. 1t is
scheduled for the last week in Sep
TENDER. Fifteen thousand veterans
Of the civil war, with probably $4,000
members of auxiliary organizations
will be guests Of the city at that
time.
Wilson Decries, 16, and Raymond
Yorty, of Spencer, who confessed the
robbing of the Greenville Savings
Bank were sentenced to life impris-
onment by Judge Lee. They also inn
plicated third man, William John
son of Lincoln. DEGREES told the
COURT he was Is instead of 16 so
that he might go to prison with his
pal rather than to the reform school.
John Lock, nephew of Thomas
Lock, chief of police of Mason City,
narrowly escaped death when bull
let crashed through window near
which he was sitting. A neighbor
saw man in an auto fire the shot.
The car was traced to Garner and
back to Mason City. The driver was
Glen Young. In explanation of the
incident, he told the police the gun
was fired by mistake. A further in
vestigation of the shooting will be
made.
Buried for six days in cave-in
occasioned by recent cloudburst, a
mich COW on Mrs. John Smiths
farm, five miles east of Council
Bluffs, was discovered by boys. Only
the animals back, even with the
ground was to be seen. She had
evidently fallen in hole which
caved in upon her. When dug out
the animal was so weakened that
she had to be hauled to the barn.
She is showing signs Of recovery un
| der treatment of veterinary.
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