Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-04-07
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One child is dead and physicians
reI,ort fifteen or more i'll from eating
col ored Easter eggs in Burlington.
Mrs. E. M. Close, widow of Syl-
vester Close, a pioneer manufacturer,
is dead at her home at Iowa City,
aged almost 80.
AS result of the recent cold snap
fruit and small grain has been dam
aged to an extent of thousands
of dollars. The storm extended over
the entire state.
Two women are on the jury which
is hearing the evidence in the case Of
Charles F. Christensen a Sioux City
man charged with the killing of his
wife on Jan. Is, this year.
Raymond Pell, an Iowa City cleo
trician, was painfully burned, when
300 volts coursed through his body
as he crossed his hands over two
live wires while working with a 80
HI. P. motor.
Miss Mary E. Hall, IS years old,
enroute from Washington, Ind, to
Russell. Iowa, while waiting between
trains, dropped dead in Burlington un-
ion station. Heart trouble is assigned
as the cause of her death.
Fulton f.. Potter Of Mason City,
who has been state bank examiner
for the past two years with head
quarters, has been given a commits
sion by the comptroller of currency
as national bank examiner.
Guy Kinsley, who is believed to
have begun farming in Clayton coun-
ty earlier than any other person now
living, died at McGregor recently at
the age of Sc years. He came to
Iowa from his Vermont home to take
up land in 1858.
E. E. Tam, of Des Moines has &C.
cepted the position of assistant inter
nal revenue collector for Iowa He
was offered the position in tele-
gram from Congressman c. C. Dowell
He will be located in the federal
building, Des Moines.
One of the most successful Percher-
on sales to be staged in the country
this season was the sale Of James
Loonan & Son, at the Cedar Falls
fair ground recently Forty-one mares
were sold Thirty-one Of the animals
averaged 1922, and ten OF them aver
ager S465. The top price was 1906
for 3-year-old mare sold to w. M.
Metcalf, Glen Haven, Wis. Frazier
of Humboldt secured two teams at an
average price of $685..
Thirty residents of Cloverhill, Ia,
filed petition in District court re-
~cently asking that portion of the
town in which they reside be with
drawn and new town formed. They
claim that the portion to be with.
drawn will not be under any obliga-
ton to pay up any of the towns in
debtedness upon withdrawal, for the
reason that the town is free from
debt. G. H. Ashworth and j. G. Ash
worth are among the petitioners.
Dick Smith Of Dunlap, Iowa, was
shot and probably fatally wounded
by Marshall Bonar at Dunlap, after
the marshal had rescued Smith and
7. Whaley from underneath an over
turned automobile. Unable to lift the
car himself, Bonar said he summoned
help, but after the rescue was effected
Smith became abusive because the
marshal was so slow. and knocked the
latter down. Bonar said he shot
Smith to protect himself. Smith is
in a hospital.
Government property on the state
tract at Camp Dodge consisting of
$40 acres bought for national guard
permanent encampment together with
the 100000 water plant. probably will
become valueless after July unless
negotiations are completed for sale
of property to the state Negotiations
have been pending for purchase OF the
water plant, hundreds of barracks and
out-buildings and other property used
in the army encampment, for $34,S0a.
The original COSTS said to have been
we'll over $2.0O0.000.
An order has been received at fed
eral headquarters from Washington,
directing that l.. W. Boehner OF Nal.
vern, Iowa. to report for transporta.
ton to federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth. to begin serving three-year
term on conviction OF obstructing the
draft and for slandering the Red Cross
Boehner, who is wealthy man, was
convicted more than a year ago. He
appealed his case, was denied re-
bearing and since, it has been under.
stood, had taken his case to President
Harding. asking for pardon.
Des Moines bandits killed night
Marshal j. K. Meyers at Stuart re-
Gently and robbed the First National
bank there of $500. Marshal Meyers
| surprised them at work in the bank
and they ran, shooting at him. They
wounded him three times, twice in
the thigh and once near the heart
He died shortly after the shooting ct
the Stuart hospital. The murderers