Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-27
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Mike DAILY, % years DID,, farmer
near Alta Vista, hanged himself in
his farm. No cause is known for the
act.
Peter Hassenfeldt, 80, butcher OF
Extra, took his life by shooting him
self through the heart. No cause is
known for the deed.
full weeks celebration is planned
for Armistice week at Clinton and all
the legion posts in eastern Iowa and
western Illinois will participate.
DR.. j. l.. Cook, prominent FRACTION
er of Cedar Rapids, found in a house
whose occupants were gone, was Jail
ed on charge of breaking and enter
ing.
Julius Deal OF Northboro had three
fingers torn from his right hand while
cleaning the corn Smelling machinery.
The fingers were removed at the hos
pital later.
James G. Higgins, farmer, living
near Indianola, Iowa, filed a petition
in bankruptcy recently in United
States District court. His debts are
$8,043. He has assets in the sum of
$3,s15.
Robert Clifton, former proprietor of
a billiard hall at Pomeroy, has been
arrested in Fort Dodge on the charge
of forgery. He bought clothes with
money, but was apprehended shortly
after.
Alfred Ebsen, 10 years old, son of
Leo Ebsen of Webster City, danger
ously wounded himself when
playing with an automatic revolver.
The bullet badly shattered the boys
left leg.
A large timber wolf, the variety
usually found exclusively in the north.
ern woods was shot near Centerville
recently by Frank Hines, a farmer.
1t is the first wolf bagged there for
q long time.
De Soto Independent Consolidated
district Is soon to have a new school
building at a cost of 100000 and a
ton acre track to provide athletic
field, supplied with tennis courts,
ball diamond, track and football field.
A finger ring kept Martin Eichorn
OF Grinnell from losing hand several
days ago. He placed his hand in
belt chain when he fell into clover
huller. The ring stuck in the cogs
and gave him an opportunity to free
the member.
One Of the recent large land deals
in Kossuth county was the sale of the
99-acre farm owned by William Green
to P. J. Greiner, Wesley, for $3.50 per
acre. Greiner turned in an 80-acre
unimproved tract located near Irving
township for $3.50 per acre.
John Berg pleaded guilty to larceny
by enlightenment as cashier OF the
State Bank of Belmond and was sen-
fenced to five years by Judge Mccall.
The second indictment will be dis
missed. He was indicted for embez-
element Of $4,000 and the second in
dictment covered $31,650.
Henry Eldridge, local trainer and
driver of race horses has returned
after completing the circuit Of the
central state race courses. The star
Of his string of four horses was Rex
Trevyrbyn, owned by George Hall of
Waukon, who started in IA races.
placed first and second in every one.
When her attorney appeared at the
Grand Hotel, Council Bluffs, to pay
the bill of Mrs. Alice King,
and remove her belongings,
the hotel people learned for the
first time that the woman they be-
lieved to be demure school teacher
was the queen of the bandits" Mrs.
King was arrested not long ago with
others in connection with the killing
OF Edward Murray of Des Moines.
George Van Cleve, 10 years old, en-
ployed for the past year in Burling-
ton garage, was killed recently when
he stepped into an open elevator shaft
and plunged down three stories
alighting on his head. He had taken
the elevator to the third floor min
ute before and evidently did not see
another employee of the garage move
the elevator back down to the first
floor.
Domino Olivia of Abba was found
guilty Of murder in the second degree
which carries penalty up to life, for
killing Frank Pinegar Of Lovilia,
Sept. 3. The men quarreled at a pic
mic. Labor day. Pinegar is said to
have objected to Ilivia's attentions to
his sister. Olivia claimed that Pine
gar was constantly threatening to
beat him up and kill him, and attack.
ed him the night of the picnic, he
shooting in self defense.
John Cavanagh of Des Moines con-
ferred recently with Eugene Meyer,
Jr, managing director of the War FL
nance corporated on ADVANCES Of Gre
dts for Iowa banking institutions.
Under the new law, Mr.. Meyer is dis
posed to adopt liberal policy toward
Iowa in view of the suffering which
agriculture has undergone Mr.. Ca
vanagh says the advances already
granted are already having a percept.
ible effect in helping conditions in
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