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Slpt fABOBST CIRCULATIg %■. * HDUBON COUNTY THE AUDUBON REPUBLICAN, AUDUBON, IOWA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921. NO. 40 JJ
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LEGION SPONSORS
LECTURE COURSE
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FIRST NUMBER TO BE GIVEN AT
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
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The first number of the winter
oatertalnment course which is be-
lag sponsored by Audubon post of
the American Legion will be held
in the high school auditorium next
Wednesday night. The Virginia
Girls, a company of six talented mu- .
slcians, will be seen in an evening
Of instrumental and vocal melodies.
* The course this year should be
the best that has ever been offered '
here. Without disparaging past
courses, it can be said that they
have failed to give satisfaction, be- j
cause they were too cheap. Because
courses in the past have fallen j
short the Legion members feel that
they have undertaken a big task (
this year in* bringing the most ex
pensive numbers that have ever
been secured for Audubon.
Instead of the usual five pro
grams there will be but three. ,
Almost as much money has been
Spent for these three as for the larg- '
cot number In past years and every j
x one of them are real headliners.
The Virginia Girls, who appear |
t next Wednesday night is unusual In
that it is a singing orchestra. They
Tilth" a specialty of the heart songs |
of the American people and the mel- '
odlss that have made the South
famous. With the instrumental* ,
program they give group songs in
attractive costumes.
Os December 6tb the Handley (
Concert Company, the big number
of tl)e course. <will appear. This is j
a Chicago company which will ap
pear In but few of the smaller cities
of the middle west because of the j
fact that it is high-priced and ordi
' narily is bought only by the larger
places. The third and last number '
will be given on January 14. This J
S will he the Laßalle Male Quartet.
I as organisation that ranks with
V the Weatherwax Brothers, who ap- ‘
* peered on the summer Chautauqua '
program. 1
Season tickets are now being sold '
by all members of the Legion and 1
members of the Woman’s Auxiliary *
of the Legion. The price of the sea- 1
eon .tickets is »1.50 and war tax for '
K adult tickets, and fl.dO and wrr tax 1
I tor child’s tickets. The single admts
r . ston prices for the three numbers 1
will he 50c, 75c and 50c, respective*
te '; ' ly, plus war tax. The Legion he* ’
placed a lower price on them than i
the management in most towns, for I
this talent. In the hope that they 1
% may atlmnlate a larger attendance. l
Santa may be reserved tor the cn- i
tire season without additional cost, '
at Smith’* drug store, on Monday,
, « Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. 1
« Single admission tickets for the first *
* number may also he secured thOre i
•' or from any member of the Woman's i
Auxiliary. 1
Hnl&CJifc
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REV. MACK PREACHES SERMON 1
The Atlantic Newa-Tel*graph con
tained the following notice regard- J
lag Rev. Wm. Mack, who recently 1
resigned hie position as pastor of the 1
Presbyterian ehnrch here to accept 1
the pastorate of the Atlantic church: j
•i am here and ready to go to
work’’ la the statement of the Rev. 1
'William Mack, new minister of the 1
, Prakbyterlan church of this city who
V* 1 * earns here from Audubon to fill the i
K| pulpit which was recently left vacant 1
by the acceptance of the Rev. J. K. l
Driver ef a charge at Rockwall City, 1
laws. Mr. Mack preached hie first i
f sermon here Sunday. 1
Nine yours in the Presbytery Is the ‘
record of the new minister. Five «
Sad one-half years of this tins he
was at Manic, end the last four
Tears at Audubon. During a year
sad a half previous to the time he (
tilled the pulpit at Menlo he was at x
Brimley, Mich. |
The Rev. Mr. Mack was born In ,
England and lived there until the
year 1510, when he come to this |
country to make his horns. He is e t
graduate of the Manchester univer- \
city of England, and also of the Om- j
-aha seminary, at Omaha, Neb. When a
waked If ke did not have a picture c
of himself, he replied, “only one j
-Which shows ms with heir oa top of ,
my head and paople would think It t
« misrepresentation.” 1
Mr. and Mrs. Maek have oaa child. j
, ’ a boy, Robert, who is two years old. j
Ha la already acqna{nted with the ■
new home and mnat feel that It all <
belongs to him, for hts little red j
wagon has takaa Its plaes among the t
furnishings of the front pordh. c
Rot, Maek dose not ears much for i
publicity, but eays “tell the people ,
to come to church and gat acquaint- (
-ad with me.” , I
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> ; » . CARD OF APPRECIATION 1
Wa taka this means of thanking (
-sll those who oo kindly offered their 1
■frvinss and help in our misfortune 1
it losing our house by fire. No one ’
t' ,- will really know how much we have *
appreciated your help In every way *
■j- possible. Only thoee who have goat
through it. We couldn't too aB par*
/ aoaally, so take this msane- of thank
■-' ■ lag all. ft has meant v so mueh to i
wa at this time, ,<
r Mr. sad Mid. Ray DnvalL t
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' /TABLE EXAMPLE
Council Bluffs Laboring Men Accept
Cut in Wages to Meet
Present Conditions.
Council Bluffs street railway car
men have decided to accept a 12 per
cent cut in wages.
This is a notably worth-while ex
ample. It is a manifestation of
sound sense, civic pride and good
judgment.
The wages of these workers did
not go to the high peak attained by
some other classes. They did go up,
however, on the same basis that
wages everywhere went up—en
hanced cost of living. Now living
costs have come down in some meas
ure, more in fact than this cut in
wages, and those men have exhibited
a sound sense of justice in accepting
the inevitable. Under existing con
ditions strikes cannot be effective
in maintaining a wage scale which
is economically unsound because It
Is a war-time schedule and the world
Is jiow at peace.
There ia some fear among labor
ing men that efforts will be made to
beat wages back to a pre-war basis.
There are some short-sighted people
of tightwad propensities who favor
such a plan or policy. But wiser
and more generously minded people
do not want wages to go back to old
levels.
Our industrial machine does not
differ from any othei' kind of a ma
chine. An automobile which gives
its best service at thirty miles per
hour Is over-taxed at forty-five.
Threshing machinery, cream sepa
rators, locomotives, pumps and all
other kinds of machinery are geared
to certain speeds. That is the point
at which maximum efficiency is ob
tained.
The goal which fair-minded peo
ple seek in the relations between la
bor and capital is exactly the goal
sought by the mechanician who op
erates any kind of a machine —the
point where it delivers the beat rtr
■nits.
Get the viewpoint of a grocer, a
clothier, a fnrnitnre dealer, a bank
er or any other bnslnens man who
hue studied economic law. Ask any
of these men if they wonld prefer to
do business in n community Where
the average wage scale was 94 as
against a community where the av
erage was 95. Not one man in n
hundred would prefer to do business
in the lower wage community If he
had a choice.
There is a reason. The more
wages we pay workers the more
money they have to spend. Business
is good where money circulates free
ly. Every sound thinking man la
this country wants onr Industrial
machine to run at a rate of speed
which will yield the largest returns.
War wages mean excessive speed.
This wears the machinery unneces
sarily under such n regime. Some
mon get good wages, others get
none. We want a wage level which
will represent economical justice.
War wagaa are too high, the pre
war level It too low.
If t age earniia look at this aub-
J ct right, th y will find that tho
mass of people which we call the
public will be with them when an
< ffort is made to force thorn below
a fair wage level. Tho public will
be against them whoa they try to
maintain n war wage schedule in
n time of peace.
These street car worker* have
seen thin proposition oq it should be
viewed. They have In this situation
played the role of clean, high-mind
ed American dtisans. They have
not attempted to introduce n bolshe
vlkl program inch as some groups
of workers have undertaken In this
country.
MAKES GOOD ON ROAD
C. H. Wilde, wife and three chil
dren. Gladys, Luetllo and Charles, of
Das Moines, npent Saturday and Sun
day with old-time friends In the
city. .They like Des Moines very
well, hut of course have a warm spot
In their hearts for Audubon, where
they lived practically all of their
Uvea. Mr. Wilde la still on the road
for the Maytag Company and in the
abort time that he has been with the
company, ho has succeeded in head
ing a at salesmen in lowa, and
ranks third of all the saleamen for
tho company, in the United States.
When Mr. Wilde was in business in
Audubon ha sold aoveral hundred
Maytag washing machines and did
a« by showing and demonstrating
tbs merits of tho machine to tho peo
ple. Now that ha la on tho road, bo
does tho name thing and that Is one
of the secrets of his success. Mr.
Wilds Is something more than aim
ply a man on the -road, carrying n
grip and drawing expense money
from a wholesale house. He la n
one hundred per cent salesman, tell
ing a product that maria tho noodi
of the people, and in all of his trons
aetlons ho never loom sight of tho
goldon rale, Audubon people will
ha delighted to hoar of Mi auoceeo
and hop# that tha future has some
thing good la store tor Mm.
GOU> WATCH DOST
Lori, a ladles’ banting case gold
watch, north of Audubon on tho road
soaring to town, Finder Madly re
turn to this offlee wad resolve reward
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LAWYER IS ALSO .
A WORLD CHAMPION
DEFEATED BY IOWAN 11 YEARS
AGO, MAY MEET DEFEAT BY
ANOTHER, NEXT WEEK
“There la no sense getting old.
To do so Is very unintelligent. If
you Stay young and virile you must
exercise more and eat far less.”
The speaker was Stanislaus Zbysz
ko in an interview with Oscar Thor- 1
son shortly after Zbyszko had de- 1
feated Ed "Strangler" Lewis last '
spring. Zbyszko, at 41, has etaged
a real comeback, and is new chain- 1
pion heavyweight wrestler of the
world. He began his. mat work
when It and first picked off the
crown In a match at Moscow. In
1910 he lost to Frank Gotch, who 1
died some years after, undefeated 1
champion of the world.
Zbyszko, now hero of over 10d0 1
-consecutive matches, recognized ;
Gotch as his only master, but he did 1
not regain the championship official- 1
ly until he won over "Strangler” 1
Lewis on May Cth of this year. It 1
took him 11 years to come back—
but he did it. 1
"I am In better condition phys- '
lcally, now than ever before In my 1
life." says Zbyszko. ‘To me this is '
not a startling thing—for I have al- 1
ways taken care of myself, and used
good Judgment In regulating my {
life. 1
“The trouble with the young men 1
of America today la that they do not 1
use the means at hand which. will 1
provide the happiness of health and
consequent peace of mind.”
The champion has been admitted 1
to the bar In Poland, In fact was rec- -
ognlsed as one of the leading law- 1
yers In Warsaw For amusement he 1
reads from his well-stocked library. -
He drinks two or tferee quarts of 1
milk a day and eats scarcely any 1
meat at all hut plenty of fresh 1
fruit. 1
The coming match between Zbysz
ko and Gaddock at the Dee Moines
Coltaeum, October IS, ia attracting
attention all over the country and
on s of the largest crowds ever will j
attend.
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CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY t
Mr. and Mrs. C. Gates, of this 1
city, were agreeably surprised last
Sunday when n number of relatives <
came to remind them of their s<th '
wedding anniversary, which was on 1
Saturday. Their son, John Gates, (
of Lewis, -and their only daughter, 1
Mrs. Anna Cooley, of Lorah, togeth
er with Will Heath, wife and son,
Jesse, of Rinehart, came to Audu- 1
bon unexpectedly and arrived at the
Gates home just at dinner time. 1
They heTe another son, Geo. Gates, 1
of Weatherford, Okie., who waa un
able to be present. The affair was 1
confined strictly to near relatives, 1
owing to the 111 health of Mr. Gatas, 1
who Is past 80 years of age. Mrs. <
Gates is 75 yean of age. They have 1
made their home in Audubon connty <
practically all of their married life,
and have * large circle of friends in i
all parts of the county who unite i
with The Republican In extending i
most hearty congratulations, and 1
wish for this estimable couple many
more years of happiness. i
Those who were at the dinner t
were Mr. and Mrs. John Gates, of ]
Lewis; Mrs. Anna Cooley, of Lorah;
Mr. and Mrs. Will Heath and son, I
of Rinehart, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe i
McLaughlin and daughter, Verne, of 1
this city. t
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS ELECTED
Albert Rasmussen, secretary of 1
the Dougins Township Farm Bureau *
Association, reports an interesting J
mooting which (was held Monday ev- 1
enlng, October 3. Officers were 1
elected for the coming year and n
program was worked out. a
There will be two toil erosion 1
demonstrations, one at Jena Jacob- ’
sen’s and one at M. D. Graves. Farm c
Management Short Course and Vat- 1
erinary lecture at the Center school 1
house. Dairy Management course at d
J. A. Andersen's. Soil Testing dem- 1
onstration at Jqns Jacobsen's,' Niels 1
Wlnther’a, and Peter Jensen’s. Ap
pointed committee to arrange for the f
boys’ and girls' club. Mrs. Jens Ja- c
cobsen appointed as chairman lq a
charge of the woman’s work for the <
coming year. 6
The following officers were elect- 1
ed tor the coming year: M. *
D. Graves, president; Lars P. Larsen, ®
vice-president; Albprt Rasmussen, c
secretory; J. C. Abildtrip. treasurer; 1
co-operator*—Diet 1, Geo. Zalger; 1
No. 8. Niels Hansen; No. S, Andrew
Knrstensen; No. 4, M. L. Jensen;
No. 6. Boren Schmidt; No. 9, Niels
Winders; No. 7. Boren Thygesen; fl
No. 8, Jenk Jacobsen; No. 9, Mads (
Walters. c
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MEETING OF CHORAL SOCIETY
The Choral Society recently or- a
gsnlsod ia Audnbon, held their first I
rehearsal at tha Msthodlst church 1
Inst Tnasdny evening. A goodly k
number wore in attendance. The
ntykt of meeting has hew changed t
to Monday evening, so on .next Mob- a
day evening a meeting will be held o
at 7:10. All poisono In the com- ]
mnnity who can slag are requested t
to attend. o
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KEPT MARRIAGE A SECRET
Well-Known Audnbon County Rural
School Teacher Married at
Guthrie Center.
Word leaked out yesterday con
cerning the marriage of Miss Rebec
ca Weeks to Mf. Carl Boldt, which
took place at Guthrie Center on Sep
tember 12th. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Arnold, pastor of
the Methodist church. The witnesses
to the ceremony were Lile Weeks
end Miss Minnie Boldt, brother and
sister of the bride and groom. The
young folks have kept the marriage
a secret and it was not known in Au
dubon until a few days ago.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs.
Zula Weeks, who has made her home
in Audubon the past eight years.
She graduated from' the Audubon
high school with the class of 1917,
and since then has been engaged in
teaching the rural schools of this
county, with the exception of one
year, when she taught at Menlo. She
is a splendid young woman and has
a host of close personal friends, all
of whom unite in extending most
hearty congratulations and best
wishes for a happy and prosperous
future. She has many accomplish
ments which combined with her dis
position is sufficient to warrant the
assertion that she .will make a
worthy helpmate. At present she Is
teaching at Leroy No. 8 and Is stay
ing iwith Mrs. John Buthweg. In all
probability she will continue teach
ing until next spring, when they will
move onto the Chris Hahn farm,
northwest of town.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Boldt, who reside four
miles north of the city. He is a
young man of ambition and charac
ter and has made a good start In life.
He is a progressive and prosperous
young farmer who will make a happy
home for his bride. The contracting
parties are well known and are fav
orites In the circle In which they
move and they will always carry
with them the best wishes of all.
TO PERFECT ORGANIZATION
A meeting waa hold In the Amer
ican Legion hall last Monday even
ing at which Father P.'N. McDer
mott, of Atlantic, was present for
the purpose of perfecting a county,
organisation in Audubon county.
This organisation Is to be composed
of the American Legion posts of the
county. It will have for Its purpose
matters that ahouki be settled as a
county organisation, rather than as
a local post. Thera are four Amer
ican Legion poets la this county, at
Brayton, at Bxira, at Kimballton,
and In Andubon. All of tho posts
were represented at the meeting on
Monday night, oxcept tho one at
Brayton. Tho delegatee from Exlra
were Thos. Godwin, Zon Creek. Dr.
Lants rnd R. L. Hensley; those from
Kimballton were Hans Nielsen, Niel
Bloundt and Niels Hansen. The del
egates from Audnbon wore H. E.
Laubender. Goo. Oelke, H. M. Clarke
and Glen Turner.
Thos. Godwin, of Erira, was elect
ed county committeeman and will
represent the connty la a district
meeting that Is to be held in Council
Bluffs soon.
Af the cloee of the business ses
sion the Woman’s Auxiliary served a
splendid luncheon that had been pre
pared by the Post.
Father McDermott, of Atlantic,
former state chaplatn, was present
at the meeting and spoka of the
benefits of the legion organization,
the theme of hia talk -being as
follows: 1
“Suppose there were no American
Legion. If we had no such organ
isation of ex-service men we wonld
have lost sight of tho ideal* which
brought ns to sacrifice 80.000 of our
buddies to death.
"Ideals are never raised fully In
action; they but serve their purpose.
This is demonstrated by the battle
which we are obliged to make for
onr principles and when we consider
the extraordinary action which was
forced upon onr state and national
departments tor the relief of the dis
abled. With no such organisation at
work, what wonld become of ns?
"There is no donbt but that the
American Legion eventually will be
come the only organisation o* veter
ans of the world struggle. The Le
gion is foremost in the spirit of
democracy end this spirit will final
ly bring about the retirement of oth
er similar organisations. A feature
of the Legion Is Its comradsh'p. the
opportunity to meet each other and
this mingling of onr cltlsens aug
urs well for the nation.’’
WORLD SERIES ON *
The Yankees tore off the opener
of the world’s series at tho polo
gronads in Now York, yesterday aft
ernoon, by kmlaomining the New
York Giants by n score of 8 to 0.
Mays’ submarine ball tied the Gi
ants Into knots, though Frank
Frisch, the National leaguer’s third
baseman, helped himself to four
hits.
Babe Ruth accounted tor one of
tho Yankee’* runs with a biasing
■lngle, but could not oblige tho 15,-
00« spectator* with a hoato run. Mc-
Nally’s steal homo la tho fifth In
ning was tha base rnaatag feature
of t%o game.
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FOUNDER OF THE
REPUBLICAN IS DEAD
CAME TO AUDUBON AT EARLY
DATE AS PREACHER. FINAL
LY ESTABLISH El) PAPER.
Rev. Ed. B. Cousins, rounder of
The Audubon Republican, and the
first pastor of the Audubon Presby
terian church, idied at his home in
this city about six o’clock Monday
evening, after a three-weeks illness.
Mr. Cousins had enjoyed good health
until the last year, when he suffered ,
fainting spells at different times,
but he usually rallied in a few days ,
and was able to be up and around. ,
His last Illness dates back about ten
days. The ultimate cause of his .
death was dropsy, which developed ,
rapidly the last three days. s
Mr. Cousins came to Audubon in ,
the spring of 1879 and has been (
here ever since. He was sent here (
as the first pastor of the Presbyter- |
ian church and continued its pastor |
for a period of four years. Later ,
he engaged In farming and far a (
time was a bookkeeper for Chas. (
Stuart ft Son. In 1885 he and Sid- ,
ney Foster established the Audubon
Republican. |
Edward B. Cousins was born In j
Cedar county. lowa, May 2, 1841.
At the age of six years both of his (
parents died. He spent his youth on |
the farm, but later attended Cornell ,
college at Mount Vernon. In July, )
1862, he enlisted in Co. B„ 24th {
lowa infantry and served three t
years. He was discharged in Dav- (
enport in July, 1865. He soon aft- (
er entered teh state university at t
lowa City, graduating from the ac
ademic department in 1872. Later .
he went to the'Presbyterian Theo- ]
logical seminary in Chicago, gradu- g
ating in 1875. (
During the past twenty-five years <
he was closely Identified with the
business of Audubon county, hold- g
lng the office of county auditor, and g
assisting in many of the other of- .
fices. He was married to Miss Lon
M. Post, of Clarence. loiwa, in 1878. ,
One son waa born to this union, who ,
died In infancy. Mrs. Cousins died g
in Audubon many years ago, but Mr.
Cousins maintained the old home
until the time of his death.
Mr. Cousins prepared an obituary
which was used at the funeral which i
was held at the Presbyterian church
yesterday afternoon at two o’clock.
This we were unable to get for to
day’s Republican, but we hope to be
able to publish It next week. The
servlcee were in charge of Rev. Wm.
Mack, who was called here from At
lantic to conduct the aervlce.
The services were under the di- ,
rectlon of the Knights Templar, who ,
escorted the Masons to the church g
In a body. After the obituary had i
been read by Rev. Mack and a short
talk, the Knights Templar took
charge. The remains were then tak
en to Arlington Heights cemetery, (
where the Masons concluded their {
burial service. ,
The active pall-bearers were A. H. ,
Edwards, Geo. Preston, S. Ary, J. E. g
Griffith, Geo. Carter and D. L. Free- (
man. representing the uniform rank g
and the honorary pall-bearers were ,
members of the G. A. R., Wesley
Jay. D. L. Thomas, Harvey Hlght, g
John Rrockway. J. 8. Dennis and J. g
C. Fisher. The Masons, O. A. R’a, g
American Legion and W. K. C’a at- ,
tended the funeral In a body. All (
of the business houses in the city ,
were closed during the funeral hour. (
ft Is difficult to pay a fitting trib
ute to the deceased, who waa so long t
with us, and who held such a high ,
place in the esteefn of all. ,
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FINAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE
Final arrangements were made on
Tuesday evening at the regular
meeting of the K. of P., for the dis
trict convention to be held In Audu- *
bon on November 2nd. An extensive a
program has been outlined, which
will soon be lßsued to the lodges in
the district, which comprise the
towns of Audubon. Extra, Anita and
Adair. A number of the district of
ficers will be present and a rousing
time I* expected. c
The evening’s program will begin
early and will include degree work,
which will be conferred by a visiting
team. Following this will come a
number of speeches hnd this Is to be
followed by a banquet. If the weath
er ia favorable so that automobile
travel is possible, an exceptionally
large attendance la looked for. A
committee composed of E. S. Van
Gorder, H. J: Hoogenakker and P. A.
Rasmussen was appointed at Tues
day night’s meeting who will have
charge of the arrangements for the
big convention.
HOME FROM A LONG TRIP
O. W. Hoover returned this morn
ing from a 4000 mile trip through
the western states. He left here
early in the summer In company
with ttls daughter. Mrs. Wm. H. p
Freeman, and drove overland to her «
home In Casper. Wyo. Since then /
he haa been visiting relatives and i
friends in various parts of Colorado. *
He will remain In Audubon a tew
days and then go to Excelsior
Springs. Mo., where he will stay un- j
til cold weather and then go south *
for the winter. Mr. Hoover Is look- p
Ins wall and all Indications point to
maeh Improved health.
EXPLOSION HEARD IN AUDUBON
Gasoline Tank in Coos Rapids Ex
plodes, Killing One Man, and
Injuring Another.
About half past four o'clock on
last Saturday afternoon, a loud re
port was heard by persons in Audu
bon and especially those living in
the north part of the county. At
the time, very little was thought of
it, but later in the evening when the
word reached here that a gasoline
tank in Coon Rapids had exploded. [
every one who heard the noise re
alized what had taken place. ;
Harry Churchill, aged 45 years,
and proprietor of a garage in that ;
city, was burned to death and the j
hands of a man from Jefferson, <
whose name could not be learned,
were severely burned when the stor- j
age tank, which was located in the (
railroad yards, exploded. The head s
of one of the exploding to nks crash- ]
ed through the roof of a house near- i
by. The woman and her baby, who {
lived in the house, had left the place j
not over five minutes before the ex- (
plosion, and escaped injury, and
perhaps instant death, for the house (
was almost completely wrecked.
Mr. Churchill was pumping gaso-
line from e tank car on the tracks j
into bis storage tank along the Mil- g
waukee railroad tracks, using a gas- (
oline engine for power. Some trou
ble with one of the pipes developed
and the gasoline was sprayed over g
him. completely saturating‘his cloth- {
ing. The gasoline was ignited by j
the engine and the explosion follow- |
ed. There was only about six inches
of gasoline in the tank. Another
tank nearby wae saved. '
Mr. Churchill was badly burned,
and from the very start no hope for (
his recovery was held out. Regard-
less of his condition, he remained
conscious until about eleven o’clock (
Saturday night, when he died.
Mr. Churchill was quite well
known in Audubon, having frequent
ly been here on business. Several
from here attended the funeral, '
which was held on Monday after- J
noon. He leaves a wife and two
sons, one five years old and an In- 1
fant son.
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PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT
Mrs. Cordelia Spencer, aged 85 -
years, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Fred SearU five 1
miles southwest of Audubon last
night. The deceased had been In
failing health for some time, and
has been making her home with her 1
daughter for several years.
Cordelia Eva j-aton was born In
Ohio. December 12, 1888. She spent
her early life in Ohio and Illinois.
She was married to Theodore Spen
cer in Illinois, October S, 1858, and •
(to this union four children were
born: Harry Spencer, of Scott’s 1
Bluff, Nebr.; Mrs. F. D. Searls, of
Audubon; Wm. Spencer, of Hlnk
ley, Minn., and D. F. Spencer, of
Cedar Rapids, lowa. There are 12
grandchildren and 9 great grand
children, together with two brothers •
and two sisters: Mortimer Eaton, of
Huron, S. D.; Hazard Eaton, of Cen- <
ter Point, Iowa; Mrs. Adelaide San
born, of Marlon. lowa .and Mrs. Fan- i
nle Cady, of Williams, lowa.
She joined the Baptist church in •
Illinois early In life. She and her
husband gave the lot In Covington, ‘
lowa, on which the Baptist church
of that town still stands. She re- 1
talned her membership In that de- <
nomination until the time of her 1
death. *
Funeral services will be held at 1
the Searls home tomorrow afternoon
at two o'clock, after which the re- I
mains will he shipped to Cedar Rap
ids for burial. *
LIST OF NEW BOOKS 1
Following Is a list of the new j.
books that have Just been received
at the city library: j
Locke—The Mountebank.
Oppenheim—Jacob’s Ladder. ,
Packard—White Moll.
Packard—Pawned. g
Tarklngton—Alice Adams.
Lincoln—Galusha, the Magnlfi-
cent.
Wells—Mystery of the Sycamores. g
Pellet —Our Back-Door Neighbors.
Wharton —The Age of Innocence, j
Footner —Tie Owl Taxi.
Canfield —The Brimming Cap. T
Irwin—The Next War.
Wright—Helen of the Old House. T
Cur wood—Flaming Forest.
Mason —At the Villa Rose.
I ad better —Rain Before Seven.
Frankau —Peter Jameson.
Ervins—The Foolish Lovers.
Strachey—Queen Victoria.
Anon—Mirrors of Washington. “
Walpole—Duchess of Wrexe. J*
Walpole—The Green Mirror. f '
Irvin —Seed of the Sqn. "
Richardson—The Tunnel.
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GOOD STOVE FOR SALE
Have for sale a heating stove, t g
practically new. Round Oak. burofe g t
sither hard or soft coal. Have put in 0
Areola furnace and for that reason
wish to sell the stove. See 8. H. a
Ripley, or Mrs. Metta Schmidt. w
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For Sale—l6oo bu. Early Ohio
Potatoes at $1.25 per bu., if taken £
toon. * Free delivery. Webster, p
phone 80. tl
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See “Old Dad” tonight. Crescent t
CLOTHING STORE
COMPLETELY GUTTED
ROBBERS ENTER KIMBALLTON
STORE, TAKING EVERY SUIT
IN STOCK, EXCEPT TWO.
Sheriff Andrew Jorgensen was
called to Kimballton about throe
o’clock Wednesday morning when a
report was sent him that robbers
had entered the Madsen clothing
store. Mr. Jorgensen and his dep
uty, J. C. Boyer, immediately went
to the scene.
On reaching Kimballton they were
informed that a neighbor woman
had seen flash-lights back of the
clothing store about three o’clock in
the morning. She notified Hans
Madsen, who conducts the bank In
the room adjoining the clothing
store. Word was sent out to other
neighbors and the special deputies
who reside there, but by the time
they reached the store building the
burglars had made good their es
cape.
It was found that two cars had
driven up to the back of the store
room and the tracks were traced to
the corner of town leading west to
Harlan. All of the sheriffs in the
surrounding country were telephon
ed, but no trace of the offenders has
yet been found.
The proprietors of the store took
an inventory of the stock and found
that 55 suits, 18 overcoats, and &
large quantity of silk hosiery had
been taken, and estimated their
loss at about S3OOO.
The robbery has caused quite a
sensation in Kimballton, and revived
the story of the attempted bank rob
bery of a little more than a year ago
when the yeggs were frightened
away, after hiding their tools in one
of the lumber yards.
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
The following claims were allowed
by the Audubon city council:
Audubon Hardware Co., gen
eral,,miscl. hardware 14.82
Leo Kerwln, drag, dragging
roads .. .. 18.56
B. E. Rice, general, H Sept.,
1921, salary 86.66
John Comwey, general, H of
Sept., 1921, salary 56.66
C. A. Petty, general, 14 Sept.
1921, salary 75.66
W. D. Graves, general, 14 of
Sept., 1921, salary 56.66
James Harmon, general, for
cleaning streets 16.86
J. D. Dennis, water, freight
aad drayuge 4.SZ
Jobs Ebert, improvem’t, dirt
for highway 156.66
John Conrwey, general, 14 o t
Sept., 1921, salary 55.66
C. A. Petty, general, 14 Sept.
1921, salary 75.66
W. D. Graves, general, 14 of
Sept., 1921, salary 66.66
B. E. Rice, general, 14 SepL,
1921, salary 86.66
J. S. Dennis, water, freight
and drayage 8.21
Chas. Ferguson, general, fix
ing fence 1.76
A. H. Engleman, general, for
hauling cinders *9.75
John Feltner, general, haul
ing cinders 6.66
Albert Dlttman, general, for
shoveling cinder* 6.86
Bill Dlttman, general, gener
al street work 5.26
Peter Fredericksen, general,
general repair work 26.76
F. A. Johnson, general, pliers
and oil 8.16
Schanke ft Co., general, In
terest funding bonds 174.76
Robert Kelly, general, mason
work 6.66
Roberts ft Son, general, tor
draylng ifß6
Relnemund Hdw. Co., gener
al, miscl. hardware . 2.66
James Harmon, general, for
cleaning streets 15.26
J. L. Rosenbladt, general, at
tending park 6.46
Schanke ft Co., water, inter
est on water bonds 476.66
Cha*. Mikkelsen, drag, drag
ging roads 26.66
9chanke ft Co., grading, tor
bonds and interest doe 741.56
la. Lt., Ht. ft Pwr. Co., elec-
K., street lights - 166.96
Is. Lt., Ht. ft Pwr. Co., eleo
lt„ electrolier current . 99.90
rhe Electric Paint ft Varqish
00., else. It., paint for elec
troliers 49.66
BRAYTON LAD IMPROVING
Vernel Rasmussen lies In a crit
ical condition in an Atlantic hoo
pltal to which he waa rushed aftor
falling under the wheels of a boa
used to carry school children from
Brayton to Extra. The accident oc
curred near the roily Littlefield
farm Monday.
Rasmussen, who was riding on
the rear of the has jumped off white
It was In motion, with tha Intention
of running around to the driver's
lent. He tripped In such a manner
is to throw him under the rear
rheel. Three ribs above tha haait
rare broken.
The injured boy is 19 yearn of age.
He is a son of Oorval Rasmussen of
Brayton. Rasmussen was to drive
the bos back to Brayton. Ha waa
a member of tha graduating elan of
the Extra high school Inst spring-