Audubon Republican. [volume], December 29, 1921, Image 8

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Bad Fire in Adair
Fire caused by the explosion of a
gasoline tank of an automobile did
damage estimated at $50,000, at
Adair Thursday morning, .to the
New White Way garage and the
Raftensberg paint store. The paint
store was destroyed and only the
shell of the garage remains. Six
automobiles were destroyed and
fourteen others were damaged.
The ifre started in the garage
where a mechanic was starting an
automobile. The backfire caused
an explosion and the burning gaso
line spread to other parts of the
building and soon was beyond con
trol. Other explosions followed
when the fire spread to the' paint
store.
Firemen were handicapped' in
fighting the fire by mechanical
trouble with their fire fighting ap
paratus.
Black Diphtheria Kills Child.
A sehocking death occurred at the
J. W. Fischel home near Yale, Tues
day evening, when their adopted
daughter, Bertha, died with what
had been pronounced as black diph
theria. The little girl had been sick
about a week. It was thought to
be a severe cold, but about 48 hours
before death occurred the attending
physician pronounced the disease
as much more serious. A quaran
tine was put on the Fischel home at
once. They have two children of
their own about the same age. It
was necessary that burial take
place at once and without a funeral
service. The little girl was about
eight years of age. She was adopt
ed by the Fishels early in the sum
mer, from the Brethren home at
Ankeny. The sad and sudden death,
and from such a cause, has caused
no little sympathetic interest
among the neighbors and other
friends of the family.
S. -W:
Dale Morrow, of Atlantic, receiv
ed word Friday of the death of his
father, W. J. Morrow, aged 77. at
his home in Little Rock, Ark. Mr.
Morrow has been in very poor
health for the past week Dale Mor
row left Saturdaf night for Little
Rock to attend the funeral
W J Morrow was an old resident
of Atlantic, having left there some
forty-two years ago From there he
came to Audubon where he was en
gaged in the implement business for
about a year. Trom Audubon he
moved to Manning and was editor
of the Manning Monitor for some
time. He then moved to Omaha,
and later to Little Rock, where he
has resided for the past twelve
years.
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Died on Way to Hospital.
Roberta Zeta, the 6-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Jor
gensen, died In Adair Saturday aft
ernoon at 4 o’clock, while her par
ents were taking her to the chil
dren’s hoepital at lowa City. She
was suffering from a peculiar dis
ease, diagnosed by physicians to be
an abscess on the brain or a form
of meningitis. Death resulted from
a hemorrhage.
The trip to lowa city was advised
in the hope that an operation would
save the child’s life, although her
sight was despaired of.
Roberta’s death is the second in
the Jorgensen family in four
months. W?yne. a 2-year-old son,
died August 18th.
Friday evening Thos. McGin re
turned home from Denison and went
to the bathroom. As he did not re
spond to his wife’s calls she went
to the room and found him lying
dead.
Mr. McGin was about 75 years
old and had been a resident of
Crawford county for close to fifty
years. When a young man he fol
lowed the gold rush to California
in ’49. He was a man of sterling
integrity and highly esteemed by
all who knew him.
It may not be long before Ham
burg wiill have a new enterprise In
the way of a coal mine, as coal was
found on the Homer Baker farm,
near Hamburg, the first of the
week.
During the heavy rains of the fall
the creek bottom on the Baker farm
was washed down and exposed a
two-foot vein of coal about ten feet
wide and some twelve or fourteen
feet long. Mr. Baker has removed
some of the coal and used it, and
■ays it is of a fine quality and gives
out lots of heat. He is of the belief
that there is considerable more coal
there, if only the shovel and pick
/ were used.
Counsel for Throat. who had en
«, tered a of guilty to a charge of
first degree murder at a preliminary
hearing a week ago. made a stirring
appeal that the penalty be light. They
asserted Throat was mentally unbal
anced. Judge Taylor stated that he
had purposely set the execution at a
distant date to give mental experts
an opportunity to observe the pris
oner’s actions.
Throat confessed on December 13
to killing Miss Magnuadn In her
school house. She had been beaten
to death.
Two men, Clark Marlon and Clar
ence Cootway, both of St. Paul, Min
nesota, were found dead in a re
frigerator car on the Northwestern
railroad in the yards at Sioux City,
at 3 o’clock Monday morning by a
car repairer, who was making his
round of inspection.
Appearance of the bodies showed
lowan Dead in South
Found Dead in Bathroom.
IGO-Pou nd Calf /Born.
What is believed to be a record
for size and weight was made Mon
day when a calf was born on the
Lewis HUI farm south of Dexter,
which weighed 160 pounds. It
measured 36 inches in height and
54 inches in length. The mother
of the calf was a grade shorthorn
cow, weighing approximately 1050
pounds, while the sire was an An
gus grade yearling. The calf was
weighed and measured by Dr. Gub
ster and Hol Junkin of Earlham.
The average calf weighs about 60
pounds and the largest calf seen
by the people here weighed 80
pounds.
Hamburg Has Coal Mine.
lowa Murderer Must Hang.
Earle Throat, confessed slayer of
Miss Olga Magnuson. 20 years old,
a school teacher of Dorchester, was
sentenced to be hanged on March 9,
1923, by Judge H. e. Taylor.
Two Men Found Dead.
that they had been suffocated by
fumen cast off by the oil stoves used
to heat the car. It is believed that
the young men entered the car at
either Council Bluffs or Missouri
Valley, and had been confined for
about four hours.
Police officials and railroad au
thorities immediately communicat
ed with relatives of the dead men.
Marlon was married and lived in St.
Paul, according to papers found on
his body. His mother has been not
ified and is on her way to Sioux
City to take charge of the body.
Identification papers on the body of
Cootjvay show that he was dis
charged from the navy in August,
1921.
The young men are believed to
have been on their, way from Texas
to their St. Paul homes to spend the
holidays.
Fire from Christmas Tree.
In an effort to save his grandson,
John Thornell, 2 years old, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thornell, of
Sidney, Sunday from death by fire.
Judge Thornell sustained painful
burns about the hands. The baby
was badly burned about the body,
but it is believed will recover. The
accident happened when Christmas
tree trimmings which had been tak
en from the tree -were put in the
stove to burn. It is believed some
of the articles contained a chemical
of some sort, and an explosion oc
curred.
WHY THEY STOP TEACHING
A young man, college trained and
interested in his work, is leaving the
teaching profession after four years
of activity. In a current magazine
he asks the question; “Why do 100-
j 000 teachers leave Jhe profession
I each year?” and proceeds to answer
it from his own observations.
He found that many of his friends
who admired him personally regard
ed his work with contempt. They
looked upon a male school teacher
as a "sort of licensed loafer, one
who drew a pay envelope, but ren
dered in return no special service.”
They held this attitude in spite of
his years of preparation for the pro
fession, of the number of classes per
day he taught, of the summer school
work he did to improve himself as
a teacher and of the hours of study
and home work.
He found that the business and
professional men whose children
were in his school regarded him as a
rather futile member of the commun
ity. They did not want a teacher to
mingle in political affairs or to par
ticipate actively in community plans.
Thev did not look up to him as a
leader even in educational matters.
He found that criticism of him
and his fellows, as teachers, was not
constructive. Usually it took the
form of idle gossip. Such a teacher
had been seen playing cards or smok
ing, or dancing. These things be
came a horrible offense in the teach
er, although the parents of school
chlldrej, yvho might be expected to
serve as models for the young, could
do them regularly without causing
comment. He found little recogni
tion for valuable service rendered.
He concludes his statement:
“Until the American people render
heart respect, not lip respect merely,
to the teaching profession, until they
revere the teacher of 50 as they now
chide the beginner of 22, the red
blooded, collegertradned' . man or
woman is likely to turn to more in
viting fields.” —Burlington Hawk-
Eye.
THE DECLAMATORY CONTEST
The annual declamatory contest
of the Audubon public schools was
held at the auditorium on last Fri
day evening. Lyle Mclntire won
first in the oratorical division with
"A Message to Garcia,” he being
the only contestant in that division.
Miss Elnora Kroeger won firjt
place In the dramatic division, with
"Right Must Prevail.” Second
place was given to Miss Edit!! John
son, with "The Lance of Kanawa.”
In the humorous division Miss Grace
McLaughlin won first honors with
“When Johnny Gets Ready for Com
pany,” while second place went to
Miss Ruby Johnson.
Miss Elnora Kroeger was declar
ed winner over all and will repre
sent the school at the sib-district
contest to be held in Atlantic on
Feb. 10. She won the gold medal
while the sliver medal was awarded
to Miss Grace McLauglln.
A triangular contest composed of
the towns of Exira, Audubon and
Manning 'Will be held In this city on
January 31st. in which Lyle Mcln
tire, Edith Johnson and Grace Mc-
Laughlin will represent the Audu
bon schools.
The music for the contest was fur
nished by the high school orchestra.
The judges of the contest were Supt.
E. H. Bosshardt. of Atlantic: Supt.
R. D. Barr, of Manning, and Supt.
T. E. Pyle, of Exira
CLOSING SCHOOL EXERCISES
On Friday afternoon before
Christmas an entertaining program
was given by school No. 8. Leroy
township. The teacher. Miss Pearl
Kester, of Audubon, had taken much
Interest in drilling the pupils and
they gave their several parts In a
manner that greatly pleased the for
ty guests assembled to enjoy the en
tertainment.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Miss Davis, superintendent. Classes
for all.
Morning worship at 11 o’clock.
Sermon, ’ Conditions of Growth.”
Evening service at 7:3ft “Effect
of the War on Religious Thought.”
Special music at both services,
the special in the morning being a
duet, "Lead Me, O. Lord,” by Mr.
Thomas and Miss Preston.
Next Sunday is the first of the
year. The pastor would like to see
all the members at both services.
Let us begin the new year right by
being in all church services. Let
this be one of your New Year reso
lutions.
The mid-week prayer service will
be resumed next week. Announce
ment Sunday.
Beneficial Wind Ascribed to Saint.
The “pontlas” is a local night wind
blowing out of a narrow valley near
the town of Nyons, France. According
to a prevailing legend, the wind was
brought thither from the sea by a by
gone saint in order to Increase the
fertility of the region
One Cause of Unhappiness.
Two-thirds of the people are un
bnppy because they are worrying
about things that shouldn’t concern
them.—Atchison Globe,
ephone 378.
Rabbits Have Odd Toes.
Rabbits have four toes on each of
the hind feet and five on the others.
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