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£l ih* iW*6"' a.': rt' & I JMBML «k? ti.iL»iir«jrf5r -r The least that can be said of Tuesday's election is that the dean locrats captured about everything in 4KM, the progressives took their place as the second of our great political parties, and the corrupt looista received a JoBt from, whichj jthegr wtll never recover. •t the bead ot the ticket, the| progresses won a clean victory |n Audubon, County, the vote be ing as follows: Rooseveflk 987 Wilson* 934 Taft, 677. Thd court house at Audubon DOT the next two years wdl'l be a democratic stronghold, Republi can* WDM find "No Admittance" F*,gne ota the doors, which) aTe Blued from the Inside, whl.lo tjie, windows are flitted with burglar attachments. The majorities for the democratic candidates are as given below: J" 'V •.T*»-£5V ,-r. v-J-^r WittUauer for Auditor......426 Morteneen for Treasurer ... .47 JRlce for Clerk 360 Suniberg for Sheriff .731 Miss Oelke for Recorder 883 Qraham for Co. Attorney 349 Harmon for Coroner 110 PRESIDENTIAL STRboSLE GOES INTO HISTORY Democrats Carry Practically E^-s erything Else. fit yKV TOPI I HA VY ELECTORXU ».*. VOTE FOR WILSON Governorship in Doubt But Legislature is Republican and Kenyon's Elec- Only three republicans oaime\ through unscathed. Their majon ttlea were as JOIIOWB: Jabofosen) for Representative .-. .1 Clark for Supervisor .113 Johnson for Supervisor 443 lofwa will) send tour democrats ,. Binrth district. I tea a. United State® Senaitor I I Both parties are claltolng th^ "0"fed governorship, which is strictly in, doubt, wiith Clarke ap.parenltly Waw- In« slightly the better ot the test. Coeson seems to' be runnftng ... ... sot far ahead of hie ticket t« it seeims certain that Wdlson will fajwe more than fotur hundred) elec tonal votts out of five hundred and' thirty-one. And Roosevelt will .tuatoe all that Wilson doe» not take eixcept twelve, which) are a» plgned to' Haft. -The "Itoosvekt stages are Penn) sylVania, IlUnoia, Michigan Sout]( Dakota and Washinigftosi. In the Wilson column, but two or tiiTee others are stl'3 doubtful. -J rt.«v happened to get, apart tc otreegth was net t* Ioiwal And' yet, it was not a landslide. Hs|tber th« democrats happened to hanioened to set a^ait. Democrat, tir^ater than in other vearn, but its opposition wa|B split In. twaia, with results thkut' must af'e-t the •fcistory of the nation. Maskerade Relv. S. M. Smith served as Clerk alt electikra in place of Attorney T. iM. Rqpmussea. »?w*s -Koosevelt Carries Audubon County But different homes last Friday evening tfiSiS&ilSi WEDDING BELLS Ringixig for Lars Nielsen and Anna Madsen lof Sharon Towtohlp Who Wjer® Manted Last Wie^nesd^y. Mr. Lars" N^Iscn and Miss Amma Mad&eni weire marjried at the Count House) in Audu/bom Wednesday, October 30th. Th«i bride is the d&ughteQ of Mr, and Mrs. Hams Madsen of Deni marjt. She has been working for her brother in Sharon Township. She is a beautiful young lady amd! is very popuilar da the ootmimundty, amd has hosts of Mends who re joice lin, her happtiness. T^| groom Is an Audulbon Coumty ptoiuwbion, halving beew born* antd^ raised here. He 4s a fine, honor afble and cleami young miant, la well %fci%hy ot tho of bits' chotae. I The couple will Mve on a fanm close to the groom's mother's farm west ct town and will be at home tjof their many Mentis after Nov v^niber 15th. The JoumnajH joins their many frdemda in wishing this b!appy cou ple many years of happiness! aad prosperity. Cold Winter & ™*ys ... |Indian sign" of thick conn, hueksr •and &wo, republicans to) represent1.,_. .. ..v. Inidlcaitilrg a cold wdmiter, bu.t I her, in the lower house at Wash- .. •. had, ni$fverthougihfttoinoitlice.lt un Ington, lnetead of two deimocrajts ... .,, T11.™ aibout a year ago. As I wa» anw nine r^ubllcans as heretofore. .. „T huektog I thought one of the ears pudige w. R. Graem may be beaitr!. •em" aa representative of tbe)' J*' ,R tbick broocl1, Deanocnat- (esprefe into the prohibition tenrl matertally! tory of tha »outh)west ha^a beten. boarding the trains as p^aseenjgera andi carrying the) contnaband goods in their suit-cases, gripe and pocjk pts. In ordioir to suppress the ille gal traffic Juidlge R. C. Allen has ji 1 Brodersaanfumdets Hall 1 Exdra pectcd of hiaiviaiig liquor on or ,®Vedag Aften den 8de Notv. Alle aibout them' will not be allowiad to Undbudt. KlOiMITJEJEIN board the Iron Mounifaalni trains. i?: «. ^sZo f=flj 0 huBk. 1eave® •_ seven ot theim, whloh was a good Prom latest returns, It apipeara a it. husk. So this year, notlKSlng. the thafc Iowas General Assembly will ,' ... .. huakp seemeid thick, I went out! be republican/ by a majority of ,vi about twenty on Joint baiact, wMchl ,^df tneanis th« Kenyon -wttlili be ne-eleo- I wuated and found there were 84 a 011 84 tte & *hel Btean lwweB 8UCh! be ^e™" co™ huff knT more about com ng w^n an a) mant followed a seven layer huslk* what wU1 aQ etehteeB —Exchange. ^er huak? Surprise Party t&'A A surprise party was heldi at the Mm, Minnie Hensley residence ln» playedL Greeley tmwnabip last Saturday etv«r- teinig in honor of her birthday. The guests presented (her with a beautiful set of furs anjdl fine fine supper was eenved ftt 41 late h,our "whjch all did justice. A good time wae imported by aCi present. ... Bootleggers who have found/ it Issued an inijunctionj tor tbje nadl I roads and) hlereaftear persons sua- 1 Kvart Kline spent Saturday and Sum day at the home of hUs uncle, Bud and family, near WJota. BIS1 '0$. Vr .''«afflf*,dM*v 26 YEARS OLD EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1912 TREBLE CLEF PARTY At Various Homes Friday Evening. Hallowe'en I^anks Enjoyed By I The Treble Clef Club, held a Hallowe'en Party at the members' .. .. Hallowe'en Party at the members' ,, and which the boys were request- iUib a^Wn^1Sfl Ltr 1,r° r„U t, Then- the ghosts ummasked and adMjer boibhdmg for apples and rootl ing in bran for more presents they salt down to an elegant lunchl prer piatrad by the members. Progressive card playing w!as env Joyedl by ail until a very late hour. Three cheers were given for th-ei Treble Clef Club and ail departed declaring' it one of the most! orig inal and entertjatnlng Hallowe'en parties ever attended in) ExlraJ ENTERTAINED ,£ ... MJsfc Ora Hicks EntjertatajM Is Ballove'en Party Thu^6d*y Eve ning. Thirty IMndR Ftrerie^it. Miss Ora Hicks wabi the) hos* tess to a delightful HaUowie'e® par ty, lest Thursday evening. About thirty of her friends were present. The glrie were marked) as ghost s^ thei boys befang masked as biack catsi. At the openi'ng the hoys were initiated into the '10r der of the Sheets" after which games ol all descrlptltons f- "were A M^TANH WEEKLY DEVOTED TO TRUTH AND CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS The sign was the "Black Cat," which was put dn the window at ,^ ""tZ led, one wae called at a px« their hands and knees amd, into) the parlor where they took their [ag0 obligations on bended knees. Alter I ,Mo(re .thaa WWR KUVM liXt EL IDAII lZUQQ anoitheT r^m an^ him pdckles and crackere after which they were inwtructed to get their wriaps. After this wato donel the ghoptb led them thru' hlffl saift dale to ^,h© home of Mrs. Fred Cotton at whith| place they rooted dri bran -for presents which' proved] to bf gujn for each one. They were then, led into another room where they dined upon ciderf andl douighi nuts. After this par|t was played they •were) solemnly led through ithe su/burle of Exlra and back to| the J. B. Rendleman residence where th'^iT futuiie was fore|t(oldi. Thiere Jthey wiexe fed upon, five kinds of candy. Then) they advanced to the J. Id": JMmlck home,- where1-they --wiera a^gaini blindfolded with icet-cold wet clothb and fed upon: applies and cajke. While still blindfold«d they were again, led to the J, C. Riley ho|me and were greeted) by a skeleton, Miss Lena ESckles sang 'This Boiogie Main Rag" after the rooms were darkened. Mr. Henry Busty masked as ghost to evade the initiation. Ait midnight a two course luncheon wa« served), after which the guests departed for their different homes, declaring Miss Hicks a fine entertainer. wno n»ve round/ it Word was received lust Monday wwea by ™Ti Pe,ter JoTBm8en' tormeT' ly book-keeper at the E. D. Cotton Store, stating that he is nctw at Raoime, Wdsoonsto visiting reda tiives and friends. He wtttl soen suibonit to another operattoni on hlq arm. The wound madid tan the first operation has not entirely healed yet and hje will be dam pened to wait a few more weeks for the second operation.'We hiope ta see him soon in our midst. M^. Omar Witthauer ts working on1 the J. I. Hensley flairm now oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hensley. wii WHERE IOWA GETS OFF The Unusual Record of a Sister State, Whose People Have Gone Far toward Banishing Insanity, a abo„,t the home of Miss Carrie Gault VrL'a'^ 14 tas Yet more b0y, f0,UfI1/,l toto the house by a ^ch^Mlse •l'alls are Gault, and 'led upataira by a theTJ^t^ir1216 a to a are afLawM«h. ,W^ny tbe vi. IL1 blindfolded them after which) they -what It Is. One county has had were compelled to walk downataira ench) boy was iniftJtoted tlW' poor farms hanre no inmates. Fiva were requested to sit d*wm «ndi8lxtha bu.t one gmnd jury lQ all it8 Ms. tpry. other states. The consumption, of year- The state is Kansas. A de'llghtfiui Hallowe'emi party was given last Thursday evening at the E. A. Refthmeier home. Thej house was beautifully decorated withl white carnations' and ferna. Jack-o-lanterms were used for light eariv in, the evening. Tbo guests present wsre Mr. and Mrs. Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Vande Brake, Mr. and Mrs. Binitnjer, Mrs. Vcioirihieies, Miss Gano and Miss Brown A Blendld two course lunichon, was seerved. Thie guests departed at a awe hour pronouncing Mr. and I, u„ Mrs. Rcthmeler excelllent entertain^ rs. It should. The Board of Trustees of Exlra Tpwnshlp met Tn regular sessllon Monday at the A. W. Harvey bit— flee andl- settled' wit hi the Road Superintendent far the year. The Ladies Aid Sqcdelty of the M. E. Church held a business meet at the home of Mrs. Jenikdns Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Gafen Cotton was on streets last Monday for the time since his recent servers tafck of pneumonia. ST \if .. +i ,than, prMent of the counitles have NUPTIALS Pauperism, and Crime. -v-VA '^'L\ -'ii There 1b a state not far firom home of Mt. and Mrs. C. H. Priest- oaatly! Iowa, which is making a remark- ly near Auduibon occurred the. mux- In, Washin.goton^oiLp^ re or it it no is a of he a ha hjuoul ic. to Mr, Charles F. Hanmoa, for- wametm, ._ r-. half 0,f the cJualty Guthlrie moire counties than Iowa, merly of Audubon, hut now otf were admitted t.h^ ^nter. empty, and more thaa Shortly before eight o'clock, Mrs. se^^ t0 S0me the comi/tles not penitentiaries. |0£iiicr I Love Yo.u Truilv" Atud. 'To *otti'© ysa/r. Thia ta«» Th© tea ,em. Grand all. Jto-t-tl,. at 8 o'olSl. almost unhieard of, and a great withl Mrs. CharleB Wilde pnesiding .. .. O.ULUUOL uuuvuru «i, uidq a great wnni mrs. unarieB wiwa pnesiding wvier, xney round several c* blindfolded0^ ?e°pte W)uldllot know the and that was twenty-fflve yeara a tMrd of tha colmty of the COuntd!es watch the other candidates. When sa^. And ninety-five percent of the) candidates had ail been taken them have no inebriates. -.t- I to, mm ghost Jefl .ft wrtintq Among, the people-of this staSej, halve no lnv Ml Is generally held that the above! Freedline, they marched, into the conditions are due to the fact that spacious parflor where in the jtreB irt has stamped out the liquor tratf- C$nce of seventy-five invited guests flc mjore effectually than have of the bridal pairty which) consisted of the bride, dlressed itu a rich), cream messaline under white chif fon. Accompanying hier was her steter, Beulahi F., dressed in cana tOT' silk and white futr. Followdng them was the groom attended by Mir. Percy F. PrHtstley. Preceded by the oCficIatinjg^'clefrigymiant, J. H. (the 'Mr &i> HALLOWE'EN PARTY CH'l® at Bift Homo ot Mr. !stnd B^rs. E. A. Rethmeier, Thurs day Evening.' GWod Time Was Hjpported. cjoremony was saldi whtch) made) {thiesei liquor there amounts to about fop- for ifie. ty-eight tjents per head each year, Durnig the ceremony the) pianist, while to the remainder ofl the nar in solft sweet strains played "The tlon the per capita consuimptdoiy Melody of Love." Whtte congrar is more. than .twenty dtollare) eac\ tulations were offered "Loive and) splendid youn^ people one it Roses" pealed fidrth from the pla- No matter what the' cause may too. Mr. and Mrs. Harmon1 left be, the facts are Indusputable, and for Goirthtrle Center, where they people of other parts oif the coun-1 will make thedr home and where try shtouldi consider them seriously. Mir. Hairmoji has rent-edi rei'denc? property which thej will occupy at once. Thlat these estimable young peo ple may live to enjoy the full bless lng of a married life is the wish of all who kmorw theim.—Republican SPEND TOUR MONEY Whf Mrs. Sherm Knox of Bear Grove, Iowav anr.lived in the city last Fri day to be at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. E. B. Holmes, wh0 was very ill. She went to Adair, Monday, accompanied by her daugh tier, Gladys, where sihe is tftkingi treaitmeot for her arm, that wae| or four weeks of gpod broken seiveral weeks ago. Thie' the bridge will1 be in broken member has not healed our first at- Mlss Ruth Statzell was a visitor iav~i5ifferent Tooms of the Public School, last Tuesday. Lily Wlflsom is reported to quite sick at this writing. Charlie WellB is haying a of the grip this week. xf I be Xf •v«R^ Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars for Each Townslifp in Hands of Onr Treasurer .for Higliway Iinprov ment. There are ei?htf.e-n hundred dol lars to. our Couinty Treasurer's hjcunds of the Autoimobita fundi to dUvide up betweemi the townahip® for the improvment of our high ways. That will be two hundred and) fifty dollar® to each towushipt 4fn Audiuibon Oo^umity. »ut the OTdOT a 4_._ ',®p winter travel awdi put the mon ey in circulation? '. The New Bridge as Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mimerman and family of Audubon township auffaoed to neam Anita last Sunday morning and spent the day with1 tlteir daughter, Mrs. Wahler: and family.'" f,r The graders are working hard to till in the approaches to the new bridge before the ground free zes. Tbe contractor has his work well in hand now and wKtbj three feather passable condition for winjteT travel. Miss Anna Nelsen accompanied her, brother, Lars Nelsen and his new bride to their home west of town* last Wednesday afternoon. She returned to her work at the Emit Bilhairz home in Audubom, Friday. Fruhk Heath was able to be dowrt tawo*vthe fjjrst. of the.. weeik by thel aid of crutches. IWe hope to soon hear of him being able to get to his draylng business. Groy. ed qultie lllli at her hotme east part of town. We hope hear of hjer speedy recovery. Hemry Heath returned to his been baling hay. Jti '1-* fekf I^mpqq c' ^v!5J Wednesday, lOctober 30ith, at tie ted^o thT ter^Twaahf^t Mne of Mt. and Mrs. C. H. Priest- 0m9S $1.00 PER YEAR KVamk Harmon and Befrtlia XV%ntly Pour Remjvn Married, Wednesday, l0ctobe(r 3q. class of Eighty-Pour All Wk^L? Will Reside in GutJirfoj cymtiefc-. W)oin®$^ WOMEN IN LAW enty-eeven vei1 or lOT- The World With You/' beUlevo in "cvammime" arn/tal crianinal Inj tiat «. a MKU W- bT t^T ^^.T, 4,^ a*m*' n* gton, ra. eiehty-fou(i of th«m laW* 8S1®* lll«ni Carles Wilde took hetr place at hHghest and best record havfc^oos^. tOie piano wMle Mrs. Flo Freeman Pleted the three year's course iq men and/ saves ™, these four women, oni- ed' three Womaa a diploma heir entire work had to 1* gono ovier. They found several o« Mendelssohn's wed- ^^^at1^ papers which, dinigt majrcli announced /the coming p-eroent uon^ of theim fait J.X. 1 inie hAlrv-ur QO in® below 92 and her average far the htbnee year's course was 97 p#p. cent, she is a California girl hawr l®g bete®, a clerk for a large lawr firm Los Angeles and later shs was court stenographer in Pfceoni*. Arizona, the will »vti »-n •nix and lang out hor shingle. Catherine C. Pikfe stood mod ghost in tb» class. She is a clert in the customs dtviadon of the treasury ajnid took lajw M'es iq bat ten prepare herself for her w*vk tffaei department. Laat wieetk sh« wetat to (New York to makie special inspectdojn, of an inccgniing cargo andi is thie first woxnaoi to be sent to sea as a customs officer. In ad dition to bier work im the depart mient she will gdve lectures to ttbis WasOi'tngton College of Haw. Mary Farmier, the third, jf tfoe graduates Is a North CaroUm^ girl. She ifixpeots to return to ben hotae and eniter practice wi#hi hwr brother. The fo.urth\ youmg woman, of this class/ is Miss Rebecca Laurems Lotys^ a V&rgiilnla, girl and a clierk in) tlM depafltmient. Miss Loive, haretog £!a ished the course, to law^ hlas 'wa tered itihie lamguaget Bchooli of Georgetown, Unlvwcad(ty, preparing" herself by the aldddtiow of a know ledge of foreUgmi ltanguagiee for a very high salaried position in the state department. Washington! College of law it 'flhe only law school that has a wo man dean,. She Is Mrs. El lien Spencer Mueaey, widow of General R. DeSaven, Miuspey wihoj w«ot to Washington, as a neiwisipapier man. In the srime coach which tooik .Lin coln to be inaugurated, "WV?? An Interesting Letter' Audubon, Iowa, Oct. 18, 191.2 Friend Jack:—Thw pagt -Sew to sues of your paper htave come tp me deooraifed with ft U, S. t^amijp and upon kvestigiartdiom, I ditaoavfcn&iT that I was soanewliBt in syneare aa «gards sjibscxiptton) thereto Suj posei that would niatuiraiay follonr B#fcer the manner of yur kind. Am «n*skwing check for $2.00 to cover past andi apply on future and it you don't hesitate too Bong in get ting it to the bank it wHl^pa-oba^ bliy be met. Waa glad to read some, days ago that youn conddtion waa much im proved and I hope that the time 'wiffil be short whiem. you:- old fam lUar foran will be'seen revolving imi its cucftomaxy ombRs. Wishing you suceeee as w^ a c^ieedty, recovery, I and Sinxseredy and .IVuily Y.oi6fs, John Rendleman is having car tenters build a large hog house this week on his farm northwest about December first. Mr. Himnm tot town noiw occupied by Albert has had, some experience in' the lumber business having purchased the Lake View Lumber yard with! Miss Elkxwene Dlmlck is repoi^ Mh*. Charley Waits, (so well kmown in the bore) about five years ago. About to a home in this olty Monday morn. ^^jrandVa^you^ maT* lng from Wlota, where he Mr. E. C. Wilson reltfUrnedi npm, ®*'"e his northern trip SaturSsy. Sale Bills printed at this office. as J. MANTZ Bougbt Lqmber Yard Mr. Perry Hanlsfen and Mr, B. E. Clume of this city bavei bouyhit a lumber yard Sat the totwn of Beta, Iowa, and will move there y^ar ago Mr. Hansen soldi hdfl Interest to Mr. Waits. Mr. X. E. Cluxe Is the manager of the Green Bay Lumber Com- WOTtJl. The Joumalt es theim success In the new enter- .v.- S\ e-ff-, -r JJ -V tk