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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
3
Steinke's Store promotes a sale with discounts on overcoats fur coats men's suits and boys garments. Claims of honest reductions emphasize unraised prices and actual savings while inviting men and mothers to clothe their families cheaply.
Thomas Murcheson sues Louden Mullen and others in Audubon County Iowa to quiet title to the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 26, Township 79, Range 35, alleging prior conveyances by the United States and various transfers lack proper reconveyance. The plaintiff contends adverse possession since 1855 and seeks a decree establishing title in fee simple and barring all adverse claims, with a six week publication of notice in Audubon County Journal.
A public sale on the old Tans Jensen farm lists one black team of geldings seven years old, a black colt coming three, a bay mare five, a 13 year old black horse, nine milch cows and dairy stock, two yearlings, calves, heifers, hogs, sheep, and farm implements including a McCormick binder, mower, hay rake, cultivators, plows, and wagons. Household goods, dairy equipment, and several carriages are offered with free lunch and usual terms. Auctioneers JENS P JENSEN and A.W Hanvey.
Anna Boberg, famed for polar landscapes, endures blizzards and icy peril on Muroen Island to capture Arctic dawns and wind blown snows. She sleeps in native huts, travels barefoot on crested slopes, and campaigns to translate sun, sky, and frost into canvas while living apart from city comforts.
Berlin. Professor Robert Koch reports in his imperial interior ministry memo that sleeping sickness devastates communities, leaving villages populated mainly by women and children. About 900 patients are under treatment on the Sese islands, where arsenic-based atosyl shows promise similar to quinine for malaria.
Seattle reports gold production within sixty miles of Dawson for 1908 at 5 097 942 dollars based on 18 dollars per ounce. Since 1896 the total from the Klondike area stands at 112 756 072 dollars as dredging and hydraulic methods are deployed, outlook for next year remains strong.
Des Moines reports Judge Hugh Brennan in 1907 voided both grand and petit juries for Polk County as irregularly drawn. The ruling, with concurrent judges, could halt district court proceedings except divorce and equity cases until a statute authenticates jury drawing. With 85 ineligible grand jurors and 20 percent of petit jurors, officials face potential prosecutions. clerks Goffin and Burnett are exonerated from criminal negligence but censured for statutory lapses.
Howard Burgess, a known local colored man, was shot and killed by Marion Thompson in Thompson’s Buxton restaurant. After entering, Burgess verbally attacked Thompson who then drew a gun and fired three times. Burgess died instantly. Several witnesses assert the shooting was self defense.
Matt Griffith and Willie Lafevere were held by a coroner's jury for carelessness in discharging a gun that wounded Hallie Monicle, causing his death. The gun discharged while Monicle was ascending a flight of steps in West Keokuk, tearing his arm and injuring his abdomen.
Charles City report states James Cullen, 60, a wealthy contractor on East Clark Street, killed his wife and his 15-year-old stepson in his home and then shot himself twice in the head. He survived the attempt, not fatal, and is jailed. Cullen was regarded as temperamental and eccentric.
Pelle county supervisors may appeal district court rulings as juries dispute funding. Henry Squires aged 82 dies at his Burlington home. Andrew Carnegie donates 20000 to Simpson College, Des Moines conference to raise 80000 more. Fire at Afton causes 1460 loss. James H. Windsor, a retired banker and prominent Des Moines businessman, dies. Marshailtown slot machines status unsettled amid county attorney questions. Ed Jenkins and Tressie Rounds indicted for first degree murder in the Milo Cravens killing near Lineville on Christmas Day.
A public note states Foley's Honey and Syrup for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law. It contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended as a remedy for children and adults, Nick Doffing.
A speaker recalls living in a six room, modern flat priced at $38 a month on Avenue A. He describes parlor mahogany furniture, a second parlor, a piano, slippery leather chairs, and the lack of a comfortable chair for sitting. He contrasts this with his past tenement days and notes the flat’s design sacrifices for decor.
Secretary Shaw sought to shift government payrolls from cash to checks to push workers toward savings banks. He learned many clerks already relied on money lenders, and local saloon proprietors cashed many checks. Disgusted, he rescinded the check payment order.
A Rangoon magistrate fined a Burmese prisoner for possession of opium. The sentence was 160 dollars or all months of rigorous imprisonment. The judgment noted the defendant was a woman and the magistrate sought mercy rather than harsh punishment.
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