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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
7
Review school starts June 23 in Audubon High School with six week term plus two week Institute. Tuition five dollars, plus one dollar Institute. Board costs 2.50 to 3.00 per week. self-boarding possible. Repass and Lancelot return as instructors. music class led by Mr. Repass.
Mark Twain spoke at Hannibal Missouri as he left for Columbia after visiting his boyhood home. Tears at the platform moved crowds and a streetside cane gift touched his emotions while he recalled his youth and earlier days in Hannibal. He recalled Tom Blankenship and other characters shaping his rise to fame amid ovations at multiple stops on the journey.
Sam Onis laboring near Manning on the railroad. Mrs. Ramsey stays with her daughter Mrs. Thompson. Uncle James Crow returns home from vacation and sells goods again. Diverse village items cover local life, travel, and community events across Manning and nearby.
The Twenty-Ninth Annual Institute of Audubon County meets August 4 in the High School room Audubon for two weeks. Attendance urged for teachers who plan to work next year with classifications A B C D based on credentials and prior institute work. Supt. W P Johnson and Prof J L Conger lead, with exams August 15 16 and two lectures scheduled.
Porto Rico shows a practical tilt as tourists ride in autos from San Juan to Ponce. Plans consider powerful motor trucks pulling trailers for freight on the same routes. Numerous road projects are under way and the old bull carts used for freight will fade away as proper highways rise.
Mrs Buffers explains to Mr Buffers that a teller accused her of being mean and inexperienced in cashing checks. He questions the remark as the man interprets the implied message. The exchange appears in the New York Weekly.
A humorous exchange shows a Little Girl answering a question about her age with wit. She contrasts Granny’s age, her mother’s youth, and proclaims herself Punch in a playful scene from a reader-voiced narrative.
A Iowa-era community notes column lists William Dice tending a ailing horse, visits by Julia Hart and Frank Miller families in Audubon, Henry Conboy at Jon Wagoner, Albert West's Dedham trip, and other local happenings including house painting, livestock shipments to Omaha, and a lively round of neighborly visits around Audubon and Manilla.
In Iola Kansas on June 11 the Neosho river reached its peak, a mile wide with extensive wheat and corn losses. Missouri Pacific track collapsed over hundreds of feet, forcing passengers and baggage to cross by boat. City water and power plants remained safe though surrounded. A separate report from Macon Georgia notes a Southern Railway collision near Juliette left two engineers dead and nineteen passengers injured.
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