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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
7
Rural life sketch with bipartisan updates across residents including Audubon visitors, church prayer meetings, farm work like corn planting and new water works, plus community events at the hall. Notables include J J Quimby insurance agent, Professor Cunningham applicants, and several locals such as Newt Mulford, Will Mulford, Jessie Stough, and Miss Anna Blakesley. An odd Turkish bread superstition concludes the column.
A witty exchange from a New York Press item features a bachelor teasing an older man about his sleepless nights with a teething baby. The punchline turns on the baby’s teething and the man’s defensive reply about the knife.
A Philadelphia Press quirky note describes an interaction where Miss Koy thanks Mr Crabbe for a seat on a street car. He replies that men rarely concede seats, except to ten pretty girls, highlighting social friction and courteous conduct in transit.
News from Santo Domingo city reports Horacio Vasquez's provisional government to stay in power until elections. Peace is reestablished in the south as hostilities suspend and surrender terms are to be discussed.
Local market chatter notes corn oats wheat prices and community updates. Clyde Wilde and Stemm works, creamery milk supplies, building plans by George Stemm, visitors from Omaha and Chamberlain, and a vivid account of medieval torture instruments in Nuremberg.
The votive pictures or yewa at Japanese temples stem from an old custom honoring departed warriors with offerings before graves. Wealthier temples kept white horses for spirits, while poorer shrines used horse pictures called yema. Buddhist temples later adopted the practice as the term and meaning spread beyond its Shinto origins.
M Guignet recounts a vivid duel between a hedgehog and a viper observed in Versailles. The viper tires first, the hedgehog pins the tail, rolls up, and after a fierce struggle the snake dies. The hedgehog then feeds on the tail, avoiding the head.
A yellow box containing a two ounce black waxlike mass was handed to the bench. The item is described as a Chinese medicine made from monkeys' toe nails boiled and buried for years. It was stolen from a native apothecary on Nanking road. Monkeys' toe nails are claimed to be a common remedy for stomach troubles in Chinese practice.
In Eva Biles murder case the jury disagreed after 56 hours of deliberation. Other Iowa items note a Shenandoah hay barn blaze causing $10,000 loss, a Creston brakeman killed by a pile driver, O W Huntington resigning as Iowa Central superintendent to join Central Railroad of New Jersey, the arrest of ex express messenger W B Mathonnah in Burlington over a stolen $20,000 package, a Mason City drug prescription misfill causing a death, and threats against evangelist James Coad in Eddyville prompting armed guards during meetings.
The 28th annual encampment of the Department of Iowa G A R will convene in Des Moines May 20 to 22. Iowa has 382 posts with 16,299 members. John Lindt of Council Bluffs is expected to be elected department commander, succeeding George Metzger of Davenport, with Abe Lincoln post member Lindt unopposed.
A Des Moines report says four tornadoes struck Iowa causing injuries and about 50000 dollars in damages. Bayard, Weldon, Lohrville, Woodburn, Van Wert, and Hiteman were hit with wrecked houses, broken limbs, and at least one death. The storms followed a northeast path across Decatur and other counties, with a preceding hailstorm and widespread destruction observed by residents.
Cholera in Manila shows signs of abating as the main water supply for white residents remains unaffected. The city reports 754 cases and 608 deaths to date.
South Omaha records cattle receipts at 400 and hogs at 10,000 with mixed prices. Native steers bring 4,500 to 5,90. cows and heifers 0.75 to 5.75. western steers 40 to 70. calves 2.50 to 75.50. hogs mostly lower with heavy weights around 1. Goats/pigs 5.00 to 61.60. sheep receipts 4,400 with red, western and common grades ranging 4.00 to 8.00. lambs up to 7.00.
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