Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-07-29
The JOURNAL and Toledo Blade for
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Chas. Bell left Tuesday for Oelwein,
Iowa, to join a theatre band.
Fred Bloom is strongly thinking of
going to the Klondyke gold fields in
the frozen north.
Mrs. John Weighton enjoyed WIS.,
it last week from her niece, Miss
Patterson, of Carroll.
ID. w. Fullerton's threshing outfit
will commence threshing oats al the
poor farm next Saturday.
Mrs. E. N. Taggart went to Eldora,
Iowa, to visit Il few days with rela-
tives and friends, Wednesday.
Have you noticed Russel's big shoe
sign painted by Taylor Lang worthy
on the Williams livery barn?
Wednesday John McFarlane sold
Case separator to Frank Pfeiffer and
Asa johnson, of Extra township.
Frank Leet and his little daughter
went to Colfax to rest few days.
Grandma Leet will return with them.
Miss Augusta, the len.year-old
daughter l. P. Hansen, is dangerously
i'll Mt her home two miles south est
of Audubon.
Mrs. Fred Buthweg and her sister,
Miss Susie Musson, have gone to
Bonneville to visit and to Colfax TO
,imbibe the healing waters.
Hon. A. Fl. Edwards has placed on
his Douglas township farm 800 head
of western sheep. There'll be big
money in sheep next year.
The bridge builders have vet
seventy-two bridges 10 build and re-
pairi in this county The bridge gang
is now working west of Bmyton.
MS r. C. RICE. Fire Insurance,
MW Steamship Tickets to and from
W. all parts of the world. Apply
at the Corn Exchange Bank, Audubon
The merry dancers assembled at the
G. A. r. Hall last Thursday evening,
and to the strains of the mandolin
orchestra tipped the light fantastic
toe.
Henry Bilharz, OF Chicago, arrived
here Thursday to visit his relatives.
He goes from Audubon to Emmet
county to look after large land in
terests.
Banker Frank Leet pulled off his
coat Tuesday and assisted Fred in the
harvest field, showing the boys
that he hadn't forgot how to work
and sweat.
Jas. Kelley, the North esterr
breakman who was so seriously in
jured at Manning last week, died at
his home at Carroll Sunday evening
He leaves wife and three daughters
MIR. j. H. Norton, the POSTMASTER
and storekeeper at Fiscus, informs us
that we erred last week in stating
that he would move to Indiana. II,
states that; he will move to Califor
Iia.
| These good ladies went to the Exir
woods Tuesday and had merry, re
freshing outing: Mrs. John McKar
ahan, Mrs. W. H. Cowles, Mrs. Will
son Burnside, Mrs. A. Fl. Roberts
Mrs. G. III. Jones, Mrs. E. B. Cousin!
DIR. CIV. Marker, of Montgomer
q county, was here Wednesday an,
thinks favorably of locating perma
nently in Audubon. He is a physi
clan of twenty-five years. successful
practice and is otherwise we'll recon
mended.
Mrs. Preston and Miss Julia Wal
lace, of Morrison, Illinois, who hav
been here the past few weeks visitin!
their sister, Mrs. j. F. Russell an
their father, Mrs. j. Burdick, lei
Wednesday evening for Des Moline,
accompanied by Mrs. Russell, to visi
another sister.
Again the unwelcome news CONF
from Colorado Springs that Mr.. ali
Mrs. B. S. Phelps baby boy is in.
very alarming condition. He suffers {
stomach trouble and is in too weak
a condition to be held in arms. w
hope to hear of the little fellows i'm
provement and later on restored |
robust health.
Supervisor Nels P. Hoegh was
the poor farm, Tuesday, and authori;
ed the steward, Royal Petty, to sc
fifty head of hogs. The hogs wi
, average $50 lbs. and an offer Of SO !:
per hundred is made for the lot. I'll
carload of steers on the poor farm a
making excellent gain and will go
market about September LIST.
j. A. Overholtzer has returne
from Butler county, Kansas, whe
he bought 480 acres of land, using
payment his residence property
7 Audubon, and his stock of farm m,
!, chinery and hardware and realesta
at Cumberland, Iowa. We unde
{ stand that Mr.. Overholtzer and fami
will leave Audubon and settle {
their big Kansas farm.
Wilson Burnside's new elevator
t fast nearing completion under Il
toll of A. H. Dollihide, r. j. Grey
ling, Theron Creveling, Frank Eval
r and Walter Roth. Sam Mantz W
the first farmer to use the new dunn
3 having sold 500 bushels of old oats |
r Mr.. Burnside. The new elevator
very handily arranged, has two elev
I. tors and q capacity of over 300,
! bushels Of grain. The machinery
driven by Jefferson gasoline engir
4 All the machinery is working vel
/, satisfactory.