Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-30
Kimballton & Elkhorn.

G. W. Boysen is helping Esbeck
Bros. invoice their stock this week.
There was lively game of fisti-
cuffs at the dance at Kimballton the
other evening.
Piter Petersen and Miss Flora Lam
sing, of Oak Hill, were Kimballton
visitors Tuesday.
Peter Sorensen, the harnessmaker,
Sundayed with friends at Council
Bluffs and Omaha.
Denmark showed up in these
"diggins" again Tuesday after an
absence of four weeks.
Hans johnson this week lost two
yearling heifers from black leg and
has another one very sick.
Miss Lena johnson came home
from Harlan to spend Christmas with
pa and ma at Kimballton.
Lauritz Petersen has returned home
from northern Iowa where he has
been farming this summer.
Geo. Nelson has rented his 1OO-acre
farm near Poplar for 1898 to Otto
Andersen at 80 so per acre.
Several visitors from near Harlan
were Christmas callers on the N. A.
Wright family of Kimballton.
The Kimballton schools have va
cation of one week and will commence
operations again next Monday.
Lawrence and Edith Esbeck, of
Audubon, were visiting their young
friends at Kimballton this week.
Oleff' Olsen has recovered from his
recent sick spell and will commence
carrying the mail again next week.
Tuesday the members of Emanuel
Lutheran church held very inter-
esting business meeting at Kimball-
ton.
Bertel j. Lund, of Council Bluffs,
has been visiting friends here the
past week. He returned home last
Thursday.
MAIDS Fabricious returned last week
from Ida Grove. He has been work
ing on farm near that place for the
past nine months.
Martin c. Christensen is the happy
papa of a big boy baby born Deem
Der 9th. You just ought to see the
smile he wears now days.
Martin w. Jensen, the Danish
tailor at John. j. Lidd's is hustler
for trade. Call and see him when in
Audubon. He'll treat you right.
Jimmy Petersen has put in neat
barber shop at Elkhorn on the East
Side. Jimmy is competent work
man and solicits the patronage of his
many friends.
G. l.. Gregersen, of Ute, Iowa, has
a good farm for sale. Well improved
and running water. Small first pay
ment and easy terms. Only two
miles south of Ute.
Charley White who taught the
academy here last winter, was at
Kimballton the first of the week
visiting his numerous friends. He
will soon return to Des Moines to re-
sumo his studies.
| Fifteen young Kimballtonites-
boys and girls, piled into a big bob
sled Saturday afternoon and went out
for sleigh ride and merry time
they had too. OF course the sled up
set on certain corner but no one got
hurt.
Julius Andersen and wife. from
Kirkman, were down and spent
Xmas with their many friends at
Kimballton. Julius reports the new
creamery almost ready for business
and will make butter by the 10th Of
January.
Martin Esbeck and family came
out from Audubon to spend the holi.
days with the old folks and many
friends at Kimballton. While here
Martin spent a couple of days help,
ing to invoice his big stock of hard
!, ware at this place.
The Sharon creamery company
meets on Wednesday, January 9Th
at twelve o'clock noon, for the pur
pose of electing officers, hiring a but
! termaker and transacting any bust
ness that comes before the meeting
HANS J. HANSEN, Pres.
Geo. P. Marcusen and Hans Thorn
. sen, of West Point, Nebraska, is her
+ visiting with their many friends
: Mr.. Marcusen is cousin of the Mar
: cusen boys of this locality. MI
Thompson is his brother in-law VIII
. formerly owned farm in Share
> township.
u Peter I. Petersen will attend
e meeting of surveyors and civil engin
II GERS at Des Moines soon. He ha
;, been asked to, and will present to til
u state association series of bills whic
the legislature will be asked to pass
either abolishing the office of count
: surveyor or paying him salary tha
"A =, will be sufficient for his support
Harlan American.
: Prof. II. w. Foght, principal {
y the Elkhorn college, spent the hol
Is days at his old home at Ord, Nebras
}. a,-his old home. On Tuesday i
u was united in marriage to prett