Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-09-16
KimbaIlton and Elkhorn.

fat hogs at Audubon today.
Peter Nielsen and Erik Hansen go
to the Omaha fair this week.
Geo. Marcusen lost good calf Sum
day by drowning in spring.
]. G. Christensen, west of Kimball-
ton, lost an old family horse one day
last week.
Soren Mortensen and j. G. Chris.
Jensen are having hot time over
line fence.
BoRN.-To Mi. and Mrs. Chris
LANCE, of north Sharon, ,on last
Thursday, boy.
Chris Marcusen marketed some fine
light hogs at Audubon Wednesday.
He got $3.50 per cwt.
Andrew Fl. Andersen is very sick
man. A. Berggren is in charge of
the Esbeck establishment.
The fall term at the Elkhorn col
flege begins Oct. Is. Rev. P. L. G..
Hansen is the new president.
Mr.. and Mrs. Niels Hansen are to
be congratulated on the arrival Of a
boy baby at their home last week.
Mrs. N. B. Andersen is home from
Harlan and is rapidly recovering
from successful surgical operation.
| P. Andersen, the Kimballton pho
tographer, was at Elkhorn Tuesday
trying to rent rooms preparatory to
putting in gallery at that place.
The Kimballton creamery company
meets Saturday, Sept. 25th, to elect
officers for the ensuing year and to
let the milk routes to the lowest
bidder. :.
| Lorentz Jensen and family drove
over to Shelby county last Sunday to
help Mr.. Jorgen Lorentzen celebrate
his Goth birthday. These two old
boys are brothers in law.
Jens Kjar, of Atlantic, came up to
Kimballton Saturday evening and
took the degree of the Prince of the
Orient. The same degree was also
conferred on Jens Sorensen.
N. G. Jensen has his Elkhorn fur
ni.ure store nearly completed and by
next week will have the same ready
to receive the stock of furniture and
caskets which will arrive here soon.
While Christoffersen Bros. were
threshing. at G. l.. Hansen's Wednes.
day, Joe Elmquist came along and
took large sized photograph of the
big machine and all hands that were
present.
Rasmus Hansen, John and Chris
Petersen, attended the state fair this
week. While in the Capitol City
the Elkhorn merchants bought some
new clothing and other stock for the
big store.
Hamlet Lodge, X. of P. will hold
their annual picnic at Peter Madsen's
place, east of Kimballton next Sun
day. The Kimballton band will fur
nish music and all expect a good
time.
| Martin Esbeck, G. w. Boysen, A.
G. Nelson and wife and MAIDS Walters
will join the big excursion next
Tuesday and go to southeastern Texas
to visit relatives and look after land
interests.
| VILLAS Rattenborg last week sold
his house on the southwest corner OF
Sec. 1, Clay township, to A. Berg
gren for the sum of $3.50. Mr..
Berggren and family moved into the
same last week.
| Jens Hansen, the little Bayton
painter, is artistically decorating the
Bethania church, north of Kimball-
| ton, inside and out. Next week he
| will paint Chris N. Christeusen's
house. Jens' work shows up well
and he does lots of it.
| Last Friday while Jens Larsen,
near the West Hamlin creamery, was
away from home, his barn caught
fire and was burned to the ground.
Fifty tons of hay and considerable
other stuff was also burned. It was
the same old story-a small boy, a
match and some straw did the bust
ness.
| G. E. Kringel, who is we'll and
ttavorably known among the Danish
people Of Audubon and Shelby
counties through his connection with
the Danish paper published at At
lantic some years ago, and later as
talesman at Christensen Bros. store,
has accepted position as salesman at
4 j. II. Marshall's store at Atlantic
where he will be pleased to see all of
his old friends as we'll as new ones.
One day last week while Chris
Olsen's little girl girl was at school
in Oakfie!d township she ate her
luncheon and in some way got bone
stuck in her throat. It was soon
found impossible to remove it with
out surgical skill and the child was
brought home. Several surgeons
were hastily summoned and the pain
full operation Of cutting the substance
out was performed. The poor little
girl is now slowly recovering.
The West Hamlin creamery COM
pany held meeting Tuesday for the
purpose of hiring a buttermaker for
| .fhe next vear The ,,ronooad vote ~