Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-11-11
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Will Mcclure is building crib at
the rear of his store and will begin
taking corn in exchange for goods.
Miss Harry Percy passed four very
pleasant days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Theo. Gearheart, at Nicola, last week.
A young lady friend of Miss Bessie
Bradley, from Atlantic, is visiting
with her, at Old Hamlin, this week.
There is look of joy and content
ment of Hans Fabricius' face New
boy baby born at his house this week.
The Epworth League will hold
their first devotional meeting next
Sunday night. All are invited to
attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Schoonover visit
ed with friends and heard Miss KEN
per's lecture, at Audubon, last Tues
day afternoon.
Charley Banning and wife and Miss
Ethel Campbell returned Thursday
from a good visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Crews, at Lynnville, Iowa.
The Stuart Grain Company will
commence buying corn at Hamlin
Station next Monday, November Is.
IL. Il. Kennels will be the buyer.
Miss Kate Workman will begin
teaching the winter term of school,
at Brushy College, one week from
next Monday, November 22d.
The school, at Hamlin Center, was
out last Friday. Miss Florence Rath-
bun, of Extra, was the teacher and
she will teach that school the winter
term.
Marion Jensen was at the Station
this week trying to buy Ed. Schoon-
over uneXpired term at the Blue Grass
Creamery but did not make the deal
"scour.''
Rob't Campbell and his little girl,
Ethel, were in Extra, Saturday, and
after looking the new machinery DER,
at the Journal office, they pronounced
1T buncomsquint."
Lyman Kelley was down from Au-
dubon this week and bricked up the
second best cave in the county, for
Harry Percy. They used four thou
sand Van Meter brick in the walls.
Tonight is the time that Harry
Percy, Rev. Wissler, of Extra, and
Sam Randall, of near Gray, will COM
pose the "team" that receives the
Royal Arch Degree in Masonry, at
Audubon.
Miss Rose Mcclure is visiting
with her relatives at the Station this
week. The first Monday in December
Miss Rose will begin teaching the
Tom Smith school, just north of
Kimballton.
A little stranger was born to Mr..
and Mrs. j. c. LaFoy, last week, and
since that time the mother has been
down close to the dark river of death
so close that she could hear the
rustic of angels wings.
Gill Jones, of Audubon, has Just
completed putting in complete set
of water works for Nels Rattenborg,
on his fine stock farm, south west of
the Station. Knud Knutsen was the
man that did the work.
That was /" zivylittle" cigar Will
Mcclure gave us, at the Station, last
Tuesday evening. The only trouble
with them is that when you want TO
smoke it you have to hunt saw buck
to lay it on-too big to hold.
Warren Barker has just finished
well and has erected wind mill and
run piping to his stock yards. The
well is $50 feet deep and Warren says
you can lay down, put your ear to the
curb, put one hand over the other ear
and plainly hear the China women
singing their babies to sleep.
Last week Wednesday while Gro
YER, the elevenyear-old son of Rob't
was riding one of his
fathers colts the animal stumbled
and fell, throwing the lad to earth
with great force, bruising him about
the head and one arm quite seriously.
However, with true Scotch grit,
Grover is up and about again.
They have organized literary So
siety at Brushy College, to meet on
Wednesday evenings, and these are
these first officers:
John Moore, President.
Andrew Wells, Vice President.
Miss Emma Wells, Secretary.
Duke Hunter, Treasurer.
Andrew Smith, Marshal.
A representative of the c. III. Wea-
YER Company, of Chicago, attended a
Meeting Of the directors of the Blue
Grass Creamery, Monday, and was
20 well pleased with the butter made
~ Ed. Schoonover that he offered
hem within one cent of the market
price in New York City, and the d.
'ectors have ordered that shipment
De prepared and sent to Chicago.
One of the most pleasant events
hat has occurred in our little village
ecently was the celebrating of Grand
"a and Grandma S. ID. Coonrod's
Golden wedding on last Wed nesday,
November Sd. A number of friends
adhered at the hnma 6ur;nr tha