Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-02-18
Hamlin Department.

"Wednesday noon.
The creamery shipped ten tubs o.
butter Wednesday noon.
Mayor Mcclure was repairing hil
stock scales Tuesday morning.
Mrs. E. Gwin, of Extra, visited at
Tom Gwin'sa few days this week.
The wife of Jesper Jensen is very
i'll of Inflammation of the bowels.
w. H. Bowman, of Extra, was a,
the Station a few hours Saturday.
Henry Young's entire family hat
been i'll of Ia grippe the past week.
Peter Jorgensen became the happy
father of q big two-fisted baby boy
one day last week.
Mrs. Wib Smith and Mrs. Wiliil
Hopkins are both badly affected by
la grippe this week.
Rev. Humphrey, of Extra, will
preach at Old Hamlin next Sunday
afternoon at 800 o'clock.
The entire family of Robert Sizer
have been having siege of la grippe
during the past few days.
o. P. Tyler shipped eighteen head
of as smooth cattle from the Station,
last Saturday, as you ever saw.
John Somers has sold the old Geo.
Smith 80-acre farm, southwest of the
Station, to M. j. Fabrisus at $3.50
per acre.
The Young Folks Glass Meeting
will be held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Schonoover next Saturday
afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock.
Uncle S. D. Coonrod and some OF
his neighbors went down to the ALT
Bartlett home, last Sunday, and held
a sick room prayer meeting.
Walk Crees sent barrel of pop
corn to Chicago and after taking Out
the freight the firm sent him check
for the neat little sum of ten cents.
Ole Olsen, son of Hans Olsen, is
more than flaxing around and it is
whispered that he will soon be mar
ried to pretty little Danish lady.
The average test of butter fat for
December was four and two-tenths
per cent. and paid the patrons of the
creamery fifty-two cents for one hum
dred pounds.
George Kyhn's team got loose the
other day with load of hogs and
after running ways they tipped the
wagon over, spilled the hogs and then
gave up the chase.
Harry Percy and wife visited with
Theo. Gearheart and wife, at Nicola,
last Sunday. Harry came home on
Tuesday but Mrs. Perez n4olonge
her stay few days.
"The Boys" wish to inform I" The
Girls" that they were dead onto
their scheme at the festival at W. D.
Stanley's, last week, and that it
would not work worth a cent.
The pig trade was lively this week.
Mat Mattisen brought in 10 head,
Jesper Jensen Is, Chris Hansen 4,
Peter Nelson IA. Monday Will Nc
CURE bought 6S head of hogs.
George Smith has bought the sobin
house, Southwest of the Station, and
will move it to lot near Harry Per-
cy's house and become a resident OF
Hamlin. He will farm sixty acrea.
Hub White LETT these diggings on
Monday for Kansas where, on We'd
nesday he was married to Miss Maud
Carter, formerly of Old Hamlin.
They will return next Saturday and
the boys have all kinds of implements
with which to make noise and are
anxiously waiting for them TO appear.
Last week Wednesday Tom Crees
and Miss Amanda Keightly were
guilty married at Old Hamlin. Both
are deservedly popular young people
and last Monday their many friends
organized charivari party and went
over to pay their respects to them.
Tom treated the boys and then they
went off in the distance making night
hideous with their noise.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Christensen, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter johnson, MIR. and
Mrs. II. j. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bruder, all good Danish citizens OF
southwest Hamlin township, assisted
by several young people pounced
down upon Mr.. and Mrs. Berthel
Jensen, at the Sharon creamery, last
Saturday night and proceeded to fill
the entire evening with jolity.