Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-11-18
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Chris Marcusen lost good heifer
Monday. She had been feed ing on
corn stalks.
Julius Sorensen, of Sharon, was
given the third degree in Pythianism
at Kimballton Saturday evening.
John Mason, who been farming a
body of land east of Kimballton, has
moved to Atlantic to spend the win
| ter.
MAIDS Petersen, who has bought the
Otto Larsen place, east of Kimball-
ton, will not move onto the same be-
fore next spring.
Hon. T. L. Kelly was " doing "
Sharon township Monday and Tues
day. Mr.. Kelly has many warm
friends here and is a welcome visitor.
Mrs. j. q. Jensen gave one of those
nice little afternoon parties to num-
Der of her lady friends at her home
west of Kimballton last Tuesday
afternoon.
Thos. l.. Kelly will have public
sale of cattle at the Rattenborg farm
in Elkhorn on next Friday, Nov. 10.
Seventy head OF high grade heifers
are to be sold.
A land deal was consumated Tues
day at Audubon, whereby ,Torgen
Miller, of Kimballton, sold his
S0-acrer farm northwest of town to
Hans j. Larsen.
Miss Jennie Grumstrup, one of our
most pularinstructors, has finished
her school duties at No.7, Douglas
township, and on Tuesday departed
for visit with friends at Omaha.
Mrs. Andreas Andersen and little
daughter, of Davenport, Iowa, ar
rived in Audubon Wednesday MORN
ing to visit with her sister, Mrs. Jens
Werner and other relatives in Sharon
for two weeks.
G. F. Jensen, the new buttermaker,
has invented new skimming appara-
tus which has been placed in use at
the Kimballton creamery. 1t has a
heating power of 176 degrees and
works like charm.
I Mrs. Anne Bonnesen, who has been
keeping house for Jens L. Tovring
at Sharon Center, for the past year,
has resigned her position and will
soon take up her residence with her
daughter, Mrs. Chris Jacobsen.
/ Ex-Supervisor Peter Mathisen, OF
4 Audubon, came out Monday to look
after his fine farm near Sharon Gen.
ter, and to visit relatives and friends
Mr.. Mathisen is one ofthose kind and
affiable gentlemen whom you DOM
meet every day.
u Messrs. Fl. Dahlof and Emanuel
Hansen, of Polk township, Shelby
county, were in Kimballton Tuesday
in the interests of the new creamery
under construction up there. They
report much interest manifest for til.
new enterprise and say the wheel
will be turning by January LIST.
Some of our farmers are having
, hard luck again and are daily losing
chunks of prosperity. The dread et
swine plague has cut loose and thes
good farmers have lost porkers a
follows and many more are on tn
road to hog heaven: Geo. Marcusen
20; Chris Nissen, ~; Peter Madsen
2 6; Tom Smith, 5; Hans johnson,
: Rasmus Broecker is prosperou
f farmer living in northwest Hamli
1 township, on the old Chamberlai
! place now owned by Julius Kopeska
He has this year raised over 800
bushels of good sound corn. He ha
rented for 1898 one of the John Hei
:, ken farms in south Oakfield town
: ship. Mr.. Broecker this week join
the happy army of journal reader:
r Mrs. 81. Bertelsen, who sustained
: serious stroke of paralysis severa
weeks ago, was unable to recover fro1
the same and quietly passed away a
the home of her daughter Mrs. Han
> Jorgensen, Of Sharon township o
Tuesday of last week. The funera
, services occurred from the Ebeneze
!. church and the body was inferred i
: the cemetery near that place on Wed
}. nesday. The good lady was nearl
y 70 years old and her health had bee
poor for many years. She was tn
mother of Mr.. P. G. Bertelsen, {
Audubon.