Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-09-30
Hamlin Department.

Will Thomas has sold his wheel to
the young man who works for Gene
Talbot.
During the past season Mayor Will
Mcclure sold 1890 pounds of bind
ing twine.
Rev. Humphrey, our former Meth
odist minister, has been stationed at
Marine for next year.
The Sunday School, at Brushy Col
lege, gave a very profitable festival
on Thursday evening last.
Frank White has rented fine farm
near Melville Center, where he will
move his family next spring.
Hereafter the Blue Grass Creamery
will ship all Its butter to Zinn s.
Company, of New York City.
S. d. Coonrod reports one of VIM.
Maxon's children, over in Greeley, as
.haying been quite i'll the past week.
Miss Julia MCGUIRE, we are told,
will soon go to Extra to pass the
winter and attend the Sisters School
in that city.
Miss Ella Shryver, of Audubon,
was the guest of her friend, Mrs.
Will Mcclure, at the Station, part of
the past week.
Harry Percy went to Dexter last
Sunday and passed the day with his
family and parents, returning on
Monday morning.
j. j. Dimick has a hog that weighs
700 pounds now he and proposes to
chuck corn into it until it weighs one.
thousand pounds or more.
George Smith has gone to some of
the northern counties in Iowa with a
wagon load of apples from the John
Connrardy orchard, south of Extra.
At the Station Sunday School at
$50, preaching at Z O'clock in the
eveying; Little Glass meets at $3.50 in
the evening, with Mrs. j. z. Moore,
leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weitert, of Audubon
township, were at the Station last
Tuesday, guests of their former
neighbors and friends Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Crees.
That was monster fine potato
Dad'' Coonrod raised in his garden
and left at the postoffice. But we
think it was real mean in those boys
to use it as pen rack.
The store of Baker & Shoesmlth, at
the Station, will have new lady
clerk one of these days. A pretty
girl baby was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hub Shoesmith last Sunday.
Ed. johnson, that successful Sharon
township farmer and feeder, now has
one hundred and twenty head of fine
steers in his feed lots that he is fat
tening. He will ship load Of cattle
soon.
Mrs. Ed. johnson and her little girl
went to Altoona, a little way beyond
Des Moines, to- visit relatives on last
Tuesday evening. They will also go
to Jasper county to visit with friends
before returning.
| j. E. Mcclure is moving $50 yards
of dirt on the road between Robert
Sizer and Tom CLIPS place. Let us
hope that " Molly" does good, job
and that he fills that Dismal
Swamp" very, very full of dirt.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Schoonoved drove
to Guthrie Center last Sunday and
attended the Methodist Conference.
They report having had a good visit
and meeting many former friends
whom they had not seen for many
years.
| A. Berg and daughter, of Atlantic,
were Sunday guests at the Mace Gill
home. The gentleman is brother of
Mrs. Gill. We are glad to state that
that lady is much improved in health
the doctor having that dreaded blood
poison under perfect control.
Lou Anciaux was at the Station on
Tuesday and informed us that next
week he would begin threshing his
big field of clover, he also told us his
. oats averaged forty bushels to the
acre. Lou said his yield of barley just
suited him, off OF fourteen acres he
reaped GAS bushels.
Sir Knight Henry Young is the
/" tickledist" man in Hamlin town.
ship, in Audubon county in Western
Iowa!! A sweet angel of baby girl
was born to MIR. and Mrs. Young last
Friday, the first girl in household
where four boys reign, hence this hi.
larity on the part of our good friend
Henry.
O. P. Tyler went to South Omaha
this week and bought car load OF
cattle to feed. One Of them got unruly
; and ran away from the drivers sc
, when they found him they JUS
g staked" him out till morning
; Next morning when they went fol
= the steer 10 and behold you he hat
j, scooted up the flume"-dead.
> Methodist services will be held q
: Old Hamlin next Sabbath as follows
Glass Number Two meets at 10 o'clocl
in the forenoon, S. ID. Coonrod ant
Miss Winnie White, leaders; Sunda.
School at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon