Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-05-27
kimballton and Elkhorn.

Emballt0n and ElkhOrn.
Audubon County Journal for ct helt Aar Of
lows Homestead til Januar lst, 1903, beggl
for $I.oo betait l forskud.
Nick Wright is under the weather
this week.
Many of our farmers are replanting
their corn.
Peter Bramsen has been selling
binders for Il Harlan firm.
Merchant Peterson, of Elkhorn,
intends to do some building soon.
The Sharon Creamery shipped 1903
tubs of butter to Boston Tuesday.
June Fifth will be celebrated in
gala style a mile south of Elkhorn.
Wednesday Hans Madsen received
his commission as postmaster at Kim
ballton.
Bertel Jensen says he will have
some building done at the Sharon
Creamery soon.
Recorder Martin Esbeck is at kim
ballton a few days this week looking
after his implement business.
Last week Harald Hansen tastily
decorated the sitting rooms at Nj.
Matl,iesen's home i'll Sharon.
Bill Bickerel, from near Walnut,
will be at Kimballton with his ste.lm
riding gallery on June Fifth.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Masterson and
daughter Vida, of Greeley township,
visited at Kimballton Sunday.
MI. Coonrod, general agent for the
DeeriDg Harvesting Machine Co. is in
Kimballton on business this week.
Copenhagen, May 19.-Olaf Hansen
United States vice counsel here, and a
large ship owner of this port, is dead.
Misses Lena Wolf and Rosy Es-
beck visited with their friend, Miss
Laura Wright, OF Kimballton Mon
day.
Manager Jensen informs us that
Geographic brevities purporting from
the Sharon creamery are very UNI
reliable.
Hans Brodersen, over in Shelby
county, had three teams run away III
N day recently. No serious damage
resulted.
Road Supervisor Jens Werner and
his force of "highwaymen" are now
busy getting the roads worked in
district No. 1.
Jens Tovring is having a summer
kitchen built and is making various
other Improvements about his home.
What means all this?
Miss Christine Rattenbore and
Miss Louisa Jensen, of Sharon are at
tending the church convention at
Blair, Nebraska, this week.
The Kimballton schools will close
June 18th. Mr.. White will not
teach the coming year as he expects
to attend the State University.
Peter Christensen and sister Cena,
and Miss Laura Wright, of Kimball.
ton, visited at the home of Chris
Olsen in Oakfeld township Sunday.
On account of being unable to com.
plete arrangements for their depar-
ture, Pete Ail4er atfa sister will
psopa@ not leave Kimballton until
an -. 5th.
Harald Hansen this week finished
painting the Kimballton church and
parsonage and we wish to say it is a
very artistic job. The buildings look
beautiful indeed.
Liberty loving Danish American
citizens, who retain a warm spot in
your heart for your mother country,
you are most cordially invited to
come to Kimballton on June Fifth
and celebrate the Danish national
holiday.
DR.. Slamberg has made his wife a
present of a very fine piano, which
arrived Monday. Mrs. Slamberg is
an excellent pianist and many are
the friends that gather at the Doctors
happy home to listen to the sweet
strains of music from this handsome
instrument.
The Elkhorn college closed its
spring term this week. All the
ministers, students aud young church
people, about 70 all told, are attend
ing the convention of the Danish
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America, in session at Blair, Nebras-
ka, this week.
Charles II. linn, the produce COM
mission man of New York City, was
here Tuesday looking over the differ
ent creameries in this section. He
was very f~avorably impressed with
the creameries here and stated that
the butter made in western Iowa was
in quality unsurpassed. He was ac-
companied by his genial representa-.
tive, Mr.. S. G. Hoyt, of Panora, Iowa.
Sunday morning while r. G. ia
cobsen was driving past Henry Ru-
dolph's place in Sharon, the latter's
dog came out and jumping up, tore a
big rent in Mr.. Jacobsen's new buggy
top. Monday Jacobsen tried to get
Rudolph to pay for the damage but
on refusal proceeded to enter suit and
get a hearing before Squire March,
sen. Then Mr.. Rudolph concluded
to settle the affair and paid Mr.. j..
the sum of $500. This was not the
dogs first offense and he will proba-
bly, pay the penalty with his life.