Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05
Hamlin Department.

Frank Irving lost valuable horse
the other day-overcome by the heat.
Will MCGUIRE shipped a car load
of extra fine hogs to Chicago, last
Saturday.
Miss Bessie Bradley returned to her
duties at the Atlantic Canning Fac
tory last Monday.
Walk Crees is loading forty thous-
and pounds of pop corn, at the Sta
tion to be shipped to Chicago.
Miss Cora Tyler has been engaged
to teach the fall term of school in
district No. 8, Sharon township.
o. P. Tyler had one of his best
calves killed by lightning during
that electrical storm the other Friday
night.
Charlie Banning brought the first
load of new barley that passed over
the scales, at the Station, Tuesday
evening.
Monday night messenger was has
tily sent to Audubon for doctor to
see Uncle Mace Gill who is suffering
of pneumonia.
Theo. Gearheart and family are
here for good visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Crees, and their
other relatives.
After the literary, at Old Hamlin,
next Saturday night there will be a
heap big ice cream and cake eat at the
Nal Bryan home. y
That was thrice welcomed shower
of rain that visited the Station last
Tuesday evening. But the great
horned spoons how it did pour down
Mrs. Frank moors, OF fsim6allton,
is passing pleasant week with her
friends, MIR. and Mrs. Henry Young,
and other acquaintance and friends
about the Station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ammons, of
Extra, called on their old Elliott
neighbors, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Schoon-
over, at the Blue Grass Creamery,
last Sunday afternoon.
The Blue Grass Creamery now
makes two shipments of butter each
week. One goes to Merry Old Eng
land and the other is sent to Zimm &
Company, at new York City.
Miss Nora McDaniels, who lives
with her uncle, Will Young, return
ed Tuesday evening from Atlantic
where she had been visiting with her
mother, Mrs. Ettie Spangler.
Mrs. Mandy Cheever, mother of
Mrs. Jake Banning, is lying at the
home of her daughter, south of the
Station, very i'll and it is feared that
the good lays days OH earth are few.
Some one took Charlie Miller's
whip and doubletrees ot his binder
last Friday night. The party is
known and if he will return 'em there
will be no questions asked. Pll re-
turn the bottle.
Banker Frank Watts and wife rode
their wheels down from Audubon
the other evening, took good old
fashioned drink of cold butter milk,
at the Creamery, tasted of that golden
butter and then faded in the gloam-
ing.
Tuesday evening Mrs. c. NJ. Green
and her daughter, Miss Grace, OF
Extra, reached the Station. on theil
way from Audubon to their home,
just as the storm burst. They did moi
look as if they would get very much
wet.
Will Thomas was on his way to
Old Hamlin, Tuesday evening, on hi!
bicycle, with a message informing
Mrs. Nal Bryan that her sister wa
dangerously i'll, when the concern
bucked and threw Will to mother
earth with great force, shaking uE
that little fat body at lively rate.
Mrs. Doctor r. l.. Harris, Mrs
John McKarahan, and her daughte
and niece composed party that cam,
down from Audubon, Monday ant
called at the Blue Grass Creamery
They were piloted about the estab
lishment by Will Thomas and treat et
to sip of iced butter milk, a drinl
fit for the gods.
Willis Rattenborg, of Sharon town
ship, drove seventy lone head of ia
, hogs to the Station one day this wee
and sold them to Will Mcclure. "A
he was driving along home every ono
in a while he would feel way dow
in the corner OF his vest pocket to Sc
if the check for $S1S.OO that he go
for that herd of hogs was all right.
The fourth Quarterly Meeting q
> the Nj. K. church will be held at OF
Hamlin OH Saturday, August 14lh, a
o'clock P. NJ, preaching by Eide
Ramsay. Quarterly conference wi
follow this service. Preaching as
r. Oh Sunday following at 10 o'cloc