Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-11-25
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The Kimballton schools commenced
Monday of this week.
Miss Annie Andersen was an Au-
dubon visitor last week.
N. P. Mailer, of Sharon, is visiting
friends in Extra this week.
Chris Brodersen was business
visitor at Harlan one day last week.
Prof. Foght's new residence prop
erty is rapidly nearing completion.
DR.. Emmert, of Atlantic, was
professional caller at Elkhorn Satur-
day.
The Sharon creamery this week
shipped 65 tubs of butter to New
York.
Hansen & Petersen sold $500 lbs. of
poultry this week to Gault Bros, Of
Extra.
Lars Jensen, Saturday, while in
Audubon, purchased Il new power
feed grinder.
jim Hutton, the lightning rod
man Of Atlantic, is doing some work
west of Elkhorn.
George Fabricious was at Elkhorn
the first Of the week visiting with
his brother Hans.
Mrs. Gideon Wright, of Irwin, is
here visiting with her brother, N. A.
Wright and family.
Roy d. Winn was canvassing for
his Cuban book at Kimballton and
Elkhorn on Tuesday.
John Nelson, the genial manager of
the West Hamlin creamery, is a new
subscriber to the JOURNAL.
We hear of Kimballton wedding
that is to occur about Christmas but
of course we mustn't tell who.
Andrew Topp has taken Peter
Mathisen's milk route to the Sharon
creamery during Pete's absence to the
old country.
The city of Elkhorn is undergoing
another improvement. a new line
of sidewalks is being put in on the
west side of the street.
Nels B. Christensen has purchased
so acres of land of Hans Jensen, in
the southeast part of Sharon town.
ship, at S42.50 per acre.
A Mr.. Hansen, of Omaha, is here
visiting his brother-in-law, Chris
Petersen, northwest of Kimballton.
Mr.. Hansen is a mail carrier in one OF
the Omaha districts.
Gregersen Bros. had lively turkey
shoot at Kimballton Tuesday. A
score of the big birds were sacrificed
for the lucky marksmen who royalty
feasted on Thanksgiving Day.
Chris Brodersen is the possessor O
a set of fine boxing gloves which arr
always in readiness at the big store
and everyone who needs warming
up" is promptly f" dressed down.
S. G. Hoyt, of Panora, representing
Chas. Ii. linn, of New York, an(
Nelson Lance, of Des Moines, repre-
senting the Merchants Dispatch
were business visitors at our cream
cries this week.
Hans Jensen, of southeast Sharon
left Friday for Corley to attend thu
golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs
Julius jacobsen near that place
These good people were neighbors a
Racine, Wisconsin, many years ago
Geo. Hartvigsen, of Sharon town
ship, this year raised 40 acres of corr
that yielded $500 bushels, or al
average of seventy bushels of corn t,
the acre. That's not bad for 1879
is it.
Haus Tovring, of northeast Sharon
has rented his farm for 1898 to hi
neighbor, Joseph Bluhm. The con
sideration is one half grain rent, Mr.
Tovring to furnish seed. Hans will
continue to reside on his farm an,
take life easy.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Nelson, o
northwest Oaktield township, JOINED
the excursion last week and are nov
in balmy southeastern Texas, visitin,
relatives and old time friends an,
perhaps looking after the location @
their future home.
Mr.. G. l.. Watrous, of the Watrou
Nursery, Des Moines, was lookin
after business here the first OF tn
week. He has appointed Hans Peter
sen, OF Elkhorn, salesman for thi
territory and he will commence a
active canvass at once.
On November 10th, Rev. and Mr.
p. L. G. Hansen, of Elkhorn, becan
the parents of a fine boy bah,
The little fellow progressed wonder
fully but the mother remained in
very precarious condition and is c
this writing very low.
Mrs. c. w. Boysen visited at til
home of her sister, Mrs. Marti
Esbeck, of Audubon, the first of I'll
week. Wednesday the ladies cam
out to the Boysen home to relic,
Willie of his bachelors duties and I
eat a jolly Thanksgiving dinner.
Peter Larsen, who was assistant ;