Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-09-23
Gray Department.

Taylor LangWorthy was i'll Gray
Saturday evening.
George Gray is threshing his clo-
YER field this week.
John Polzin was an Audubon visi-
tor last Wednesday.
DR.. Antrim is doing business at
Guthrie center this week.
Miss Nettie Walker attended her
sisters wedding in Cameron.
Mrs. Audas and daughter Pearl,
visited at Audubon Saturday.
Rev. Hayden and Mr.. Nedrow were
Audubon business visitors Thursday.
Dan Craney sold 12O acres of land
to John Mullen for an even 100000.
Greenwaldt & Groteluschen sold
Harrison wagon to Aug. Neitzel
Tuesday.
Charley Kenast is rebuilding his
barn. It's 18 X "a and shielded on
both sides.
j. P. Nedrow has purchased new
cider mill and is making his apple
crop into cider.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mertz, father and
mother of our druggist, visited their
boy over Sunday.
The families of Wells Ferguson and
Freeman Gwin went to the lakes for
an outing Monday.
Miss Myra Crow left Monday for
Colorado where she will pass the win-
ter with her brother.
r. e. Spencer, democratic candi-
date for Supt. of Schools, was CAM
paigning here last week.
Greenwaldt u Groteluschen put in
large tank, pump and piping for F.
r. Mclaughlin this week.
The Endeavorer's supper Friday
night was financial success although
the weather was inclement.
Forsbeck, Wiley & Groteluschen
now have so fine feeding cattle at the
stock yards to sell to our feeders.
g. Fl. Wilson and family are with
relatives in Pottawattamie county
where they will visit for two weeks.
JAS. Crow, Geo. Gray, Jr., F. c..
Hepp, Frank Barger and others are
attending the Omaha fair this week.
G. Eugene Mertz purchased the
finest line of holiday goods last week
that has struck this town for many
years.
Ed. Dagon is working at the Bob
tail livery barn and a dandy hostler
he is too. Calls night or day cheer
fully attended.
s. G. Randles sold his cattle to q
New York firm who intend to ship
them to Liverpool, England. Sam
has some fine ones.
l.. NJ. Estes, A. G. Forsbeck and
w. w. Perrine are thejurors drawn
from this township to serve at the
October term of court.
Die, dying, dead, and so the poor
porkers go. Some herds are all gone,
others are going fast. Porkers will
be scarce here next year.
Clint Russell, one of the best
operators in the state, is attending to
the wants of the public at the depot
during Mr.. Wilson's vacation.
VIM. Lewis, Sr., left Monday for
Omaha to attend the fair. From
there he will go to northern Nebraska
to look after his farm interests.
VIM. Shaw and Elwood Kester. are
very sweet men nowadays. Both
working day and night turning out
an excellent quality of sorghum mo-
lasses.
Geo. Grays's pacing stallion, Alec,
captured first money in the 2:29 pace
at the State Fair last Saturday, win
ming three straight heats. He also
took fourth place in the 1924 pace the
previous Tuesday.
George Lewis is taking to his new
duties at the Polzin store like duck
to water. George was behind those
counters very few years ago and
then as now dispensed courteous and
gentlemanly treatment to all the
patrons.
Henry Shatter, who has been farm
ing Mrs. Isaac Berger's farm for few
years, shot the moon one night
last week and has now gone to that
orb Cor some other place to see if he
aimed straight. His creditors are
now holding the bag.
The best county paper coming to
this Office is the Audubon County
Journal, one dollar a year. The
paper is neutral in politics apd should
be taken by ALL our citizens. Leave
all subjects of interest and your sub
scription to the paper with w. j..
Lancelot.
The barn, three horses, four sets of
harness, $50 bushels of corn, about a
ton of hay, new disk cultivator and
many other useful articles belonging
to Mrs. A. j. Steere, near town, were
entirely destroyed by fire Sunday,
presumably the work of tramps. The
insurance was small and the loss was
about $500.
At Omaha Tuesday of this week
occurred the marriage of Wilbur Clark
and Miss Clara Frees. The groom is
a son of Mr.. w. A. Clark, north of
town an1 tho hr;3o a 1oprhfor nj