Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-26
Wall paper at half price at Roberts.
Thos. tLohner and wife are at Wall

John Bonwell, of Viola, is visiting
It Ames., t
Roberts is selling wall paper at i
half price.
Loud Rippey attended the Harlan
fair this week. '
Frank Leet has 1000 acres of good S
farm lands for rent.
Miss Barguson has been engaged to
teach No. 4, Melville.
Chris Hansen is now proprietor of
the west Broadway billiard hall.
Albert Fullerton is at Burnley,
Iowa, visiting friends few days.
Gregg Wolfe was at Botpa Satur-
day doing some machine repairing.
The Royal Arch boys are having
jolly time with candidates these days.
Masonic meetings: Blue Sep. 4,
Commandery Sep. z, Chapter Sep. 9.
Ike jenkins, of Brayton, was here
Wednesday selling wood in carload
lots.
HALF PRICE.-Roberts has lot
of wall paper to close out at half
price.
Melville Graham has been appoint
ed administrator of the Oscar Davis
estate.
We hear of another Audubon school
teacher who will soon cease to be
bachelor girl.
Theo. Morrow will 60 10 Nebraska
the middle of September to see about
his land rents.
| Mrs. A. Given, of Texas, and Mrs.
Curtis, of Avoca, are guests at the
Harp Wilson home.
/ Tom Stafford is back from Omaha
and has concluded not to move his
} barber shop to that city.
Mrs. John Musson's sister, of Sa-
: lem, South Dakota, will arrive this
week tor few days visit.
Geo. Gerard rolled into town Tues
| day with Harrison wagon loaded
with IS bushels of fine wheat.
/, Misses Myrtle Wilson and Doll
Kennedy go to Chicago next Monday
to study up the millinery business.
A. j. Phillips, the old soldier boy
/, attempted to lift ton the other day.
, His old back is now paying the PEN
: atty.
Mr.. Norton has sold his store at
. Fiscas and himself and wife leave
Friday for California, their future
: home.
J, j. Shingledecker, of Melville, is
busy hauling out his winters supply
: of coal, big carload bought o.
o Burnside.
y j. b. Hale was at Valley junction
t Saturday to register his application
as locomotive fireman, position HI
t expects to secure soon.
h Miss Lucy Fredericksen, daughter
:, of Mr.. and Mrs. II. g. Fredericksen
;, will go to Page county next Monda!
to visit her uncle and his family.
d Dan Fullerton went to Ida county
y Iowa, Wednesday to investigate tn
g threshing business. If encouraging
le he will ship his steam outfit to tina
county.
W Dave Williams, of Lincoln town
"a ship had two small wagon loads Q
+ timothyfthreshed and the yield wa
is 16 bushels which is worth 90c pc
ne bu shell.
Jas. r. Pound and family returne'
%. ednesday from their visit with rela
r. tives at Flint, Michigan. They La
in a good visit and report ,prospero,
n. times thei'e-wheat. $1.00, corn SO
is oats 28c, hogs $500.
~ Ii. c. Webster and family, who lie
il Audubon last fall with determine
40 tion of settling permanently in Nj
n. souri,, returned to this land of pro
y. perity last Sunday and contented
4. continue inhabitants of Audubon.
CARD OF THANKs-Mr. and MI
as VIM. Maxon wish to extend the graf
tn fulness of'their hearts to the maj
for friends for the kindness and syr
law pathy shown them during the sic
nj ness and death of their little SO
i'd Wiley.
Tuesday night lightning struck ,
ay oat stack belonging to Tom Egan
he north Greeley township. Villa
an. Rucker saw the blaze and time
NV aroused the neighboring farmers W
The saved seven big stacks of oats tn
for were snugly near.
While returning from attendi
70. the Melville Center church Frid
lin night, passing. the telephone lir
onl James Hunt received shock from
ion streak of lightning. For time
to was unconscious and several hou
cts elapsed before he could talk. 1t "
to a very narrow escape.
Ii Saturday evening Sam Wilson
me brother arrived from Ladora, low
with his steam thresher-a compl,
fer Huber outfit-wind stacker, s
taft feeder, etc. The first setting was
4 or VIM. MYERS stacks north of town a