Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-02-11
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Retta Miller is making her home at
Guthrie Center.
Seven in John Wahe's family, OF
Audubon township, are very i'll.
Professor Andrew Nelson is attend.
Ing a biblical school at Des Moines.
P. I. Whitfield will begin assessing
the town of Extra the first of next
week.
Special rates for homemade Bologna
for public sales.
H. c. YOUNG.
g.. w. Guernsey has a "wrong font"
head on him this week, caused by the
prevailing complaint, la grippe.
When in need of Hardware, Tin
ware, Stoves, no not fail to see
Stranger & Hansen. They are the
leaders in low prices.
Mrs. Forrest Whitfield, who has been
visiting her relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. P.
|. Whitfield, will return to her home at
Lake City, Iowa, today.
Arthur Schwennecker, of southeast
Greeley township, moved to Adair,
Tuesday, where he is busy with his
traction engine rendering dead hogs.
Sioux City has one clergyman for
every 256 inhabitants; a saloonkeeper
for each 4ss people; a school teacher
for every III, and lawyer for each 255.
H. NJ. Roger, of Lena, Illinois, has
been visiting his old friends, the Baker
boys of North Branch, and looking
after his l20-acre farm neal that place.
The State Meeting of the knights of
Maccabees will be held at Cedar Falls,
March 23d. The Supreme Commander
Will be present and deliver a public
address.
Mr.. l.. A. Gallant, who has been
farming in Hamlin township the past
year. has moved onto farm in Cass
county, across the road from his
father-in-law, Mr.. I. N. Brown.
Henry Brandt, formerly of Audu-
bon township. now engaged in the
building business at Port Byron, I'LL
nois, fell off of II scaffold twenty-five
feet high and was seriously though
not fatally injured.
1t is authoritively Understood that
there will be a change in Extra post
masters soon after July 4th next. Mr..
Connrardy will finish his f~our-years'
term of office with excellent satisfac-
faction TO the patrons.
r. Lorentzen will pay the highest
market price for COW, horse and mule
hides, also tallow. Take them to the
meat market in the building formerly
occupied by VIM. Mogg's barber shop.
Special price on Bologna for Public
Sales.
Commencing March lst the bankers
of the Botana Valley Bankers Associa-
ton will charge for all drafts issued.
The Extra and Audubon banks belong
To this association of banks. So bust.
ness men be ready to pay for your ex-
change.
In order to reduce Government ex-
penses report says that the pension
offlces OF n country are to be CONSOLE
dated and reduced to one-half of their
present number, and that Des Moines,
Iowa, and Topeka, Kansas, will lose
tneir 9tf1ces and payment will he mazda
There will be an exhibition at the
McGaffin school house, district No. 6,
Extra township, on Friday evening,
February 10th, proceeds to be used in
purchasing a school library. Cordial
invitation extended to all. Come and
help the cause of education. Admis-
sion 10c, LENA HARDENBROOK,
Teacher.
a copy Of the Times of India, Bonn
bay, is received giving news of u con-
tract to deliver 1900 tons of Indian
corn from California in that port. All
those who have tested the food are
highly pleased with it and a great sale
of this article is predicted. America
certainly has plenty of the cereal to
spare and there is more than a plenty of
hunger in India to be satisfied.
Charley Hensley has decided to To-
cate in Extra and will open up an
office where he will write insurance,
loan money on long and sho1t time,
sell farm lands and town property,
draw up all kinds of deeds, mortgages
and contracts, clerk public sales, etc.
MIR. Hensley's nine years. service at
the Audubon First National Bank
makes him well fitted to carefully
handle any of the above businesses.
Word was received here that Mr..
Thomas Archer died at his home in
California, on January %. He was
the son of Mrs. Sarah Archer and a
nephew of Hon. VIM. and Rev. Chas.
Walker, of Audubon township. He
was born in Michigan but passed all
his boyhood days at Oakfield and will
be remembered by all the old settlers
in the comfy IS an honest and trust
worthy citizen. He was "A years old
and was married.
Editor Nichols, of the Estherville Re.
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