Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21
Kimballton & Elkhorn

Mr.. Andrew N. Esbeck will leave
for his home at Dayton, Texas, Mon
day of next week.
Hans knudsen, who hauls milk to
the Sharon creamery, lost a good
work horse one day last week.
Squire G. w. Boysen, of Sharon,
was at Extra Tuesday and made the
JOURNAL office very pleasant call.
Miss Martha Anderson came home
from Atlantic last week to visit her
parents and many friends near Kim
balltoD
Nels Christensen conducted one of
those platform dances at his place
west of Kimballton last Saturday
evening.
Miss Sena Christensen and her
father, j. G. Christensen, west of
Kimballton, are visiting at the Omaha
Exposition this week.
Merchant Hans Marquesen was at
Omaha last week looking after bust
ness and taking in the fair. He re-
turned home Saturday.
Anton Hansen, south of Kimball-
ton, will erect large dwelling
house on his fine farm. Work will
commence in September.
c. W. Boysen will represent Ham
let Lodge, of Kimballton, at the
grand lodge Knights of Pythias to be
held at Council Bluffs, August sth.
Lawrence johnson contemplates
putting in meat market at Elkhorn.
lie says that the work on the build
ing will commence in August.
S. G. Petersen, the Elkhorn i'm
plement hustler, was at Extra the
other day unloading an Advance
steam thresher for VIM. Wolff.
Better late than never, we forgot to
mention last week that big boy
baby was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
johnson, Of south Sharon township
on July 9Th.
Ole Olesen, the young man who
has been working this summer for
Mr.. P. G. Madsen, west of Kimball-
ton, has been very i'll the past week
of lung fever.
G. L. Hansen, our old friend, who
lives at Sharon Centre, is the possess
or OF brand new double seated car
riage and himself and family now
| ride in ttshayses''
Much Of the harvesting in this part
of the county is nearly completed,
the hot dry weather ripeniug the
grain rapidly. Some of our farmers
have already began stacking.
Jimmy Jorgensen, the II year. old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. P. N. Jorgensen,
north of kimballton, has beena very
sick boy the past week, and the doc
tor fears that it will terminate in
brain fever.
Last Sunday about thirty of the
good people of Elkhorn and vicinity
went out to Garsnick's Grove in
Shelby county where they enjoyed "a
splendid family picnic dinner. An
elegant good time is reported.
S. P. Kaye has rented his store
building at Elkhorn to a gentleman of
an Iowa town we did not learn where.
This gentleman proposes to turn the
building into hotel and will also
put in a bar for soft drinks etc.
Buttermaker Bertel Jensen, of the
Sharon creamery, Monday shipped a
tub of extra fine butter to Omaha for
exhibition at the Trans Mississippi
Exposition which will also be enter.
ed in the butter prize contest in that
city.
Our Reporter says he thought it
was so-the other party says he is
sure it was not, and they are both
getting so mixed up as regards the
amount and strength that we think
the best way is to let the matter drop.
Time heals all wounds.
Mr.. Hans Boysen and family of At.
lantic, are at Kimballton this week
visiting at the Chris Brodersen home.
Mr.. Boysen is taking lay off for two
OF three weeks and just to improve
his muscles he went out and pitched
hay tor couple Of days.
The young daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nels Mortensen, of Sharon
township, were quite badly hurt one
day last week. While playing in the
yard an old stove fell down from a
box and striking the little one, cut
her quite severely but broke no
bones.
The Republicans Of Sharon town
ship are requested to meet at Sharon
Centre on Augusta, 1898, ats o'clock
p. M, for the purpose of selecting
seven delegates to attend the county
convention at Audubon, August 9th,
and transacting such other business
as may come before the meeting. By
order of township chairman, c. W.
BOYsEN.
Sunday was the birthday of both
Andrew and Martin Esbeck and on
that day all their relations gathered
in at the commodious home Of Martin