Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-01-13


Johnny Mcclure is back from
Illinois.
Bert Keith, poor fellow, is nurs-
ing seventeen boils.
Ed. Beason is helping Auditor
Lohner at the Court House.
Mrs. B. F. Howald, of Des Moines,
is here visiting her friends.
Ex-Supt. Repass is giving his at
tention to writing. insurance.
Walt Weston's sister, of Spencer,
is visiting at his unhappy home.
Christian services at the Court
House next Sunday by divine
from Missouri Valley
| Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perry, of At
| lantic, and their children are visit
ing at Grandpa Jim Hunters home
in Melville township.
johnson & Nelson have decided
to increase the power at their eleva-
tor by taking out the five-horse
power gasoline engine and substi-
tuting seven-horse power engine
of the same make.
There will probably be a special
stock train leave Audubon next
Sunday for Chicago over the
Northwestern R'y. Chris Hahn
will ship four carloads of cattle,
Harvey Maharg a carload of cattle
and one of sheep. And there will
be others.
Ed Frick left for Denver last Sat
urday to resume his position as
conductor. March 1st he will re-
turn to Audubon to settle down on
his Melville ranch. His family, we
hear it stated, will arrive here June
LIST and all their old neighbors in
Melville will be glad
Mat Butterton and his pretty
bride are now at home on the Fred
ericks farm and they have the con
CALCULATIONS OF large circle of
friends. They were the recipients
OF a number of choice gifts, the
most noticeable being a couple of
easy chairs presented by VIM.
Owen, ST., Vim. Owen, Jr., Rob't
Owen, Richard Owen, Chas. His-
gins and Rob't Fry.
The four swift presses at theJour-
nal shop enable us to meet any
competition. If you want any kind
of printing in large or small lots
let :" Hayseed tell you his compe-
tition prices before placing your
order. It's not wisdom to pay
larger prices than we ask on ac-
count of sympathy or charity
These are times when business men
and farmers do business on bust
ness principles.
You know "Hayseed is a hustler
for business who fears no compe-
tition. His energy has caused the
circulation of the Journal to leap
and plunge, until at this time the
700 mark is in sight-less than so
more subscribers boosts us over.
We understand that some worried
people doubt the sworn-to circula-
ton of the Journal but Hayseed
stands ready to forfeit $500 or more
if he fails to prove said circulation.
| Hayseed intends to reach out for
more business, so kindly watch his
| next move.
Mr.. W. S. Moreland, of Viola,
leaves with his family January %,
for their new home in Horton
county, Texas, where Mr.. Moreland
has purchased 500 acres of excellent
land. He offers for sale his 32Oacre
farm in Viola township. Mr.. More
land thinks Texas is a great state
for moneylnaking and health
While in Texas recently he visited
Bert and Paul Mason formerly of
Viola township and found them on
stated that the $40 acres Of land
that they purchased about year
ago t$2.5O per acre was now worth
$40 per acre.
All Audubon should rise up and
thank the ladies of the Columbian
club for their noble efforts and
grand accomplishments. a band
of hustling, wide-awake ladies
whose every effort is to advance
| Audubon and her institutions.Th They
have provided large and well
selected library to which all have
free access But now these energetic
ladies are looking for other worlds
to conquer they propose to add a
new department of work to the Co.
lumbar club to be known as the
Village Improvement Department
and the work will consist of beau
tifying and improving Maple Grove
| cemetery ana the city park. The
cemetery will receive their first at
tentiop, -one of the great improve
lnents to be sidewalk from town
to the cemetery. The ladies expect
to receive great encouragement in
/ their new work.
Mr.. Rob't Fry and Miss Carrie c..
Owen, who were united in marriage
last Wednesday, January 5th, by
Rev. Cousins at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Vim.
Owen, ST., were the recipients of
many congratulations and the fol-
lowing gifts:
Brides parents, feather bed and pillows,
| table cloth and towels and set of dishes !;
groom's parents, bed and bedding; Mr.. and Mrs.
water set and fruit dish; Dick Owen and
| Myrtle Fry Nancy Owen cake stand; Ed. and
and Chas. Owen, pickle dish; Ethel and Wor-
| thy Owen, pair linen towels Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
| yey Williamson, Johnnie Clark and wife, Watt
Fry and wife, half dozen dining chairs; VIM.
Beavers and wife, rocking chair; James Baker,
set silver tea spoons; Jessie Fry, celery dish
Ruby Currier, berry dish VIM. Fry and wife:
Frank Rice and wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Currier,
bedstead, springs and mattress; Mr. and Mrs.
VIM. Fredericksen, chair tidy Hattie Cahill,
| chair fi1v nd mai 6lo oil al H..