Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-26
OAKFIELD e. BRAYTON
Teachers meeting at Brayton June


Teachers meeting at Brayton June
4th.
Tom McGovern was at Atlantic on
business last Saturday.
jenkins & Vail report large in
crease in their trade last week.
All kinds of good bargains at Sid
ney McGuire's store, in Brayton.
Mrs. C. G.. Thompson returned last
Saturday from a good visit with her
daughter, at Omaha.
Miss Iona Beers was at Audubon
three or four days this week visiting
relatives and friends.
The jenkins Company shipped a
fine carload ol hogs to the packing
house, at indianapolis, Monday.
Bison e McGovern shipped car
load of hogs to Chicago, Saturday.
Nice, big porkers that cost &c alb
There will be all ice cream social at
the Eli Hansen school house on Tues
day evening, May 81. Proceeds to be
used for library. Everyone invited.
The jenkins Company bought sew
eral carloads of hogs, last week, from
some Of our enterprising Danish farm
ers, in Oakfeld township.
Joe Shirey's new house, at Oak
field, is nearing completion and will
soon be ready for occupancy. 1t is 1e
by Is feet, with porch in front.
Jens Petersen, who lives near Elk
horn, was in Brayton, Tuesday, and
purchased, Of Mr.. Nels Sornson, the
lumber to build large cattle shed.
Mrs. Neo Bruner was at Atlantic
the last days Of last week, paying a
visit to friends. While in the city
she also called on the Atlantic high
school.
Paul Zaner, Of Extra, is busy this
week shearing big bunch of Ike
Hallock's sheep. When he gets through
he will have removed the wool from
the backs of 297 big white sheep.
Misses Lulu Largy, Jennie Sulli-
van and Mary Creighton, of Omaha,
arrived Tuesday evening from Butte,
Montana, and will pass several weeks
here visiting with their cousin, Miss
Blanche Noon.
The Troublesome Valley Creamery
be5an operations Friday. Saturday
morning they cfurned over one humid
red pounds Of butter on their new
Disbrow churn, and the machine
worked like charm. The officers
are much elated oyer the successful
start of their new outfit.
Sunday, May 22d, was the fortieth
anniversary of Jens P. Juhl, our good
natured Danish friend, who lives one
half mile west OF Brayton. A large
company of friends were present to
help him celebrate it in proper style.
Refreshments Of all kinds were served
and all had very merry time.
John o. Cotton met with serious
misfortune one day last week while
working at the machine shops, il
Baltimore, Maryland. His foot wal
crushed and John will probably b.
laid up for several weeks, consequent.
ly Mrs. Cotton has postponed her in
tended visit with relatives here, an6
will not arrive for an indefinite
period.
For many weeks c. l.. Bison ha
been corresponding with John B
Jackson, Secretary Of the United
States Embassy, Germany. FINAL.
negotiations were made whereby MI
Bison received three German gol,
coins. They are twenty mark pieces
bearing the heads Of the three grea
monarchs who ruled the Prussia
Kingdom during the year 1ssS-Wil
liam /, Kaiser Friedrich, and Will
helm III. They are very preciou
coins and Mr.. Bison has added then
to his already large collection of ore
from all over the world and are nov
on exhibition at the Brayton drug
store.