Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-11

Tuesday afternoon.
G. w. jenkins called on Extra
friends Tuesday evening.
l. P. Hallock drove to Extra on
business Thursday Morning.
MI. and Mrs, Sam scharf', from
the Cass county line, were shopping
at Extra Wednesday.
Marion jenkins has brand new
team Of western driving horses,
bought Of G. w. jenkins.
Brayton merchants report business
picking up lively since the farmers
have commenced threshing.
Mr.. VIM. Rintner will attend the
Old Soldiers reunion to be held at
Anita the last Of this month.
There was a select party at the
Beers home last Friday night. A
ssbuzzing' good time is reported.
Mrs O. j. Houston, of Des Moines,
arrived here Wednesday evening for
visit with her sister, Mrs. D. w.
Powers.
Mrs. VIM. Clemensen and the
babies have been visiting the past
week with relatives in the vicinity of
Elkhorn.
Uncle Isaac Hallock is mourning
the loss of one Of his pet fawns.
Billy Pearson says it just layed down
and died.
Mrs j. G. o'Conne1l and Miss
Fuary, Of Omaha, are passing week
with the John Noon family. south of
Oakfeld.
VIM. Bintner and family are now
enjoying the comforts of that brand
new carriage which MI. Bintner pur-
chased last week.
Will Brinkerhoff, Of Extra, and
Ernest Cotton have bought large
stock of optical goods and will at
once commence thorough canvass Of
Audubon county.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Christensen, of
Atlantic, who have been visiting the
past week at the home Of Knud
Knudsen, in Oakfeld township, left
for their home Tuesday afternoon.
Saturday Will and Albert Bintner
sold to Mr.. Quickenbrick, big
feeder who lives over in Cass county,
20 yearling steers for which they
received the snug little sum Of 1925
We learn that Ireland and Germany
locked horns one day last week. Two
prominent farmers in the south part
of the township are implicated and
they say they had regular whisker-
pulling time.
P. F. Howell, who is vice presi-
dent Of the Audubon County Agri.
tural Society has been appointed g
member of the rules and regulations
committee. c. w. jenkins will ac1
as marshal of the fair of '9s.
The Misses Nellie and Maud Faulk.
ner, Of Anita, sisters Of Banker
Faulkner, visited few days the first
of the week at Brayton. His father
D. W. Faulkner and son Harry, also
drove over from Anita on Sunday.
Report Of butter shipped from
Brayton Monday over the M. D. T
Oakfield township 81 tubs-246C
pounds to Cleveland, Ohio; Elkhorr
and Troublesome Valley 2S tubs each
to New York. A total Of 641C
pounds.
jenkins & Vail last week received a
fine new counter for the grocery de-
partmeDt Of their store. 1t has al
lakewood top and front with nice
row Of cracker boxes etc. 1t is a
handsome piece Of furniture and adds
much to the appearance of their well
equipped trade palace.
Mrs. Neo. Bruner has accepted q
position as teacher in the schools at
Rico, Colorado. She will accompany
her mother and sister next week on
their Oregon trip as far as Cheyenne,
Wyoming. From there she goes di-
rect to her destination which is a
mining town $50 miles southwest OF
Denver.
Frank Medaris, who has this sum.
mer been working on a farm neal
Glidden, in Carroll county, rode
down on his wheel one day last week
and is now at the Sam Scharff home
south of Oakfeld. Frank will re.
main here about month and will
then leave for northwestern Missouri!
to visit with his father P. J. Medaris
and family.
The democratic voters of Oakfeld
township will hold caucus at the
Center schoolhouse, Tuesday evening
August 10th at p. NJ, for the pur.
pose of selecting 5 delegates to attend
the county convention to be held a,
Audubon, August Goth, and for the
transaction OF such business as NAV
come before the caucus. By order Of
Chairman.
Mrs. w. H. Brinkerhoff and daueh.
ter Goldie, will leave the first of mex
week on their trip through the West
They will stop at Weiser, Idaho
where Mrs. Brinkerhoff will visit {
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