Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-17
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| Ase! Burwell was business visitor
in Audubon between trains last Tues
day morning.
George Fietstermeyer started last
Wednesday for short visit with his
friends in Illinois.
/ Ward Smith has been doing duty as
a petit juryman, in the county seat,
the past few days.
VIM. Gingery Is busy preparing
his hot beds to raise cabbage and
sweet potato plants.
| j. G. Hardman walked very lame
last week on account of his anatomy
being too full of rheumatism.
| There will be number of children
confirmed, by Rev. Gravengaard, out
at the Oak Hill church, next Sun
day.
Mrs. Fl. f. Andrews came down
from Extra and passed a day with
her sister, Mrs. l. P. Hallock, one day
this week.
| c. L. Carley and family have NOV
ed from Mount Etna, Iowa, to the Lee
Griffith farm, little way northwest
of Brayton.
Byron Scharff took the train last
Monday for Snyder, Colorado, where
he Joined his brother, Charley, on
their pig ranch.
i The next meeting of the Ladies'
Aid Society will be held at the home
of Mrs. Doctor Koob, the second
Tuesday in April.
/ Mrs. Bird Benson was quite i'll the
/ fore part Of the week, and her mother,
Mrs. Cotton, and sister, Mary, were
over caring for her.
| Mrs. w. Fl. Brinkerhoff and her
daughter, Mrs. Nettie Bruner, passed
three or four days this week with
their Atlantic friends.
That popular stock man, w. III.
Lowe, was in Brayton Tuesday even
i ing visiting with his friends John 7.
Jenkins and Charlie Vail.
/ The Board of School Directors of
Extra township will meet at the
school house, in Oakfeld, next Mon
day morning at 1000 o'clock.
The Brayton Baptist Sunday School
1 is preparing an Easter entertainment
J to be given at the church. Program
will be published little later.
Merchant j. "A. Slender will soon
i put his grocery wagon Oh the road
and then You can swappee" your
eggs for groceries right at your door.
Now that Charley Sykes is entirely
out of the mercantile business he
proposes to engage in the chicken
business on an extensive scale, at Oak
field.
A good many OF l. p. Hallock's
+ fish are turning their little feet up to
the daisies. They are OF the Carp
tribe and average about three pounds
] each.
Mr.. Henry Rohwer, of Extra, was
visiting with Mr.. Nels Sornson, Man
ager of the Green Bay Yards, Tues
!, day, and together they went to At
) lantic on a business visit.
Owing to press Of business Mr..
Nicholas Bintuer has resigned as Sec
rotary of the Troublesome Valley
Creamery and MI. j. C. Hartman
was appointed to fill the vacancy.
Fate made another turn OF the for
! tune wheel last Thursday and Frank
: Greer once more is the possessor OF
! the " Original Oakfield Store,o hav-
ing purchased Charley Sykes interest
in said institution. Frank proposes
to stock up the store and remain with
V us. His wife will put a stock Of mil
linery goods in the g Little Store,'' at
e Oakfield. They are both good people
: and we are glad to have them remain
s citizens of our community.
!. Surveyor Fl. S. Wattles was out to
the Hugh Bowen farm, Tuesday. and
marked off the acre of ground where
d the new creamery building is to stand.
e The Board Of Directors of the Troub-
: lesome Valley Creamery met at Bray
t ton, last Monday, and awarded the
t contract to N. B. Anderson, of Kim
t ballton, to do the carpenter work on
: the building and Hans Bengaard, of
Brayton, got the job Of doing the
mason work. That evening Mr.. Nels
! Sornson, manager Of the Green Bay
Lumber Yard, sold them the bill Of
: lumber and already much Of it has
!. been hauled to the ground. Ted
Bruner, Of Extra, has the contract to
: : dig the well at the creamery and now
! in fancy we hear the nwhizz and the
whirr" Of the machinery at the new
S Troublesome Valley Creamery.
$ Public Sale.