Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-11
OAKFIELD e. BPAYTON
Ira Jones, of Milford, Iowa, is a
visitor at the Irwin Jones home.

Ira Jones, of Milford, Iowa, is a
visitor at the Irwin Jones home.
Geo. Henshaw, the Extra nipple
ment man, was at Brayton on bust
ness Monday.
Mrs. Thos. Wallace, of Atlantic,
was Sunday guest at the home of
her friend, Mrs. w. B. Temple.
The Misses Maud Brown, Doll
Anders, Kit and Amber Kelsey drove
down from Extra Tuesday afternoon.
A large number of our good people
Of the Catholic faith attended the
blessing Of the bell at Extra Tues
day.
Miss Clara Ordway and the Misses
Pearl and Mae jenkins of this place
are attending normal at Audubon
this week.
Our village butcher, Mr.. Hansen,
has been quite sick this week. suffer-
ing OF fever. He is now on the road
to recovery.
Chas. Neff leaves next Monday with
Tom Kelley for Butte, Mon tana,
where he will remain this fall taking
care of Mr.. Kelly's horses.
Soren P. Daugaard, a prominent
and well-to-do farmer of Oakfeld
township, was at Extra Monday and
made the JOURNAL a pleasant call.
Mr.. Biddle, Of Des Moines, who
has been visiting his children who
live on the Cass county line, for the
past week returned home yesterday.
Jack Lemon, the jolly conductor of
the evening run on this branch is
taking lay off and the genial George
Taylor is punching tickets during
his absence.
Mrs. G. A. Heath and son. Ray, re-
turned to Omaha last week, and this
week it is expected that an operation
will be performed on Master Rays
crippled eye.
j Over in the Valley Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Hawks are happy indeed. Last
Sunday morning a large boy baby ar
rived to make their home the hap
piest on earth.
j. T. jenkins, c. H. Vail, C. L.
Bison, w. II. Faulkner, l. P. Hal
lock, T. j. Essington and H. M. Bart
let attended the republican conven-
ton at Audubon.
Prof. Brinkerhoft and daughter
Blossom went to Omaha Saturday to
take in the fair and from there they
went to Mills county to visit rela-
tives for few days.
Mrs. Enos Stoneking and family
visited last week at the home of hel
mother, Mrs. Mort Jones, near Cum
berland. She reports Mrs. Jones in
her usual good health.
B. F. Greer, the Oakfield merchant,
!. has fixed up nice store room in the
rear end of the store and made various
t other Improvements till You wouldn'1
know it was the same place.
John McNamara's new engine il
now on track at Brayton, but we un.
/ derstand that for some reason Mr.
Mcnamara has refused to accept i,
and that it will be shipped back te
the shops.
The Hunt people started in Tues.
day to shell out 800 bushels of corr
for Counselman Il Co. at Brayton
The following constitute the gang OF
shelters and shovellers: Geo. Hunt
Vic Gearheart, Ed. Milliman, Fred
Ammons, Chal Sturgeon and Johr
jenkins.
T. L. Kelley shipped two cars Of
fat cattle to Chicago Monday, accom-.
panying the stock in person. lie will
return the last of the week and next
Monday leaves again for Montana to
look after his stock interests. Tom
is hustler in the stock business and
is continually on the go.
Mrs. Patrick Largy, OF Butte
Montana, will arrive here this week
to visit with her sister. Her son,
Master Creighton Largy, who has
been visiting at the Noon home fol
several weeks, will return home with
her when she concludes her visit ir
about three weeks.
Johnny Berg is receiving a visi,
: from his aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Clinton
and his sister, Mrs. Mary Bergh, OF
Galena, Illinois, after a short visi,
, with friends here they will go te
Omaha to take in the big fair and
thence they go out to a summer resort
in the mountains of Colorado.
The following township ticket was
nominated by the republicans of
Oakfeld township last Thursday
evening Of last week:
Ed. Nelson, Clerk.
John Esbeck, Assessor.
Geo. Hansen, Trustee.
P. F. Howell, Justice of the Peace.
N. j. Boose, Justice Of the Peace.
John Nelson, Constable.
BRACE SOrenseD, Constable