Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-02-24

The Brayton school will close next
Friday for thespring vacation.
The Oakfield Academy will close
next Friday for the spring vacation.
Kathleen, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Freeman, is very sick of
very bad cold.
The Brayton band boys now do
their footing in the Oaktield school
house.
Erney Cotton will close his school
in the j. l.. Anderson district on Fri
day of this week.
Ben Shirley has shook the dust of
Oakfeld off his feet and is now res
ident Of Brayton.
Mrs. Charley Bison was up to
Extra last Monday visiting her rela-
tives and doing some shopping.
Mrs. John Curry, of Atlantic, is
passing this week with her mother,
Mrs. |. P. Hallock, at Oaktield.
Miss Irene Jenkins passed last Sun
day at Extra with her counsin, Miss
Hattie jenkins, and other friends.
LATE Simpson sold team of horses
to some Wisconsin buyers one day
this week that brought him $1,000.
Charley Goaken, out on the Henry
KAY farm, became the father of big,
two-fsted boy baby last week Thurs
day.
Miss Minnie May and her brother,
CLYDE, of Extra, sojourned at Oakield
and Brayton for few hours last Tues
day.
Aunt Ann Hewlett was up from
Atlantic the first of the week visit
ing with her many old-time Oakfield
neighbors.
Frank Lambert and his wife were
up at Extra, Tuesday, visiting with
their relatives, Uncle Bry Milliman
and his family.
Will Swolley has purchased the
Mcclure cottage, at Oaktield, and his
family and himself are enjoying the
comforts of the same.
John Mcclure was down from Au-
dubon, last Monday, visiting with
his friend. Charley Vail, and taking a
look at our little city.
In that Sunday morning special was
one car of fat cattle that Albert and
Will Bintner had fed for market and
then sold to /. P. Hallock.
Say, Mr.! Don't forget that John
son 81 Thompson still sell Furniture
and Harness. See them when in
need of any of these, goods.
Mrs. Nettie Bruner has completed q
course Of study in Correspondence
School at Scranton, Pennsylvania,
and has received her diploma.
Sidney MCGUIRE went to Griswold
Tuesday, to complete arrangements
for himself and Frank Greer to oper
their general store in that city.
MI. and Mrs. Sears returned tc
their Anita home, Monday, after a
good visit with the children, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. II. Faulkner, at the bank.
John Noon has nearly finished his
annual rounds as assessor Of Extra
township and will soon publish re.
port Of his findings iii the Journal
j. L. Anderson and wife were al
Extra, Tuesday, where the lady die
some shopping while Mr.. Andersen
was at the mill having grist ground
Shomp Bintner has traded his hero
Of cattle off and has invested the pro
ceeds in stock hogs and will,launcl
cut in the pig raising business OH
large scale.
George Cotton has sold the machin
cry that was used in the sorghum fac
tory, at Oakfield, to Mr.. ,Schenck, o
Atlantic, and the same is being carte(
to that city.
Johnny johnson visited for few
hours, at Extra, last Tuesday with hi
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. William Car
penter, while his grist was bein!
ground at the mill.
Last Wednesday Harry Wagner
brother of Mrs. Doctor Koob, started
for the Klondike country where h
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his pockets full Of gold nuggets.
Ellsworth Benson moved from owe
in the Valley to Pierce county, Ne
braska, this week and last Wednesda,
his brother, Bird Benson, was owe
there saying goodbye to him befor
his departure.
Mr.. Cogswell, of Miles City, Mon
tana, and Frank Reed, Representing
the Drum Plato Commission Compa
ny, at South Omaha, were in Brayto
last Monday, visiting with Uncl
John and Charley Jenkins. The for
mer gentleman is the owner of tina
nice bunch of cattle the jenkins Com
pany are feeding for market and h
expressed himself as we'll please
with the progress the cattle are max
ing.
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