Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
KimballtOn 4 Elkhorn,
Rev. P. L. G. Hansen, of Elkhorn.
is very sick of typhoid fever.

Rev. P. L. G. Hansen, of Elkhorn,
is very sick of typhoid fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Anderson visit
ed friends at Lorah over Sunday.
The tiny baby of Mr.. and Mrs. IL.
j. johnson is reported in very pre-
carious condition.
Peter and Sina Christensen were
Sunday visitors at the Kilgore home
in Sharon township.
Come and see those stylish new
ladies' and children's hats at Mrs.
Hans Marquesen's, Kimballton.
The Danish Separator Creamery
Company will hold a general bust
ness meeting at Kimballton Saturday.
Jens Larsen, the president of the
West Hamlin creamery company, is
the proud papa of a pretty girl baby
born Sunday.
Word has been received from Mr..
and Mrs. j. 2. Jensen, who recently
moved to Monona county, that their
young girl baby died last week.
Mrs. Hans Marquesen has Just re-
ceieved nice line of ladies' and
children's trimmed hats of the latest
patterns which she is selling at
popular prices.
| The Elkhorn Mutual Hail Insur-
ance Company now nave liabilities
amounting to 100000. The company
will this week be incorporated under
the Iowa state laws.
| Nelson Lance, the popular agent of
the Merchants Dispatch, came up
from Des Moines Tuesday and visited
the creameries at West Hamlin, Kim
ballton, Sharon and Blue Grass.
We understand there will be two
royal weddings in Jackson township
this spring. The contracting parties
are Mr.. James johnson and Miss
Claudia Dahm: Mr.. Mis- Hansen and
Miss Mary Hansen.
Peter Lykke and Geo. James, rep
resenting the Elkhorn Lumber Com
pany, left Wednesday on a lumber
buying expedition to Moline, Gin
ton, Chicago and Winona, Minnesota.
Before returning they will purchase
a $4,000 stock of building material.
At meeting of the Elkhorn Lum-
Der Company held last Thursday it
was decided that the yard be located
on the Rasmus Hansen land, just east
of Elkhorn. Already the foundation
is being laid for the yard and pre-
parations are being made for receiv-
ing the lumber as soon as it arrives.
On Thursday of this week Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Andersen, of Douglas
township, celebrated their 25th ami
versary Of welded life. A large
number of their friends were present
TO make the occasion memorable
one to the worthy couple. We hope
that Mr.. and Mrs. Andersen may live
to see 25 more years of happiness go
rolling by.
. Lars N. Larsen, son of Jens T. Lar
sen, of Kimballton, met with quite a
serious accident Monday. While
riding home from the field the horse
he was leading got fractions and pro-
ceeded to wind the halter rope
around Lars body. The unfortunate
young man was thrown from his
$ horse and was badly Jared. He is
now confined to his room very sick
boy.
!, Old Painter Hansen, the venerable
father of Mrs. Jens Rasmussen. died
at his daughters home, north of Elk
horn, Saturday evening of heart
failure. The old gentleman was
: nearly so years old and had lived an
, active life of usefulness and exper-
fence. He passed quietly away a
firm believer in the Christian faith
The funeral occurred Monday, Rev
Miller conducting. Interment was
= made in the beautiful Elkhorn ceme-
> terry.
, We learn of an amusing incident
that occurred in West Hamlin last
Sunday. Two young dry goods
clerks drove out from Extra for the
special purpose Of escorting one OF
the bright bellies to the neighboring
church. Before they had driven very
that far they became aware Of the fact
they were both after the same prize
and then began race for life. Each
man whipped up his respective road
ster and they came down the road al
2:40 gait but the man from the big
corner store won out while his rival
went down to defeat and dispair.
P. Fl. Miller and sister, Miss Lee
, nora, arrived home last Wednesday
: from San Diego, California. Their
many Kimballton friends were much
delighted to see them in their midst