Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-06

can candidate for Congress in this,
the Ninth District, will speak at the
Opera House, in Extra. the evening
OF Thursday, October 18th, at 7:30
o'clock.
James F. McAninch and family,
his two sisters, of Carrollton. Hi
nois, MIR, 81. r. Prather and mother,
of Little Rock, Arkansas. made up
party and went to the Omaha
Fair, last Monday.
The Democrats of Greeley town
ship are hereby requested to meet
in caucus, at the Center school
house, on next Monday evening,
October 10th, for the purpose Of
placing in nomination township
ticket.
AL. FREDERIcKs, Committeeman.
Mrs. Thomas Dustin and Miss
Lena Hardenbrook went to the
Omaha Fair, last Monday, for a
short visit Miss Hardenbrook will
not return to Extra but will 90 di-
rect from Omaha to the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Har-
denbrook, at Arapahoe, Oklahoma.
Mrs. w. H. Fort, wife of the new
principal of our schools, arrived on
last Monday and they are nicely
located in the a. ]. Bruner house,
up in the Heights. She was accom-
panied by her father and mother,
Mr.. ana Mrs. ]. p. Thompson, who
will make Extra their home for a
time.
Boys, you that go roaming about
the streets of Extra like the lost
sheep of Israel, the ladies of The
Thursday Club wish us to inform
you that they have fitted up a table
in their reading room, provided it
with the latest books and magazines
of the day, and they invite you to
come up and pass your even
ings there. This table is exclusively
use on Tuesday and Saturday even.
ings.
Years ago Kirk Estes was a resi-
dent of this county and resided with
Uncle Milt Donnell. near the Cass
county line. He drifted out to Utah
where hewas married and now him
self and wife are dead, leaving two
children to the mercies of the cold
world. Anyone knowing the where
abouts of his brother, Will Estes,
please communicate with Charles
M. Smith, at Burbank, Utah.
Mr.. Daniel Artist, of Audubon
township, has just returned from "a
trip to Cincinnati, where~he attend
ed the National Encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
After the encampment Mr.. Artist
paid visit to his brothers and a
sister, in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of
Pittsburg. After the novelty Of the
scenery had worn off little Mr..
Artist said he longed for Iowa and
was right glad when he once more
arrived at his Audubon county
home.
The following is the program for
a teachers meeting to be held in
Extra, Saturday, Oct. 10. at the High
School Room:
Speer Method in Arithmetic w. II. Fort
Should the Synthetic Method be
Taught in Country Schools:
---------- Professor Hooker, Audubon
Discussion by the Association.
What are the Best Methods in Teach
ing Language--- -JeSSamine Andrews
Discussion by the Association.
Rational Freedom of Pupils in Obeying
the Organization of the school
Paper, by Blanche Noon
Discussion by the Association.
Should Whispering be Prohibited:;
-.----- Superintendent Il. c. Spencer
Discussion by the Associations.
Mr.. Charley Motz. of Atlantic, the
Mccormick machine man for this
part of Iowa, who is we'll known in
Audubon county, was in Extra most
of last week. Charley has just re-
turned from an extended trip
through Mexico and Germany in
the interest OF the Mccormick peo-
pie. He reports business lively in
Mexico, but says they are just get
ting over a financial panic in Ger
many. Recently while in Germany
Mr. Motzrec a cablegram from
his company asking him to go to
the Argentine Republic, South
America, but Charley promptly
wired back in Spanish: F." Yuchoo
GracioS, No Caro-"