Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-07-13
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Tom Hardwick has recommended
work on the section.
Mrs. Pearson and Ruby were visit
ing at Extra Tuesday afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at
the home of Mrs. q. F. Ide Tuesday
afternoon.
Miss Maud Lynch came down from
Audubon and is now visiting at the
Hardman home.
Mrs. P. l.. Anderson is very sick of
inffammatory rheumatism at her
home down on the Cass county line.
Mrs. w. r. Koob went over to
Anita Saturday to visit with rela-
tives until the middle of the week.
DR.. w. r. Koob will attend the
meeting of the 'Botna Valley Medi-
cal Association to be held in Atlantic
Thursday.
Jens Hansen, the little painter, and
family, drove over from Elkhorn and
visited with relatives and old friends
at Brayton.
Nels Brown has sold his farm east
of Oaktield and has gone to Atlantic
where he has secured job in Snof-
fer's blacksmith shop.
ID. w. Powers and his gang of road
graders are resting up for week
after which they will tackle a big
job up in Greeley township.
Heavy timbers are being hauled
with which to repair the bridge that
spans the creek in West Brayton. 1t
is much needed improvement.
Henry Pollock was up at Lake
City the first of the week where his
wife had been visiting the past two
weeks, They returned home Tues
day evening.
The young daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. f. B. Heath was threatened
with an attack of typhoid fever the
first OF the week, but the little one is
now slowly recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick A. Nelson, OF
Oakfeld township, are rejoicing
nightly over the advent of that new
daughter which came to make her
home with them last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Heath drove
over to Anita Monday to attend the
funeral of their niece, Miss Blanche
Heath. The young lady died satur-
day and was about Is years old.
Iona Beers is very sick of typhoid
fever at the home Of his parents south
Of Oaktield. Iona was taken i'll some
time last week and since then his
condition has been somwhat critical.
Miss Mamie Biddle came up from
Des Moines and spent the Fourth
with her sister Mrs. Pat Largy and
her many friends III Oakfeld. She
returned home the first of the week.
H. NJ. Bartlett was at Audubon
Monday evening where he installed
the officers Of the Oddfellows' lodge.
The same evening he instituted a
Rebekah Lodge with 50 charter men,
bers.
Moses Brinkerhoff bid good bye to
his friends here the first of the week
and on Tuesday evening departed for
Oelwein, Iowa, where he has job in
the car shops Of the Great Western
Railway.
On account of the absence of Depu-
ty District Grand Master H. NJ /.
Bartlett the installation of officers at
the Brayton Oddfellows' lodge has
been postponed until next Saturday
evening, July 10Th.
Hans Bengaard and family will
this week move on to their farm over
on the Troublesome on the Hamlin
estate. Mr.. Bengaard and family
will have handsome cozy home on
their new possessions and their many
Brayton friends will visit them often.
Out at Erick Albe-tsen's home in
Oakfield township, there is much joy
these days. Erick came into town
the other morning wearing a broad
smile and softly whispering to our
reporter said: It's a girl!' The
young lady arrived Sunday morning
and up to date has been enjoying
perfect health.
Come all we hungry weary souls to
the Lawn Sociable to be given by the
Ladies' Aid Society, next Tuesday
evening, at the Burton home, north
of Oakfield. Here you can find a
cool place to rest your weary bones,
cool drinks to quench your burning