Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-11-30

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Evans.
Platt Harris went to Des Moines
Monday to look at a farm near the
Capital City which he expects to buy.
He expects to have a public sale soon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Nash left Tor
Chicago Wednesday evening, so as to
eat Thanksgiving dinner with Misses
Beatrice and Gretchen who are attend
ing school at Kenilsworth.
Misses Maude Doak and Orpha Bax-
ter left for Boone, Tuesday, to spend
Thanksgiving with Mrs. Mamie Bax-
ter-Howe. They will return home in
time for their school duties the first of
the week.
The High School foot ball team went
to Manning this morning to contest
for honors with the High School team
Of that place. Our boys are husky fell
lows and are full of vim and bound to
be victorious.
w. n. Cowles and wife are enter
tanning crowd of Nermonters today,
feeding them on turkey and cranberry
sauce. 1t will be a pleasant day to all
and many recOllections of other DAYS
will be related.
Ed. wager, of Guthrie Center, has
been and contemplates putting in a
cigar factory here at an early date. A
few have tried this but for some rea-
son have failed, but if properly con-
Quoted we believe it would pay.
J. Burdick, of Audubon, has Just re.
oaivn1 I,,,, -.
barrels, of apples, from New York.
The varieties are Baldwins, Greetings,
Northern Spies and Russets. He offers
them for immediate delivery at $3.50
for full three bushel barrel.
J. A. Nash has bought the w. b.
Davis fam south of town, paying $50
an acre for the same. This has been
considered one of the finest farms and
best location in the county. Mr.. Nash
intends to reside on this place and
will erect fine modern house on the
place the comming year.
We often pass beautiful scenes with
out observing them and would have
done so the other day when passing J.
f. Russell's store had not friend call
ed our attention to a beautiful and at
tractive display in his window. Alton
20 Swartz had artistically arranged to
advertise their special linen sale by ar
ranging table spread with fine snowy
white table linen at which sat beau
tiful wax figure and large handsome
doll, natural as life.
a few of the members of the Catho-
llic church have been at work, this
week, improving their cemetery, south
of town. The principal drives and
alleys have been graded up, while
bricks have been planted at the cor
ners of every lot so they will be per-
manently marked. Year by year they
add to the beauty of the place and in
years to come it will be a beautiful
place for those to go who have loved
ones at rest in the "Silent city of the
dead"
The members of the Woman's Relief
Corps met with their president, Mrs.
Minerva J. Cole, last Friday afternoon.
They held very interesting meeting
and made preparations to send the sol
der boys in the Philippines some val
liable tokens before long. Mrs. Cole
surprised the members of the Corps
ner. The members went home feeling
proud of their president and filled with
love for the noble work which they
purpose doing.
w. H. Cowles is evidently preparing
for Christmas. He has had his two
silverware cases nicely lined in white
and has them filled with the largest
line of silverware he has ever carried
Several new show cases have been adj.
ded, one being filled with sterling sill.
YER and pins, spoons and novelties, and
and the other with silver plate ware
and hand painted china. Fancy clocks
and cut glass are also carried. Mr.
Cowles came to Audubon in the fall OF
1881, nineteen years ago, and has been
In the jewelry business ever since.
In the essay contest that we men.
toned sometime ago for which John
A. Nash, President Of the Board OF
Education, offered as prize a season
ticket to the Columbian Club Lecture
Course for the best paper on any sub
ject of current events, and ticket tC
any single number of the course for the
second best paper, Miss Louisa Over
hotter was awarded first prize anC
Miss Alma Oelke was a close second
There V ere ten papers handed in anG
the judges were Rev. Matheney and
Superintendent R. G. Spencer. Much
interest was taken and all of the pro
auctions showed careful preparation
Obituary.