Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-19
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Jim McNutt and wife are ill, of la

grippe.
MIR q. G. Rice, at Old Hamlin,
CONT ues very i'll.
u,s. w. D. Stanley has been very
SICK, hu' is now better.
Mrs. Jap Skinner is recovering
from a siege of la grippe.
Miss Rose Tyler visited with her
Alta ic friends, last Monday.
Frank White is seriously i'll
at ht elville township home.
a - Davis was called up to Au-
du = trial juror, Thursday.
a b,rI Pratten says lac does not
wan ~ he school director again.
J ~ ''rees and family were visit
in ives, at the Station, Friday.
Z Gill marketed a fine lot of
p, at the Station, Wednesday.
+. Smith spent last week with
G, "a, Phipps, east ct the Station.
" - Stanley presented his good
w,tr h a fine new cook stove, the
otter ".
jap skinner has been marketing
his crop of corn, at the Station,
the pa week.
>or Tom Gill expects to get
his u Ns this week, and then faith
he among we.
L u Arthur, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fr,,,, Ballou, has been a very sick
lad, ~ past week.
Lzz,- Wright, the blind girl, is
yer, SEX at the home of Wib Smith,
uurth 1T the Station.
Nr> W. D. Young is very proud
of III new washing machine Will
toted one the other day.
Mi-> Kate Workman says she will
MOI e ch the Brushy school the spring
term, planning trip to Ohio.
Walk Crees aud wife and James
Cree, of West Liberty, are out at
Nen visiting their sister, Mrs. Theo.
Gearheart.
Frank East came up from
Anre. Friday, for a good visit with
the james East and Fenton families,
east OF the Station.
Rev. Conner is still conducting
meetings, at Champion Hill school
house, and we understand that much
good is being done.
Mrs Sid Rice, of Old Hamlin, had
the misfortune to fall on the ice, last
Wehre sday, and dislocate her arm,
also severely iDjuring her back.
Charley Crees has purchased the
old scale house, at the Station, and
it was moved over to the Hi Wilson
farm and fixed up for chicken roost
The George Morey, Wib Smith and
Wills Hopkins families were called to
Extra, last Sunday, by the serious
illness of their mother, Mrs. Banning
Grandpa Coonrod is suffering con.
-siderably these days from cancer
that is snugly roosting on his neck.
He is having it treated and we hope
he will soon be free from it.
Mr. Purdy, of Manila, was among
his old friends, about Hamlin, last
Tuesday. He, al one time, lived on
the farm George Gill now owns and
was partner OF William Fry.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. White drove
down to Extra, last Monday, to yisi.
with the lady's grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. e. w. Clark. While there
George whiled away a few pleasant
moments at The Journal office.
The minor heirg of Mrs. Nancy j
White that are to be benefited by
the accumulated pension, recent!
elbow ed, are John, Alpha, Thomas
aud Esther White, and we hope
,he,'ll get whole COB OF money.
Clarence, son of Mr.. aud Mrs. A
w Davis, purchased his first horse
OF George Smith, Tuesday morning
ami as he went trudging off over thu
his hand you could fairly see hin
lift himself by the boot straps.
Bullermaker Fred Heilenan, at tn.
Blue Grass Creamery, has a tub o
butter in competition al the Nationa
Ass citation Meeting, in Sioux Falls
this week, in which large cash prizes
are offered. and we're betting dollars
to buttons that Fred captures some
Of thar /" shuneyawpayshake"
The Demostheueses of Old Hamlir
and he Brushy College Literaries
Vii meet at Old Hamlin next Satur-
da, night and discuss this question
The annexation of Spanish possessions
acquired in the last war would prove
beneficial to the United States. TIL,
Old Hamlin people say yes, and thu
Brushy folks say no.
Ha'nlin township can boast Of ,
pedestrian that has few equals any
where. Onr Village Blacksmith
Clark Wilson, in marching to anC
from between Old Hamlin and thu
Station has travelled a little over sew
Ell thousand miles. But then, Uncl,
Clark went with General Sherman tt
the sea and says he got used TO per-
ambulating along the thorough fares
that leadeth to the city.
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