Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-11-16

Frank Freeman and Rob Pollock
were business visitors at Extra Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. Fred Edmundson, spent last
Sunday with her friend, Mrs. Mamie
Patty, near Extra.
Master Harry Slender is under the
weather this week, suffering from a
light attack of tonsilitis.
Miss Anna Christensen, of Attain
tic, is here visiting old time friends
at the j. A. Slender home.
Prof. M. f. Enenbach, the popular
principal of the Oaktield schools,
spent Sunday with his parents at Ar
cadia, Iowa.
Race Rodgers is having a new kit
chen built on to his residence on his
farm north of Brayton. Joe Smith is
doing the work.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Brayton Baptist church held very
interesting meeting at Mrs. Koob's
beautiful home in Brayton Tuesday
afternoon.
Warren Chase will conduct one of
those successful dancing parties at
the Oakfeld hall, on Thanksgiving
night, November 3Oth. All are cor
daily invited.
The Brayton Woodmen will have
candidate at their next meeting, on
Tuesday evening of next week. No.
They won't do a thing to the poor
unsuspecting victim.
Thos. Lohner, who is now clerking
for VIM. Mcclure, at Hamlin. was
down this way Tuesday looking after
the stock food business, for which
his firm has an agency.
After December 1, 1899, my store
will be run on the Cash Racket plan
and all knowing themselves indebted
to me must call and settle on or be-
tore December 1st. B. F. GREER.
A cozy looking storm shed has
been erected over the big front door
at the Brayton Bank building. 1t
will undoubtedly suffice to keep out
a good many /" cold drafts" this win
ter.
Quite number of Brayton and
Oaktield young people attended the
dance at Extra Tuesday evening. 1t
was very enjoyable affair and all
who went up report an excellent
time.
Mrs Jensen, mother of Mrs. j. A,
Slender, came home last week from
long visit with her children in south.
ern Iowa and Missouri. She will re.
main here in Brayton during the
winter.
The Three Smiths purchased very
fine span Of bronchos of Tom
McGovern last week and thew are
now being trained to do the roadster
act as fast as good horsemanship can
bring it about.
The Ladies' Aid Society will have
sociable at Stender's hall, Tuesday
evening, November 2Sth, commence
ing at 1880 P. M. A splendid pro-
gram and sumptuous supper has
been prepared. All are cordially in
vlted to come and have glorious
good time.
Jorgen Jacobsen, the father Of Mrs.
j. T. BendiXen, will ARRIVE the latter
part OF the week from Denmark. he
having reached New York Monday.
The old gentleman expects to remain
here visiting with his children and
grandchildren for year at least and
perhaps much longer.
j. P. Jensen and wife, of Corning,
and Miss Bradley Burdick, of Grant
City, Missouri, brother and sister,
OF Mrs. j. A. Slender, were at Bray
ton the latter part of last week, hav.
ing happy visit with their relatives
at the Slender home. They left for
their homes Monday.
Jack Joyce and Frank jenkins now
give Wild West exhibition at the
Brayton stock yards nearly every
day. They have quite bunch Of
bronchos which they are busy break
ing and riding. Jack gives genuine
cowboy entertainment at the Audu-
bon Fair Grounds next Saturday
afternoon.
J. F. Snyder, our station agent
was attending to business at Des
Moines from Sunday till Tuesday.
II. M. Bartlett had charge of the
Brayton Station during his absence.
We understand that Mr.. SNYDER con-
templates accepting a station on the
main line, which would necessitate
another change at this point.
Ward Smith last week received
tine souvenir from Peter Hariff, of
Henderson, Iowa, one of his old com.
rades in the Fifty-First Iowa, and
has just returned with his regiment
from our new possessions. It is an
Espanola Filipino silver dollar and
is what is termed in that country as
"un peso" Ward will retain the
coin as precious relic.
Little Edna Bison was quite sick
child Tuesday and the cause of it all
L.