Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-11-09
Gray News.

Jack Lancelot came home Tuesday
to cast his vote.
Albert Swaney will attend our
school this winter.
Mrs. Burtch is visiting with rela-
tives at Carlisle this week.
Miss Ella Forsbeck will begin her
winter term Of school Monday.
Os. Linn is identifying Fred
Hepp's house with shiny paint.
Bert and Ernest Greenlee were
down from Templeton Saturday.
Elmer Audas has been giving the
inside of the new restaurant a coat of
paint.
Prof. Cunningham went to Audu-
bon Tuesday evening after school to
cast his vote.
Mrs. Christensen was quite sick
several days last week but is able to
be out again.
Gene Mertz bought wheel for his
wife while at Audubon on business
last Saturday.
Ham Buckner had another of those
jolly old fashioned dances at his home
Saturday night.
Mrs. Jensen has been quite sick for
several days but is slightly improved
at this writing.
Mrs. Burtch will address the
people again at the U. B. church on
Sunday evening, November 10Th.
Tony Rasmussen returned Tuesday
from Council Bluffs where he had
been to welcome our soldier boys.
Our schools were closed Wednesday
on account Of the reception given in
honor of our returned soldier boys.
John Polzin was called home
Thursday night by the sickness of his
wife. She is better at this writing.
Gene Mertz's father and mother re-
turned to their home at Lake View,
Monday after a ten days visit with
their son.
Mrs. VIM. Smith who was injured
by runaway horse two weeks ago,
is so far recovered as to be able to
walk again.
Miss Eva Blimpke who has been at
Gus Forsbeck's for a week visiting
her brother Harry, returned to her
home at Stuart Wednesday.
Rev. Burtch, our resident U. B..
minister lent his aid to our soldier
boys reception Of welcome Wednes.
day being one of the speakers.
The meetings of the Holiness Asso-
citation conducted by Mrs. Franklin,
an evangelist from Sioux City closed
Sunday evening. Next week she will
begin another series Of meetings at
Fairview.
Mesdames Lewis and Terry came
up from Hamlin last week to attend
the Holiness meetings then in pro-
gress. They visited at the home OF
Milt Goodnow and wife during their
stay returning to their homes Mon
day.
The social gwen Thursday evening
by the Y. P. S. G. E., netted them
$15.45. A goodly number were pres.
ent. Everything passed off pleasant
ly and we think every one went home
satisfied as there was plenty to eat
and to spare.
Elmer Audas and his sister Pear
went to Poweshiek county Tuesday
to be present at the wedding of theil
cousin, George Audas which took
place Wednesday. On their return
their mother, who has been visiting
relatives there for several weeks will
accompany them.
John Campbell our village black
smith, bursted his bellows Monday or
rather a meddlesome youth did it for
him. The vibration was felt all over
town and what a scurrrying in for
places of safety there was. The
rush of the curious to Johns shop to
see if anyone was killed or MANNED,
shows that our people are prompt to
sympathize when dire disaster over.
takes one of our number. No bones
were broken, none dead, but oh, that
bellows.
Last week while Miss Clara Davi
and her sister-in-law were going te
Dedham, some tiling which lay by
the roadside, frightened their hors,
which became unmanageable and raj
away throwing them out and leavin!
them in the road. The buggy right
ed itself again and the horse continued
its mad race for mile and half, un
til it reached home. No one was hur
which was the more remarkable a
the carriage was covered and Mrs
Davis had her little boy three yeal
! old with her and all were thrown out