Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-05-04
Extra.


M, f.. church last Sunday evening.
Surveyor Wattles went to Audubon
Wednesday morning to survey 1or
Harry Arnold.
lark Dunne and Geo. Martin with
their teams are employed with rover
grading outfit.
Fl. II. Prather has opened a hour
and feed store in the Rabson building
We wish him success.
Frank Stotts, Jr., is here from
Wyoming this week visiting his parents
w. f. Stotts and wife.
I'D. Herrick has been confined to
his home the past week with a lame
back. He is improving.
Dick Gault was quite sick Saturday
and Sunday, but is all right again
coming up town IOnday.
Joe Wheeler, east of town, is report
ed very sick with fever. lie was not
so well Tuesday morning.
Henslev Bros. had three fat cattled
killed by lightning during the storm
Saturday night. Quite loss
The Christian people are trying to
raise funds to PURCHASE new seats 1oi
their church and otherwise improve 1t.
John McQuerry returned Monday
evening in time to help celebrate
Dewey day" and assist in the evening
program.
Mrs. Fred Edmundson, of Brayton,
visited her mother and sisters, MIS-
Ellis Crane and Mrs. Frank Devices,
this week.
The required amount has been raised
to repaint the Congregational church
Mt this place and the work will soon
commence.
Mrs. Ernest Powell and two little
daughters, Mary and Clara, were visit
ing relatives at Atlantic from Tuesday
until Wednesday.
Mack Mccall, of the firm OF Stone
brook & Mccall of Audubon, is here
this week in charge of their grocery
stock they recently purchased
Sheriff Jones and r. n. Carper drove
down Sunday and captured John Frost
west of town, who was trying to make
his escape after breaking Jail one day
last week.
Chas. Milliman and Otto Witthauel
are pushing their new houses right
along and soon will have them ready
for the masons. They both will have
bDD,oc wban pOn nlptpU
The window display in Parkinson &
Cos. window last Monday was worthy
of mentioning A portrait of Dewey
displayed in the national colors, was
the leading feature and was handsome
ly arranged.
The Ladies Aid, of the Christian
church are spending the day down al
the country home of Mr.. jeff Lewis ano
wife, near Lewisville. This is theil
custom once a year and they always
have grand good time
Greeley township was we'll represent
ed Saturday in the way of shipments
of cattle and hogs to Chicago. Naylor
Williams. and Whalert, all had nice
punches of cattle and some hogs
These gentlemen are always our best
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins, of Hamlir
township. mourn the loss of their sever
months old babe which died Sunday
morning and was buried in the EXirG
cemetery Tuesday morning. The little
one had been suffering some time will
whooping cough and was not able tC
stand it. The parents have the sym
patty of all.
Mesdames Newton and Riley were
sent as delegates from the Thursday
Club to Burlington to attend the con
vention in session at that place this
week. Mrs. Riley will return the las
of the week, and Mrs. Newton will visi
until the last of May at TT. Madison
and also at Dallas, ILL.,, with relatives
We bespeak for them q pleasant time
Newell Jobes, of this city, received
word Saturday that his mother VIII,
lives at Jobe's post Office, near tin
Guthrie county line, had fallen dow
stairs and broke her arm near TIN
shoulder. She is quite aged, being il
her 74th year, hence it will go prett
hard with her. About one year ag
this spring while working in her f"we1
garden, she dislocated one of her hips
Her many friends hope she may re
cover soon from her accident and be a
well as usual. She has always bee,
very spry for one of her age.
May 1st being Dewey day." wa
observed in proper style by our citizens
Early in the morning as each bushes
house was opened, flags of the differen
nations and banners were brough
forth to speak the patriotism and tn,
respect our noted hero held in tn
hearts of our people. All day on
streets were one fiutteriIg mass of til
stars and stripes, and cheer after chez
from young and old could be heard TO
Dewey. In the evening the canno
was brought forth and broke the still
ness with its salute; large bonfire i
the center of the street gave light fc
the mass of people who had gathere
to hear the speeches from our pastor
respectively, o. T. Nichols, H. l.. Wi
sler, J. G. and J. o. McQuerry. Bot
bands furnished good music also til
male quartette. All around the ever
ing was pleasant one long to be +,
membsred by all A better lesson c
patriotism could not have been laugh
Many old soldiers now feel the effec
Of the hard service they endured durin
the war. Mr.. Geo. S. Anderson, of Ros
Vile, York county, Penn, who saw I'll
hardest kind of service at the 'front.'
now frequently troubled with rheum
tism. 81 had a severe attack lately;"