Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-08-31
A. Slender is reported very

| uNsSS1i "a. SteuaeI is reported very
,,aln.
Charley Bell, of Oakfeld, is suffer-
ing from quinsy.
Ben Cecil, of south Oakfeld town.
ship, is putting up big new hay
barn.
Miss Maud Bowen has been INSTALL
ed as clerk at Greer's store at Oak
field.
Timothy seed, new and clean, for
sale by the Bendixen Hardware Com,
pany.
Tony Koob and wife spent Sunday
at Brayton with their son John and
family.
Frank Heath and little daughter,
Gertrude, are both on the sick list
this week.
All the farmers have finished stack
ing and the threshers are now kept
very busy.
Ben Wagner and wife spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with DR.. Koob
and family.
Joe Smith and Tom Hardwlck be-
gan building Race Rodgers big barn
Tuesday morning.
Miss Irma Tharnish, of Audubon,
was an over Sunday visitor with
Miss Clara Ordway.
II. M. Bartlett went to Council
Bluffs Monday and will spend several
days attending to business.
The Misses Gertie and ELECTRA
Louis, of south Oakfeld township,
have been attending normal.
Rob't Harter is at Woodbine, help
ing his brothers law, j. o. Wade,
put up new residence building.
Miss Electia Louis has returned
from Oskaloosa, Mahaska county,
where she has been attending college.
T. j. Essington was at Extra Tues
day afternoon shaking hands with
old friends and attending to some
business matters.
Peter Petersen moved his family
over from Anita to Oakfield Sunday
and they are now comfortably quar-
tered in their new home.
The heavy wind on last Wednesday
did considerable damage in south
Oakfield township, upsetting quite
few stacks Of hay and grain.
A large number of our people will
60 to Atlantic today to attend Ring
ling Bros colossal circus, returning
on the special train this evening.
w. P. Oaks, just over the line in
Cass county, has had divorce pro-
ceedings brought against him by his
better half who also asks $4,000 in
alimony.
Miss Joyce, who has been teaching
school in Idaho, is here visiting with
her parents on Buck Greek. She will
return to the West in time to teach
the fall term.
Ed. Louis, of south Oakfield town
ship, will start for Iowa City, on
September 10th, to attend the State
University, where he will take a
general course.
Charley BRENNAN, the republican
candidate for county treasurer, drove
down from Extra Tuesday afternoon
and visited with his many friends
here for few hours.
Miss Rosa Kragskov, of Omaha,
who has been visiting at the Chris
KDudsen and Hans Nymand homes in
Oakfeld township, returned tol her
home Tuesday. The lady is a niece
of Mrs. Knudsen.
B. F. Greer has moved his family
in to the Hewlett house in Oakfeld,
and is now busy tearing out and fix
ing up the rear part of the store
building preparatory to shelving up
his new fall goods.
Matt Bales, Ben Cecil, James
Louis and w. Wilburn, of the South
Line, are hauling sweet corn TO the
Atlantic canning factory. They are
receiving $3.50 per ton for the late
corn and $500 per ton for the early
crop.
Mrs Josh Pearl, of Weeping
Water, Nebraska, is here for short
visit with her sister, Mrs. l. P. Hal
lock, of Oakfeld. Mr.. and Mrs.
Pearl lived here many years ago and
will be well remembered by the old
settlers of this community.