Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-07-27
KimballtoD s E!kborD

Nels Christensen sports new top
buggy.
Most of our farmers are now busy
harvesting.
Rasmus Rasmussen, of Elkhorn,
visited his tiance' near Sharon Center
Sunday.
Hans johnson has been on the sick
list the past week but is now much
improved.
There was a merry birthday party
Sunday at the home of Peter Nelson,
north of kimballton.
j. B. Doak and Lutte Lane, of Au.
dubon, were out in Sharon township,
Monday buying beef cattle.
Attorney j. Lyngby, of Harlan,
was calling on Kimballton friends
and looking after business Tuesday.
Miss Anna Melgaard, the Kimball-
ton dressmaker, is visiting at the
Chris Brodersen home in Shelby
county.
Charley Petersen, of Shelby coun-
ty, visited at the Henry Paulsen
home in north Sharon township, last
Sunday.
Lars n. Larsen's hired man resign
ed his position the other day and an
emigrant just over from Denmark,
has taken his place.
'The rich can ride in shayses," so
said Clarence P. and Ole H. Jacobsen
and they straightway went and pur-
chased each one of those fine carriages
Of Esbeck Bros.
Miss Minnie Bramsen gave party
to number Of her friends, at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Martin c..
Christensen, on Indian creek. All
report lovely time.
Soren Sorensen, the efficient assessor
OF Sharon township, has not been
we'll this summer. He is bothered
with sciatic rheumatism and has not
been able to do much work.
The creameries have all taken big
slump the past week, the daily milk
receipts having dropped off three Oh
four thousand pounds. The bad flies
are given the blame for it.
Thomas Thomson departed Sunday
for Marshalltown to meet his sister,
who was taken dangerously i'll on hel
way home from Chicago and wa:
unable to resume further travel.
q. F. Jensen, the buttermaker al
the kimballton creamery purchased
fine new driving horse last weel
and is now the possessor Of as fine 6
pair Of g flyers as ever pounded the
the turf.
The Danish Peoples Society held
their picnic in Gassnick's grove, Sun
day afternoon There were over l0C
people present and four ditferen
speakers entertained them with abl'
addresses.
The Hans Marquesen stock of good
at Kimballton. will be invoiced sun
day and Monday July 50th and 3lst
and the store will be closed on thos'
dates. MIR. Madsen will open 70
business Tuesday, August LIST.
The democrats of Sharon township
! held lively caucus at the Cente
schoolhouse last Thurday evening
Hans Olesen was named for truste
and Bertel Christensen was reelected
township committeeman for the EN-
suing year.
y Friday evening Mrs. l.. Slamberg
\ many friends collected at her pleasan
\ home in kimballton and helped he
\ celebrate her birthday in very ap
y propriate manner. They spent dc
\ lightful evening and were mos
\ royalty entertained.
\ Nels Jensen, the Elkhorn Furn!
( ture dealer, deeply mourns the loss
y his beautiful brown driving mar
y An attack of collie did the bushes
\ and the little driver turned up he
( toes Sunday evening. She was
y family pet and as gentle as lamb.
\ Mrs. Geo. Marcusen and Mrs. Hal
4 Marcusen were the participants in
y lively runaway that occurred Satu
N day. The two ladies were drivir
\ along near Hans JohpsoD's, at Kin
< ballton, when one OF the tugs can
y down, frightening one of the hors
N and lively run Immediately TO
\ lowed. The former lady was drivir
< and she pluckily wrapped the lin
~ around her wrist and tried to no
N the fractions team but was dragg'
s out over the dash board and throw