Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

Bank at 5 per cent interest,
optional payments.
NASH &, PHELPS.
audubon, IOsCts
Mrs. James Davis is enjoying visit
from he1 sister, Mrs. Weber, of Hum
boldt.
]. S. Dennis and family have moved
into the A. j. Bailey property on
north Tracy Street during the past
week.
B. S. Phelps departed for Davenport
Wednesday evening to attend to bust.
ness matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Troxell went
to Atlantic Friday to visit friends and
see sights. They returned home
Saturday.
Jake Kuhn is suffering from an alb
scess on the ball of his eye, SO that it
will be some time ere he can attend to
the ordinary vocations of life.
w. H. O'Connell has put in two ex-
ira show cases, in order that he may
have room for the large stock of new
goods that he bought while in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Knapp came
down from Sac City to attend the
wedding of their niece, Grace Matthias,
and to visit q few days with other rel
atives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Shaw, of
South Peacham, Vermont, arrived
Tuesday morning to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Henderson and other
Vermonters.
Mrs. Edwards, a sister of Mrs VIM.
McLeran, arrived from Moline, ILL
nois,. Tuesday morning, and is being
royalty entertained at the home Of
the latter on south Washington Street.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.
p. church will hold fair on Tuesday,
November z. Dinner and supper will
be served and there will be fine line
OF all kinds of fancy work for sale.
AL! OF the articles will be useful as
| well as ornamental.
Mrs. Ed. Bilharz returned home
from Indianola Saturday where she
had pleasant visit with her parents
and girlhood associates. They will
soon be cozily located over the store in
the fine rooms that have been painted
and papered recently.
John Flynn, just over the line in
Guthrie county, received 115O head of
sheep Tuesday morning from near
Douglas, Wyoming. They are a fine
herd and will doubtless prove good
investment, as sheep usually net their
owners large profits in short time.
For SALE-I will have carload of
extra good horses weighing from 1000
to 1900 pounds, at the Northwestern
Stock Yards the coming Saturday, for
sale. This will be one of the finest
lots offered to the public and those de-
string good horses should no. Fail to
come and see them. VIM. DRYDEN.
A. j. Story returned home from a
trip through Missouri, Kentucky and
Tennessee, Tuesday morning. He was
disappointed in the country as he
hoped to find good grass country
we'll watered, but found no such con-
ditions. Few people ever find as good
country for all purposes as Audubon
county.
Thos. Musson & Son have purchased
a Reynolds machine for the loading of
grain into cars. By the use of this
machine they can load about 300
bushels an hour. The large amount
of grain they are handling necessitat-
ed the purchase of this machine. The
only trouble now is to be able to OBJ
tain cars enough to handle the large
shipments they have.
Hon. G. A. Windle will address the
voters of Sharon township, at KIM
ballton, Saturday, November 4th, on
the political issues of the day from a
democratic standpoint. This will be
an evening meeting and those who
have the matter in charge are endeav-
oring to make it a successful meeting.
AS speaker he is one of the most
prominent in the state and is making
a tour of the state under the manage
ment of the democratic state central
committee.
We are informed that Tom Wilhelm,
now at Winteret, was out hunting re-
Gently and according to his old time
custom he still continues to disregard
: and break the game laws of the state,
, and as consequence, good old farm
er who believes that the laws should
} be respected made Tom pay SO cents
, apiece for the squirrels he had killed
in his woods. This is no more than
our hunters expected, as they say he
always disregarded the law and would
, shoot blind quail off her nest and
! then wait for the little pips to get out
OF the shell so he could take shot at
them.
To-day Grandma Cole, who was
t born October 26, 1912, celebrates hel
S7th birthday. She is hale, hearty and
t rugged beyond what could be expect.
: ed of one of her age, and supple and
sprightly beyond that of the ordinary
woman who has not been permitted tc
enjoy the frosts of winter and dews OF
!. summer, for a half a century of time
In kind remembrance of the tender
! and loving care she has administered
to her children through the long years
of. life, the surviving ones, j. w. B.
Cole, r. H. Cole, ID. d. Cole and Rach.
ael Cole, presented her with hand.
! some solid gold ring.
John A. Nash, president of the
Board of Education of the Audubon
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