Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-08-24
A number of Braytonites attended
The circus at Extra Monday.

MI. and Mrs. HI. M. Underworld
little boy baby was quite sick the
first of the week.
Peter Petersen, of Anita, last week
moved his family into their new
home in Oaktield.
Miss Mabel Robinson, of Avoca, is
visiting with the P. F. Howell fam
lily, south of Oakfield.
Miss Annie Slender is the owner of
a fine new bicycle that arrived from
Chicago Monday morning.
B.F. Simpson and |. P. Hallock
went to Omaha Tuesday to look over
the Greater American Exposition.
DR.. Koob has put in fine new side
walk running from the bank directly
south to his handsome new residence
w. Nj. Heath and family, of Anita,
and a Mrs. Dougherty, Sundayed at
the Frank Lambert home on the hill.
Mrs. o. j. Houston and daughter
Lulu, of Des Moines, were with rela-
tives at Oaktield the first of the week.
|. H. Jenkins, Geo. MCGUIRE and
B. f. Greer, trio of Oaktielders,
were all doing business in busy Extra
Friday.
Frank Aldrich and Mrs. Nora Hut
ton, of Atlantic, drove up and spent
Sunday with relatives at the Lam
bert home.
Mrs. I. L. Kelly came up Saturday
from Harrisonville, Missouri, for a
few days visit with her brother and
many friends.
The N. P. Christensen and Frank
Basham families, of Extra, drove
down Sunday to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Dissmore.
Ray Smith has rented Jorgen Jor-
gensen's farm, better known as the
McVey farm located over in the
Troublesome Valley.
Little Miss Carley Cecil, of Oak
field township. returned from Extra
where she had been visiting her rela-
tives, the Gates family.
VIM. Malone and wife, of near
Adair, Sundayed with w. H. Pear
son and family. Mrs. Malone is a
sister of Mrs. Pearson.
John Koob came down from Extra
Tuesday evening and on Wednesday
went over to attend the reunion and
shake hands with old friends.
Fred Edmundson and wife Sun
dayed with Sam Crane and family
near Lorah. Mrs. Fred will visit
there the remainder of the week.
Charley and Willis Hill, of Tabor,
sons of Julius Hill, who formerly
lived in Oakfield, are here on visit
with the Howell and Ballard families.
Jens Hansen has resigned his posi-
ton on the Rock Island section at
Brayton and has taken his old lob
with the Rothschild Elevator Com
pany.
j. G. B. Anderson, down on the
Cass county line, is putting down a
200 foot we'll. "A new windmill is to
be erected as soon as the well is COM
pleted.
Ben Simpson is having new resi-
dence erected on the place occu-
pied by Jorgen Jorgensen. Mr.. Jor-
gensen has rented the place for five
years longer.
Creighton Largy left Monday for
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mother. After taking in the fair for
a few days they will return to their
home at Butte, Montana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Abbott, of
Oaktield, last Friday became the
parents of a pretty girl baby weigh
ing eight and a quarter pounds.
Roscoe wears very happy smile and
say S the young lady is doing nicely.
Frank McNally, the blacksmith OF
Lorah, passed through Brayton Sun
day with his family and took Sunday
dinner with Hank Pearson and fam
lily. They were on their way to the
north part Of the state looking up a
new location.
"A. =. Gochanour, Of Highland
was delivering timothy seed at Bray
ton Tuesday to Charley Bison and
j. P. Bendixen. Mr.. Gochanour
tells US that his timothy yielded ten
bushels to the acre which is consid-
cred remarkably large.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Hansen, OF
Brayton, are the proud parents of a
dear little girl baby that arrived at
their home last Saturday. Now when
Hans comes down town he wears a
smile that's as broad as the sliding
door in the implement house.
B. f. Greer has rented the Sam
Hewlett house and himself and fam
lily will move into the same by the
first of September. Frank has de-
cided to extend the store room back
II or Is feet to make room for his
large stock Of fall goods that are ar
irving constantly. By honest, square
dealing Frank has built up BIG
trade at Oaktield and we are glad te
see him prosper.
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