Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
Gray News.

NJ ISIS Myrtle ILalQl9S Is Oh tne SICK
list.
Mrs. Jensen was shopping at Man
ming Monday.
Miss Pearl Audas was an Audubon
visitor Tuesday.
George Schrader's new house is
almost completed.
Emerson Shelley has gone to Battle
Greek to visit an uncle and husk corn.
Miss Mollie Barger will teach the
Star school this winter.
An epidemic of housecleaning seems
to have struck our town.
o. S. Welsh was business caller
the fore part of the week.
Will Barger Is husking corn for his
brother Lou, south Of town.
Mrs. John Cameron is visiting
friends at Hamlin this week.
Fred Hepp and wife have gone to
Omaha to view the Exposition.
We learn that Tom Dewitt and
family are coming back to Gray.
Old Mr.. Ramsey's people from
Dedham visited him last Sunday.
AL. Zaner, Of Audubon, was up
Tuesday taking orders for buckwheat
flour.
Mrs. Gibson and daughter visited
over Sunday with friends in Coon
Rapids.
Mesdames Swaney, Wilson, Potter
and Pfeister were Audubon visitors
Friday.
Charlie Wilson and family went
to Carroll to attend the Bryan speech
Saturday night.
Miss Hig gins is with Mrs. Chas.
McLachlin during Nettie Walkers
absence at Omaha.
Miss Anna French is overseeing the
household affairs at Mr. Bakers home
in Viola township.
Miss Nettie Walker is at Omaha
this week visiting the exposition and
taking in the sights.
Miss Mate French is at Alec Nor
gan's helping to keep the domestic
machinery running.
A party from Nebraska shipped in
number Of stock cattle and is dis
posing of them to our farmers.
| Ed. Mitchell who has been en-
ployed in a butcher shop at Dedham
for several months, is at home again.
Mrs. Lapsie, Of Marshalltown, who
| has been visiting her niece, Mrs. DR..
| Beers returned to her home Monday
| w. L. Swaney and wife and Mrs.
Wilson and Mrs. Potter, went to
Omaha Tuesday morning to attend
the Exposition.
Our farmers say the corn crop is
simply immense. The small grain
yielded a bountiful harvest and po-
tatoes are very prolific.
Mrs. Talmadge, Of Monroe, who
has been visiting for some time here
with her daughter, Mrs. DR.. Beers,
is quite i'll with lung fever.
Mrs. Cy Earhart departed for Ala
bama last week having been called
there by the illness Of her mother
whose home is in that sunny cline.
Hon. Asmus Boysen attended the
Mcpherson meeting at Kimballtor
last Friday evening, returning home
the same night, through press OF
business.
G. Eugene Mertz has put in case
containing complete line of jewelry
Gene intends to be ready tor the i'm
mense holiday trade which these good
times are sure to bring.
A lively time on Depot street Sat-
urday night resulted in threatened
suicide by hanging, but was averted
by several of our citizens appearing
on the scene and smoothing the
''troubled waters.'
Aus. Linn met with painful accl-
dent last week While working at q
bench the wind blew board off :
roof near by which fell Oh the bench
in such a manner as to crush his left
thumb nearly severing it from hi!
hand.
w. j. Lancelot visited with his
family over Sunday. He is manager
OF a new creamery northwest of Man
ming and reports a premium on all
his product. Jack is very enthusias.
tic IN the work and an expert at The
business.
The movement for the organization
of a Junior Endeavor Society ha;
been successful and last Sunday al
their second meeting they had n
4 members and there are more coming
| Tae little folks are enthusiastic anC
i it will not be their fault if it doe,
not flourish.
After a long life of usefulness
/ Grandma Fischer passed away from