Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-12-21

w. H. o'Connell is Headquarters for

w. III. O'Connell is Headquarters for
holiday goods.
If you buy your candies of John Nc
CURE. and are lucky, you can get a
pretty doll baby.
Rev. McSparran and wife rejoice
over the advent of a sweet baby boy at
their home last week.
Branch Prick is now at Des Moines
taking business course at the Capital
City Commercial College.
When in Audubon go to Frank
Rice's restaurant for a good meal or
a lunch. 1t is the place for the hun
CRY. If
VIM. Clough-y made business trip
to Omaha Saturday, returning home
Wednesday with more Santa Claus
goods.
w. H. O'Connell leads in all kinds
OF jewelry. Do not buy a Christmas
present until you have looked over his
stock.
ID. G. Abrams and f. j. Norris, Of
Winterset, were visiting at DR.. Robert
Evans last week and receiving med
ical treatment.
FOR SALE: We have few choice
pure bred Poland China male pigs tor
sale at the Audubon Nursery Farm.
TAGGART & LYMAN.
Just Justesen, the hustling clerk at
the Grand Leader Store, will leave for
Omaha, next Saturday where he will
spend the holidays with relatives and
friends.
The public sale of Adam Fiscus' was
a good one, stock bringing top prices.
Few men have better stock and every
few years he finds it necessary to sell
off the surplus.
Joe Cam has returned from another
trip to South Dakota. Frank Miller
and VIM. Fry returned with him.
Will bought a quarter section and in
tends to move to the land of the
Dakotas.
F. III. Adams, manager of the Green
Bay Lumber Yards, has very useful
and ornamental article that he is Civ
ing to his patrons and friends. 1t is a
good ad for the firm and useful art
icle for those who possess it.
H. H. Northup is expected here in
few days from Pierce, Nebraska, to
visit his mother, brothers and sisters
and numerous friends. Homer grew
to manhood here and in our younger
days we builtair castles together.
Miss helen Dickinson will go to
Sidney, Iowa, Saturday to spend the
holidays with her parents. Rev. E.
Dickinson and wife. The public
schools have two weeks vacation,
during which time she will rest up
visiting her parents.
There will be an oyster supper and a
general good time out at Wilbur Ken
nels', on the hill southwest of town,
on Friday night About forty gay
youngsters have been invited in to
engage in an evenings of youthful
mirth and merriment.
o. A. Farley and wife, of Creighton,
Nebraska, were visiting the fore part
of this week with Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Switzer and Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.
Drake. They We're on their way to
Chicago to visit their son who is at
tending one of the great universities
of the western metropolis.
Worthy Talbot is here from Ames
visiting his brothers and many friends.
He has not been here for several years
but looks very natural and seems the
same as in days of old. He told us
that Walter Scott, who is also located
at Ames, is not able to do hard days
work, and is not even as strong as
when he left here.
Miss Ella Stearns will spend her
holiday vacation at Cedar Rapids,
visiting her old time associate and
friend, Mrs. Richard A. Smith. She
always has a pleasant visit when
there, and is looking forward with
pleasure to the few days she may
spend at the home of her friend and
former companion.
Jack Dennis is erecting fine and
durable ice palace on north Leroy ST.
which he will fill during the winter
with pure crystal ice Jack intends to
keep cool and keep the people COOL
Next summer during the 'burning
skies of June,n the people will truly
appreciate the comforts that he is pre-
pairing for them.
The people out at Liberty school
house in Douglas township are
making all kinds of preparations for a
UlSC cNculuS. "A
good program has been prepared and
presents of all kinds will be hung on
the tree and every heart will be made
glad. Such occasions should be duly
observed and perpetuated.
John Wills, who for years lived lust
north of town, but is now located at
Stockport, Indiana, after an absence
of about twelve years writes back that
he still feels interested in the affairs of
Audubon county and asks an old
friend here to send him the paper that
will tell all the news of the county.
The Journal will be sent to him here.
after.
The Columbian Club have learned
that they can no longer have the free
use of the library ana club rooms they
have SO long enjoyed, over the Com
mercial Bank. The rooms are needed
for other purposes and the club have
found it necessary to secure a new 10.
cation and home for the library. Tues
day evening the X. P. Lodge voted to
tender the club the free use of their
reception room until suitable rooms
could be procured. We believe the
members of the club will never be sat-
isfied until they can have a building
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