Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-05
..N'IEW} V7 S'4I1lll9..
Mr.. George SIP encer is quite ill.

Mr.. George SIP encer is quite ill.,
Mrs. Dan Thomas departs next
week for eastern Iowa to visit relatives.
Andrew Wells left Monday for
Council Bluffs where he goes to work
in his unc]e's store.
Mrs. Maggie Banning Abbey, who
has been visiting her relatives at the
Wib Smith and Wills Hopkins homes,
returned to Extra Tuesday noon.
Joel Crees and his merry band OF
followers are Smelling out five thou
sand bushels of corn for Harry Percy
Counselman, at the Station, this
week.
William Smith and family, who
live northeast of Extra, were up
visiting Grandma Phipps, at the
+" Doc" Phipps home, one day the
past week.
Miss Kate Workman has gone to
Des Moines to see her brother who
soon goes to Oklahoma. Miss Grace
Stanley is teaching at Brushy College
during her absence.
The Methodist people have kindly
adjourned their Prayer and Epworth
League meetings during the continu-
alton of the revivals, at the Presbyte-
rian church, in Old Hamlin.
Mr.. w. r. Scott, of Ames, Iowa,
who has been here on visit to his
brother, George Scott, east of the
Station, for few days, left Tuesday
noon for his home, going by way of
Des Moines.
Mrs. John Cameron, of Lincoln
township, ate New Years dinner with
her daughter, Mrs. Frank Ballou,
south Of the Station. Monday she
went TO Extra to visit with her son,
Tom Dustin and family.
AL. Pratten received letter from
his brother, who is a soldier at Manila,
in the Philippines, telling him that
he had just been promoted to the
rank Of Second Lieutenant. He also
sent AL. some Spanish and American
papers from that far away land.
Miss Mary Abrams, the Elocution-
lst, met the highest expectations Of
the audience, last Tuesday evening, at
the Methodist church, at Old Ham
lin. The attendance was good, and
the music bv the local talent was ex-
cellent. Such pure entertainments as
these have refining and educating
influence, and should be encouraged
by everyone.
They reorganized the Methodist
Sunday School, at Old Hamlin, last
Sunday and these are the officers:
Mrs. Dora McNult, Superintendent.
James White, Assistant.
Miss Emma Fenton, Secretary.
Will Clark, Treasurer.
Miss Birdella Wilson, Librarian.
Miss Bessie Bradley, Organist.
Next Sabbath teachers for the sew
eral classes will be chosen.
The weather, as recorded by Uncle
S. d. Coonrod, for December is as
follows: Fourteen cloudy days, six
teen clear days, fourteen days of
north wind, seven days Of south wind,
two and one-half inches of snow fell,
oue-eighth of an inch OF rain fell, the
warmest day was the 18th, thirty two
degrees all day long, the coolest day
was the 3lst, twenty degrees
below zero in the morning and eight
below at noon.
New Years day these good people
gathered about the table down at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Crees and
a family rennion was INDUCED in,
they being sons or sons-in-law of Mr..
and Mrs. Crees: Alex Crees and wife,
Walk Crees and wife, John Crees and
wife, Will Young and wife, Harry
Percy and wife, Tom Crees and wife,
Charlie Crees and wife. The night
before New Years they had regular
Christmas tree at the Joel Crees home
tor the children of these families, Old
Santa Claus, and all that kind of
business. The tree was filled with
pretty presents clear to the very tip
top and every one Of these little
folks received gift and went
home with very, very happy hearls.