Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-10-25
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Watch for dates for the play to be
given by the Royal Neighbors in the
near future.
n. l.. Wissler, of Extra. and Geo.
w. Cosson, of Audubon, will address
a republican meeting at Oakfiield
Center this Thursday evening.
/ Candidates have been very nu-
merous about Brayton the past week.
Boys, you can't all win, but there's
nothing like getting acquainted.
Albert and Will Bintner drove up
to Extra last Friday evening and at
tended the social hop at the X. P.
hall. They report splendid time.
G. l. Bison received his big stock
of holiday goods this week and has
been very busy marking them and
! placing them on shelves ready for in
!spection.
Miss Clara Ordway, was on the
sick list the first Of the week and on
Tuesday, Miss Mabel Chase officiated
as teacher Of her department in the
1 academy at Oakfield.
Clarence Noon departed Tuesday
noon for Butte, Montana, where h e
will visit with his brother Bernie,
and will look over the country with
a view to location. He expects to be
absent for the period Of about one
year.
4 Charley Scharff was at Extra at
tending to some business matters.
/ Charley will have charge of the old
homestead south of Oakfield, as the
impaired condition of his fathers
health will not permit him to look
after the farm any longer.
| C. X. Hallock and Miss Mae Jen-
kins drove to Extra Tuesday evening
to attend party given by Mrs. Jane
Andrews, of that city complimentary
to Mr.. Lyman Cooper and his sister,
Miss Maud, both of Douglas, Wyo-
ming. They report a most delight
full evening.
4 Smith Burton is very busy getting
his corn husked out. Next week, he
i will put on additional help, he says,
as he is bound to have it all out be-
fore snow flies The corn does not
stand up we'll this year and an early
snow would probably result in much
damage to the crop.
4 Lester T. Van Slyke and John H.
Mosier, of Audubon, will address the
people of Brayton and vicinity, next
| Saturday evening. Mr.. Van Slyke
is returned soldier from the Philli-
| pines, who knows whereof he speaks,
and will give an able address, on the
paramount issues of the day,
i a girl baby was born last Wednes-
day, October 18th to MIR. anG Mrs.
Oscar Latleur. Both mother and
child are prospecting nicely. Mr.. La
fleur and family have been sojourning
ut the Isaac Shirley home in Oaktield,
but will soon move down on the old
Julius Hill farm in south Extra
| township.
Mr.. Nels SorAsen. last Saturday
morning received a telegram from
Fl. M. Underwood, al Rolfe, Iowa,
bringing the sad intelligence Of the
death of their baby daughter Alva.
The little one was year old the 9th
of August last. The bereaved parents
have the sympathy of their many
friends here
We learn that John Dickey, OF
Creston, has purchased George At
kinson's farm south of Lurah. the
transaction taking place the latter
part Of last week. Mr.. Dicsew Is a
former Audubon county boy, having
grown up from boyhood in Douglas
township. We did no, learn what
our old friend, George, purposes to
do hereafter.
Chris Thompson, the popular and
genial clerk at Bisom's drug store,
has been very busy this week paper
ing, painling and otherwise fixing up
his house on the Heights, west OF
Brayton, Now this may all be very
we'll, bu. it looks mighty suspicious
for single man and we shall, watch
him very closely in the future ard
keep our lead pencil sharpened too.
! y. iHPs"n outPpei HNe caIs ~
cattle and one of.hogs to Chicago last
Saturday evening, acc, mpanying the
stock himself These cattle were
| only the"tails 2 of his big bunch OF
| feeding cattle. He has still left at
at his yards at Stilside, 95 head OF
the choicest tat cattle you ever put
eyes on. They are now laying on fat
at the big feed racks and will not be
finished until next month. MIR
Simpson is counted one of the mos
successful stock men in Iowa. and his
many friends are only too glad TIC
note his prosperity.
Golden Wedding.
! Wednesday one of the larees