Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-17

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James Lees, Jacob Bauer's butch
er, was called to Anita, the first of
the week, by the serious illness of a
friend.
Peter Hansen, the clothing sales
man at Frank Gault and Company's
store, is nursing very sore hand.
resulting from mere scratch.
Henry Benton, up in Greedy. sold
a couple carloads of cattle to the
Adair buyers, and received a fancy
price for them as that gentleman
always does.
The subject for Christian Science
at the ]. 6. Gates home. on
next Sunday is Ancient and Mod
ern Necromancy, or Mesmerism
and Hypnotism."
Last Saturday Miss Florence
Rathbun and her brother, Grove,
went as far as Audubon with their
brother, Howard, on the return trip
to his Colorado home.
Mrs. E. G. Wilson has finally
tanned one of those Crescent bicy-
cles, that Mack Thomas sells, and
now comes over from her farm
home in about eleven minutes.
Peter Schwab purchased one of
those easy riding buggies of George
Henshaw, last Saturday, and that
gentleman and his family take solid
comfort, when riding to town, a
foot deep.
George Henshaw accidentally
cut one of his fingers with
a pen knife the other day,
blood poison set in and for few
days George was pestered by very
sore hand.
Messrs. Gus Earle and John Nc
last week. visiting with our Jersey
on their former neighbors, the Rev.
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Another human soul was added
to the household of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
w. Sickels, last Sunday morning,
and in twenty-one years from that
day it will arouse the neighbors by
shouting that "There's man in
the house"
At the Masonic meeting, on Satur-
day night, it was decided that the
Master, w. w. Sickels. would repre-
sent Exodus Lodge, No. 342, of this
city, at the Masonic Grand Lodge,
which meets at Cedar Rapids the
first week in June.
While on his return from Chicago,
where he had been with couple of
carloads of sheep, to his home at
Loveland, Colorado, Howard Rath-
bun stopped off in this city, on last
Friday, and visited for few DAYS
with his mother Mrs. A. f. Rath-
bun.
P. [. Whitfield has on exhibition, at
the Exchange Bank, a limb from
catalpha tree, representing one
years growth, the seed of which
came from California, that is fully
twelve feet IN length. This timber
grew on Mr.. Whitted's lots, here in
Extra.
Sam Brown has been making
some substantial improvements on
his late purchase, the D. E. John
son farm, in the shape Of cattle
shed, one hundred feet long, some
self. feeding racks for stock, set one
thousand posts and built a fence
two miles long.
Mr.. w. II. Bowman narrowly es-
capped severe hurt, last Monday
evening. By the sudden turning of
his buggy he was pitched to mother
earth, alighting upon his head and
shoulders, but with the exceptions
of few slight bruises he luckily
escaped uninjured.
Cowan and McClain have sold
sixty eight buggies and road wag-
ons throughout Lake and Mendici-
no counties, of late. All the vehi-
cles handled by them are Of first
class material and workmanship.
Mr.. McClain and wife and stopping
at the Palace Hotel, in this city
Willis Press, Ukiah, California.
This week Hensley Brothers and
Brown purchased two cars of cattle
from James Gripp and two cars of
cattle from John and August Wah-
lert, up in Greeley, and a carload of
hogs from Oscar Hunt, of this city.
Last Saturday night this stock was
sent to the Chicago market and
James Gripp, John Wahlert and
John |. Hensley went along with
them to see the town.
Next saturday the Extra Congre-
gational, Methodist and Chris
tan Sunday Schools will hold
a union picnic, south of town in
the Uncle Bry Milliman woods,
just south of town. You are expect
ed to meet at the Park, with we'll
filled baskets, a little before ten
o'clock in the morning, then form
in great long line and go march
ing away to the woods.
At the close of business the other
day Mr.. w. II. Bowman made
proposition to Mr.. Otto Witthauer
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