Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-29
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lin this, Thanksgiving evening.
Mrs. John OFT came down from
Audubon, Tuesday noon, to visit
with her friends, at the Station.
Asa Johnson's father went out to
Oakland, near Council Bluffs, on last
Monday, to visit his son and family.
George Smith and family, and Mrs.
Maude Scovel visited at the Clarence
Scott home. south of Extra, over last
Sunday.
Rev. j. Wirth is conducting revival
meetings over at Champion Hill, and
we understand that his efforts are
being crowned with success.
Fred Heileman and wife drove up
to Audubon, last Tuesday morning,
and passed a few hours with their
friends and doing some shopping,
James McNutt and Charlie Baird
were down to Extra, last Monday,
with couple wagon loads of chick
ems, which they disposed of at fancy
price.
Andrew Smith, on account of his
removal up into Canada, resigned as
school director, at Brushy College,
and Albert Pratten has been appoint-
ed to fill the vacancy.
Harry Percy was with his wife and
family, down at Menlo, and today he
is at his sister, Mrs. j. D. Young's
home, at Anita, eating Thanksgiving
dinner with his family.
Charley Hensley and wife, from
Extra, ate their Thanksgiving dinner,
today, at the home of her parents,
Uncle Mace Gill and wife, whose
premises adjoin the Station.
Grandpa Coonrod was quite ill
when we were at the Station, on last
Tuesday morning, and unable to be in
his accustomed place beside James
Elrod's fire at the postoffice.
The schools of Hamlin township
will pretty generally start up for the
winter terms, on next Monday morn
ing. Some few of them started up on
MONDAY morning OF this week.
Grandpa Clark has been doctoring
his cancers and on Tuesday morning
he reached up and plucked one of
them troublesome pests from its rest
ing place on the side of his head.
We met o. P. Tyler at the Station,
on last Tuesday morning, and he in
formed us that his son, Frank Tyler,
would soon return from visit with
his relatives, up in Boone county.
Please bear in mind that the Pres
byterian people, about Old Hamlin,
will hold sociable at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harm Rice, on Thurs
day, of next week, December 9Th, and
that you are all especially invited.
Mrs Clarence Scott and Miss Ora
Poage came up from their home, just
south of Extra, last Monday and are
visiting with their relatives at the
George Smith home. Today Mr..
Scott will arrive and they will all eat
Thanksgiving dinner together.
Last week, on Monday, Henry
Young and Peter Madsen, who had
tie vote for Trustee OF Hamlin town
ship, appeared before the Board of
Supervisors, up at Audubon, and
drew straws to see who should have
the Office, and the lot fell on Mr..
Madsen.
Billie Smith, that genteel dry
goods salesman, was at the Station on
last Monday, selling VIII Mcclure a
bill of goods and while here was talk
ing OF the beauty and glories Of "The
Big Five Mines p located near Idaho
Springs, Colorado, in which he is in.
terestea, and which now yields ninety
seven dollars to the ton.
The members of Rev. j. Wirth's
congregation, about the Station just
quietly "dropped in" upon him and
his good wife, last Tuesday evening,
and when that gentleman came home
from Champion Hill he found him
self in the midst Of an old fashioned
donation party. He at once grasped
the situation and proved himself the
genial host that he always is.
Bills are hung up announcing that
James McNutt will have public sale
at his home, in Old Hamlin, on next
Friday, November 80; that Charles
Neiman, Oh Section "a, Melville town
ship, will have sale on December q
Jens Hedegaard, one-half mile south
east Of Audubon, will have sale on
Monday, December 3; and r. M. Zion
and Son, northeast of the Station q
little way, will have a sale on Decem-
Der 6.
Mr.. Joseph Bell, Of Extra, showed
us a letter from his son, Joseph Bell
Jr., who is we'll known hereabouts, and
the letter says that Young Joseph il
now located on the Canadian River
fifteen miles south. west of Oklahoma