Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-12

ceived large consignment of fiue
new buggies.
Hans P. Hansen, who lives near the
Stanley schoolhouse, has just finished
putting npa new hog house 20 X 40
feet in size.
Little Mabel, the young daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nels j. Boose, was
taken quite sick with pneumonia
Wednesday.
f'aaborg e. Heigaard are having ex-
cavations made for a substantial and
commodious cellar under their store
at Kimballton.
A largely attended and very enjoy
able party occurred Sunday evening
at A. P. Hansen's hospitable home.in
Oakfield township.
County Recorder Martin Esbeck
and wife, of Audubon, spent Sunday
at the parental homeof A. G. Nelson,
in north Oaktield township.
S. P. Kaae, the Elkhorn merchant
says he will celebrate his birthday
May 1st-by having special cape
sale on that day for the benefit of his
customers.
Joe James & Company, have moved
their gents furnishing goods into the
building on the south side Of their
store, formerly occupied by Mrs
'Soe's millinery parlors.
Our old friend Lorentz Nissen was
81 years old last Sunday and in honor
OF the event considerable number of
his friends were gathered in and made
MI Nissen feel young again.
Invitations are out announcing a
grand ball at Kimballton Saturday
evening, April Dist. There will be a
merry crowd of young people who
will have very merry time.
Miss Dora Larsen, assistant princi-
pal of the Audubon schools, spent her
vacation at her home in Sharon town.
ship. Miss Larsen has been elected
to fill the same position tor another
year.
A class of eight students were con-
firmed at Emanuel church at KIM
ballton last Sunday. There were four
girls and four boys, but we were un-
able to get complete list of their
names.
George Jorgensen, young man
from west Hamlin township, is lying
very low flung fever, at the home of
Martin Petersen, southwest of Elk
horn, where he has been working this
spring.
A term of Danish school has been
started at himballton with Miss
Dagmar Miller as governante. There
were about 25 pupils enrolled. The
Emanuel meeting house is being used
as school room.
Our old friend Soren Simonsen, of
kimballton, has built himself a neat
little cottage, across the way from
Emanuel church, where he proposes
to spend the remainder of his days in
quiet, contented bachelordom.
Nels Jensen, of Elkhorn, will take
his first degree in X. P. work at
kimballton Saturday evening. The
boys will make him think +" there are
others" in the undertaking business,
before they get through with him.
The school board of Sharon town
ship held a meeting at the Center
schoolhouse Monday to consider bids
for the building of storm caves at the
various schoolhouses in the township.
The contract was awarded to Chef
Hibbs, of Audubon, his bid being
5000 20.
j. Lyngby. the we'll known Danish
legal light, of Harlan. and Mr.. Holm,
he Photographic artist Of the same
city, were Sunday visitors at Mr..
and Mrs. Nels Jensen's. at Elkhorn.
Mr.. Holm came out the latter part of
last week to perform some work for
Hans Nielsen, the Kimballton furni-
ture man.
Jens Soc, our prosperous friend,
who lives on the Ridge, nine miles
southwest of Audubon, is sailing
along on the top wave of prosperity
He informs us that he has 800 head of
fine hogs nearly ready for market.
AT the present market price-five
cents per pound-they will bring him
in the neighborhood of $2OOO.OO, q
sum that ought to make Mr.. Soc fee
very happy.
Mrs. NJ. Frandsen. of Atlantic, was
here the first of the week paying q
farewell visit to friends at Elkhorn
and in Sharon township. The lady
is making arrangements for trip tt
Denmark and expects to leave New
York on the steamship Furst Bis.
marck" on May 3rd. Her daughter
Miss Elna, will accompany her as tai
as Chicago, and later on will go tt
Denmark to remain permanently.
Ole Hansen, of Elko, Nevada, wa,
here the last of the week visiting with
his sister, Mrs. George Henningsen
of Elkhorn. Mr.. Hansen was return
ing from IA trip to Denmark, where
he had been spending the winter