Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-05
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Buy your wall paper at the Elk
horn Furniture Store. Pretty 1900
patterns, that you can't beat.
All the property owners in Kim
ballton have taken tumble to them
selves and now sidewalks are being
laid on both sides of the street and
now the town is assuming quite
citytied air.
Special convention of Hamlet lodge
No. 347. knights of Pythias, at their
Castle Hall, Kimballton, on Satur-
day evening, April 14th. All mem
bers are urgently requested to be
present. Work.
Hans Nielsen, the new furniture
man, of klmball,on, now has his new
stock of goods home and placed on
display for inspection. 1t. lis new
line OF good, durable goods, we'll
worth your time to look upon.
Hans Madsen went to Audubon
Saturday. He also returned home
the same evening, but left big load
OF goods way out on the Ridge road.
The load became stuck in the mud
and the horses were unable to bulge
it out of its tracks.
Joe Larsen has decided not to 90 to
Audubon to work for E. Bilharz &
Son, but will remain in Kimballton
this summer and work for his old
employer, Hans Madsen. Joe is a
splendid salesman, has all kinds of
friends and can win lots OF trade.
The Elkhorn boys tell us that our
old friend Rasmus Hedegaard was
first. class April fool victim this
year. He afterwards tried to play
even by inveigling the rest of the
gang into the same trap, but the at
tempt proved unsuccessful. No one
takes good joke more gracefully than
our friend Rasmus.
The management of the Elkhorn
college has decided to hold a Jubilee or
gala day soon in honor of the twenty
fifth anniversary of the founding OF
the college. The anniversary day is
sometime in May, but as it will be
impossible to make the necessary ar
engagements by that time it may be
postponed for month.
Axel Jensen, the new manager of
the Kimballton lumber yard, was re-
Gently selected as secretary of the
company and has this week been hav-
ing his office fitted up at Kimballton.
Their trade has been steadily increas-
ing this spring and the company is
looking forward to a large volume Of
business the coming season.
The Danish Separator Creamery
Company, of Kimballton, last week
purchased new engine and boiler for
their butter factory at this place.
The sale was made by M. d. Reed,
representing the Creamery Package
Manufacturing Company. This waA
a much needed improvement az
when everything has been re-arrang ed
the Kimballton creamery will be one
of the best equipped in the county.
A large number Of young people)
were gathered at the home Of MIR.
and Mrs. G. w. Boysen, in south
Sharon township, Sunday evening.
The evening was most pleasantly
spent in games and social pastlme and
at the appropriate hour the host and
hostess served some excellent refresh
ments. Altogether they all made a
delightful evening of it and adjourn
ed at late hour, with loud praise
for their royal entertainers.
Soren Sorensen has finished his
work as assessor of Sharon township,
and reports the entire assessed value
of the township, at S49264 90. The
actual value of new buildings erected
in 1899 was 100000. Within the
bounds of the township there was
found 624 head of work horses, 90
two. year old colts and 46 yearling
colts and two stations; "a mules !:
429 yearing heifers, 235 two year-old
; heifers and 152SGows; 1915 head Of
swine.