Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-15
Gray News.
Austin Baldwin's baby is better.

M. D. Crow and wife were city
visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Jim Foster has been quite sick
but is better again.
Gene Mertz was a business visitor
at Audubon Saturday.
Two sons of Mrs. Mundt, from Vale
are visiting with them this week.
Frank Altman has a spic and span
new buggy, purchased at Manning.
Ollie Shelley, who has been very
sick of pneumonia, in very much i'm
proved.
Miss Daisy Mitchell has taken
charge of domestic affairs at the Gene
| Meriz home.
Fred Suffer and wife are rejoicing
over the arrival OF an infant at their
home Sunday.
Raymond, the infant son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mundt has been sick but is rap
idly improving.
Mrs. Elmer Ellis, of Audubon, was
up Saturday to see her father, Uncle
Jimmy Grow, and other relatives.
County Auditor Greenwaldt and
family were over Sunday visitors at
the Grote,uschen home in this city.
Mrs. George Ellis, of Audubon,
was called up Saturday by the sick
ness of her daughter, Mrs. Jim Fost-
er.
Mrs. Dedie Jorden, of Ross,
daughter Of Ben Carr, visited at the
John CARRIER home several days last
week.
Hold Free, of Manning, was down
several days last week repairing the
creamery furnace and doing other odd
jobs which required the mason's
trowel.
Austin Baldwin had horse badly
injured last week; SO badly that it is
doubtful whether it will recover. He
has been obliged to purchase another
to take it's place.
Maylon and Stella Hepp, Henry
Wulf, Fanny Welty and Howard
Klttell went to Ross to hear the Krel
lecture last week. They think them
selves we'll repaid.
Resolved, That Columbus did more
for our country by discovering i,
than Washington did by saving it is
the questionfor debate, at the Foster
next Friday evening.
| John Rollins, of Tama county, s
telegraph operator for the North
Western, is visiting at the home OF
his sister, Mrs. Charlie Wilson, wife
of our genial station agent.
Although month has passed since
the electric shock which came neal
ending the life of Wilson Swaney, hi
lett side is still so weak that he Ii
obliged to use staff in walking.
| The protracted meetings at tn,
Sands school house closed Friday
evening, after continuing almost three
weeks. Much good was done but w,
have not learned the result of the
final summing up.
| The lectures delivered Wednesday
and Thursday evenings on the Philip.
pines by Rev. Krell, Corporal Co. 4
51st Iowa Vol, were under the aus,
pices of the Y. ?. S. G. E., the pro.
ceeds to go or our pastors salary.
Chat Dustin and wife have return.
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have gone to housekeeping in tn,
rooms over the George Gray grail
office. His broken arm is doing vel
but it will be some time before ht
will have full use of it.
Grandma Benson took little Essit
luton to Audubon one day last weel
to get medical aid for very sor.
finger, with which she has been af.
tlicted for some time. 1t is so much
better that she has been able to tax,
up her school work again this week
Miss Belle Bridenstine, who ha
been in Colorado for some time hop,
ing to regain her health, which ha
been very poor for two or three years
in that salubrious cline, has beer
quite sick of lung fever. Her father
went out there last week and expects
to stay with her for time at least.
The dancing club gave their semi
monthly dance on Wednesday even
ing Of last week, as some wished t.
go to the MASQUERADE ball at Manning
on Friday night. A rather light at
tendance was the result, but enough
were present to make the night en-
joyable tripping the light fantastic.
Some OF the force at work on the
new elevator have resigned, not wish
ing to work at so great height from
mother earth. 1t is nearing compile
tion although not so rapidly since tn,
last cold weather, as the boys find il
almost impossible to work at such al
elevation when there is such strong
wind.
Henry Mohr, formerly agent fol
the Green Bay Lumber Co., at this
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