Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-06-28
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Misses May Clark and Anna Owen
are at Audubon attending review
school.
Walk Crees was so ill part of the
week that he had to consult the fami-
ly doctor.
Baker and Shoesmith shipped car
load Of hogs from the Station, on last
Monday evening.
Harry Percy loaded and shipped
out five carloads of corn, at the Sta
ton, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Bradley, of Old
Hamlin, were with their Extra
friends last Saturday afternoon.
Peter Peterson has two stray ponies
at his home, down south of the Sta
ton that lately wandered there.
Miss Lille Crees went out to Nicola
on last Monday to pass week with
her sister, Mrs. Theo. Gearheart.
Mrs. Ed. Wipchell was up at Au-
dubon the other day having pleas
ant time-she had thirty-two teeth
pulled.
George Scott finished his task of
taking the census of Hamlin town.
ship, last Tuesday, but is as dumb as
an oyster as to the results.
Mrs. Cecilia Connrardy, from Au-
dubon, and her daughter, Beulah,
passed part of this week at the
Station with her relatives, at the
George Smith home.
Railroad Boss Vint Rose and Will
Mcclure had regular grizzly bear
tussle out in front of the store, one
morning this week, but neither could
throw the other down.
Dick Powers has about finished his
job of lathing George Spencer's new
residence and this week Joe Gearheart
and his plasterers, from Extra, are
fast spreading the mortar.
Uncle Joel Crees and wife came
home from their visit at Atalissa,
Iowa, last Saturday night. Mr.. Crees
says that while his brother is some
better he is still very sick man.
The latter part of the week MI. and
Mrs. Walk Crees' four-months' odd
baby, while being carried by little
girl, received quite smart blow on
the head, but was all right in day
or two.
The Misses Rose and Belle Mcclure
closed their schools, last Friday. The
former taught the Root school, north.
east of the Station, in Leroy town.
ship, and the latter taught in Gamer
on township.
John Crees and his daughter, Dollie,
came up from Menlo, the first of the
week, and since then John, in compa-
ny with Charlie Fredericks and Tom
Rarrott have been fixing up their
outfit to begin work when
the grain is ready.
Plat Harris writes from his home,
down at DeKalb, Iowa, to his friends
up here that on Saturday noon, June
23d, their house caught on fire, and
soon went up in smoke. They succeed
ed in saving their goods down stairs
but every stitch that was in the up
per chap tJer was burned,
Miss Grace Stanley and her brother,
Ralph, went to Atlantic, last Sunday,
to be present at the marriage Of Miss
Edyth Jones, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Jones, to Mr.. George w.
Towne. Miss Stanley and the bride
are old acquaintance, they having
been neighbors out in Sharon town
ship few years ago.
Last Friday was the closing day of
the school taught by Miss Ella Far
quhar, at Old Hamlin, and that lady
decided to give her scholars treat
and at the same time add mite to
the fund they are saving to purchase
a school library. So they sent out
word there would be an ice cream fes-
tival at Old Hamlin on June 22d and
that each one had special invitation
TO be present Both the young aud
the old'people responded and as re-
suit they realized the sum of twelve
dollars and eighty cents, which is
added to the school library fund.