Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

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Leader.
Mrs. J. G. Conway, Of near Larland, is
visiting now with relatives at Abilene,
Kansas.
Fred Lynch visited the fore part OF
the week with his sister, Mrs. Clarence
Austin, of Extra.
Miss Nora Oelke attended banquet
given by the Atlantic Normal College
yesterday evening.
The pastor of the Christian church
will preach in the court house next Sun
day at II m. and 7 p m.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Mccall are receiv-
ing visit this week from J. Mcconnell,
a friend of theirs from Illinois.
Carl Niklson, of Douglas township,
left for New York City Monday, where
he expects to make his future home.
Ed Frick and Frank Reinemund are
having big race for the watch at the
Catholic Fair. 1t is nip and tuck so far.
Mrs, Art Sturgeon, of Extra, passed
through here Friday on her way to
Emerson, Neb., where she will make
her future home.
John H. Moser went to Carroll on
legal business last evening. The case is
one in which j. J. Weiland is sued by a
distillery company.
Miss Cora Lett. of Anita, who has
been visiting with the Misses Gene and
Emma Culver the past week, returned
to her home Friday.
Miss Jessie Ravens returned to her
home in Des Moines yesterday after
having made two weeks visit with her
cousin, Miss Mamie Rice.
Charles Agnew who has spent most Of
the past year working up in O'Brien
county, is home, for few weeks visit.
He expects to return in the spring.
George Oelke had both bones of his
forearm broken playing foot ball Thurs
day evening. 1t is getting dangerous
on the foot ball grounds here it seems.
DR.. Eyer returned Saturday from
visit at Wellman and was accompanied
by Mrs. Deucker, Of that place, who
comes for visit at the home Of the
former.
Since we wrote last week about these
mild Iowa winters the weather has gone
wrong again. We were afraid it would.
But the ice men are happy. Ten aud
twelve below makes ice fast.
Geo. Scott, of Hamlin township, is
preparing to enlarge and Improve his
house and to build new barn within
few weeks. H. Nj. Talbot will DO the
work. Mr.. Scott has good place and
with the Improvements it will become an
attractive and valuable one.
Thos. Davis, of Viola township, and
Mrs. Davis nephew, Will Montgomery,
of Rock Island, were callers here Sat-
urday. Mr.. Montgomery who had been
visiting Mr.. Davis family, was on his
way home. He was a soldier in an Hi
nois regiment and spent some time in
Cuba.
There has been several sales OF farms
made in this county recently. John
Nash has sold his Hamlin township and
his Douglas township farms. P. Bickel-
haupt has bought the G. w. Gilbert
farm in Viola township. Land is a
better price than year or two ago and
it goes easier when offered.
Superintendent Farquhar announces
that d. P. Repass will be one OF the
teachers in the summer school next
season. This announcement will be
gladly received by many teachere and
students of the county, for Mr.. Repass
has great many friends here and he is
excellently qualified fol- his work.
A. w. Bowman lost s9902 one day last
week, and did mt learn that he had lost
it for several hours afterwards, in the
meantime Icing several miles in the
country. Being thus broke he bor-
rowed so cents with which to buy beef
steak and soon lost most Of this. But
he found his $4,000 in house in the
country where he had been or remained
over night.-Coon Rapids Enterprise.
A. A. Matthias and N s. Hansen I'M
der the firm name Of Matthias & Hansen,
are the new proprietors of the boot and
shoe store formerly owned by ID. W.
Matthias. These are two industrious
and honorable young men. They have
had charge of the store for some years
for Mr.. Matthias, and are thoroughly
familiar with the business. We predict
for them success in their business ven-
ture.
The meetings at the NJ. E. church
closed Sunday night and Mrs. Allen re-
turned home Monday. The meetings
resulted in twelve uniting with the
church and in much other good being
done in the community. Mrs. Allen is
an attractive and able preacher and is
practically free from the objections often
made to travelling evangelists. She pre-
sents her great theme to the exclusion
of her SELF Mr.. Matheny preached a
thoughtful sermon Sunday afternoon to
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