Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-03-22
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See Ham Webster for Collie pups
L. P. Hansen shelled and marketed
thousand bushels of corn Wednes-
day.
John Weighton is raising his lumber
shed and placing a good stone founda-
ton under it,
j. H. Mosier went to Sac City, We'd
nesday, to attend to business matters
of legal nature.
When in Audubon go to Frank
Rice's restaurant for good meal or
lunch. 1t is the place for the hun
cry. If
Mrs. N. D. Bailey and Mrs. Dan
Railsback were over Sunday visitors
in Extra with William Fulton and
wife.
If you are good at guessing drop into
Doak's meat market. The firemen
want funds to help keep up their or
ganiZation.
John Reuschling, of Melville town
ship, will build an addition to his
house the coming summer and other
wise remodel it.
Gus Dittman, who has been very
sick with typhoid pneumonia for the
past three weeks, is improving rapidly
and will soon be about again.
John Mcmahon departed for bis
home in York county, Nebraska
Wednesday after short visit with his
old time friends in this county.
Now is the time to get your discs
sharpened, your plows fixed, your har-
rows repaired at the new shop. Come
and see me. J. G. WOLFE.
Sam Fullerton, of Melville town
ship, has been sick and confined to his
room ever since he returned from his
trip to Illinois, some three weeks ago
Pat Carolon and w. R. Browning
left for houston, Texas, Tuesday, to
look at the country, and fthey can see
good business opening they expect
to remain.
Frank Herndon received news of
the death of a near relative at Trenton,
Mo, and departed Wednesday on the
noon train for that point, to be present
at the funeral.
j. F. Frazier has moved to one of the
comfortable cottages on north Tracey
street, and he and his wife feel more
at home and more comfortable in their
new home, in contrast to rooming.
DR.. Robert Evans came up from
Winterset the last of the week, being
called home by sickness in his family.
He has been down there the past two
months, enjoying very large practice
A crowd of boys were invited to the
Mayors office Wednesday to answer to
a charge of malicious mischief The
laundryman, Fong Wo, was the COM
plainant. The boys were reprimand-
ed and released.
The directors OF Douglas are circulat-
ing petition asking for independent
school districts. The movement has
not gone far enough yet to foretell re-
suits, but several are advocating it
strongly and a good many signing it.
Rev. ID. NJ. Hudler has closed his
Tuesday for Eagle Grove, where he
is good talker and his meetings here
ability always commends.
Mrs. G. w. Townsend returned from
Scandia. Phillips county, Kansas,
Wednesday morning, where she had
been visiting her parents and other
relatives. She reports the season quite
well advanced, having seen the farm
ers seeding, blowing and doing other
farm work
w. b. Davis has purchased an eight
acre tract Of land just north of his old
place south of town, paying $125.OO
per acre. Mr.. Davis Just returned
from trip to the Pacific coast, We'd
nesday evening. We have not learned
what Mr.. Davis intends to do with
this new investment, but hope that he
may see fit to build beautiful home
on this new location and remain in
Audubon.
Mrs. Fred Vermilya left, Monday,
for Des Moines to select her spring
stock of millinery goods. Mrs. Yer
milya expects to get a finer stock than
she has ever yet presented to the
public, as each years experience gives
her an insight into the best and latest
styles. Her sister, Miss Christy, will
return as trimmer and those who know
of her tasty, up-to-date work, will be
pleased to learn that she is again to be
back.
A petition has been circulated and
signed and will be sent to Hon. Smith
Mcpherson at Washington, asking for
the establishment of a mail route
northwest of town, providing for the
free delivery of rural mail. Similar
routes have been established IN vari-
GUS parts of the state, and we are
pleased to learn that an effort is being
made so that in all probability we will
have an opportunity of witnessing the
practibility of the free delivery of mail
in the country districts. We believe
the time is near at hand when the
government will deliver all mail at
our doors.
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