Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05

Mollie Hunt is here visiting with her
children.
James Gearheart remains about the
same, being as helpless as baby.
Myrtle Hellyer has been spending a
few days with her sister in Atlantic.
Iiss Irene jenkins spent celebration
day here with her cousin, Hattie Jen-
kins.
Next Sunday will be observed as
children's day at the Congregational
church.
Walter Sylvester, of Eagle Grove,
is here visiting his grandmother and
celebrating.
Ethel Riley who has been attending
school at Ames is home for her sum
mer vacation.
A good rain Sunday evening is what
saved the corn crop and made us peo-
pie feel good.
Miss Pet Campbell and little Bertha
Keelan went down to Atlantic Monday
to remain until after the Fourth.
Mrs. Tom Bryant and children, of
Newton, are here visiting at the home
of her parents, A. b. Houston and wife,
Dick Powers and Ernest Cotton, of
Oakfeld township, came up Monday
evening and played with our band the
Fourth.
Riley Bruner departed Tuesday for
central Kansas where he owns farm
and his tenant reports wonderful
wheat crop.
Miss Kit Kelsey, trained nurse of
Des Moines, came home Tuesday even
ing to spend the Fourth with her par
ents and sister.
Mrs. Kate Elliott, of Audubon, is
spending few days with her Extra
friends. This is her first visit since
moving to Audubon.
Mrs. Bert Jefferies and little daugh-
ter, of Redfield, are here to pass the
celebration day with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Newell Jobes.
n. T. Christensen is away. again
this week over in Adair county on a
big land deal. No one is any more
busy than Pete these days.
Before this issue the Fourth will
have come and gone. We predict one
of the grandest days on this occasion
this county has ever known.
Word from Gravity, Iowa, states
that Maggie Seibert, an old resident of
our city, is just recovering from an at
tack of fever of four weeks run.
Nicholas Bintner has been under the
weather for more than week. His
many friends are sorry to learn this
and hope he may soon recover.
N. P. Christensen anticipates trip
soon to Oberlin, Ohio. Pete is acting
as agent for tract of land near Green
field, owned by the Oberlin college.
Ed Bartlett, son of Chas. Bartlett,
came last Monday evening from Ne
braska to visit his grandmother, Mrs.
S. j. Dodge, west of town, and other
relatives.
Frank Gault and wife have the care
of very sick babe. The little one is
suffering from brain fever. Their many
friends extend sympathy and hope the
little one may recover.
T. Frank Green, of Audubon, came
down Tuesday evening to visit at the
Mack Thomas home and assist in the
store. 1t comes very natural for him
to say in that pleasant way, what
next?"
About o'clock Tuesday evening our
citizens were startled by the fire bell
ringing. On investigation it was found
the fire was at the home of Frank
Gault. No great damage was done.
The girl attempted to fill a gasoline
stove while it was yet lighted. One of
her arms was quite badly burned.
Saturday Geo. johnson delivered a
piano and sewing machine in the coun-
try and when returning to town his
team became frightened and ran like
wild fire, leaving Geo. by the wayside
uninjured, but his machine wagon was
sadly done up; top broke, seat smashed
and the tongue and neckyoke were first
class tooth picks materially. The team
came out all right.
Last Tuesday morning Nels j. Pet
erson drove one horse to town, stop
ping at West-town. For some reason
the horse took fright and started for
East-town at good lively pace. As it
came to the park it dashed right in be-
tween two teams, running one. of the
thills through the side Of Herman
Kroeger's horse depth of four or five
inches just back of the shoulder blade.
It was thought at first that there was
nothing to do but kill the horse, but at