Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-06-21

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patronage never solicited
Buy your Tan Shoes and Oxfords at
Rasmussen Il Jensen's, Audubon.
John Graham and I. Smutney left
last Thursday for hinkley, Minnesota.
Chas. Kempf went to Victor, Iowa
Wednesday to attend to business and
visit friends.
Mrs. Frank Root went to Aurors,
Nebraska, last Tuesday to visit vita
relatives and friends.
w. E. Kennels is confined to his bed
at home southwest of town with rhen-
matism and is under the care of the
doctor.
Children's Day will be observed by
the Evangelical Sundayschool of Aud
ubon Sunday evening July lst, COM
mencing at O'Clock.
Miss Augusta Cloughly went to At
lantic Tuesday to visit with her friend,
Florence O'Connell, and cousins in the
VIM. Nicholson family.
Rachel Cole and her granddaughter
leave today for Murray, Clark county,
this state, after an extended visit with
their many relatives and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Vermilya and Mrs.
Vermilya's sister and husband, Ms.
and III. 0. Sawyers, of Seymour, Iowa,
leave Sunday for a weeks visiting at
Wall Lake.
Lewis Logan, a brother of Mrs.
Chas. Benton, was called here flom
Laharp, Kan, last Saturday by
telegram announcing the serious i'll
ness of his sister.
Mrs. Frank Switzer arrived Tuesday
from her home at Mt. Pleasant, to
spend few days with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Kelly, in the south
part of town.
E. H. Oelke rode his wheel in from
Des Moines last Thursday, where he
has been attending school at the Drake
University, and visited with his rela-
tives, the August Oelke family.
Will Standfield was called home last
Saturday by a telegram announcing
the serious illness of his mother, Mrs.
Charley Benton. She however has
grown better and Wednesday he left
again for his home in Belden, Nebr.
The Audubon County Holiness AS
soci alton will hold their all day meet
ing in the Evangelical church in VIC
la, June 20, Rev. Wirth, of Hamlin,
officiating, service commencing at
1870 a. m. and ? p. ~.
Rev. R. w. Matheny will lecture at
Melville Center, Friday, June 29th.
Subject} " Young People and Their
Company" Everyone should hear
his lecture. 1t is interesting to both
young and old. Fill the house.
Mrs. Beam departs this week for
Klondike to join her husband who has
had considerable luck in those far
away fields of snow and ice. He is to
meet her on one of the outlying ports
the 18th Of next month, so she will
have but little time to play on the way.
The Evangelical Sundayschools at
Pleasant Hill and Spencer school
houses will unite and observe the an
nual Children's Day in the Frank
Smith grove. one mile south and two
miles west of Audubon. Service both
morning and afternoon. Bring your
dinners and enjoy this gathering.
Audubon is in need of a lot of new
residences for rent. Many families
cannot find what they want and are
living over stores and odd places when
they would pay good prices for resid-
ehce property. Spectators would
make sure investments by building
here.
Audubon does not intend to cele-
brate the Fourth this year and all her
citizens and patrons are invited to
Extra to enjoy the day. Her parks
will be open, her woods free, her lawns
at the pleasure of her guests. Come
and make it day to which posterity
will point with pride Forget work
and hurry and the cares of life and
come.
Harp Wilson, the census enumeration
for Audubon town, has almost COM
pleted his work. He, however, is very
DESTROYS of not missing anyone. He
has made thorough canvas and be.
lieves he has missed no one. Any one
who has been missed will confer a
favor on him if they will either call on
him or drop him card so he can call
on them. He wishes to have his work
correct and if all will cooperate with
him in this manner, it will be so. Re
member to call or write, if you have
been missed.
Audubon is fast improving. Chas
Stocking has received the machinery
and apparatus to put in complete
steam laundry. When it is put ur
and in running order, Charley will be
able to do as good work as any laun
dry about. He began at the bottom s
few years ago, has learned the bust
ness in the school of experience anC
now has good trade His work il
good and shows that he understand
his business thoroughly, and now
when he has all his new fixtures addec
he will be able to cope with any of hi.
competitors.
The ladies of the Columbian Clul
now feel themselves able to invest II
rooms of their own. At their meeting
tonight they will discuss the advisa
bility OF buying the restaurant build
ing on South Park Street. These la
dies have done more for the town thar
any other organization in it and every
one is interested in SEEING then