Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12
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Fred Blume made a business trip to
the Capital last Saturday.
Miss Mate Fulton is visiting this
week with her brother, Doctor Fulton.
Monday bright, laughing boy
came to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Billy Myers.
Tad Evans is home after several
weeks in Nebraska, attending the
various races.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Spencer departed
the first of the week for an outing at
Lake Oboboji
Mrs. Laura Forbes and her cousin,
Miss Woods, come Saturday to visit
with the B. S. Phelps family.
Wallace Bellange, nephew of w.
P. Fargusen, came in from Grand
Junction this week to visit with his
uncle.
Col Jos. Tam, the veteran insur-
ance man from Stuart, was in town
the last of the week, writing up few
of our citizens
George Davis and family moved into
the James Davis property and will
care for it during the absence of Mrs.
Davis in Chicago,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Fargusen and
daughter, Bertha, arrived home from
Grand Junction Saturday, where they
had been visiting.
James Forbes, ST., and wife and her
sister, Mrs. Woods, from Virginia,
came in Monday to spend a few days
with their many friends here.
Mrs. Chas. Vetty, sister of George
Cosson, of the firm of Cosson and Ross,
came in from Denison, Friday, to visit
with him and his mother here.
Jim Brown, the commission agent
from Chicago, was here the first of the
week to look after business interests
There will be Missionary Tea in the
parlors of the Presbyterian church,
Friday afternoon at 3 O'clock. Light
refreshments with ice cream and cake
will be served.
Genial, whole-souled Gill Jones was
on our streets this week, visiting his
family and many friends here. He is
always welcome to our town for his
friends are many and they never for
get him.
A. G. Darland has disposed of over
half of the carload of horses that he
shipped in the last of the week. He
still has some fine animals that are
not to be compared with the average
western horse that is usually shipped in
George Agnew went as far as Allan
tic, Wednesday evening, with his sis
tiers, Mrs Whiteside and Mrs Duncan,
who We're returning to their homes in
Pennsylvania, after quite an extended
visit here and with relatives out in
Nebraska.
Miss Verg Wilson departed Tuesday
evening to pass her vacation in Dubu-
que with her friend Miss Weiland.
Miss WilsonIhas worked all year in j.
F. Russel's store and can now appreci
ate her vacation and will return to her
work with new vigor.
Last Wednesday night the moon
looked down through the tree tops OF
StanIey's Grove, south of town, with
smiling approval upon merry crowd
of young people who had gone to that
place to make the welkin ring with
their joyous shouts and the woods to
echo and resound with peals of youth
full, merry laughter. A moonlight pic.
mic is only excelled by a moonlight ex-
cursion on the water, but the latter
was not obtainable so they chose the
former. 1t was an evening in which
the phantom of dull care and prosy
every dayness were chased away by
sallies of wit, humor and good cheer
and like Prosper of old they called
from rock and tree the nymph ofjoy
and fun with his mystic wand to
form the world to the hey-day OF
youth. Those who went We're Misses
Ada Kuhn, Anna Viewer, Mae Nell.
vain, Teresa, Stanton, Lizzie Davis
Beatrice Nash, Gretchen Nash and
Myrtle Brown. Messrs. Will Baylor
George Weaver, Nelson Cowles, George
McFarlane, Will Cunningham, Albert
Matthias and Harry SampsOn