Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-10
FHRM Looms
5 per cent. interest once a
year, 500 optional payments
with Davenport Savings Bank.
CHARLES BHGL6Y

For SALE:-Two good second hand
carriages at Farguson & Reinmund.
Blind Boone, the wonder of the age,
at the Presbyterian church, May 10th.
For S1.29 you can buy $500 and
y. 20 Mems Wolen Pants, at the Grand
Leader
j. +. Schrader was down from Gray
Saturday to transact business in the
county seat.
Miss Mary Davis was a Saturday
night visitor with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Donaldson in Extra.
Ladies sailor and walking hats IN
latest styles at wholesale prices at the
Grand Leader store.
Miss Ella Stearn went down to Ex-
ira, Saturday evening, for an over
night visit with friends.
Fred Sprinkle, an alumni of the
Manning High School, was down Sat-
urday to witness the ball game.
Mrs. o. Kennels left for Downey,
Iowa, Tuesday, being called there
owing to the illness of her sister.
Miss Dora Schrader, of Lincoln
township, was in Saturday to take the
examination for teachers certificate.
Miss Mary Erickson and her sister
Ella left for Des Moines Wednesday
where they expect to remain some
time.
1. Blotcky went down to Des
Moines Thursday evening to look after
business affairs and to visit with
friends.
The Grand Leader store sells Misses
and childrens trimmed leghorns at 39c
49c Csc and 75c that are worth double
the money.
Mrs. r. p. Cole and her grand
daughter, Myrl Funk, came up from
Murray, Friday, to visit with ]. w.
b. and Grandma Cole for some time.
Special attention given to trial cases,
settlement of estates and the drawing
of all legal papers.
COSSON & ROSS.
Miss Nell Conway, one of the clerks
in j. r. Russell's large dry goods store,
went down to Atlantic Saturday even
ing, to spend Sunday with friends.
| can repair your bicycles and put
them in first-class shape. Bring them
in and leave them with me.
J. G. WOLFE.
Mrs. E III. Cole and her daughter,
Mrs. George Wickman, arrived Mon
day from Cedar Rapids, to visit j. w.
b. Cole and other relatives and friends.
j. II. Mosier returned home Satur-
day evening but left Monday morn
ing for Joplin, Missouri, where he has
some business of importance to trans
act.
Charley Simeson, living out south
west of town, is building quite an adj
dition to his residence. When it is
completed and fixed up Charley will
have very attractive and pleasant
home.
The board of directors of Melville
township have purchased Webster's
dictionaries for each of the schools of
the township. No township in the
county cares for their schools better
than Melville.
Will Cloughly is talking strongly of
taking in the meeting of the Shriners
in Washington the last of the month.
They are expecting good time, and
plans are being made for the biggest
time ever had yet.
John Chapman and wife and daugh-
ter left Saturday morning for Belle
PLANE, to attend the wedding of Mrs.
Chapman's sister. They expect to
make visit of a couple of weeks with
friends and relatives before they re-
turn.
A. H. Bauer, of Carroll, has pur-
chased the G. G. Harper gallery. He
is having it papered, plastered and
painted and put in excellent condition.
Mr.. Bauer bears the reputation of be-
ing an artist. He will open up the
coming Monday and be ready for bust
ness.
Doak & Lane have another fine
bunch of native cattle. which they pur-
chased near An,es They consist of 40
head of two-year.old cattle and are
some of the best they have ever had.
They expect to run them on grass
through the summer and have them
ready for the fall markets.
Tuesday the work of grading the
hill by the Catholic church was given
to John Ward, and ere long the farm
ers will find far better roads into town.
The merchants cannot invest their
money to better advantage than to
fix the roads leading into town, or do
anything that their customers will APP
preciate more.
Prof. A. c. Fuller, assistant principal
of the Manning school, came down
Saturday morning to be present at the
ball game between the Atlantic and
Audubon High Schools. The pro-
fessor acted as one of the umpires in
the game and showed by his bearing
that he is gentleman worthy of the
trust of his patrons.
DIED-At the home of his brother,
August, in Greeley township, last Sun
day night with dropsy, Charles j.
Burr, and was buried Tuesday in the
Arlington Heights cemetery; the
services being conducted in the Baptist
church, the Rev. A. Ehlers officiating.
The deceased was born in Mekling-
burg, Germany, over 43 years ago. He
came to this country when boy and
has lived good, honest life here. He
hadNhe hard atfiiction of deaf and
dun bness. He was injured when a
NERD boy, causing the affiiction. He
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