Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-03-15
Mrs. II. o. Shoesmith was pass
enger to Atlantic, last Tuesday noon.

Mrs. ii. O. Shoesmith was pass
enger to Atlantic, last Tuesday noon.
Miss Tilda Christensen has gone to
Audubon TO work for the S. E. Baily
family.
Grant Smith and family, of Extra,
passed last Sunday with his relative,
George Smith.
Fred Heileman was attending to
some business matters up at Audubon,
last Tuesday, before dinner time.
Last week George Gill was selected
as director of the County Agricultu-
raj Society, for Hamlin township.
Thomas Gill will finish asserting
Hamlin township the first of next
week, and then we'll tell you about it,
Nellie Dryden was down and passed
last Sunday with her uncle, Ed. Dry
den and family; south Of the Station.
Miss Ella Farquhar has been en-
gagged to teach the school, at Old
Hamlin, for the next year, SO we are
informed.
Mayor Will Mcclure and family
passed last Sunday with her parents,
Thomas Murphey and wife, up at
Audubon.
George Smith is over in Greeley
this week shelling corn for Hiram
Young, Mr.. Kindred, John Braun
and Henry Tharnish.
George Scott had carpenters busy
the first part of the week raising the
roof of mis- farm house and making it
story and a halt high.
This year there is to be storm
caves built at every school house in
Hamlin township, to be made out of
brick, big roolny substantial ones, too.
We understand that at the close of
the conference year Rev. NJ Conner
will remove to Audubon and new
Evangelical minister sent to the Sta
ton.
At the meeting of the township
board of directors, in the Center
school house, next Monday, they
will elect a president and transact
other business.
Mrs. Anthony Davis was up at
Audubon the greater part of last
week caring for her relative, Uncle
James Davis, whose health is quite
poor these spring days.
So we'll pleased were the scholars
and patrons, down at the Center, with
Miss Lille Crees' mode of teaching
that she has been engaged to teach
the spring term Of that school.
Miss Nellie Wicker, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. F. Wicker, of
Audubon, has been engaged to teach
the spring term of school in district
number two, Hamlin township.
At the school meeting, last Mon
day, it was voted to levy a tax of
100000 to build new school house
in district number eight, way down
in the south west part of the town.
ship.
Grandpa Coonrod had very severe
hemorrhage, one night last week, and
for seven hours his nose bled unceas-
ingly. Grandpa seems to be growing
weaker day by day, and we fear that
the good mans earthly race in nearly
run.
Mrs. Edward McA1fee, of Extra
will pass the next few days with he
son, Willis, over east, and the Georg
Gerard family, at the Station, Will
her husband moves and gets settled il
their new Emmett county, Iowa
home.
James Boyer was at Extra, Mon
day, and while there rented farm
five miles out of Fontanelle and will
at once move to that locality. W.
hate to see James and his good wifi
go but 'spose that wherever the apron
strings of duty. calls we must follow
Mr.. James McCord, the Rock Islant
Railway carpenter, and his merr.
band were at the Station, on Tuesda.
last, moving Agent Harry Percy
coal house to the west side of the de
pot, extending the depot platform
farthur north, SO as to give Harr.
more room to spread himself, ant
making other no ticeable improve
ments.
Last week school directors wer
elected, in Hamlin township, as fol
lows:
No. /. Lou Miller.
No. 2. George Gerard.
No. 3. Fred Searles.
No. a. Mr.. Sornson.
No. 5. Robert Mullenger.
No. 6. Andrew Smith.
No. z. Pard Rich.
No. 8. John Dodge.
No. 8. John Denison.
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