Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-15
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Mrs. J. G. Gates is spending month
\ in Chicago with her children.
Bruce Martin and wife, over on the
Troublesome, are proud of their new
baby girl.
Gault Bros. lost one OF their fine
black horses Monday morning with
lung fever.
Mary Marietta went down to Girls
void Monday evening to spend week
\ with friends.
I Miss Ethel Riley went to Ames Tues
day to resume her school work for the
\ coming year.
Auntie Meek has been very poorly
! for more than week, being unable to
leave her room any OF the time.
! Ed Milliman says that boy is all
! right and invites his chums to call
( upon him to make his acquaintance.
I Mrs George Wahlert has had hard
pull of the grip for two weeks or more.
She is improving at this writing how
ever.
Will Arney, lately employed at the
Fullerton lumber yard, has gone to
Cumberland to take charge of their
yard there.
G.. w. Clark, down in Kickapoo
Park, is very poorly nowadays, but
perhaps as spring opens he will i'm
! prove and be all right.
Mrs. George Calph, of Audubon,
( spent last week in onr city with old
\ neighbors and friends and attended
the Auntie Griffin party.
The new gasoline lamps for the X.
P. lodge room have arrived and by the
time another regular meeting night
\ rolls around they will be ready for use.
Rev. Crawford, of Lincoln, Nebras-
I ka, occupied the Congregational pulpit
\ last Sunday, morning and evening, and
has been invited to remain over next
< Sunday.
X Up in Greeley, at the Artist school
house, they had valentine box, nice
\ little program and pleasant evening
was spent. These parties seem t" be
\ very popular.
\ John Abbott has bought the fifteen
J acres known as the Gaforth land south
I of town, paying one thousand dollars
for the same. This is desirable piece
I of property and will make them fine
< home.
: Uncle Henry Seibert and daughter,
Z Maggie, came home from Taylor county
4 last week, and much to the regret of
y their many friends and old neighbors
= say they intend moving down there as
, soon as they can arrange and the
x weather gets WARMER.
I'll U. S. Dearfield and wife living Just
. west of the depot are both sick with
3 lung fever. 1t surely is unfortunate
= that they are both sick at the same
Z time and all hope that their illness will
q prove short and both be out again.
q John w. Shoesmith and Jennie
3 Hayes, up in Greeley. were quietly
3 married one week ago and Monday of
= this week came into town to purchase
q their household goods and be ready for
q spring work. Congratulations are ex-
q tended to this worthy couple.
& Great preparations were in progress
q the first part of the week for the valen-
* tine party to be held at the home of
= Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Wheeler last
q night. Every year the young as well
q as some of the older ones hold valen-
q tine party over on Troublesome and
3 have great sport.
q While leading one of their wild
= | 30 10 Cotr
q Gus Gault got himself mixed up with
J the hitch strap, landing against post
= and cutting his right leg just below
the knee to the bone. DR.. Riley dress
!. tue wound and now Gus will have to
= wait a few days before he gets out very
= much.
. A farewell dancing party was given
= O. r. BRENNAN at the Maccabee hall
I last Monday evening prior to his leav-
: ing for some point i'll Kansas where we
n understand he goes to sake charge of a
. lumber yard. Ollie has an army of
4 friends who regret his removal, but
. wish him all kinds of success.
/. A gentleman from Atlantic was in
4 our city Tuesday evening and visited
with the X. p. boys at their lodge
4 room and invited them to come to At
. lantic on March 9Th, and join their new
= organization known as the Dramatic
4 Knights of Korrassen. 1t promises to
: be a big affair as they expect the Coun-
4 ell Bluffs team of seventy-five men to
. be there to confer the degree honor.
4 A big banquet will be given after the
!. work is taken. Our boys have not yet
4 decided on going.
r Last Monday, Mrs. C. NJ. Griffin was
. seventy-eight years old and her many
4 friends never forget her on one OF
= these occasions. In the afternoon she
r was invited to the home of Mr.. and
n Mrs. Joe Gearhart, where a nice little
. surprise was waiting for her. On en-,
Z tering she was greeted by dozen OF
her best lady friends, and most pleas
4 ant afternoon was the result. At five
!. o'clock sharp Mrs. Gearheart invited
= Mrs. Griffin to escort her company tc
Z the dining table where feast was
spread fit for king. 1t is needless
Z to say that each one did themselves
|. justice at the table, everyone saying il
4 was one of the finest suppers they evel
/. had the pleasure of enjoying. She re-
u ceiyed many nice and useful gifts, be
sides $12.25 in money from friends
who never forget her for a moment
Z Those that We're present were, Mes
= danes Lester Heath, G. d. Woodward
4 Geo. Calph, G. w. Clark, Geo. Jen
/. kins, Gus Gault, John Riley, J. M
4 Thomas, Grandma Hamlin, Mr.. aud