Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-02-14
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The best horse g Pike" Harris,
who lives over east of Oakfeld, had
fell into q big ditch the other cold
night and being unable to extricate
himself, froZe to death.
Supervisor Niels P. Hoegh was at
tending to business matters in Extra,
Wednesday forenoon, and in the even
ing went to Audubon to look in upon
the Farmers Institute, which was in
session.
G. |. Dimick, who recently pur-
chased the Brayton hotel, had sale
at his home, up in Hamlin township,
last Tuesday, and will soon move
down and be identified with our lit
tie city.
j. G. Hardman and Owen f. Ide
were at Audubon this week, in at
tendance upon meeting of the Coun-
ty Farmers Institute, both of these
gentlemen's names appearing upon
the program.
While the ice was so good and the
weather so fine l.. l.. Heath hurried
and put up two hundred tons Of ice,
with which to keep his meats nice
and fresh when the hot days come
next summer
Mrs. H. w. Pearson and daughter,
Edna, were at Extra, last Saturday
afternoon. The first named lady went
to visit with friends and the latter
named lady went up to attend the
teachers meeting.
1t was so stormy last Friday night
that they did not have any literary
society at the Oakfeld academy and
the same program, with the same
people on the program, will be given
this week on Friday evening.
A spark lit on the roof of the Ed.
Dell home, over beyond Oaktield, in
the timber, last Sunday afternoon,
and Immediately little blaze shot
up, which after little lively scratch
ing, was squelched in its inclpiency.
Bruce Noon was down from Extra,
Tuesday, shaking hands with the peo-
pie he has known from childhood
His brother, Clarence, who has been
here for few days, left for his home
at Butte, Montana, Monday afternoon.
The hog market was rather quiet,
the past few days, yet we noted the
following good punches: Nels c. Jen-
sen, twenty head; Willie Nelson,
eighteen; William Wulf, twenty-two;
Nels j. Boose, fifteen; S. Sorensen,
fifteen.
Uncle H. S. Wattles came down
from Extra, Tuesday afternoon, to
visit with his daughter, Mrs. Char
ley Bison, and her children for three
days and then he will journey down to
Carson where he will remain for a
week or ten days.
Mr.. B. "A. Roberts, the travelling
representative of the Des Moines
Register, was at Brayton few hours,
last Tuesday afternoon, getting ac-
quainted with our people and adding
a few names to the subscription list of
that excellent daily paper.
Mr.. Horace Van Slyke came over
from the Crooked Greek Valley, last
Tuesday, and was accompanied by
Miss Cynthia Koob and together they
passed day or two visiting with
their relatives at the Doctor and
John Koob homes, in Brayton.
Both H. Hendrickson, of the Oak
field Township creamery and j. P.
Nielsen, of the Troublesome Valley
creamery, have sent prize tubs of
butter to the national creamery meet
ing at St. Paul, Mimi, and we are
dead sure they will each carry off a
prize.
lngvard Birk, that boss carpenter
and farmer west Of Brayton, was in
town, Tuesday afternoon, to receive an
Edison grspho phone that he had
ordered and now the family sit about
the hearth in the evening and listen
to the sweet sound that instrument is
capable of producing.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Gibson, who
reside in the M. e. Jenkins house al
Oaktield, mourn the loss or their
baby which died one day the past
week, and was buried in the Oaktield
cemetery. The whole community
extends sympathy to the bereaved
parents in their great loss.
Charley Cotton and Ed. Lewis, got
their first taste Of Odd Fellowship,
on last Saturday night, that being
the inltiatory degree. and Ward
Smith received the first degree, proper
on the same evening They have three
candidates to start up the ladder of
Odd Fellowship, next Saturday night.
Postmaster Marion jenkins has
hung upa paper with the following
advertised letters named thereon: G.
McVey. Lauritz Esbeck, r. w Fra
ker, N. p. Mlkklesen, Doctor w. A.
Conley, p. Reisgaard, P. Petersen,
Mrs. Frank Wilkens. Write or call
for these letters soon or they will be
sent to the dead letter office.
The Pearson orchestra is making
elaborate preparations for dance at
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