Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-01

AUDUBON. IOWA
Cobs S1.00 per load. Ham Webster.
J Buy your shoes at Rasmussen &
i Jensen's.
Miss Johnston from Clear Lake is at
the Park Hotel this week visiting her
friend Mrs. Fred Smith.
Charley Rose was expected home
Wednesday, pronounced permanently
cured of the malady of which he was
suffering.
Rev. R. w. Matheney of the Meth
odist church is in Osceola this week
with the church.
Mrs. James Leech, of Grand Valley,
South Dakota, is here this week visit
ing her daughters Mrs. Arthur Farqu-
har and Mrs. Jas. Hunt.
Get our prices on doors and windows
and water tanks and all kinds of mill
If JAMES HART.
Rev. st. Clair, of Des Moines, one of
the hardest working ministers along
the line, will fill the pulpit in the NJ.
E. church next Sunday, both morning
and evening.
Mrs. w w. Smith and daughter de-
parted Tuesday for Lake Okoboji for
i the summers outing. Mrs. Smith has
money friends up there and will have
a splendid good time
Frank Bundy, the genial ticket
puncher on the Rock Island has lay
off this month and will go to Chicago
and get some of the good lake breezes
during the hot weather.
A. III. Dollahide, the master me-
chanic, was busy the first of the week
working on Musson's elevator, put
ting in some new spouting and other
wise fixing it up so it will be more
convenient.
Last Saturday evening Mrs. Bird
Phelps invited quite a plumber of her
friends in to a picnic supper. The
great table was brought out and
spread under the trees where the even
ing breezes had full play upon the
guests who not only enjoyed the sup
per but, too, the pleasantness of the
evening.
Elder Whitaker and wife, of Extra,
drove up Tuesday to transact business
and to visit with his brother worker,
Elder Holmes Those who attended
the dedicatory service of the Christian
church will remember the eloquent
address of Elder Whitaker in the af-
ternoon and those who met him found
him an affable, fine all around man.
Word came this week that last Sun.
day night j. +. Russell and Gretchen
Nash and three young ladies tina,
were with them had a bath that they
don't care to have repeated. They
had gone out sailing when squall
came up and the boat capsized and
they all had the pleasure of holding tC
| to the boat for more than an hour ere
they were rescued. 1t might have
proved fatal to oil parties as Mr. Rus
ssell and Miss Nash were the only
ones who could swim, and they al
5 feel they got off very lucky.
> John Gates, the drayman. had the
water system put into his place last
week and when the time came to fill
the hole made, his children and those
| that are visiting him, were all anxiou!
to help in the work. One little fellow
: was working away with little Goa
). shovel while one of the older ones was
t working with three cornered garden
/ hoe. A couple of gentlemen wer
!. standing by Watching them, whel
j. one of them noticed large weet
: standing near and asked the boy will
/ the hoe to cut it down. He struck a
i it but missed it and struck again, 5u
J. this time hit the little fellow with tn
j, shovel, in the face, making an ugl,
n flesh wound, but of no serious nature
!. A letter from former we'll known
;, Audubon County farmer, John w
q Fredrickson who lives at Winneinncc
;. New, stating that he is getting a,on
= nicely only that he had been throw
from horse and would be knocked
out for some time. He also sends u
a clipping from a California paper c
the death of his father who was fo
II years a resident of this county, bu
e left here for California, in 1876, belo,
$ we give clipping:
John F. Frederickson died at ST
Luke's Hospital, Gilroy, Calf, Wee
nesday evening, from the effects of a
operation performed there. He wa
born in Denmark, in 1912, and cam
to this country in '63, entering tn
Union Army as private in the 1906
Illinois Regiment. After the war h
engaged in farming in Illinois, Kansa!
and Iowa at different periods. H
came to Gilroy about four years agt
and built beautiful home at the corr
er of First and Hanna Streets. .
widow, eight sons and one daughte
survive him. Mr.. Fredrickson was a
honest, upright citizen. The funers
took place yesterday afternoon.