Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-06-20
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Hon. Asmus Boysen was in town
Friday for a few hours.
III. Brammer was in Gray, Tuesday,
t~ransacting t%ransacting business for a
few hours.
Jas. luton is building a large hay
barn for Chas. Rooney, on his fine
farm near Gray.
Geo. Lacey and family are quaran-
tined for small pox but no one is Sc.
rlously ill at present.
Mrs. Frank Rogers departed Satur-
day for an extended visit with rela-
tlves in Shelby county.
Mrs. j. w. Foster Jr. spent Satur-
day and Sunday with friends in Au-
dubon, with her friends.
James Grow arrived home the last
OF the week from his visit at Walnut
with some of his friends.
Miss Ella Forsbeck departed for Des
Moines, Thursday, to make a short
visit with friends in that city.
L. b. Creveling was in Extra,
Thursday on business and while there
he visited with his old friends.
Harry Mertz of Lake View is visit
ing this week with his brother, Gene
Mertz, the jolly druggist in Gray.
Oliver Buckner departed for Des
Moines Tuesday morning to visit for a
time with his friends at that plae.
Mrs. Rose O'Leary is assisting Miss
.JQSciQ Sfnnrh OF fro L@to1 tL;, ,,o.Ix
during the absence of the other help.
K. G. Lancelot arrived home last
Thursday from Magnolia, where he
has a position in the schools as princi-
pal.
John O'Leary drove down to Audi
bon Monday evening to deliver the
team of horses which he had sold for
Geo. Gray.
Addie Kettel and Bertha Shelly
drove over to Audubon Tuesday morn
ing to visit for a few hours in the
county seat.
Elmer Audas has ceased to work on
the section at Gray and will under
take some other line of work in the
near future.
G. E. Mertz, Harry Mertz and Jas.
Foster Jr. went to Carroll to attend the
hremans tournament which met in
Carroll on Wednesday.
Christ Kudel and wife visited at the
H. G. Mundt's home in Gray, Monday,
and while in town Mr.. Kudel attended
to some business affairs.
Mrs. Pearl Gray and baby from their
home in C%hesterville, Texas, visited
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. j..
Audas in Gray this week.
Clara Shelly departed for Battle
Greek the last of the week to make a
visit with her aunt Mrs. Albert Coom-
es who resides in that city.
John Liken went to Audubon Sat
urday to look at a bunch of cattle that
were for sale, but as they did not suit
him he did not purchase them.
Miss Mollie Barger departed the first
of this week for Nebraska. where she
will spend two or three week visiting
at different points in Nebraska.
Mrs. G. E. Mertz and Miss Slough
went to Manning Friday and spent the
day with friends and did some shop
ping during their stay in town.
Mrs. H. B. Shelly is reported on the
sick list the first of the week, but is
now improving and she will 500 be
able to attend to her household duties.
Asmus Boysen departed for Chicago
Saturday where he will attend to some
personal business affairs and view the
sights of the big white city by the
lake.
Gene MertZ has added a new porch
to his drug store one day the past week
and painted a light vermilion color
which adds much to the appearance of
his store.
7. B. Creveling departed for Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Friday, where he went to
attend Federal court and to appear as
Il witness on a case of his own which
comes up this term.
j. w. Foster received word last week
that his step-son John Blackley at
Clarinda was dead and he Immediately
departed SO as to be present at the last
sad rites of his boy.
H. G. Walters and his two bows
iiolh came up and spent
the day Tuesday visiting with his
daughter Mrs. Arville milford living
in the vicinity of Gray.
H. B. Shelly received a new piano
the first of the week which he placed
in his home in Gray and now sweet
of music and song can be heard
coming from this home.
John Polzin arrived home Monday
from his trip to South Dakota. John
thinks Dakota is a very good state
put ne has not decided as to whether
he will purchase land or not.
The bills are up in Gray this week
a grand M. w. A. picnic
at Manning on July 4th. which a num-
Der of Gray people are thinking OF at
tending as Gray will not celebrate this
year.