Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-04

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last Friday and passed the day visit
ing with their friends at the John
Chapman home in that city.
Anna Smith who has been down at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Christopher Smith a few DAYS.
returned to the George Frazier res
taurant in Extra last Monday.
The best horse DR.. Koob had got
tangled up in a barbwire fence the
other night and so lacerated itself up
on the barbs that the doctor will not
be able to use it for several DAYS.
The young people Of, Brayton and
Oaktield are preparing toqhave a festi-
val on the evening of Tuesday, july
9th. A good time is expected and
everybody is invited to be present.
The having season Is in full blast
down this way this week. We not
iced Charlie Bison with a %pitchfork
in his hand fastening toward the hay
field on his farm south of Oakfield.
last Monday.
Miss Doll Gearheart and Mr.. Chas.
Morey, from Blairstown, Iowa, who
have been here visiting their relatives
at the Beers home, went to Omaha
Tuesday, where they will pass july
Fourth with friends.
Hans Hansen, living southwest of
Brayton purchased a very fine horse
OF lngvard Birk, and the animal was
the apple of his eye, but one dav this
week the animal laid down and died.
much to the regret of Mr.. Hansen.
Arthur Hawk gave his friends a
jolly dancing party at his home east
OF Oakfield, last Friday night. On
Saturday evening July 18th the big
platform will be finished at Arthur's
home and he will give another dane
ing party
AS soon as Charlie Bison saw his
new house fairly under way, he again
launched out in the stock buying
business, and again their sign reads,
McGovern u Bison. They shipped a
fine car of hogs last Monday evening
to South Omaha.
Mrs. Johans Hansen who resides
west OF Brayton two or three miles,
is SO very i'll that her friends fear she
cannot recover and her daughter Mrs.
Peter Jensen Of Montana was tele-
graphed for and arrived at the old
home last Saturday night.
The other night when decent peo-
pie were in bed, some one took a
''peek in" j.. e. Hardman's duck pen
and seeing such a fine flock of those
fouls roosting there, took the whole
lot and made off with them, and since
that time he has not been able to see a
feather of his lost ducks.
There will be many private picnic
parties on July 4th about the Oak.
field woods. A party of Brayton peo-
pie will go over in the Hallock woods
above the old mill dam, put up
swings and hammocks spread their
dinners upon the green sward and
pass the day in peace and quietude.
District Deputy H. Nj. Bartlett
will start out upon the tenth dav of
July to install the officers in the Odd
Fellow Lodges in his territory, which
includes Audubon and Shelby
ties. On the 18th he will be at Earl
ing, the 18th at Harlan, the 18th at
Shelby, and so on around home again.
While riding a bicycle upon the
jenkins race track the other after
noon, Mrs. Minnie Croy-Anderson, of
Extra, who was visiting Mrs. Chas.
Bison, fell and struck The ground
with such force as 10 d~islocale one of
her knee bones. The hurt was iuime-
diately repaired and the lady was
able to 60 to her home, up at Extra,
Monday morning.
Next Saturday evening the Bray
ton Odd Fellows will Install the fol-
lowing set of officers and they send a
special invitation to any and all Odd
Fellows in this part OF The county TO
be present and partake OF their hospi-
tallty on that occasion:
I'll. M. Bartlett, Noble Grand.
Ill. 5. Burton, Vice Grand.
w. X. koob, Treasurer.
y. w. Cannon, Secretary.
llOUcII DdfleF one OF the EurnS
boys have completed Charles Sclla,ti7s
new barn, oyer in the valley, that is
fifty feet square in size AMI which re.
quires $4,000 shingles TO cover it.
Charlie says they did "a tirst-class lob
and he can heartily recommend them
to anyone who needs That kind of a
laborer. Mr.. Schaltf will at once
proceed to harvest seventy acres of
hay which will be slowed away in the
capacious NOW of that slrurlure.
The Fourth of July and the fiftieth
birthday OF Mrs. Jens Z. Christuffer-
son, a sister of Niels y. Iloegh, who
lives just north OF that genllemans
home and in Oaktield township, will
arrive upon the same day and All the
relatives and n%eighbors ion miles
around will gather at the pretty
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Christotterson
and indulge in a neighborhood picnic
in commemoralion of that event.
They will all bring baskets of good
things to eat, spread The table clothes