Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-19
Brayton and Oakfleld.

Brayton and Oakfield.
A REPUBLICAN reporter will be In Oakheld
and Brayton every Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Sam Sharff has been sick fo-
the past week.
Keys Hallock was business caller
at Atlantic Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Fries, west of town, is
reported as being quite ill.
Hon. H. F. Andrews was a caller in
our busy little city Tuesday.
Ed Delahoyde of Extra was down
Tuesday morning on business.
Mrs. Howlett's house is being re-
shingled and otherwise improved.
T.. J. McGovern went out to Omaha
Monday to attend the Ak-sar. ben.
Mrs. Hallock is slowly improving
from the operation she underwent.
Two young ladies we're canvassing
our city this week for Getty's soap.
VIM. Hutton and wife were up from
Atlantic Sunday visiting with friends.
McGovern & Bison shipped two
ears of hogs to Omaha Monday night.
John Jenkins bought fine car load
of hogs of Bintner Bros. Tuesday
morning.
Sam Budd and wife, of Anita, were
in the city Tuesday, guest, at the Dim
mick home.
Fred Franklin went down to Lewis
last Tuesday for a visit and to at
tend to business.
Lester Basham, of Des Moines, was
in the city Sunday visiting with his
numerous friends.
Chas. Van Gorder was down from
Audubon Tuesday between trains at
tending to business.
~. Phillips and child, of near
Lorah, are quite i'll Of typhoid fever.
DIR. Koob is in attendance.
Nels p. Nelson had sale last Tues
day at his farm west of town. We
learn that everything sold we'll.
Shoemaker" Thompson is having
his house plastered and finished up on
the inside, N. p. Jensen doing the
work.
Thos Goodwin, of Elkhorn, has
opened restaurant on upper broad
way and is now ready to serve the
public.
Ben Simpson is making preparations
to dig a large cistern and to put in a
complete set of water works in the
near future.
Albert Bonnet and Hans Hansen
purchased the VIM. Runrick farm the
first of the week, the consideration
being $40. so per acre.
The carpenters are finishing up the
Hallock barn. This is the largest
barn in this part of the county and is
a great Improvement to his farm.
L.C. Beers and wife spent Sunday
at the home of his parents. II was the
old gentleman's sixty-fifth birthday
and Loney and wife presented him
with nice rocking chair.
Jno. Kelly sold fine bunch of cattle
to John Berg the first of the week re-
ceiving s55. 90 per head for them. He
will feed them about three months
longer aud then place them on the
market.
Peter James, who has been in DR..
Koob's office the past summer, left
Friday for his home at Elkhorn where
he visited until yesterday when he left
for Omaha where he will resume his
studies in a medical college.
The citizens Of this vicinity set aside
today as memorial day and it wss
spent in paying respect to our honored
dead president. Services were held in
Baptist church this afternoon. All
business houses were closed.
John johnson is selling off his prop
erty and will rent his farm for the COM
ing year. He and his wife will go to
California for her health. She has been
in poor health for the past year and it
is thought a change Of climate will
help her.
Mayor Bartlett held up four Weary
Willies" Tuesday morning upon advice
from the authorities of Extra and went
through them in search of whiskey.
He did the work alone and we'll and
all that was found in the possession
Of the four was razor, an old rusty
key and tooth-pick. They were at
once released and when last seen were
journeying on south.
DIR. Koob and II. NJ. Bartlett went
over to the creamery on the Trouble
some creek last Sunday and played
game of base ball with the local team
against the Benton Boomers. 1t was
rather disagreable day for ball play
ing and an exceedingly poor one for
the home team as the Bloomers had
walk-a-way and won the game by q
score Of 81 A. The winning team is
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