Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-01-17
= ROSS

Monday evening at the Thos. Ochel-
tree home.
Jake Ruhs and lady friend spent
Sunday very pleasantly at the home
OF Sol Leighty.
Will Earheart sold his farm last
week and we understand he is looking
for another good place.
j. F. Luse was in town the first
part of the week attending to bust
ness and visiting friends.
E. G. Falkowski and Hayden Story
made horse trade the first of the
week to match up their team.
Nels Olsen, the large feeder and
shipper of stock went to Sioux City
Monday after some feeders to put in
his yards.
Mrs. Fred Beers has been quite sick
lately but Tuesday was slightly i'm
proved and will soon be up and
around again.
B. w. Carr went to Gray last Sat-
urday night to the installation of the
|. 0. o.. f. and Rebekahs, and re-
turned Sunday.
Thos. Single was over around
Kirkmah and Irwin the first part of
the week looking for men to 90 to
Minnesota to buy land.
l.. G. Kopp departed Monday for
White Side county, H., where he
will visit with old-time friends aud
his relatives for time.
Peter flasher came up from Cass
county the first of the week to spend
about three weeks with his brother
in-law, e. F. Falkowski.
Attic Bamsey and Frank Miller
have been having all the work they
could possibly do in the corn shelling
line, during the recent times.
Grip has thrown its fangs into a
great many around Ross and almost
every one has bad cold and are
grunting around in every way.
Will Earheart, Ed Finch and Ed
Northup expect to leave the latter
part of the week for the southwest
part of the state to look for land to
purchase.
j. Eddy had horse fall with him
the first of the week doing little dam
age to him however, other than hurt
ing his ankle so as to make him limp
around for time.
Monday and Tuesday were boom
ing days in Ross. The warm weather
made it feel a good deal like spring
and every one felt like getting out
and moving around.
Sheldon Bates, viii Williamson,
Geo. Everetts and Jake Ruhs were
down to Audubon last Thursday
night to participate in tie limitations
at the NJ. w. A. hall at that place.
CLYDE Wilde wandered GRAVEYARD
Sunday, ostensibly to listen to the
flood words of some minister, but in
reality to listen to that which has
made the theme Of poets for centuries.
Frances, Robt. and Rabel Clark
went to the Pleasant Hill literary last
Friday night and report that society
in a tlourishing condition and that
they had good program and debate.
On Friday night crowd of young
people gathered at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Wilson and spent the
evening in social games. Every one
had splendid good time and wish to
have another as soon as possible.
e. d. Hart has begun the erection
of new house at the head of Main
Street. The frame work is up and it
will not be long until the whole
structure is complete when his family
will be another acquisition to the
town.
The enterprising firm of Ruhs II
Wilde received car Of machinery last
Saturday and are getting in good
shape for thier summers work. They
expect to do better the coming year
than the past, as they got their goods
at lower prices.
Tonight all the young folks will
meet at the home Of Harry Mort hup
for social dance. They'll trip the
light fantastic, will laugh and be gay
until tired and weary they go home
to slnmber on, dreaming of the time
pleasantly passed.
John Rutherford has sold his farm
to Pat German, receiving $1,000 tor
the same. He will now have nothing
to do but to devote his entire atten-
ton to the building up and holding
up of the Farmers store, which is
prospecting nicely and doing a good
business.
Northup e Finch purchased nice
lot of stock the first of the week of