Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-09-19
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Forrest Ferrel's mother and sister
are over from their home in Irwin this
week visiting him.
Frank Nc Laughlin took advantage
of the harvest excursion Wednesday
and went to Ames on visit.
ence went to Manning Friday and
visited for day with friends.
John Liken arrived home Tuesday
from Illinois where he has been for a
few weeks visiting his family.
Miss Jessie Packard went up to
Manning Monday and is visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Tom Wilson
Bert Lacy and will Barger began
work Monday on the section and will
help to keep the great system in shape.
Geo. Gray expects to shell out the
corn he has stored in cribs at this
place and to put it upon the markets.
Jim luton ceased working for J. c..
F.Wicker Monday on the school build
ing and Will now attend to affairs of
his own.
Groteluschen & Forsbeck gathered
up couple of cars of cattle and hogs
and shipped them to the eastern mark
cts Saturday.
John Archer and family came up
from Audubon Tuesday morning and
took team to drive into the country
to visit relatives.
Miss Lottie Delaney who has been
visiting for some time at the H. b.
Shelly home returned to her home at
Conn Rapids Friday.
Sam Handles the veteran stock feed
err and farmer purchased of Grotelusch-
en- & Forsbeck seventeen head of stock
cattle for winter shipment.
F. NJ. Leet drove through town last
Friday on his way to Manning but
stopped long enough to see how bust
ness was progressing at the bank.
M. M. Corner has decided that stock
and farm animals would be better off
this winter with new barn and ac-
cordingly will soon have one construct
ed.
Milton Goonough's father came out
from his home in Story County and
brought with him little Mable Good
nough who has been down there visit
ing Tor several weeks.
Word came down from Carroll this
week that John Crow who has been
quarantine for some time for small poX
was released Monpay. but the family
are still uner quarantine.
Hi Packard and Oh Mease havo both
decided to put up new houses on their
respective places that will be patterns
of modern conveniences and add to
the beauty of their places.
The president of the school board
and the teachers met Wednesday even
ing to formulate a course of study for
the coming year, to have every thing
(Sin readiness for school to open.
n School will begin next Monday
morning. The two lower grades will
begin work in the old building and
the high room is to wait until some
time later to begin in the new build
ing.
Nels Christensen sold the remainder
of his feeders this last week. 1856 head
in all for $5.35.. He has given them
good long feed and they are well
bred so that they represent fine
bunch.
Frank Rogers of the restaurant pur-
chased of Gene Mertz the first of the
week the barn on one of his lots and is
now putting it up south OF the restuar-
ant and making it to fit his accom-
modations.
Charley Beers who is now clerkipg
in the general store of T. B. Creveling
is developing into somewhat of horse
trader doing his initiatory trade last
week and of course as is usual both
sides made good deal.
F. Huffman returned home last
Thursday from Lincoln Nebr., and
vicinity where has been visiting aud
reports that they can beat us in every
respect in corn, wheat and oats, but
in grasses we can go way ahead OF
them,
Tuesday John CARRIER was out in his
corn and husked part of load of corn
and it shows up as good as the average
year. John thinks he will have a
good yield and from observing this
load we know that it will be of good
quality.
Ora Corner was one of the progress
sive farmers last spring who had the
nerve to try barley and as result not
long ago put on the market about five
hundred bushels of as nice bright grain
as is often seen and getting good
price for it.
The bronco man was in town last
Friday and as result got several
trades out of the boys, SANDY" Peter
son buying one, and Monday the
champion rider, Jesse Higgins, was
busy breaking it so the saddle which
he successfully did to their entire
satisfaction.
IA spirit of improvement struch the
inhabitants of the north side of town
this week and began building new
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