Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-29

Monday night attending to business
| in regard to future school work. When
he returned home Tuesday he was ac-
J companied by Mrs. ]. E. Nc CURE
who went down to visit her parents.
Grant Lancelot resigned his position
in Polzin & Fischers store Monday
and III. B. Shelley may now be found
in his place. Mr.. Shelley has large
acquaintance in this community and
] will make a good man in this capacity.
Mr. Carter who lives on the Will
Earheart farm was over to Dedham
last week and purchased new corn
harvester so that he can take care of
that portion of his crop that seems as
though it would not yield good corn
crop when husked.
John Campbell was busy the first of
the week putting in dirt to fill up his
shop. 1t was long tedious Job and
when John had it completed it was a
good solid floor and raised high enougg
to keep him out of the wet when the
future rains come again, if they ever
do.
4 Johnnie Renftle manager of the Mus
son Elevator Co., was wrestling with
the problem of how to get the piping
fixed so as to have a good supply of
water for his engine in the elevator
After considerable skirmishing he
finally got assistance and got things
repaired.
Grant Lancelot departed Tuesday
evening for Magnolia to open his
school again for the ensuing year. He
expects to have one of the best years
10 10 ha no hi
derstands his people and pupils and
they are all working for the common
good of the school.
Will Waykoff, Frank Rice and Mr.
Root returned home Saturday from S.
Dakota where they had been with
Roy Swaney looking for land. They
are we'll pleased with the country as
every indication showed a rich soil,
plenty of moisture and good crop
They think in some future day thew
will buy and locate there.
Miss Grace Swaney departed We'd
nesday for Ames to enter the College
and take up the Scientific course. This
is one of the best courses she could
pursue as it gives broader scope and
strength of mind than others. Miss
, Swaney is taking wise step. Educa-
5 ton is one of the leading things in the
r development of the person, upon it
depends the future of the country.
t B. F. Goodwill finishing threshing
t Saturday and was well satisfied with
D the yield. The oats averaged 25 bush
els and wheat ID. Mr. Goodwill re-
l ports that he nearly lost his best horse
= and when he got up in the morning
q he found it down and gave it up
: for dead. He rolled it over and after
working with it for while the horse
o then got up and is now doing nice
0 ly.
Fred Hepp was busy Tuesday work.
ing on the flag pole for the new school
= house that is TO be raised over the
! cupola. This is one of the most i'm,
: portant features of the new school
building, this place upon which tc
K swing old glory, the silent forceful
o teacher of patriotism, the great classic
/ demonstrator of liberty that has made
us a power in the nations OF the world
With a school house on every hill anG
$ from it streaming the flag that makes
i the nations of the world trenlble wher
u they follow not where is right anC
Justice we will ever remain great.
: The U. B. social at Joe Nedrows las1
Friday was one of the most successful
events OF the season. Children and
young people and the aged came will
u their age in pennies until there hac
e assembled enough to bring in about $50
d in cash. Then they sat down to the
= feast, chicken, meat and dainties
that started all in good humor. Their
g the children gathered and played thost
% games so dear to childish hearts
!, youthful laughter rang on the even
y ing breeze from the pasture where tn,
y older ones were playing and from tn,
corner where the grown had gathered
n came the hum of voices, content tina
lr they had come. All enjoyed them
selves and were glad they had beef
there.
August 24th will be an eventful da,
IS in the life of Milton Grow. He passed
IS through Gray in the middle of tn
le night going over to Frank Hoffman
y place to tell him of shortage of waite
IS when in some manner the swivel Q
the neckyoke holding the tongue CAV
X away, dropping the latter to th
lie ground and the team started to run
1t Milton was in some manner throw
Re out and dragged for some distance bu
re as soon as he was loose started to rul
after his team. After time Re too
:. an inventory of himself and found on
~ little finger partly gone. He lmmedi
e ately came to town to get il fixed an
- found it had to be amputated at tn
- second joint. The next morning b
n was around the buggy when he foun,
the piece of finger with about ten an
a one half inches of the cord still al
d tached to it that had literally bee
or pulled out of the arm, and which h
d now has sealed up in alcohol to keel
g
- WOULD HAVE COST HIM HIS LIFE.
e Oscar Bowman, Labanon, KY, writes, g
N, No have been using FOLEY'S KIDNEY CUR
" and take great plea sure i'll stating it gave m
r. permanent cllre of kidney disaaaa which 20,