Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-01
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for few moments, on last Tuesday
forenoon.
The Presbyterian people, over at
Old Hamlin, have decided to retain
their new pastor for term of six
months, at least.
Elmer DAVIS was down to the Nels
Petersen home, Monday, Smelling out
four or five hundred bushels of corn
for that gentleman.
Simon christensen was up at Au-
dubon, last Tuesday mgrning, deliv-
ering a wagon load of those fat hogs
he knows so we'll how to prepare.
Henry Young and his little daught-
er, Margaret, were down at Extra, on
Wednesday afternoon, strolling about
the shady parks and visiting with
their friends.
Every fence and barn about the Sta
ton is plastered over with bills an
nouncing that the great Wallace show
will be at Audubon on Wednesday.
August eth.
Asa Horton, Jr., who resides down
near Brayton, while jourDeying up to
the county seat, Tuesday morning,
paused at the Station and visited for
few moments with his friends.
John Hunter has removed the old
school house in his district, number
eight, Hamlin township, and soon
now Peterman u Voss, of Extra, will
cause new one to rise in its stead
S. A. Heath's nephew rode over as
far as Creamery Hill with the milk
hauler, the other morning, and since
that time none of his relatives have
been able to discover his Whereabo
Clyde East was down to Extra, on
last Saturday, and while there made
arrangements to visit that city with
his optical case, fact you will notice
by reading his advertisement in this
Issue of The journal.
*'Doc" Anderson was driving his
team along the highway, one day the
past week, and when he got right by
the Frank Braun garden fence, down
in Highland Grove, one OF the horses
fell dead in his tracks.
Charlie Spencer was busy, the first
part Of the week, hauling a thousand
or fifteen hundred bushels of corn to
the Counselman elevator, in the Sta
ton. Charlie said forty cents a BUSH
81 was too tempting bait TO resist.
For few days the latter part of
the week Miss Elizbeth Spencer was
obliged to seek her downy couch, on
account OF illness. However her many
friends will be pleased to know that
at this time she is about we'll again.
Tom Owen brought Rev. F. o.
Skoien's horse to the Station, on last
Tuesday morning, and prepared stall
in box car and that noon the animal
started for New Lenox, Illinois,
where the reverend gentleman is now
located.
John Crees and Tom White were in
Extra for few hours, last Saturday
forenoon, getting repairs and then
went up to the Charlie Crees home,
east of the Station, steamed up and
done their first job of threshlng for
this season.
In Atlantic, last Sunday George Gill
attended the wedding Of his neph-
ew, Mr.. Ross Wallace, to Miss Theda
a pretty little lady Of that
city. Ross is quite we'll known up
this way and his friends extend the
usual congratulations.
The other day while Simon Chris
Jensen was coming home from the
country with couple of shoa,s in
his wagon one Of them madeaa mad
dash for liberty and escaped. So if
you see strange hog about your
premises it belongs to Simon.
Notice The Journals voting contest
and cave your coupons, which are
good for two votes each, or every
cent you pay on subscription entities
you to one vote. Send them in and
thus help some lady to take a free
trip to the Buffalo Exposition.
Uncle Mace Gill and wife have re-
ceived word that their daughter, Mrs.
Charley Hensley, left Atlantic on
Monday for Chicago where they will
visit short time then jourDev on to
New York City and finally set sail
tor Crefeld, Germany, on August the
9th day.
George Gill drove to Atlantic, last
Sunday, to say good bye to his sister,
Mrs. L. r. Wallace, before she started
for Germany. George had very fine
driving horse down there which he
brought home with him and was ex-
hibiting upon the streets Of Hamlin,
last Tuesday forenoon.
A gentle downpour of rain visited
the Station and vicinity, last Sunday
morEing, beginning at an early hour
and continuing at intervals during
the day. The corn fields which sadly
needed a drink have since put on
brighter green, all nature smiles and
the farmer-he smiles, too.