Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
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Next Sunday Andrew Rattenborg
will give an ice cream party to cele-
brate his birthday.
Grandma Andersen, mother of Mrs.
Hans johnson, has been very poorly
during the last week.
Jens Rasmussen and wife up by
Kimballton will celebrate their silver
wedding this coming Friday.
The oats and wheat crops are on
hand and the farmers are busy get
ting in the crops as there seems to be
an abundance to gather.
Esbeck Il Co., have purchased
new awning for their store and soon
expect to have the bright sun rays
shut out from them by its use.
The board of directors ofNo. 4, and
s, school houses has been under going
some repairs and additions the last
week that will materially improve
them for work in the future.
Carl Iversen and wife gave pleas
ant ice cream party to merry crowd
of their friends, last Sunday. They
all had good time and enjoyed the
day so pleasantly passed in social
pastime.
Mrs. Helen Jensen whose home is
at Tyler, MINI, but who has been at
the home of her brother, in kimball-
ton, is visiting friends in Elkhorn,
this week, all of whom are glad to
welcome her in their midst.
Another new building is going up
in Kimballton, the lady going there
expecting to do the laundry work
of the community. 1t is what a
great many need, and the lady will no
doubt receive good patronage and
be we'll paid for her trouble.
Last Sunday came almost being the
last day on earth for Chris Jensen,
who clerks for Hans Madsen. He had
gone in swimming and got into the
water too deep, and not being good
swimmer was going down until help
reached him and rescued him.
Farmers were feeling blue Monday
over the corn. They feared that rain
would be too late to save it. 1t was
looking fresh and green, but the
tassels showed signs of dying and if
it did the ears would not become
fortified and the crop would be a fail
ure.
Chris Rasmussen, the expert tim
ner at Kimballton, has been busy
lately. He was in Audubon the last
week fixing up the tin roofing on the
new building lately put up by the
merchant, Chris IIendricksen. He is
good workmen and generally does a
most excellent job.
Geo. Henningsen and his crew were
busy the first of the week getting the
blacksmith shop onto its new found
alton. 1t proves to be big under
taking and they are having quite a
time. Every man in town almost is
helping and their united efforts are
needed to get it in shape.
Dan Petersen and Louis Loss were
the first of the week recoloring up
the hall and barber shop of j. HI.
Peterson. They are changing the APP
pearance and giving it a swell look.
Jimmie is man who believes in hav-
ing everything up-to-date and the
boys employed know how to thus fix
things.
Peter N. Jorgensen and wife threw
open their hospitable doors last Satur-
day night and invited the young PEG.
pie in and around Kimballton to come
and feast on games and on the good
things of life. 1t is needless to say
that they went home rejoicing il
friends who would thus gladly enter
tain them.
The extreme heat Of Monday wa
hard on horses. Will Partlou wh'
hauls lumber for the Kimballtol
Lumber Co., found it the hardest da.
on horses he has yet had and cam
near playing out one of his best horses
He however waited until it cooled OF
good and returned home after the SUI
had sunk to rest.
q. Fl. Castrup was taking la
off Monday from his work but re
ports that he has had wonde rtU
run this summer in painting. Near
ly every one has had their building
re- painted and fixed up or somethin
new to paint. They save money eac
time by so doing, for the oil in ii
paint preserves the buildings just ths
much longer.
Death Claims Another.