Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-16

Joseph I'll. Bells, root.
Charlie Clure has had a neat and
handily arranged kitchen addition
built onto his house, over in the J..
A. Gates addition to Extra.
Neighbor w. S. Ordway and his
daughter, Miss Clara, drove up to
Extra, last Saturday afternoon, to
pass a few hours with their many
friends.
Mrs. Sarah Kiehl, of Sioux City,
who has been here during the i'll.
e and death of her father, Mr..
W. II. Bolts, expects to return to her
home some day this week.
A BARGAIN.-Two Hundred Acres
we'll improved, two miles from town;
good land, if sold soon; $3.50 per
acre, special bargain.
JOHN RENDLEMAN.
We are told that Dwight West has
concluded not to leave good old
Iowa after all but will buy a farm
and settle down among us, of which
their many friends will be exceed
ingly glad.
Otto W1tthauer and family Jour
neyed across the country, last Sat
urday, to pay a visit to his father,
who is in very poor health just at
this time, and remained a few days
to visit with their relatives.
Mrs. ThadC Carmichael came down
from Audubon, last Friday evening.
to pay a visit to her friend and
neighbor, Mrs. Thomas H. Allen,
who is still unable to leave her
couch on account of illness.
County Grader D. w. Powers and
his men did a good job on the hill
at the Grant Brown home, another
like job at the Shomp Bintner home
and this week they are working
among the hills to southwark.
Mrs. George Fichtemier's son
and his friend arrived from Illinois,
n day last week, and is now at
the home of his mother, two miles
south of town, where they willlabor
the coming season among the
farmers about there.
Last Friday evening Miss Celia
Peterman entertained her Sunday
School class at her home on Park
street, in this city. Miss Petermau
toasted them upon music and good
things to eat and sent them on their
homeward way with happy hearts.
A few strawberries in a good
many boxes have been on the mar
ket the past week-tirst of the sea-
SON.. These early, high priced and
gnarly berries reminds one of the
remark of Eugene Field when he
said that people should not eat
early berries for the reason they
spoil the appetite for prunes.-Ex.
Charley Gault, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Gault, of this city, and
some of his young companions
thought it was warn enough, one
day last week, to go in the creek
swimming. One plunge into the
depths convinced Charlie that he
was mistaken, and the water so
affected him that a mild attack of
lung fever was the result.
Mr.. G.. A. Rasmussen, who has
been connected with The Journal
office in days gone by, and who has
NH ~ dAo MlLIlcSOld
dropped down on us, last Friday, to
visit with his friends here and his
sister, Mrs. Jacob Bloom, at Bray
ton. Chris is o travelling for the
Brown and Bigelow art calendar
and specialties for advertisers Com.
pany, of Saint Paul, Minnesota. his
territory is the State of Missouri
and his headquarters will be at
Saint Louis.
Last week the ladies of the Thurs
day Club held their meeting at the
home of Mrs. Charles II. Houston,
on the corner of Edgerton and
Washington streets, in this city,
and who treated them to elegant
dainty refreshments ere the hour
for adjournment arrived. Mrs. F.
w. Delahoyde and Mrs. w. A. Ham
Ter each read a glowing account of
their visit at Council Bluffs as dele
gates to the meeting of the Fedora
ton OF Women's Clubs, in Iowa, and
sang songs of praise to those who
took part in the program, to the
hospitable manner in which the
citizens of the Bluffs entertained
them and said that never in their
lives had they witnessed such a
SiaHo array OF talent, nor
themselves so much. This being
the time for the annual election Of
officers the ballots were prepared
and the count resulted as follows:
Mrs. nj. ]. Riley, President.
Mrs. HI. Wissler, Vice-President.
Mrs. w. A. Hamler, Secretary.
Mrs. y. z. Christensen, Treasurer.
Mrs. +. w. D%elahoyde, Librarian.
Ravens Poultry Food is a positive cure for
chicken cholera, roupe gapes and all disease
OF poultry. 1t regulates the bowels. blood and
aigesnt feS organs; produces bone, muscle and
..arSer FOWL, and makes hens lay eggs in whit
81. Young chickens will grow rapidly free
from disease. When fed to fowls it will pre-
vent az disease and make fine birds. For sale
by villa. Hamler, druggist, Extra. l