Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-09-19
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Mrs. Henry Fries is a very sick
woman this week.
B. F. Simpson was an Atlantic
business caller Saturday for few
hours.
Mrs. Sam Scharf is on the sick list
this week and is unable to attend to
her usual daties.
Ed Delahoyde of Extra was in our
busy town the first of the week at
tending to business.
N. P. Philipson and boy who re-
sides near Lorah are very low with
that dreaded fever, typhoid.
Mrs. Geo. Freeman returned home
last Friday after pleasant visit with
her sister and family Mrs. Will
| Woodward.
Ella Cannon departed for Extra
Tuesday evening where she will visit
a short time with her sister Mrs.
Frank Basham.
Sam Scharff prosperous breeder
and raiser of Duroc Jersey swine re-
| ceived fine boar pig from firm at
Russell, Iowa.
/ Frank Smith waited on the trade
at the meat market Tuesday afternoon
while the proprietor Nit Parrott
went out and attended the N. P.
Nelson sale.
VIM. Rorrick who lately disposed
of his farm intends to go to Bridge
water Iowa, to look for a farm which
he intends purchasing if he finds one
that suits him.
~ P. Jensen was busy the first of
the week building new chimneys for
Shoemaker Thompson and he will
commence plastering at once SO as to
be all done before cold weather sets
in.
Hans Hansen who resides out on
one of B. F. Simpsons farms has
little SIX year old girl very sick with
the typhoid fever. 1t being so far out
in the country and she requires the
doctor she was brought to the home
of Mrs. Anderson in Bravton to be
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and she is out OF danger.
Hans Hansen the genial clerk at
johnson & Thompson's and Albert
Bennett, father of Fred Bonnet,
bought the fine farm of VIM. Rorrick
three miles south of Brayton. The
farm consists of 100 acres and these
gentlemen gave something over $40
per acre which is very reasonable
price the, way land has been selling
of late in these parts.
Bintner Bros. prosperous farmers
and stock raisers living east of Oak
field delivered SO head of extra fine
hogs in Brayto Tuesday to the buy
er j. I. jenkins. The boys received
II 1920 per hundred for this bunch, at
that price the industry of hog rails
ing is a very profitable one indeed.
The hogs make an average of 277
pounds per haed.
| Rev. Wilcox attended the Sunday
School Association at Audubon last
week and took part on the program
and did his part in most cretaitable
manner. He was also elected Secre-
tary of this Association and he will
; fill this office to the best of his ability
which will be appreciated by all the
members as he has had considerable
experience in Sunday School work
before coming to this county.
j. r. Hallock's new barn is rapidly
: nearing completion and the work is
being pushed as rapidly as possible
and when completed it will be the
t largest structure of the kind in The
! county. The one previously erected
D was good sized barn but since The
new one is erected it seems very small
!, indeed. This new barn is mostly fol
:. hay and stock can be put on the sides
: and fed during the cold weather.
John johnson intends to rent hi
J. place and dispose of his goods as soor
n as possible and then in early part Of
8 the winter he and his wife will de
part for California for the benefit O
his wife's health who has been quit,
0 poorly for some time. He hopes tina
. the mild winter and the pure atmos
Q phere Of that western climate viii
g again bring back to her lost health.
e The mayor of Brayton issued pro
> clamation the first Of the week tina
all the business houses should clos
this afternoon in honor of the mar
j tYred President who will be burie,
P this afternoon and who was shot b,
an Anarchist, lacking but one day o
e two weeks ago, and week later sue
cumbing to the ravage of the assassin
e bullet. Today the whole nation bow
q its head in grief and mourns the los
! Of the noble departed President VIII
9 was honored by all, regardless of rae
9 color or nationality and loved by all
y who knew of his numerous wise an,
9 good deeds and who so ably steere
IS the old ship of state while he was
g the helm.
II Musson Bros. who have telephon
system in Atlantic and throng
numerous other parts of the state ha
the poles set as far as Lorah the frs