Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-01-03
CHARLES BAGLEY.

Martin Esbeck went to Des Moines
Wednesday to look after important
| business matters.
Protracted meetings have been com
menced at the Baptist church and will
continue indefinitely.
John Ward and family are now Wis
iting with friends at Cocotey in the
northern part of the state.
Pearl Roberts arrived home Tuesday
evening to visit with home folks and
shake hands with friends.
Richard Leib came down from Den
ison the first of the week to visit some
time with relatives and friends
Quite q number OF young people
went to Manning New Years night
and attended the ball given at that
place.
Mrs. Ben Monk went to Manning
Monday to look at some houses with a
view of purchasing one for their future
home.
Wilhelm Alstrand leaves today for
Denmark where he goes to visit his
mother and brother whom he has not
seen for years.
4 Miss Theresa Stanton will leave
Saturday for Chicago to enter school
of millinery expecting to follow this
as profession in the future.
Miss Bertha Luckingbill has de-
parted for Oberlin, Ohio, where she
goes to take musical course in the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
III Unfit Of l>~.
known lightning rod man in western
Iowa, was in town Wednesday attend
ing court and meeting his friends
Fred Lyttle returned Wednesday
evening from Cocotev in the northern
part of the state where he has been
looking after work for John Ward.
Get our prices on doors and windows
and water tanks and all kinds of mill
work before buying.
If JAMES HART.
Do you want to move to Audubon?
!: If SO let us give you a bargain in a
good six room house We need money
and must have it. c. A. MARLIN.
| can repair your bicycles and put
; them in frst-class shape Bring them
in and leave them with me.
J. G. WOLFE.
John H. Mosier and D. B. Mosier
: have advertised a sale for January 10
at their place seven and one half miles
straight west of town intending to sell
everything.
John Van Scoy has closed his store
and is no longer in business. He has
long been merchant here and always
carried a line of goods that could be
depended upon.
Jim Chandler has been appointed
marshal and was given the star New
Years day as the emblem of his author
ity and is now the guardian of the
safety and peace of the citizens.
G. B. WEIGH, who has been in town
some time under the DOCTORS care,
having had part Of his nose remodeled
is now able to leave and went to his
home in Guthrie county, Wednesday.
The board of supervisors meet Mon
day. This is an important session as
there is much important business to
transact. The books and reports of
the various county officers are to be
checked over and approved.
) Monday evening as John Chapman
was haying his horses from the loft lie
accidently stepped through and fell
striking on his side SO as to crack some
of his ribs. He was careful how he
moved for a few days and is now all
right.
Mr.. and Mrs Valentine Leonard, OF
Douglas township, left Wednesday
e evening for Davenport to pay visit
to their daughter, Mrs. l.. j Yaggy
r.. a
ing which time they anticipate pleas.
ant time.
Royal Petty has been dangerously
i'll at his home near Corley, Shelby
q county, with typhoid fever, but was
. reported better the first of the
'. week. Mrs. Joe Ridpath, and Coe
Petty and wife have been at his bed.
:. side helping to care for him.
Reed e. McNary purchased new
> Enterprise Sandwich shelter the first
y of the week of Geo. Hoover and are
now ready to do Smelling of all kinds
q These gentlemen are hustlers and I'M
). derstand their machine and will give
satisfaction to their customers.
There is to be a meeting of the di
/ rectors of the Audubon County Agri
+ cultural Association on January 18th al
a the office of the secretary. A full at
l. tendance is desired so they may talk
:. over important meters pertaining t.
;. the future success of the association.
u County Treasurer c. E. BRENNAN
: closed the tax lists of last year on New
Years. In footing up the total amount
of taxes collected for all purposes dur
ing the year he found it aggregated
S1O9,942l9. This is the largest amount
L ever collected in any one year, by sew
:, eral thousand dollars.
j. ]. Hutchinson, living seven miles
west Of town, has sold his farm anG
Il has advertised his public sale for Jan
uary 9th. Mr.. Hutchinson has long
been resident of Douglas township
being one of the pioneer settlers there
t and his old time friends and neighbors
Il will miss him when he leaves.
s. The other evening as viii Wilson
V was coming in from the east of towI
driving his colts to an almost new