Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-02-06
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Mrs. Henry Young will start on
Friday for her Ottawa, Kansas home.
Hans Christensen had business re-
quiring attendance in the county seat
on Tuesday.
There will be dance out at Evan
Pray's residence south west of town
tomorrow night.
Peter Gregersen, one mile south
and five miles west of Extra will have
a sale on Thursday, February 13.
Miss Caddie Conyer, of Valley
junction, is daily expected here on
visit to her sister, Mrs. Thomas Gill,
of near this town.
Harm Rice arrived in town for his
weeks mail last Tuesday after an ex-
haustive.tussle to clear the road so as
to make it passable.
Tom Gill has done but little the
past week assessing as the weather has
been too severe TO get around with
any degree OF comfort.
John Zion has babe Hamlin adieu
and has centered all his interests at
present in Audubon. We did not
learn his future intentions.
Mrs. Mary Flynn residing three and
one half miles west of Hamlln will
have public sale on Tuesday, Febru-
airy 4. Read the sale notice in this
issue.
George Spencer struck very good
market for his sheep and cattle which
he shipped to South Omaha last week.
He says he has no reason to complain
of the prices received.
Henry Wells passed through town
on Tuesday going out west to the
Pray farm to get eleven head of brood
sows purchased at the sale, the lot
cost him eighty eighty dollars.
Johnson & Christensen are prepar.
ing to put up ware house forthwith
to hold their vehicles and agricultural
implements. 1t will be located just
south of McNally's blacksmith shop.
Frank Pfeiffer was passenger
from this station, last Tuesday, to
Brayton toattend the Wordmen lodge
of which he is member. He says his
family are nearly all sick with colds
and the grippe.
After many sad adieus and fervent
hand clasps Henry Young and the
boys left on Tuesday for their new
home recently purchased, besides his
household effects he took his horses
and some other live stock.
Agent Percy arrived on time from
his home liz Audubon last Tuesday
and although considerably flushed in
the face by old Jacks incessant nips
after a few turns around his office he
promptly proceeded to business.
Tom Bruhn, of Brayton, was i n town
on Tuesday trying to negotiate for
lot on which to build dwelling
as the first Of March he is to begin
his contract hauling lumber for the
Elkhorn Lumber Company and time
is pressing in order to be ready for
business.
viii Young started on Wednesday
for points in Missouri, near the Kan
sas border, to look at some farm land
for which j. r. Luse is agent, and if
the land suits he will rent tract. He
will be gone about two weeks and
will likely go on down to Ottawa
and help his brother get settled in his
new possession.
Rev. j. Wirth will preach next
Sunday in Hamlin Station at eleven
O'Clock in the morning. At Fairview
at three O'Clock in the afternoon
and at Champion Ridge at half past
seven in the evening. He will go to
Harlan the first of the week to assist
the pastor OF the church there in
holding a revival.
One more score from Frank Pfeiffer.
He sa. that after % years laborious
work and no extra pay he has sold
his entire threshing outfit and like
the man on New Years day has sworn
to never no never buy or invest any
thing having resemblance to a
thresher from this time on forever,
and he says he means it-just now.
johnson u Cartensen are receiving
their cargo of hardware now and plac.
ing it on their shelves. They in
tend TO keep general stock in that
line beaides keeping full line of We
hicles and agricultural implements,
one car ofwagonsand buggies arrived
at the station on Monday. 1t is un-
fortunate that at this particular time
Mr.. johnson is confi3ed to his home
In the rear of the store by some throat
trouble to which he is subject, we here.
James Elrod now that he has dis
posed of his real estate interests in
this city has sent in his resignation as
postmaster and as soon as relieved he
will most probably take up his resi-
dence in Audubon. James has made a
good postmaster and those who had
transactions with him as such all speak
well of him and hate to have him
leave, but man without some other
business connected with it, cannot af-
ford in q pecuniary sense to hold on to
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