Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-06-05
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Charley Spencer has the finest
looking corn patch around here.
Chris johnson and wife were. visit
ing his parents near Elkhorn last
Sunday.
Ernest Cakes, residing at Old Ham
lin, is building large barn on his
fine farm.
Mrs. Harry Percy and children left
the Station, Tuesday, for Nicola, their
future home.
George Gill has hired his nephew,
Charley Gill, to assist him until the
corn is laid by.
Miss Myrtle Justesen visited and
transacted business in Audubon the
last of the week.
The iron mongers were in town
Tuesday trying to make the purchase
of McNally's old iron.
The great Punch and Judy show of
Ardo Brothers is billed for this town
on Tuesday, June 10.
The Badger and Corn Maker riding
cultivators go like hot cakes this week
at johnson Il Carstensen's. 1w
G.. W, Clark is feeling little bet
ter and able to come down town once
in while for short time.
The Blue Grass Creamery is receiv-
ing eight thousand pounds of milk
seven days in the week now.
There are no wheat offerings at the
Station now which is pretty good
evidence that there is none to market.
The Kimballton dray was in town
last Tuesday after a load Of goods
that required care in transportation
Markets on Tuesday.-Wheat, 5sc;
corn, 502c; oats, SEC; creamery butter,
22c; dairy butter, l7c@lSc; eggs, lac.
Six cars of lumber, posts and
shingles were received here the past
week for the inland lumber COM
panies.
Wilhelm Christensen was unload
ing thlrty-five ton car of coal for
the Blue Grass Creamery, the first of
the week.
Chris Jensen, west of Audubon,
was transacting business here on
Tuesday and before leaving paid the
cash for a Badger riding cultivator.
Mrs. DR.. Campbell returned on
TNnpclau hor hopro A+lo,.:o
after short visit with her brother,
Frank Hopley, near Old Hamlin.
Don't purchase your harvesting out
fit until you see what we carry in the
way OF Deeripg goods.
JOHNSON e. Christensen.
Ralph Scott has hired out for
month to George Gerard and that
gentleman now has three teams in the
field busily engaged in blowing corn.
W. D. Stanley and wife are going
south to great deal milder climate
than ours and if suitable place is
found they will no doubt settle there.
Frank Hoply, residing on the
Cakes farm, at Old Hamlin, is ill, Of
measles, which seem to have run
through that neighborhood at this
time.
Drace Sorensen, residing about
eight miles south west of this station,
was in town on Tuesday and loaded
up one of those Deering binders sold
by our dealers.
E. S. Blasdel, Auditor for Counsel
man & Company, residing at Des
Moines is now acting as foreman for
that company here and also as ticket
agent, temporarily.
Mrs Boyce is still at the Stanley
home caring for their children who
are i'll, of measles. This family seem
to have their full share of life's mis-
fortunes at this time.
Mrs. Cakes, residing north of
Atlantic few miles, returned to her
home on last Tuesday after a short
visit at the home of her son, Ernest
Cakes, of Old Hamlin.
p. M. Just Justensen says there is
not much doing in letter writing now
the neighboriDg farmers having some
thing more important to engage
their attention at present.
Mrs. Frank McNally returned from
Atlantic last Thursday and reports
her sister, whom she went to see, as
being much better, and with pros
poets of a speedy recovery.
Walk and Charley Crees and Char
ley Spencer were in Audubon the
last OF the week, each taking out
a large load of brick for the founda-
ton at the Joel Crees home.
All crops are looking fine now and
the farmers are feeling Jubilant. The
only seeming danger now is to the
small grain which is very rank and
heavy rains would have tendency,
ina short time, to lay it down.
Hamlin Stations receipts were clear
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