Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-10-30

his old time friends IN town.
Ethel Robinson who was taken sud-
denly i'll last week was much improv-
ed on Tuesday and her friends express
hope for her speedy recovery.
The farmers of this vicinity are all
busy gathering corn. Several have
considerable corn in the crib and re-
port the yield better than they expect
ed
Miss Alta Crow, the High school
teacher at Audubon, came up to Gray
Sunday and passed the day very
pleasantly visiting with her many
friends.
Howard Kittell finishes up his fall
term of school Friday and one week
from Monday will again commence
teaching for the winter term at the
Brooktield school.
Jennie McIlvane, who works out at
the A. Boysen home returned home
Friday from over in Shelby county,
where she had been attending the
wedding of her friend.
John Crow and wife of Carroll, were
over Sunday visitors in Gray. These
Gray and have many friends here who
We're glad to meet them.
A. f. Greenwaldt, county auditor,
was in Gray Tuesday looking after the
affairs at the hardware store of the
firm of Greenwaldt, Groteluschen &
Co., of which he is member.
Groteluschen & Forsbeck sold eight
head of their western horses the last of
the week to w. HI. Srownhurst. The
boys got good lot of horses but now
have only small number left.
The U. B. quarterly meeting was
largely attended and the Presiding
Elder, N. F. Hicks, was at his best,
preaching three times and holding the
business meeting on Saturday.
Geo. Gray has recovered from his
illness of last week. The doctor sue
ceeded in breaking up his fever, thus
saving him from long sickness. He
is feeling quite we'll and strong again.
Workmen were hauling out rock
| Tuesday for the erection of the big
barn on the A. Boysen farm. The
carpenter work will begin at once
under the direction of Contractor Jas.
| luton.
Carl F. Knehule of Denison, de-
livered an address at the hall in Gray
He spoke from the republican stand
point to crowd Of the different
parties.
Honas Mundt was taken quite sick
last Friday and has been confined to
his bed the past few days. On Tues
day he was feeling somewhat better
and expects to be around again in a
few days.
Elmer Beems had artist Aus Linn
paint up his barber pole the last of the
week in the national colors of red,
white and blue and shows the traveller
the place to get good shave as all will
testify after once trying him.
Ham Buckner and Ad Settlemire,
two prosperous farmers residing near
Gray each purchased new wagon
this week to gather their big crop OF
corn of the hustling implement firm
of Green waldt, Groteluschen & Co.
Miss Any Petersen departed fol
Omaha Tuesday to visit for a time
with her sister who is working IN q
boarding house for her aunt in that
city. Miss Any may possibly remain
| there some time if she likes the city.
Joe johnson had the boys come out
to his farm residence this week and
put up new spouting on his house and
put in cistern pump so he will now
have plenty of soft water when the
showers once more descend to mother
earth.
Geo. Gray expects to leave next
Monday for different points in Texas.
He takes party of men with him
from Cedar Rapids and will show
them the advantages of residing in the
| great state of Texas.
Nine people united with the M. E.
church last Sunday. These are the
persons that joined after the Chariot
meetings on six months probation and
on this day were taken into full fellow.
ship and membership of the church.
Gene Mertz and wife drove up tc
Odebolt Saturday to look after the
affairs on his fathers farm at thai
place. They returned home Tuesday
morning and both were feeling slight
ly indisposed on that day as result
of the cold drive.
Lou Graves and r. P. Rutherford
who went up to Canada short tim
ago to look after buying some land
returned home Monday evening. W.
understand that both bought land TO
future speculation in this neighbor
ing county of ours.
Ames Foster Sr., expects to depar
for Kansas next week, immediatel,
after election to make visit with hi
only living brother, and while Their
he will help him and his wife cele
brate their wedding anniversary o
fifty years of married life.
The smoke-stack on the creamer,
blew off one day the last of the weel
and it has been in such shape as t,
be unsafe to run the creamery on &C
count of fire. Tuesday workmen re
paired the same 50 it can be used un
til another can be secured.
John Liken had Thos. Passen o
Manning, come down last week an,