Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-04-03

Nelson w. Cowles, Optician at
Cowles' Jewelry Store.
Buy your shoes at Rasmussen g.
Jensen's, at Audubon, and get the best.
Mrs. E. NJ. Preston arrived home
Monday from her visit with relatives
at Morrison, Illinois.
w. H. O'Connell and wife returned
home Wednesday from trip to var
ious points visiting friends.
| Joe Ross, of the law firm of Cosson g.
Ross, is in Cedar Rapids this week Wis
iting with his parents and friends.
Miss Nellie Kendall is lying very sick
at the home of Ben Brookfield and un.
der the care of the county physician.
The Knight Templars went in a body
Easter Sunday to the Presbyterian
church, where seats were reserved for
them.
Gill Jones, the hustlipg Dakota land
agent, was home Saturday for a. short
stay and then departed north with a
crowd of men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ras LaFoy are rejoic-
ing over a baby that came to their
home last Sunday to cheer and bless
their lives
Miss Jennie Donaldson departed for
Des Moines the first of the week where
she goes to take up course of studies
at Drake University.
Mrs. Sim Van Scoy, accompanied by
her little daughter Leonore, will ar
rive the last of the week to pay visit
to Uncle John Van Scoy and family.
can repair your bicycles and pu
them in first-class shape. Bring them
in and leave them w 18th me.
J. q. WOLFE.
+! Jens Kilgor. who works in the shoe
store of Rasmussen & Jensen, return
ed home Wednesday from trip to
Omaha, where he was visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton, of Atlantic,
came up and spent Easter with their
son, DR.. Fulton but we would guess
the grand daughter was the real object
of their visit.
Mrs. Martin and her mother, both
we'll known to most of the people Of
Audubon. departed Wednesday for
Council Bluffs, where they will make
their future home.
Valentine Leonard living out on the
Rural Free delivery route No. 8 is hav-
4 ing his house raised and remodeled, so
that he will have very commodious
and attractive home.
Wood Soar returned home last week
from Virginia and will remain at home
this summer to assist his father in
overseeing the shop and in putting up
their now hriok hnildlng.
Drs. Fulton and Brooks performed a
very successful operation, last week,
for j. A. Wright in which a cancer
was removed from his lip and he is
now recovering nicely from the effect.
FOR SALE-A good draw outfit
bringing in over 500 per month. A
good steady patronage to turn over to
some man Immediately. 1t is a bar
gain. Inquire at the Journal office in
| person or by card.
Sam Gardner and family were busy,
the first of the week, fumigating and
preparing to get out of quarantine.
They have all recovered from the
smallpox and will be pleased toagain
Mrs. Fred Lynch gave party at
their home last Monday to crowd of
merry makers in honor of Miss Maude
Lynch, who returned to Indianola
Wednesday to continue her studies in
music at Simpson College.
Miss Margaret Workman is again
back at Fred Vermilya,s, working in
the millinery department. Miss Work.
man assisted last spring and proved
very efficient and effective help and
will be of more assistance this season.
B. A. Worthing, who has been in
pest house for some time with small
pox was liberated Monday and will
soon return to his home at Madison
He shows no ill effect from his con
finenement and the disease left only a |
few marks on his BODY.
Editor Journal:-We're up against
it again. What do we want this time?
Only to say word or two in (
regard to the $3.50 closing. We in
deed as merchants and clerks appreci-
ate the liberty and vacation we have
enjoyed since the Goth of January, but
why discontinue? Can you, with your
unsurmountable capacity of reasoning
power. tell why? Do not the mer.
chants and employees put in the larg-
est days of any working class? Why
not shorten them from ZOO to $50?
On, but you say it is inconvenient for
the public Yes, we admit that it is
for few shoppers who drill in about
the time the whistle blows and buy
about 81 cents worth or want a few
samples that it is rather inconven-
lent for them. Now, lady of the house,
be candid in your verdict and let us
place you in the same condition of the
clerk. Would you like to be penned
up in your home six days of the week
and not allowed the liberty of leaving
until 500 P. M? Well of course YOU
would answer in the negative. Then
again, you go calling, or to afternoon