Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-05-08
Nelson w. Cowles, Optician at
COwles' Jewelry Store.

Nelson w. Cowles, Optician at
CowIes' Jewelry Store.
AL Hurd was home from Colfax for
a short visit last week.
Have you read AL Friends ad this
week? You had better.
Marriage licenses: Albert w. Quinn
by and Laura A. Larsen.
Rev. P. j. Vollmar is out of town this
week, attending to business.
Dave Hart, of Ross, was down We'd
nesday morning transacting business
for his company.
! Chas. Van Gorder left Tuesday for a
trip out into Nebraska to look after
business interests.
4 Joe Cam was back from Missouri,
this week, proclaiming the good quail
ties of that country.
i Ray Shockley is back from Okla
homa and we understand will remain
here this summer and work.
i w. S. Moreland and wife drove over
to Coon Rapids, Monday, to visit and
attend to business at the same time.
| Lou Lee is visiting points in the
eastern part of the state to see if he
can find place, that suits him, to
locate.
Mrs. Bronson and children returned
home last Friday, from Chicago where
they had been the past week visiting
friends.
Miss Roe, the music teacher here,
has resigned her position in the school
on account of poor health and gone
home to try and regain her strength.
The county stake races are all filled
now and entries closed. This includes
| the three-year-old trot and pace and
the running race. Everything now
| points to very successful fair, this
/ year.
4 Charley Talbot departed Monday
| for trip to South Dakota to look af-
ter the $50 acres of land he now owns
and to look after some more bargains
| in real estate.
Mrs. Jesse Humiston departs today
for Cedar Rapids, where her parents
live. She will visit them few days
and then go to Kirksville, Missouri
| where she will receive medical treat
ment.
Chas. Benton and Theo. Morrow
got ready Tuesday having their tickets
bought for Kansas to look at the land
down there, when Mrs. Benton took
seriously sick and they had to put off
their trip.
The Fire Boys and George Weigh
ton have been figuring on running the
bus to the fair grounds each evening
Il for the practice team, as the distance
is too far for the boys to walk after
they have been training.
The other morning as the little
daughter of George Weighton was
passing over the bridge, that is being
repaired, near the North Western
track on north Tracy street and was
only halt completed and plank was
missed her footing and fell the sheer
twenty feet to the middle of the stream
and came out without scratch or a
bruise. 1t seems almost like miracle
that child could fall SO far and yet
receive no injury.
4 In the county stake race for PAGERS
and trotters, two year olds or younger,
there has been sufficient entries made
in each to fill the races, and the people
may rest assured that they will see
two good races, as the field of PAGERS
and trotters will have an enthusiastic
crowd of ardent admirers, each hoping
to see their chosen favorite pass under
the wire first. The county running
race has also filled. there being seven
entries which is sufficient to give a
better running race than has been seen
on the track for several years past.
At business meeting, last Tuesday,
OF the Epworth League here, the fol-
lowing officers were elected. There be-
ing no president elected. Miss Harriet
Bilharz being the unanimous choice,
but she felt that she could not accept
another term, as she has carried the
burden for three years and built it
from small attendance to what it is
and thinks that others may now carry
it awhile. They will decide Sunday
who they will have. The officers elect
ed are as follows,
Ira Drake, First Vice Pres
Frank Mott, Second Vice Pres.
Della Webster, Third Vice Pres.
Edith Townsend, Fourth Vice Pres.
Frank Russell. Secretary.
Don Drake, Treasurer.
Gladys Wilson, Chorister
Lorah Hunter, Organist.