Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-10-02
ROSS

D. A. Dorsey bought new set of
harness of Geo. Stemm the first of the
week.
Markets Tuesday wheat 47c, oats zoe,
corn Acc, hogs $3.50 to 1918, butter lac,
eggs 16c.
Ed. Bates, of near Audubon, was up
Sunday visiting his son, Harry Bates
and family.
McCuen & Wagner purchased car
load of hogs of the stock dealer, Nels
Olsen, Tuesday.
Albert Fest, of Manning, was visit
ing with his family and friends in
Ross over Sunday.
Chas. Johnson purchased Kemp
2Oth century manure spreader of Bates
& Wilde this week.
Geo. Stemm, the Ross harness
maker, was business caller in the
county seat Tuesday.
Frank Henshall, of Audubon, came
papering for Lu Graves.
Lulu Clark was down in Hamlin
township Sunday visiting with her
brother, Raymond Clark.
Wells Ferguson purchased fine set
OF work harness at the Ross harness
shop the first of the week.
II. Dorsey purchased fine buggy
in Ross this week and now can come
to town with ease and comfort.
Geo. McCuen, living over northeast
OF Ross, spent Sunday with his
brother, Glen McCuen, in town.
. Jake Ruhs, of Audubon, came up
Saturday evening to visit friends and
attended the Woodmen banquet.
Jesse Northup, who lives near Ross,
went up to Manning Tuesday to at
tend to business affairs in that city.
John Rutherford went down to
Dallas county the last of this week to
buy a quantity of apples for his win
ter trade.
G. Mcdonald and wife, of Grinnell,
arrived in Ross Saturday and will visit
for a time with his brother, Claude
Mcdonald.
a. j. Leake shelled out his old corn
at Ross the last of the week to make
room for the new crop which will soon
be gathered.
/. Quite number of people from Ross
went over to Luccock's grove Sunday
and gathered nuts and had a good
sociable time together.
Misses Nettie Pearson and Zelona
Hayes, of Audubon, spent Sunday
with friends at the home of Station
Agent Inman Sherman.
( Nm. Lehernkrause, prosperous
farmer near Ross, marketeda fine load
of,hogs in town last Friday, receiving
Fths top price for the same.
Mr.. W. H. Bowman, Of Extra.
father of Mrs. Chas Wilde, came up
Saturday and visited over Sunday in
Ross returning Monday evening.
The Northwestern have finished
building their stock yards and this
week they put in six car loads of
cinders, so as to keepthe yards dry dur
ing wet weather
John Rutherford and wife went out
to Omaha Friday to look over some
new goods for the store. They took
in some of the sights at the carnival
returning home Sunday.
A. J. Leake, proprietor of the Leake
elevator at this place, went up to
Manning Tuesday evening to stay
over night with his parents and to
attend to business matters.
Mrs. Albert Fest went up to Mann
ing tuesday morning and spent the
day with her husband, who is work.
ing for the Manning Mercantile Co.,
returning home on the evening train.
A number Of the Woodmen bows
from Audubon were in attendance at
the banquet in Ross Saturday even
ing and all had most ENJOYABLE
and pleasant time. The bows of Ross
are noted for their hospitality.
John Wagner and Glen McCuen
have entered into partnership in the
stock business and the firm name now
reads McCuen & Wagner. They are
doing a good business. They shipped
their first car of hogs Wednesday
evening.
Geo. Pope, harness maker living
near Ross, went up to Gray Monday
looking over the town. He is think
ing OF starting harness shop at that
place. Geo. thinks it is a very good
location and may start shop there in
the near future.
Roe Passmore has hired out to the
Implement firm of Bates & Wilde and
will begin work as soon as he finishes
up threshing. Theboys steadily in
creasing business demands more help
as they have more work than they are
able to do alone.
The w. S. Leake lumber company
business has so increased the past few
months that they find they have not
got enough room in their dry shed to
store their lumber and expect to build
an addition to the shed this week.
Chas. Huffman will do the carpenter
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lee gave a
pleasant reception last Sunday to
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