Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-20

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lantlc, arrived here on Friday tt
lassist Mr.. and Mrs. McNally, tn,
latter their daughter, in caring fol
their sick child.
Ed Dryden has added new farm
scale to be erected in his stock yards
down on the farm so he can note the
weekly gain or loss on the cattle and
hogs he is feeding.
Miss Lula Clark who is now en-
gagged in learning ess-making in
Audubon visited last Sunday in this
town at the home of her grand par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. G.. W. Clark.
Mrs. Ed Dryden after weeks ill
ness was able to be in town last Tues
day on her way to farm five miles
north of Audubon to look aftera lot
of cattle they have in pasture there.
A Thanksgiving service will be
held at the Hamlin NJ. E. church,
Thursday evening, Nov. 9th, at 7:3O
o'clock. The desire is that it shall be
a service in which all may gladly
participate.
Fred Story and Miss Mary Elrod,
daughter of our former postmaster,
are to be married on Thursday we
learn and will start on Monday next
for Ottawa, Kansas, near where he
has purchased farm.
o. P. Tyler arrived here last Sun
day from his trip through North
Dakota and from the stormy weather
he encountered we judge that old
Iowa is still ahead for farmer or
stock raiser in his estimation.
A donation party was given at the
home of Rev. Wirth and wife last
Friday night, but owing to the in
clement weather there was a poor
attendance. They will try again
when the weather becomes settled.
The markets are looking up little
better this week in most products.
Creamery butter being 27c, country
lSc, eggs lSc, potatoes 25c, hens Sc,
chicks SC, hogs 1915 to $500, wheat
$50, corn 253c, oats 23c, barley 2Sc.
Mrs. Charley Hensey writes to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Gill,
that she is still at the German water
ing place Weisbaden, much improved
in health and hopes soon to return to
Crefeldt where her husband is
stationed.
George Gill was taking home &c
fine looking pigs last Tuesday which
he had just bought of Fred Story;
they would average about 100 pounds
and as he is feeding cattle he was in
luck to get hold of such a healthy
bunch at this time.
Rev. T. E. Nickel, a travelling
missionary of the Evangelical church
is holding very interesting meeting
at Fair View school house east oil
town and has raised $4,000 for mis-
sionary purposes, which speak we'll
for the generosity of the people in
that section without regard to their
religious proclivities.
At the meeting of the school direc-
tors of this township the following
teachers were employed in the dis
tricts as given, schools to commence
on December 1st. Lena Drury No. 2
Carrie Webster No. 3, Nora Oelke
No. A, Lavina Tyler No. 5, Lillian
Dyer No. T., Mrs. Dora McNutt No. 9.
Numbers 1, 6, and are still with
0ut teachers.
The following farm ers took advan-
tage of the rise in hogs this week to
market there hogs here. Otto Lar
sell four loads, Marten Martensen two
Jens Disregard one, Lou Anciaux
one, Peter Topt one, George hymn
TWO, L. Sizer one, George Morey one,
James Boyer one, Joel Crees one, T.
J. Coglan one, A. McNutt one, Peter
Ruebel one, H. G. Rice two and Nels
four loads.
August Burr, who resides four
miles east OF town and who went to
short time ago to consult
a physician in regard to one of his
arms which he was losing the use of,
returned last Saturday much i'm
proved, his arm and hand being much
stronger than when he commenced
treatment and he now hopes by con-
tinued treatment to finally gain COM
plete use OF the arm again.
The officers and patrons of the Blue
Grass creamery are requested to be
present at the meeting to be held at
Extra on the afternoon of December
A. Professor Mckay of Ames Agri-
cultural College and State Dairy
Commissioner Wright will be there
prepared to answer any and all ques-
lions pertaining to the dairy business
and this meeting promises to be an
exceedingly interesting one for all
concerned.
The child of Frank McNally which
was reported last week as being ill
has been critically SO during the past
week. A consultation of doctors
was held the first of the week and
treatment for an entirely different at
lection than the one the child was
thought to be suffering with, is bring