Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-09-25
Oakfield and Brayton

Hans Hansen and family of Extra
visited Monday at the Bendixen
home.
Ed Delahoyde of Extra was in the
bank this week during the absence of
F. L. Miller.
Isaac Shirley, one of the farmers
near town, was county seat visitor
Tuesday to pay his taxes.
Horace Bartlett was in town the
first of the week and purchased Car
rara paint for his new buildings.
H. S. Wattles expected to go to
Audubon the first of the week to do
some surveying for different persons.
In the game of ball last week be-
tween Anita and Brayton the home
team was defeated by score of Is to
g.
Fred Fl. Franklin went down to
the capital of Cass county Tuesday
evening to transact business between
trains.
Several from Extra were down to
the home of S. G. Nelson down near
the Cass county line last Sunday at
their big party.
Joe Smith and wife from Griswold
were over Sunday visiting with his
parents Christopher Smith and wife
whOlives out west Of town.
Rain! rain! rain about four inches
of water tell Monday night and Tues
day. No one could move about much
and the streets seemed deserted.
Marion Jenkins fixed up one of
their show windows Monday that
shows good taste and a window that
would attract attention in larger
town.
Yellow Rose was brought home
Monday from her seasons work hav-
ing been to five fairs and taken two
first and two second which is quite
creditable showing for her first
season.
Owners of threshing outfits had a
lay off the first of the week and had
an opportunity to overhaul and re-
pair and get things in shape for good
weather.
Mrs. P. 7. Nielsen, living over west
of Brayton, was very sick the first of
the week, and her friends are very
hopeful of hearing OF her being en-
tirely recovered soon.
Miss Lee Griffith is enjoying a
visit this week from her mother who
lives at Galesburg, Illinois. She
came last Thursday and expects to
give her daughter q good visit.
Pat Maher departed Monday for
Omaha to undergo we understand q
surgical operation in one of the
hospitals there, where he can have
the opportunities of trained nursing
Mrs. James Wilson living south OF
town and who has been in Kansas for
some time nursing case of typhoid
fever and just got home last week is
now quite sick herself with this dis
ease.
Word comes back from Blair, Ne
braska, that G. l.. Bison and Joe
Dover had got that far and that
Charley was much improved in
health and they are having good
time.
Mike Christensen and wife from
Nebraska were in Brayton Monday
visiting at the Bendixen home
They were at one time residents O.
this vicinity and their friends her.
gladly welcome them.
Bendixen Co., have proved them,
selves wishing to be up to date by
putting in new grocery counter il
which they can keep their drie6
fruits and such things so they cal
do away with their old time boxes.
L. F. Miller believes that tn,
woman should have all the con
veniences of modernimprovement anG
purchased her one of the best stove
in town last week. She will now b
able to do her work more easily ant
in more satisfactory manner.
Dick Clark is over in Guthri
Center this week in attendance at tn
county fair now in session at tina
place. Jens Juhl is running or woul
run the engine for the threshin
outfit Dick works with if it wer
possible to get out and thresh.
/ We now handle the celebrate
Cooper wagon, Deere plows an
windmills. We have choice lot {
GA fence posts for sale. A full lin
of buggies and Surveys. l also have
complete line of blankets, robes an
fur coats. J. II. JOHNSON.
Successor to Johnson u Thompson.
L. d. Pearson, father of H. {
Pearson the blacksmith at Braytol
was over from his home near Bray
ton last Friday, visiting for the fir
time in about two years as his healt
has not been very good. On Satul
dow ho - =. IL l..