Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-08-07
drove down from Extra last Tuesday
afternoon and passed few hours with
their Oakfield and Bray ton friends.

The Misses Mae and Pearl Jenkins,
Edna and Ruby Pearson and Ida Cop
ley and Mr.. Wendall Smith went up
to Audubon Monday to attend the
normal institute now in session at
that place.
John Mcnamara went down to Des
Moines last Saturday and purchased a
new Avery thresher, an engine and
stacker costing S2,10O. The outfit ar
rived the first of the week and now
John is making it hum.
When the Iowa Telephone linemen
reach the Hallock mansion at Oakfeld
Uncle Isaac is thinking pretty strong
ly of having phone put inhis home
SO he can converse with his friends
without having to drive so far.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bap-
fist church will hold their next meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Nels Sornsen
in Brayton on the afternoon of Thurs
day, August 14th. Everybody is COR
daily invited to attend this meeting.
A. F. Anderson, south of Oakfeld,
went to Omaha last Monday with a
car of hogs belonging to Jenking &
McGovern. AT Lorah a carload of
goats was added to the train that Mr..
Anderson was taking to that market.
A few days ago John Dimick, OF
Extra found a gu. S. Army Blanket"
in the road north of that place and
took it to The Journal office in Extra
where the owner can gain possession
of the same by calling and paying for
this notice.
The Extra ball club came down one
day this week to teach the Brayton
players few pointers of the game
but proved to be but pigmies in the
hands of our skilled players, the
score standing eleven to four in favor
of Brayton, and only four or five in
nings were played at that.
Doctor and Mrs. Koob have receiv.
ed cards announcing the approaching
marriage Of their cousin, Miss Halle
Wagner, to Mr.. Ed. Blakesley, the
happy event to take place at the home
of the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Wagner, over in the Crooked
Greek Valley on Wednesday, August
10, 1902.
Today, Thursday August 18th, Mr..
George Leander reached the fiftieth
milestone of his earthly race and as.
scores of the friends of this man and
his good wife have been invited to be
present it is expected there will be a
large assemblage of neighbors, and
the festivities will be kept up far into
the night.
Next Sunday will be Peter Albert
sons birthday and as there is no work
performed upon that day it is expect
ed that a multitude of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albertson's friends will be present to
help him properly celebrate the event
and they will have an enjoyable day
as everyone does who visits these
worthy people.
Two friends met in angry combat
at Brayton one day this week and for
few moments fairly tore up the
earth in their vain attempt to get
each others scalp to dangle at his belt.
Finally strong arms interfered and
they were dragged apart but not un-
Til one of the combatants had very
severely injured finger.
For few moments one day this
week Reno Ordway was staring death
in the face. He was helping to make
hay out at the Race Rogers home and
while in the stack yards he happened
to glance upwards and saw the falling
derrick close upon him but by quick
movement he escaped the full force of
the blow which he must have receiu-
ed had he stood still, however he was
caught and pinioned to the stack and
injured that he had to remain idle for
a day or two to soothe the hurt.
When we got to Brayton, Tuesday
afternoon, we saw j. P. Bendixen and
wife in their carriage Just going over
the brow Of the hill, to the west of
Brayton, and weasked his son George
BendiXen, where they were going and
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of George Frederickson and wife
where great many other people were
invited to come on that day to help
celebrate that gentleman's thirtieth
birthday. These good people had pre-
pared bounteous feast for their ex-
pected guests and feel sure that every
one present passed pleasant day.
Sam and Rose decided to attend the
Buffalo Bill show, at Atlantic, so the
team was hitched up and drove down
in fine style. After the performance
in the afternoon they started home
and had got little way north from
Lorah when one of the breast straps
to the harness broke, one of the horses
began kicking and soon had cleared
themselves Of the buggy and away
they fled. After meditating upon the
situation for few minutes they
alighted from the vehicle, started to
walk in a due northerly direction and
came trudging into Brayton about
supper time.