Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-07-31
GRAY

Peter Peterson had new coat of
paint Put on his house this week.
Mabel Bi.zford went to Extra We'd
nesday to visit a day with her uncle.
Grace Swaney of Manning was down
Monday visiting at the Barger home.
Miss Emiline Wyland, of Harlan, is
visiting with her friend at the Way
side Inn this week.
Roy Swaney, who lives over in the
vicinity of Dedham, was business
caller in Gray, Tuesday.
Rev. Bertch returned from Des Moin-
es Saturday where he had been attend
ing to some church affairs
Mrs. VIM. Schrader who resides near
Ross came up Monday aud visited
with relatives at the H. B. Shelley
home.
Miss Lottie luton who works at the
hotel was SO ill the first of the week as
to be unable to perform her usual
duties.
Sandy Peterson, the Jolly harness
maker, will play ball with Manning,
Monday, and perhaps for the rest Of
the season.
Walter Jump, of Audubon, was in
Gray Tuesday morning. He was sell
ing some signs of his own make to our
merchants.
Mrs. DIR. Beers was takensuddenly ill
Tuesday and suffered considerable
pain. In the evening she was resting
little easier.
Mrs. Linn, of Dexter, came up last
Thursday and visited with her son
Aus Linn, returning home Friday af-
ter very pleasant visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Swaney, who
reside at Manning, came down Mon
day and went out to the home of their
son, Roy Swaney, to spend the day.
Fred Hepp sold one of his threshing
outfits last week to A. Milford and U.
5. Beebe. These gentlemen expect to
start out threshing in a few days.
Miss Mabel Buford, who has been
visiting with her aunt Miss Jessie
Slough for the past eight weeks re-
turned to her home at Perry today.
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Dolly Dykes, who has been so dan
gerously i'll for some time, was much
improved Tuesday and her friends
now express hopes for her speedy re-
covery.
Barney Cunningham and wife, of
Audubon. were up Tuesday and pass
y oI tho low with AZ
j. e. Mcclure, returning home in the
evening.
Thomas Michael bought bill of
lumber of Peter Perlon at the Green
Bay Yard Tuesday with which to con-
struct large barn on his fine farm
south east of town.
A. Borkowski is the first man we
have heard of in this vicinity thresh-
ing. He was threshing out his barley
Tuesday and we understand that the
yield was very good.
"A number of the boys from here are
planning to go to Manning next Mon
day to attend the ball game between
Manning and Botna who play at Man
ming for fifty dollars side.
A ball team from Douglas township
here Saturday and won the game by a
score of 10 to Is, The boys say they
run in some big fellow on them.
AsmuS Boysen and Sam Handles,
two of the most prominent men in this
part of the county, went down to Des
Moines Monday to attend the conven-
ton which convened in that city.
Chas. Linn, brother of Aus Linn,
who is an operator at Dexter but who
has been taking vacation at the
lakes, stopped off Monday night on
his way home and visited with Aus
and family.
William Lacy returned from sight
seeing trip to Chicago Tuesday. He
went Sunday with the stock which
was shipped from this point. Will
says he saw many items, of interest in
the Big White City.
John IIiken & Son are having some
repairs made on their elevator this
week. They are putting in new dumps
and otherwise fixing up so as to be
ready to handle the new crop of grain
which will soon be threshed.
E. E. Beems the tonsorial artist, had
Painter Aus Linn give the front of his
suop d CodG ol paluU Cne HTSG OF the
week. He had it painted white trim
med in brown. Aus is very busy now
and has all the painting he is able to
do.
f. c. Hepp is busy this week fixing
up threshing outfits SO the owner can
begin threshing out the golden grain.
Fred is master mechanic and thor
oughly understands the workings of a
threshing machine as he used to run
one himself.
Joe Cam, the hustling real estate
agent sold the John Polzin farm Tues
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