Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-10
Extra,

Extra,
Jack Connrardy and Charlie Fulton
came home from their Colorado trip
July 4th.
George Dimick has purchased the
George Plantz farm one mile north
west of the Extra depot.
Photographer Wellman is having
brick cave built by those artists Geo.
Seppingwell and son Frank.
Free Andres and wife passed last
Sunday over at Walnut visiting with
their daughter, Mrs. Chris Spoo.
Kees Hallock and wife and family, of
Oakfield, have been guests of Banker
N. p. Christensen, part of this week.
John Knox has gone down to Girls
void to take charge of the Fullerton
Lumber Yard while the manager there
takes short vacation.
Theodore Patty has been elected as
a delegate to represent the Extra X. z.
lodge at the state grand lodge, which
meets at Des Moines July 18th.
Lillis Hayes and Jennie Donaldson
from Audubon, were down one day
this week calling upon their friend,
Marth Bruner, at the Park Hotel.
T. Fl. Ericsson, the city baker, wish
es to sell his business here in Extra
after which he and his wife will go to
New Jersey to visit his father for time.
Chal Sturgeon, who went for look
at the far west got as far as Eureka,
Utah, and then doubled upon his track
reaching home in time to celebrate
with his "chums."
Mrs. John B. Connrardy is home
from her visit to the mountains of Col
orado and expressed herself as delight
ed with the trip and says the high al
titude was very beneficial to her health.
| George Conklin came down from
his home in Plymouth county the day
before the Fourth and then remained
few days to visit with his father Uncle
Henry Conklin, who is not in good
health these days.
The next day after July Fourth ev-
erybody seemed to be mad, anyway we
heard of lease" that was settled by q
couple of 'bouts', Marquis of Queens
bury rules, and one antagonist came
near getting flung in the drink.
Will johnson and wife, who have
been here on q visit to the Wheeler
brothers, over on the Troublesome
Creek, returned to their home in Den
yer Monday, and their aunt, Mrs.
George Wheeler, went with them.
w. T. Machisney, druggist ut
Bayard, has engaged John Peterman
and Ernest Voss to build him a sixteen
hundred dollar residence at that city
and this firms force of men and Charlie
Milliman have gone to do the work.
Vic Gearhart, proprietor of the liv-
cry stable, has been branching out in
business of late having traded NJ. ID.
Thomas out of a threshing machine
and engine and when the grain is ready
will put a force of men in the field
with the outfit.
Mrs. Sam Brown and daughter, Miss
Rachel Brown, started over the North
Western from Audubon, last Tuesday,
for Snyder, Colorado, where they will
visit for time and then go on to Den
yer and other points of interest in the
Rocky mountains, to be gone month
or six weeks.
A real estate deal of more than pass
ing notice was consumated this week
when VIM. Bintner and his brothers
and father, VIM. Bintner, of this city
purchased the Richard Gault farm two
miles below town, paying $500 per
acre for the same. This il an ideal stock
farm lying in one of the prettie st val
leys in Iowa. We believe there is
something like 200 acres of land.
The word came flashing into Extra
last Wednesday from Arthur McAnulty
at Fl. Madison saying that his father,
David A. McAnulty, was dead and
would be buried July fourth. For
many years Mr.. McAnulty was resi-,
dent of Audubon county and owned o
fine farm over in Audubon township.
He was one of Gods noblemen and his
hosts of friends here extend their deep
est sympathy and drop tear of sorrow
for q good man who has certainly gone
to his reward in the great beyond.
July Fourth was celebrated in Extra
in regular old fashioned style. In
the morning there was u parade in
which the business men were all repre-
sented. Then all went to the park,
where Rev. Chas. Walker invoked the
Divine blessing, Hon. Fl. f. Andrews
delivered an address of welcome, the
Extra concert band discoursed sweet
sound. The parade was under the
direction of John b. Connrardy, who
as a marshal OF such an occasion has
Flew equals. After the reading of the
Declaration of Independence by Rev.
Father Failenschmidt, all listened to
very fluent and able speech by Rev.
w. w. Hartsaugh. Then the crowd
mingled and mixed and visited until
sun down when they repaired to their
homes as there were no fireworks in
the evening. Ten or twelve hundred
people were here during the day as
wasIevidenced at the Methodist ladies'
dinner table where the receipts were
something like 800, with about $40
of expense, which is very gratifying to
the ladies.