Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-04-10

nrst part OF the week to elect princi-
pa, to succeed Professor J. l.. Conger,
whom we are loath to have leave us.
J. W. Kline and wife are the parents
of ten pound baby boy that was born
to them on March 3lst. This makes
Grandpa V. B. Hellyer laugh out loud.
Elder E. G. Whitaker, pastor of the
Extra Christian church, is student
at Drake University in Des Moines
these days, coming home Sundays to
preach.
A. Patter, who has conducted res
taurant in the A. Green building for
some time has decided to move to Girls
void, and will depart for that town in
a few days.
When Uncle s. Farley returned
from Los Angeles, California, last
week, his daughter, Mrs. A. Bebcher,
came with him and she may conclude
to remain here.
The friends of Mrs. S. J. Dodge are
glad to hear of her returning strength.
April 3, her children all celebrated her
birthday, and as their custom is, had
cut flowers for the occasion.
Henry Conklin and wife came home
from a winters stay with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Persing, over near
Guthrie Center. Mr.. and Mrs. Persing
came with them and visited here few
days.
Miss Bessie Dodge and Miss Winnie
White were each recently awarded a
prize by the Personal Help Publishing
Company for the best written canvass
on Purity book which they should
select.
Charlie Prohaska has traded his fine
farm over in Audubon township for a
large tract of land in the vicinity of
Huron, South Dakota. We fear we
shall eventually lose that excellent
citizen from our midst.
Work out at the cemetery has COM
menced and Fred TremeI has been
completing the grsveling of the drives.
A subscription paper has been circu-
lated and funds raised to dig we'll
out there, which will be done in few
days.
Joe Gilroy, of this place, returned
from Geneseo, Ill, last week with a
bride, who was Ella NJ. Tracy before
their marriage. They now are getting
settled on the farm east of town. Our
best wishes are with these good young
people.
Charlie johnson o railway postal
clerk, whose run is from Chicago t.
Waukesgan, ILL.,, arrived here Wednes
day evening on visit to his mother
Mrs. Matilda G. johnson, his sister
Mrs. Tom Dustin, and married sister
residing up in Greeley township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Breckenridge foul
months old child died at their home
three miles south of town, Sunday, and
on Tuesday the body was laid to rest
beside little baby brother in the Oak.
field Cemetery. The sorrowing moth.
er is the daughter of G. G. Hawk, OF
this city, and all our hearts go out to
the bereft parents.
Last Sunday, April 6, was Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Milliman's fifteenth we'd.
ding anniversary and beside their home
folks they had the company Of Fred
Delahoyde and wife, their two daugh.
tiers Gretchen and Kathleen Delahoyde,
and her sister, Blossom Brinkerhoif,
as guests for dinner and jolly and
companionable party they made.
Mrs. DIR. John Riley and her daugh-
tnr EkhaI RtlnU an1 Mto OF
Ridgley, are making active prepa-
rations to go on the excursion and
grand round at the meeting of the
Federation of Women's clubs which
meets at Los Angeles, Cal. on May LIST.
They will also go to the large park and
Grand Canton in Arizona before re-
turning. The former named ladies ex-
pect to be gone month or so but Mrs.
Ridgley will extend her trip to three
months stay.
John Dimick in order to start out
right for the April business on hogs
went ont into Greeley the last of the
week and the following is the result OF
his purchases delivered last Tuesday
James Gripp, ga; Jno. l.. Morgan, Z;
Nels Petersen, 8; Mel Masterson, Go
Boy Beere, g; II. Covault, 80; Clark
Gray, 80; Fred Reynolds, 5; Henry
Benton, 40; Ed. Benton, .; and John
Hunter, 50 head making four car loads
shipped on Tuesday, and yesterday
Kane Williams delivered 55 head, M.
l.. Curd, D; II. Minerman, head
Marshal Smith is now associated with
Johnny in the pig deal and they make
things hum.
On Monday morning April 7, at the
hour of 90 o'clock the spirit OF Mrs.
Eliza Meek, better known to everyone
as "Auntie Meek" freed from its bond.
age here passed to the beyond. A
year or two sgo>she suffered paraletic
stroke from which she never recovered
and for the past year has been help
less invalid, so much so that she has
been under the constant care OF Miss
Amber Kelsey who has proven tire
less and painstaking nurse. Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard G. Meek were for many
years very conspicuous characters in
this county and deserve more than a
passing notice. They came to this
county in 1854 and settled upon piece
of land in the south part of this town
ship ON a farm that is now owned by
her nephew, l. V. ID. Lewis. When
the writer of these lines came to this
county there were not so many church
spires pointing heaven-ward, indeed
there was but one church in all this
part of the county and that was the
school house that stood upon the village
green and it stands in the same place
now, the first door north of the X. P.
Opera house and is now owned and oc
cupied by Robert elephant and family