Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-25
FARM LOANS,
Per Cent. Interest once a year,
$4,000 optional payments with
Davenport Sanings Bank.
CHARLES BAGLEY,

G. S. McLeran d. d. S. office over
Brorson's drug store, Audubon, Iowa.
"Hank" Lowe of Atlantic was up
Tuesday visiting with many friends
in Audubon.
John Loney and his sister Mrs. j. J..
Miller left last Saturday for Ute, the
home of the latter.
DIR. and Mrs. Fulton have had the
care of a very sick baby this week
with an attack of acute bronchitis.
Geo. Harmon out in Douglas has
been suffering for long time with one
of his legs giving him a great deal of
trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Rasmussen of
the shoe store have had charge of a
very sick baby for the past week but
it is now recovering.
Miss Mable Schrader whose parents
live up north of Ross is sick at her
uncle's home in Brooklyn Iowa where
she had gone to visit.
Mrs. Frank Smith who has been
quite seriously sick for some time is
now able to be up some and will soon
be able to do her own work again.
Rev. A. A. Holmes is here helping
to nurse their baby that has been very
seriously sick ever since or almost
ever since she came here on visit.
A. A. Zaner is enjoying good sale
for his buck wheat and finds only one
complaint this year and that is that it
is better quality than ever before.
I can repair your bicycles and put
them in first-class shape. Bring them
in and leave them W it'll me.
j. G.. WOLFE.
Geo. johnson sold one of his best
pianos the first of the week to w. w.
Preston and the length of the winter
evenings will now be shortened by
music.
The little boy of Mr.. and Mrs. M. f.
Kirwin out in Douglas township who
had his arm broken some time ago is
getting along nicely and the arm is
getting all right.
A small circle of friends gathered at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Nc.
Farlane Monday evening to greet and
welcome sister of hers and her hus-
band from Nebraska.
Dr. G.. Needles who has been around
Will Cloughly's drug store so long
celebrated his 63d birthday Monday
and is still able to get around spryer
than some men of half that age.
Dan Lynch the we'll known brick
mason was taken seriously sick the
first of the week and was taken to the
Brooks hospital and operated upon as
the only means of saving his life.
A. A. Nelson the partner with Chas.
Bagley was given the first degree
work at the Odd Fellows last Monday
night and will be given the other de-
grees as fast as he can take them.
Luther Vollmar, son of Rev. P. j.
Vollmar will give musicale in the
Methodist church the Goth, and good
audience is desired for everyone feels
they can recommend his talents.
A number of the boys from here
went up to Ross Tuesday to the shoot
ing match and some brought back the
spoils of the match with them; others
came empty handed as they went.
Chester Caldwell was over by Anita
Monday and purchased good work
team of his brother-in-law who ex-
poets to go to Missouri in the spring
on a farm that his father Peter Ander-
sen purchased down there.
Tod O'Brien son of Jack O'Brien
east of town and his cousin Patrick
Brady arrived last Friday from Hi
nois and will spend the holidays at
the parental home of the former and
visit with many friends here.
i Don Drake seems destined to be-
come head man in E. Bilharz and
Sons big store. Don has taken to the
business as one born to understand it
He is q general favorite with the
trade and will easily fill the entire bill
Miss Lille Hays who teaches schoo
south of Des Moines is home for he
Christmas vacation. Miss HAYS j!
one of the strongest teachers In the
county and is holding her own in tn,
county in which she teaches doint
good creditable work in the schools
there.
Chancey Gardner who has lived fo
several years on the Bilharz farm ant
north west of town, has purchased
Abe Chambers property in west Au
dubon and will become resident o
town in the spring and take rest
from the hard labor he has done al
his life and his wife as we'll.
Monday night the Rock Island wa
thrown late by the engine giving on
in the yards ere they went south il
the evening. They had finishe,
switching and backed up almost to tn
train where the water pipes burne,
out and the fire was drowned out g
they sent to Atlantic for another en-
CINE.
Almost a curiosity arrived in tow
this week assigned to Mussons in tn
way of a car of hard coal. 1t is need
less to say that it vanished almost a
soon as it got here as many are burn
ing soft coal who usually burn tn
hard. Now that one car the first G
the season gets here perhaps other
will follow.
Miss Beatrice Nash entertaine