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

Mrs. Inman Sherman is on the sick
list this week.
Mrs. Harris mother is paying her a
visit this week.
Markets for Tuesday: Oats 40c corn
4Sc, wheat SIC, hogs $7.05.
]. B. Northup, of Ross, transacted
business in Manning Tuesday.
Miss Eva Luse returned last Satur-
day night and spent Sunday with her
folks at home.
The Grove ball team will cross bats
with the Fiscus team the first of the
week at Fiscus.
Fred Ruhs is building a new barn
this week to shelter his faithful driv-
ing horse from the rain and sun.
Mr.. Eddy was in town one day the
last of the week. He has not been in
town for so long he is almost stran-
ger.
The little baby of John Wagner and
wife was quite sick the first of the
week but on Tuesday was slightly inn
proved
John Wagner, the hustling stock
dealer at this place, shipped fine car
of hogs to the Omaha market the first
of the week.
Harry Schroeder met with quite
serious accident, Monday, breaking his
arm at the elbow, but we did not learn
how he did it.
Mr. Hubbard, from Atlantic, came
up to Ross Sunday and went out to the
home of John Cozine where he visited
for few days.
Miss Jane Rutherford, whose home
is in Kansas, returned Sunday after
very pleasant visit with her brother
Merchant John Rutherford.
John Koenig and wife will depart
for their old home in Germany next
week where they will visit with rela-
tives. They expect to be absent two
months.
John Courtney sold his fine farm last
week to G. Tunnels at the round ST m
of$100.00 per acre. This is one of the
best farms in this part of the county
and is we'll improved.
Clint Stemm went up to the John
Lovelace farm the first of the week
and harvested his crop of wheat and
oats for him. Clint is busy every day
cutting grain for our farmers.
Quite number of the young people
of Ross drove out to the pleasant coun-
try home of F. c. Taylor Sumo day and
spent very pleasant afternoon in So
cial chat and other amusements.
Bates & Wilde have been having an
excellent trade the past month in bind
ers, mowers and other harvesting ma
chinery. They have put out nearly
dozen harvesters beside numerous
mowers.
While Miss Minnie Maharg was driv-
ing the horse on the hay fork one day
the last of the week the rope gave way
letting the derrick fall upon her. For.
tunately she was not seriously hurt
as no bones were broken and she was
much better on Tuesday.
Mr.. shey, from Des Moines, is in
Ross this week. trying to organize
M. w. A. camp here. He is meeting
with very good success and hopes to
be able in a short time to secure
enough members to obtain a charter
for Woodmen lodge in Ross. He came
from Old Hamlin here, where he or.
gained quite nice lodge.
William Mcdonald and wife arrived
home first of the week from South Da-
kota. Mr.. Mcdonald has been troubled
some time with cancer on his face and
has tried several different doctors but
with no relief until finally he went to
South Dakota to take trea tment tor the
same. He has been absent for several
weeks and now returns entirely cured
and free from his affliction. His many
friends rejoice with him in the cure.
William Diest, Fred Tessman and
Will Nietzei purchased cream sepa-
rator of Albert Fest and now come to
the creamery with their faces all COW
cred with smiles to think they can now
bring the cream in the buggy while the
old way it took four-horse team to
haul the milk in to have it separated
and then haul it back again. Now the
extra team can be used in the field
which is great advantage during the
DuSy season.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ace Barn
heart was all ablaze with lights on last
Saturday night and things looked as if
something unusual was going to hap
pen but James Gray who works for MIR.
Barnhart did not suspect the cause I'M
til in trooped forty or fifty of his young
friends from Ross and vicinity who
came to make the time quickly pass
for him for few hours. The evening
being warm they went out on the lawn
and played such games as only young
people know how to play. Everybody
tried to entertain one another which
they certainly did judging from the re-
ports of those who were there. Jim
was very much surprised at first at the
large crowd but recovered shortly and
helped to show the crowd good time
Senator Hoars Economy.
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