Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-20

Miss Jennie Lyman was quite sick
the first of the week.
Mrs. L. J. Hill was quite seriously
sick the first of the week and under
the DOCTORS care.
John McFarlane departed Tuesday
to complete the deal of trading homes
with a man in that town.
County attorney Fred H. Blume
went down to Des Moines last week to
attend some legal businass.
John Henebeck who has been buy
ing horses here lately was back the
first of the week looking after more.
Mrs. Sylvester AIRY went down to
Extra Sunday to attend the funeral of
VIM. Carpenter, one of the oldest set
tiers in the county.
Will McFarlane departed Monday
for st. Joseph, Missouri to look after
the abstracts and titles to some prop
erty his father is trading for.
G. G. Nelson OF the firm of Nelson
q Christensen went down to Atlantic
! Wednesday evening to meet travel
ing salesman and to buy goods.
Mrs. Overholtz, of Iowa City, wife
of the postmaster at that place, was in
town this week visiting with her
friends in the Mcclure family.
Chas. Lemon out just northwest of
town had his hand quite painfully
hurt the first of the week by having q
heavy grain door slam against it.
The local football eleven will go to
Extra Thanksgiving day and play the
Extra team to see if they can do them
up as bad as they did last fair time.
Mrs. w. R. Green and daughter
went to Council Bluffs last Sunday for
few days visit with friends, the
Judge being there at the same time.
Mrs. j. F. McAninch of Extra has
been visiting this week with friends
and caring for her mother Mrs. Davis.
She went home Wednesday evening.
Mrs. P. A. Rasmussen wife of the
shoeman went down west of Extra
the first of the week for visit of a
few days with their friends in that
community.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McLeran ST., re-
turned home Tuesday after trip back
to Vermont visiting relatives and
friends. They stopped in Chicago on
their return trip and visited week
with their son George.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Cowles return
ed home Sunday from Vermont where
they had been in attendance at the
funeral services of her father. They
stopped in Chicago for few days
while on their way back getting sup
plies for their holiday trade.
The Junior eleven of the football en-
thuslasts went down to Extra last Sat-
urday and got beaten by score of
ten to nothing. 1t was cold, wet and
disagreeable day but the boys were
game and put up good fight for vic
tory but were not quite enough for the
Exiraites.
Last Tuesday night despite dark.
ness and mud number of young
people gathered at the home of Asa
Barnhart out in the country north.
west of town in honor of James GRAY
who works for them. It was very
pleasant gathering and all the young
people had most enjoyable time.
The other day while in the office O
DR.. Fulton he showed us a couple O
photographs that it did not seem DOS
sible could be of the same person
Last March he began treating the SOL
of Fred Nielsen for tubercular portion
tits with little hopes of ever saving tn,
boy. He had his picture taken and
more emaciated form we never saw
The boy now is getting strong ant
we'll and will soon be able to 20 t,
school. The doctor has written tn,
case up for an eastern medical iourna
and it will soon be published.
Miss Auda Kelly expects to depar
today for visit with her sister Flor
ence. If dame Eunor, that flight,
dame OF so mucn turmoil be correct
Miss Kelly will soon stand hand il
hand before someone vested with th
power to solemniZe marriage and b
mistress of a home of her own. [
: this report be true and she is soon t
embark upon that ever changing Sc
of matrimony then our best wishes q
, with her, but if dame rumor again b.
i wrong, we then stand with bowe,
head clothed in gunny sacks contrit
and suppliant for words of forgive
ness ana pafdOn.
Last Tuesday night had anyon
been watching they might have seen
dark and moving mass of humanit
moving toward Prospect Park whici
upon closer scrutiny would have beel
found to be crowd of young peopl
moving stealthily and silently to tn
: home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. 81. Kelly t
take their daughter Miss Auda una
wares. From the reports given us W
would judge the proceeding as CON
!. plete surprise to the young lady. Blu
her nature is one that soon recover
Z and she was soon able to give then
that refined and courteous attentio
that makes such a gathering pleas
= ure and at the same time success.
r Godfrey Commandery No. A he'll
: the annual election of officers thi
, week in session and elected the fo
f lowing named officers to preside owe
r the deliberations for the coming veal
: Ed B. Cousins, E. c.
j. b. Doak, G.
. d. L. Freeman, G. G.