Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-04


Hamlin township last Monday.
John Hunter left for Canon City,
Colorado last week to visit sister
who is reported dangerously ill.
Ben Nellis came up from Adair
last week in time TO spend Thanks
giving evening here. He returned
on Friday.
Last week M. D. Thomas bought
out his partner V. E. Gearheart in
the livery barn and is now running
the business alone.
Geo. Young made flying visit
to his home in this city one day
last week returning to his clerical
work in Avoca the next day.
Chris Rasmussen and bride arriv-
ed on Thanksgiving evening at the
home of her grandparents Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Andrews of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Connrardy and
daugh hters Kathryn and Alice spent
Thanksgiving down at StiIlside
farm at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. F. Simpson.
Owing to the inability to procure
help and the poor health of the
land lady of the Andrews hotel
that hosiery is closed to the gen.
eral public for the present.
The next meeting of the Ladies'
Aid Society Of the Congregational
church will be held at the home OF
Mrs. A. c. Guernsey on Wednesday
December 10th. Everybody invited.
A select party of young folks
passed the evening of the Thanks
at the pleasant home of w. A. Ham
Ter and wife passing the time in
the popular indoor game of ping
pong.
The sixteen year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. VanBuren three
miles north east of town who has
been in poor health for over year
is now down sick under a phys1-
clans care.
Mrs. Dodge residing northwest
of town entertained twenty of her
relatives and friends on Thankgiv-
ing day. A bountiful dinner was
prepared and partaken of by the
assembled guests.
Victor E. Gearheart, George Mar
tin, Alta O. Hukle, Fulton Ander-
son and Charley Pattison took the
examination last week for r. F. D.
carriers. on the new routes that
will start from this city.
i The Misses Anna and Mary Mad
sen daughters of Soren M. Madsen
of West Hamlin township arrived
here the middle of last week and
visited until Sunday at the home
of their sister, Mrs. Olaf Jensen of
kickapoo Park.
Mrs. Joe Gearheart was visiting
last week at the home of his broth
er at Nicola, md at the home of her
brothers ]. M. and Otto Thomas in
Carson. She returned home Mon
day, accompanied by Mrs. Thomas
and since her return has been quite
seriously ill.
There were 30 couples at the big
club dance in the Berta Gano build
ing on Thanksgiving night. Every
thing passed off harmon1ously and
everybody had all the dancing they
had been longing for. We under
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during the winter.
Miss Lily Bell who has been keep
ing house for her brother Joseph
B. Bell near Eda, Oklaho a, arrived
here last Thursday on visit to her
father ]. HI. Bell and other relatives
in this city. She goes this week to
visit sister at Charter Oak.
The city council of Adair has or
dered deep we'll to be sunk so says
the News, which is the first start
to system of waterworks in that
city. They have made the right
move and if they will put in a com
plete system now they will have
made money in the long run. The
same as this city should have done
when it's system was first inaugu.
rated.
| The birthdays of Mrs. Charley
Waits and Miss Anna Dorr occur
ling on the same day of the month
/ November %, these ladies conclud'
ed to celebrate the event one day
ahead by having a grand Thanks
giving dinner at the home of the
former which they both enjoyed
immensely. 1t being considered
impolite to ask lady her age, we
did not ascertain which particular
day they were celebrating, but we
wish them many more returns o.
the event.
Miss Lucille Connrardy writes tc
her parents from the Soldiers
Home at Marshalltown that 80 fal
she is we'll pleased with her posi-
ton and likes the work. She is
nurse in the female department
now having been promoted to tina
position after short probation
in the ward for old soldiers. Here
tofore the nurses have been obliged
to room in the Home but in weel
or so the furniture will arrive ant
be placed in the new building jus
completed which is designed solel.