Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-06
CHARLES RAGLEY.

Geo. w. Cosson was caller in
Manning Monday to look after some
legal business for his firm.
Clara Hooker was sick the first of
the week with malarial fever but was
not considered seriously sick.
Miss Eva Taylor got home Tuesday
night from visit with relatives and
friends over by North Branch.
The proposition to build a court
house lost by a big majority but we
did not learn the exact figures.
Mr.. Brunier, former clerk of Car
roll county, was down from his home
in Manning the first of the week at
tending to personal business affairs.
Get our prices on doors and windows
and water tanks and all kinds of mill
work before buying.
If JAMES HART.
can repair your bicycles and put
them in first-class shape. Bring them
in and leave them w 18th me.
J. g. WOLFE.
Bill Allen received word from Oma-
ha this week that if he wanted job
in barber shop there to come at once.
and he left Immediately to take the
job.
The school board met last Monday
night and decided to at once send for
an architect and begin planning for
the new school house they are to build
next season.
! The p E. o. society entertained it's
members last Friday at the Musson
home, Miss Laura acting as hostess.
They had nice time and carried
out their plans with accuracy.
Billy Smith accompanied by his
wife went out to Omaha Wednesday
to see the sights Billy took car of
cattle that he had picked up and ex-
pected to make some money on them.
| Tom Cochran who moved last
spring to Salisbury, Missouri, has sold
| his big farm down there at ten dol
lars advance per acre and has come up
into Iowa and purchased farm down
by pes Moines.
Rasmus Rasmussen and Jacobine G..
Rauthe were married last Friday at
the home of Ed. B. Cousins and began
a new home the bulwark upon which
the great structure of our greatness
rests. The Siniatic decalogue sanction
ed this solemn rite and the commenda-
ton of the ages gives it endorsement
so that it Becomes at once our fortress
and stronghold for ali future
supremacy and greatness.
Another election has come and gone
and the will of the people has been
given. The result in this county was
the election of the republican county
officials. 1t has been a very slow cam
paign as very few of the candidates on
either side did any soliciting for votes.
A. f. Greenwaldt was elected for the
third term to the office of county aud
itor. l.. ]. Hill will continue his
work as county clerk. o. c. Donald
sod was again given the office of county
recorder and Fred III. Blume will con-
tinue to look after the legal welfare
of the people. j. c. Bowel was
chosen by the people to look after the
affairs of the county as member of
the board of supervisors.
The court house proposition lost by
a big majority. We give elsewhere
table of votes as near as we can get
them at present but will give the Off
cial count next week.
! One of the most entertaining parties
among the youth given this season
was the Halloween party at the home
of John McFarlane by the girls for the
boys in that the younger crowd. The
girls fixed themselves up as lot Of
witches and in these fantastic and
weird customs, they like druids of old
charmed the boys from the more
sombre thoughts OF boyhood dreams
to the things prepared for them
; Among these witches there was nc
bag hanging over herseething chaldroI
of mysterious connections to charm
; Others, for the bright eyes and smiles
. of the girls was enough to charm anC
. set their pulse throbbing. No mcderr
; dynamo sent it's trembling electri,
current to light the home with it,
, brilliant refulgence but from ever,
; corner and Granny cleaned hideous
grinning gackolanter, shedding a din
halo of uncanny shadows along hall
and rooms to make the appearance 0
) all dim outlines more weird and un
; canny. When the time to luncl
; arrived the witches ushered the boy
, to the big table and fitted about wait
; ing on them to four course suppe
; which the boys enjoyed hugely.
) Those invited were:
; Frank Sampson,
; Walter Delahoyde,
: Leslie Walker,
; Harvey Delahoyde,
John Krick,
; Louis Watson,
; Lou McGinnis.
Lou Richards,
Elmer McKarahan,
. Frank Mott,
Curtis Earheart,
) John Freeman,
; Ray Dryden,
Clyde Wilde,
; BERTHE Dollahide,
Mat Rippey,
; Louis Shingledecker,
; Don Drake,
MISSES:
Gladys Wilson,
; Myrtle Ross,
Drucie Ross,
Augusta Cloughly,
, May Layland,
Hazel Nef,
; Jennie Lyman,
, RpsSie Tones