Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-06-12
Funeral Director
Furniture Dealer
NELS JENSEN
ELKHoRN,
IOWA

teen IN favor OF the walnut Boys.
Fiscus boys and the Red Line
league played a game of ball on the
grounds of the latter last Friday
which resulted in Red Lines victory.
Soren Petersen sold the eighty-acre
farm, east of ElkhorD that he pur-
chased last fall, for $4,000 per acre
winch was considerable above the
price paid.
Carl Schroeder, the Elkhorn black
smith, purchased a fine driving team
the past week and he and his family
will now take in the evening breezes
and enjoy life.
Mrs. John Bruhn, from Omaha,
Nebraska, is home this week visiting
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jens
Hansen, and her many friends who
are glad to see her.
Rev. Wig, Willis Rattenborg, Ras-
mus Hansen, Willie Boysen and the
Others who went to the church con-
ference, in Wisconsin, last week were
not back yet last Monday.
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Hans Rattenborg %purchaseda single
and a double-seated buggy the Fifth,
in Elkhorn, as did Ed. Christensen a
surrey and A. G. johnson and Severen
Sorensen each top buggy.
If you are looking for the best Hay
Loader and Side.delivery rake, l
handle the Hawkeye. 1t is the only
successful Rake and Loader made.
CHRIS. j. HANSEN.
Mrs. L. l.. Mittep. wife of the bar
Der in Kimballton, went to her home
over by Red, Cloud>in Shelby county
Friday to visit for a few days. MI.
Mitten accompanied her but returned
to his work the following day.
Five boys up by the Sharon store
started out the first of the week for
the Coon river for a weeks outing
and fishing. They took cooking
utensils and food enough for a weeks
stay but the next day found them all
back home again.
After church Sunday evening, in
Elkhorn, in the twilight when the
golden west was tinged with a thou
sand blended hues several couples
might have been seen gazing at colors
but not those of the skies-no, they
preferred their eyes.
One day last week Miss Inger
Boberg concluded to 60 visiting and
had her brother hitch up her horse
for her, but when she was ready to
start the horse would not go and it
finally ended by her being thrown
out into a corn field, but doing her no
harm.
wish to publicly express my sat-
isfaction in the honorable and straight
forward n in which the Iowa
Mutual Tornado Insurance Company,
represented by Peter Lykke, adjusted
my loss after the cyclone in which my
buildings were destroyed, and feel
they gave full damage sustained.
Louis HANSEN.
While plastering at the home of
Louie Hansen, north of Kimballton,
George Henningsen, of Elkhorn, sus-
tanned quite IN injury. He was max
ing a board to smooth the wall with
and was using a sickle, drawn toward
him to cut with. 1t slipped through
the wood suddenly and took a piece
off the cap of his knees, SO he is now
laid up for repairs.
John Petersen, the Elkhorn mer-
chant, has sold his general merchan-
disc business to Hans Petersen, his
book-keeper, and Hans johnson, who
clerked for him agar ago and who is
now in Atlantic in Downs store.
John will have possession until about
the first Of September, keeping the
stock up as though he would remain,
and will then turn everything over to
the new proprietors.
Mis- Larsen had another birthday
to roll around last Sunday and in pur-
suance to a call his friends gathered at
his Elkhorn home in the evening to
enjoy each others company and the
good things to eat that Mrs. Larsen,
who is an excellent cook, had prepar-
ed. Both the entertainment and the
supper were igst-class. Not wishing
him or his excellent family to forget
the occasion the guests left as a me-
mento OF their regards and esteem
nice set of dishes and a beautiful
water set.
The rain last Thursday kept hur-
dreds Of people from Kimballton who
had intended to celebrate there, but
there were lots there anyway and all
through the night, they kept them
selves awake dancing in the hall.
The shooting was much enjoyed and
the committee came out ahead. We
did not get a full list of prize winners
but give a few: Andrew Jensen, Chris
Miller, Thos Thompson, R. P. Lar
sen, Sim Faaborg, Chris Lauritzen,
Adolph Petersen; Hans Madsen, Lars
C~hristoffersen and Chris C%hrlstoffer-
sen.
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