Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-25
ROSS

to break his wagon down Monday,
as he was hauling corn to town.
John Markley aud son left Tues
day for a few days visit in Fayette
county with friends and relatives.
Miss Edna Jaeger expects to go
to her home in Audubon and spend
the holidays visiting parents and
| friends
Miss Jessie May of Extra who
works at the Charley Wilde home
has gone home to spend the holt
days there.
The new blacksmith Fred Bon
nett is having all the work he can
do these days and is filling a long
felt want in town.
Wells Ferguson was in town the
first of the week and took home
with him one of the best steel
ranges the boys had.
VIM. Swanson found his wife
could do better with good range
so purchased one the first OF the
week of the boys for her use.
Mrs. Dave Hart went up to Car
roll last Thursday and did not re-
tnrn until Monday having had a
good visit with her relatives there.
John Rutherford got car of salt
this week that he has been expect
ing for some time and is now able
to supply all his customers with all
that they need.
The family of Mr.. and Mrs. Tohu
Qulmby, John Rutherford and wife
and Allie Quimby and wife spent
last Sunday at home and had very
pleasant time
Glenn McCuen did good bust
ness Tuesday at the shooting match
as standing around made them feel
cold and hungry and hot coffee and
buns went we'll.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
week from Wednesday of this week
at the home of Mrs. John Ruther-
ford and do sewing or whatever
they find necessary to do.
Having purchased the Allie Quimby
Smelling outfit, am ready to shell for
any one who desires my work. Work
guaranteed.
A. d. F1RRBAUGH.
Mrs. Chas. Wilde has sufficiently
recovered from her sickness to go
home for Christmas and according
ly took the Rock Island FROM Au-
dubon to Extra and they will re-
main there until after Sunday.
The members of the German
Evangelical church in Ross were
busy the first of the week preparing
for the Christmas tree exercises and
have the church very prettily and
Hastily festooned and decorated.
There will be an invitation dance
at the Woodmen hall New Years
night. A reasonable sized crowd
believe they can have better time
where all are acquainted and so
will allow only invited guests as
they have perfect right to do.
The shooting match last Tuesday
was success in every respect. De-
spite the bad and disagreeable con-
dition of the weather there was a
good attendance. Everything went
off smoothly and ducks, turkeys,
etc. went along at a lively pace,
while there was some good shoot
ing by various men.
/ Jeston Quimby spent Monday
evening and night at the Jack
O'Brine home east of town and
Tuesday they came over to the.
shooting match. We understand
that Jeston is undecided as to.
whether to act as an agent for rela-
tives in Canada land or as general
agent for an Eastern Insurance
Company
The Aid Society of the Methodist
church will give chicken pie
sociable on New Years eve in the
hall to which all are most cordially
invited. Everyone can imagine just
how good such supper would
taste. 1t will beat anything you
get at home besides there will be
lots of fun visiting and swapping
yarns. Just go and try it.
Watt Fry and wife and Harry
Northup and family leave Friday
for visit with their old neighbor
Billy Mccall and family. Billy and
his family will be glad to see these
people roll in on them for they were
together lots while they were all
close together and while Billy may
have new friends he is not man to
forget old ones, nor will his wife.
4 We understand that couple wen,
I out for sleigh ride, and by the way
the couple was not spring chicks
l either but some how their minds go
running on each other that is his or
4 her and hers on him and over went
4 sleigh he and she all rolled up in
quilts, blankets and robes, at last they
i got Strengthened out and went or
their way rejoicing and now viii
i keep one eye on the team.
We surely wish the community s
Merry Christmas. They have help
ed to move many a thorn from the
brambles along our life's way by
their hearty support and co-opera.
ton in making the Journal sue
cess for we believe we can say it is a
successful paper and not boast, bu,
whatever it is, to it's patrons is
much credit tor without their sup
port we could not make it what it is
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