Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-05-22
GRAY
Mollie Barger went up to Manning
last Saturday and spent the day with

Our genial blacksmith is kept busy
THIS season OF the year liking up SHOW
els for corn blowing.
Our hustling implement firm put up
I wind mill this week for Love Estes
away down in Melville.
Many here are planning to go to
Lake View Sunday on the excursion
to that we'll known pleasure resort.
Geo. Dykes was hauling in some
tine hogs Tuesday to Forsbeck & Grot-
eluschen and received nice sum for
them.
A. F. Greenwaldt and family were
up from Audubon Monday, visiting,
and he was assisting on the books in
the store.
Will Blakesley and Elmer Audas
drove down to the county seat Tues
day afternoon and attended to matters
of personal business.
Tom Kennedy and family, living
AUST out of town, were up to Manning
Monday transacting business and Wis
ting with Henry Wulf and wife.
\ Joe Cam came up from Audubon
the first of the week and assumed
charge of the store again and is selling
shoes to everyone he can get the ear of.
Uncle James Foster expects to give a
new coat of paint soon to his house,
and will have it one of the finest look
ing houses in town when he has it
completed.
Henry Brandhorst one of the thrifty
farmers about here, loaded up nine
teen head of fine hogs and brought
them to town Tuesday for Forsbeck g.
Grotelsuc hen.
p. 3. Beems, our genial tonsorial ar
list, mounted his wheel Friday and
rode up to Manning to see the ball
game in progress between Audubon
and Manning.
Lawrence Kittleson came into town
the first of the week with one of those
gold mines IN the shape of load OF
hogs and received in return the good
old coin of the United States.
Louie Grotelushen and his partner
were out to August Rabies, in Doug
las township, Tuesday, putting up a
windmill for him so he will have a
good supply of water this season.
The subject at the U. B. church Sun
day evening will be Triumph of the
Gospel.n The Endeavor meets pre-
OS0AhE VApA ~ A1lSSlOuSt1y SuDJeCU lOT
discussion. The Juniors will assist ia
the services.
Frank Buckner, Sam Handles and
Geo., Ross all went up to Manning
Monday evening and took the train
made pthere by their agents to 90 to
! the Dakotas on sight seeing and land
specializing trip.
Geo. Gray is having shed built on
to the east side of the barn to be used
as a buggy she'd He will have it
4cely painted up to match the other
art of the barn and will be very con-
vsnient in the future.
x. III. Kettleson packed his grip
Tuesday, purchased his ticket and
took the train for Spokane, Washing
ton, where he believes there are oppor.
tunitles to invest his money and re-
ceive good interest on the investment.
VIM. Swanson, from down in Doug
las township, was in town Tuesday
with four as fine hogs as have been on
the market for some time and carried
home wad of money that made him
feel at least he had got the worth of
his swine.
Chat Dustin was off work all last
week with the quinsy and the propri-
etor, i. B. Creveling, was out on the
road all week with the wagon and
enjoyed the change and recreation it
gave him. Chat was able to again
on the road Monday of this
week.
Hon. Asmus Boysen was home the
first of.the week looking after business
affairs and shaking hands with his
frion6c irhh
Tuesday afternoon he and Cashier j !.
p. Mcclure drove out into Viola town.
ship to look after the land he recently
purchased out there.
Chas O'Neil, who has been general
manager in the store traded off by
Polzin & Fischer, has gone to Greeley,
Nebraska. to assume charge of store
there that his firm recently traded for.
4 Mr.. O'Neil is very efficient and able
clerk and put things in tip.top shape
and made many sales.
The sermons by President l.. Book.
hotter last Sunday were scholarly and
convincing, showing that the thought
OF missions is the thought of Chris
tianity. Large congregations listened
to him at each appointment A very
generous offering was taken in the in
! terest of missionary work in general
/ Geo. Gray had the misfortune to
have one of his valuable colts get in to
the wire the past week and get severe
ly cut up. Two other men in the
neighborhood also had their colts to
get into the wire. This proves that
the old time barbed wire must give
way to the woven wire which will
prove less disastrous to stock.
At the meeting of the school board
Monday night Prof. X. g. Lancelot
! was elected as principal of the schools
for the coming year. Grant is well
known to everyone here as this is his
boyhood home. He has studied hard
and eminently fitted himself for
school work and the patrons may de-
pend upon good and thorough work
from him and good years school SER
vice.
Gray is to have q base ball nine
AGAIN this YEAR Thew met last Mon.