Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-06
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John Rutherford and family spent
Sunday visiting in the Jens Sorenson
home.
Markets of last Tuesday: Corn 47c,
wheat 52c, oats 23c, chickens 74c, but
ter 163c, eggs 17c.
Will Martin got back Tuesday from
his trip down to Kansas City where
he has been tor some time past.
| Mr.. John Magill of Crawford Co.,
visited at the home of Joseph G. John
ston Friday and Saturday of last
week.
Miss Clark who has been. working
in the John Rutherford home for
some time went to her home down by
Hamlin last Tuesday
Mrs. Eliza Smith, mother of Mrs.
John Quimby, came over from her
home at Stuart last Thursday and is
visiting with her this week.
James Sherman who has been car
ing for the work at the station during
the absence of his brother, left Tues
day for his home at Dow City.
Nathan Spicer of Grant City is in
town this week visiting at the home
of his uncle Henry Conboy and was
helping him to put up his barn.
Fred Kraft was in town during the
past week and purchased of George
Stemm a good set of harness that
will show off his team to good effect.
Clyde Wilde of Audubon, drove up
last week and got new set of harness
they now shine with the best of teams.
Henry Conboy had good barn put
up on his place in town during the
past week so he would have place in
which to keep his COW this coming
| winter.
Inman Sherman and wife and
children got back Monday from their
visit with his relatives and he immed-
lately assumed charge of the work at
the station.
Mrs. John Quimby is expecting her
sister, Mrs. VIM. Moler to arrive this
week from her home in Eureka
Springs, Arkansas, and will remain
for visit with her.
The carpenters Mr.. Lee and Mr..
Hobart are putting up the finishing
on the inside of the j. C. Johnston
house and will be complete and ready
to move in, in about three weeks.
Mr.. Joseph johnson of Montezuma,
Iowa, Miss Mary Johnston, of Rey-
nolds, Illinois, and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Fostor of Gray, all visited at
Joe Johnstons Monday of this week.
Mrs. John Quimby and Mrs. John
Rutherford and children of the latter,
got home last Thursday from visit
with relatives over by Stuart where
they had been visiting for a few days.
Allie Quimby and the other end of
the cyclone firm have finished paint
ing Geo. Stemm's house and it stands
out on the horizon from it's eminence
overlooking the town like a thing of
beauty.
1 John Wagner began the erection Of
his big barn this week. He is putting
up one of the biggest in the whole
community and will so have it arrang
ed that everything will be handy and
ready to get at.
Everett Bates has secured the
cyclone firm of painters to come over
to his place and throw paint onto his
dwelling that it may hold up its head
among the others that have been robed
in new coverings and colors.
Roe Passmore made the purchase of
10 nj Of 70
week. Roe believes in being able to
90 when others 90 and in consequence
r gets an animal in keeping with the
times if they last long enough.
John Koch brought back some cot
ton from the south that is quite q
: curiosity to most people here who
/ have never seen it in the pod. Every
, one interested may see it by calling al
the farmers store for it is kept there.
Do you hear dem bells? If you
don't you may for if reports are worth
believing and they some times are not
there will be wedding. We don't
e know the parties even if we do the
: names but these we will not divulge
d But people may try their best to b
n natural but be it known some on,
e hhAS ohSoC GllASo ouV Ulch VIC CdtCA
on.
n Last Tuesday one of the popular
e merchants started with his wife to tn,
g county seat so that he might vote
All went merrily for the first quartz
when his horse stopped and NJ
amount Of persuasion could induce i
to change its mind He finally turned
: back and went on past the store to the
) creamery when it again decided to re
/ main at home and finally the mer
J. chant had to change horses and go OF
t, with another team.
= The M. w. A. that have been flour
: ishing so nicely here for the past few
,, months have decided to entertain
u their friends on next Friday l. h
8 with plain social dance in their hall
They have entertained each neighbo
as they took him through the varyin.
scenes in the camp life and now wisl
y to show their families and their neigh