Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-01-23
CHARLES BAGLEY.

Marriage licenses: VIM. Cavanaugh
and Anna Ruddy.
G. S. McLeran, d. ID. S, office over
Brorson's drug store. Audubon, Iowa.
o. L. Lane is spending this week in
Guthrie county picking up some good
bargains in stock cattle.
Roy LamoreauX, one of the clerks
at j. f. Russells, was unable to fill his
position few days this week.
Miss Nellie Kennedy was compelled
to go home Tuesday and rest from her
duties at the Bilharz store, being quite
| ILL.
Ed Mulvihill from Oxford Junction,
departed the first of the week after a
very pleasant week visiting with his
cousin. Gregg Wolfe.
Mrs Chas. Baird, who lives out in
the country and has been quite poorly
for some time is now recovering quite
rapidly and will soon be we'll again.
1 can repair your bicycles and put
them in first-class shape. Bring them
j. q. WOLFE.
George Holmes, of Cass county, who
has been visiting for several DAYS past
at the Cal Wilson home returned on
Tuesday after having had most pleas
ant time.
Wallace Bolton has sold his quarter
section out in Douglas township to
| Wilson Burnside and is now looking
q q TN,
rie and adjoining counties last week
but did not find anything that suited.
j. III. Hersman, the furniture man
departed for Chicago, Sunday over the
Northwestern, to purchase fine large
stock of goods suitable for the spring
trade. He expects to return by the way
of Des Moines stopping off at the
Capital city.
Miss Laura Musson, who haslong
held the trusted position of book
keeper at the Commercial Bank, has
resigned her positions Miss Myrtle
Townsend now fills her place and will
soon master the details of the daily
routine of business.
The date of the entertainment to be
given by the l.. P. Lodge in place of
the annual banquet has not been set
but it has been decided that play
Will be given by a troupe composed of
the boys who are most theatrically in
cllned. The books containing the play
have been ordered, the parts assigned
and ere all are aware they will be priv
LEGGED to enjoy night of rare pastime.
i The Green Bay Lumber Company
have been doing a flourishing business
lately. They have sold several large
orders to farmers who expect to build.
Mrs. Graves, out in Douglas township
purchased bill to put up house and
barn that will be as fine as any in the
country Chris Hahn too will erect a
large farm house in the near future.
VIM. Iellner was up from Atlantic and
bought bill of lumber to erect a
house and barn on his farm.
A number of the leading merchants
are agitating the closing of their
stores at $3.50 the year round, except
Saturday nights. Any man with an
eye to business can easily detect there
is nothing made by keeping their
places of business open until a late
hour, as the profits on the sales after
six O'Clock will not, on an average.
pay tor light and fuel. Besides it is
an extra strain on the clerks who do
not return to their work early in the
morning full of vim and vigor, fresh
for the duties of their daily tasks.
There is only SO much trade to wait
upon, so many goods to be sold, and
this can all be done in less hours than
are now being put in. By all means
give your clerks their time. save light
and fuel and make for yourselves the
same amount of money you are now