Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-10-02
Oakfield and Brayton

friends and from there went on up to
the county seat to visit with friends
there.
Jens Juhl and Ingvaard Burke
went over by Anita Tuesday to at
tend a public sale, where there was
a threshing machine advertised that
they expected to purchase if it went
reasonable.
Fred H. Franklin, the boss drug
gist, went out to Omaha last Thurs
day to give his order for holiday
supplies and to see the sights at the
great Ak-sar- ben carnival in session
at that time.
Fred Edmundsen and family NOV.
ed back to Brayton Tuesday and he
will assume charge of the section here
again. Everyone is glad to welcome
them back again in their midst
where they are we'll known.
Charley Brown and Joe Doner
arrived home last Saturday from their
Nebraska trip. They say they en-
joyed the trip but that it was heavy
and muddy all the way which made
the work heavy on the teams.
Prot. Enenbach, of the Oakfeld
school received a telegram last Thurs
day from his home at Primghar in
forming him of the serious illness of
his wife. He dismissed school for
this week and at once left for his
home.
A. S. Burwell started Tuesday for
Smith county Kansas where he goes
to sell his farms, he having one of
one hundred and sixty acres and
another of eighty acres. After he
sells the farms he will return here
and stay during the winter.
We now handle the celebrated
Cooper wagon, Deere plows and
windmills. We have choice lot of
GA fence posts for sale. A full line
of buggies and Surveys. also have a
complete line Of blankets, robes and
fur coats. j. HI. JOHNSON.
Successor to johnson & Thompson.
| II. B. Smith went down to Allan
tic Tuesday to go before the examin-
ing board of pensions to try for an
increase of pension. 1t is to be
hoped he will succeed for every man
who served in that long struggle for
the country is deserving of all the
government can give.
The M. w. A. lodge will meet the
first Tuesday in October and the Off
GERS are very DESTROYS of having g
full attendance as camp lecturer, O.
F. Ide will talk to them on the re.
adjustment plan. This should be {
most important meeting as every
neighbor should understand low t.
vote on this question when it Gomez
up. 81
Last Friday night lights peepec
out from the home of Mat Frost al
though looking at struggling forms
that came from out the darkness like
phantoms only to enter to help swell
the crowd gathering for social ev.
ening. Time sped swiftly for then
as they passed from one form O.
amusement to another that had beer
provided for by their hosts and tn,
time came all too soon for them tt
part.
We apologize, Hank. We've called
you about everything in trying t,
get your initials, and now fall bacl
onto plain, common ungarnishet
Hank. No combination of letter
: seem to formulate in our head tina
. makes the right handle to your name
} We are sorry Hank, but we cam
help it. We've even called your cir
f a boy Hank, and promise not to d.
that again. We believe we have tina
straight now and will try and keeI
it so.
A deal was made here Monday i
which Fred. H. Franklin became tn
. owner of the harness stock of Wn
Buckley. Mr.. Buckley has beef
closing out for some time preparation
| to leaving and the two men hav
. been figuring for over week. Til
u building in which the shop now
will be heightened and rebuilt an
4 then the hardware stock will b
) moved up to occupy it, and a doc
will be cut between the drug stol
q and this building so Fred. can loo
after each one more closely.
k Last Saturday little Miss E,
9 Pearson passed her ninth birthda
IS aud her mother and sisters had nun
n Der of her little friends to come
their home and help Miss Eva
). make jolly and carry happy memoir,
: of the day into that far-of future {
!. womanhood while they will long fl
- such times again and cam have then
= Miss Eva is herself good entertaine