Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-04-03
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John Campbell is again home at
tending to his blacksmith duties.
Miss Rosa Schroeder entered the
high school this week to finish the
term.
s. P. Petersen was down to Audu-
bon, Saturday, transacting business
between trains.
Prof. Will Cunningham was bust
ness caller in Audubon Tuesday even
ing between trains.
Tom McMichael was one of the farm
ers who topped the market last week
with hogs of his own raising.
Miss Belle Lancelot is home, this
week, from her school work in Carroll
enjoying the spring vacation.
Oh Mease has been dealing this week
with parties to sell his big horses, but
we did not hear if he succeeded.
J. w. Lacy, who lives over by Ded-
ham, was in town Tuesday visiting
relatives and transacting business.
John CARRIER was somewhat elated,
this week, on having his wheat mostly
sown and ready for the warm sunshine.
A great many began seeding the first
few warm days we had but Monday
they could not get out and follow the
disc.
Several of the teachers in Gray have
concluded to do something else this
spring, as the wages. are too low too
teach.
Peter Schrader has had very sick
horse, the past week. 1t is a horse
to lose.
George Gray departed for Chicago,
Sunday morning, where he expects to
remain few days and then go to his
ranch in Texas.
Grin WEIGH, one of the best farmers
around Gray, purchased about $500. 90
worth of blooded horses before George
Gray went to Chicago.
Cleaners of old rubbers were in town
this week looking after all the old rub
bers they could find and getting them
as cheap as they could.
Joe Cam departed, Monday, to look
up several land deals. Joe is not salts
fled in store and is only happy when
he is out chasing big deals.
Will Barger has been dealing the
past week and Tuesday we under
stand closed the deal with Jim Huff.
man for his property in town.
Albert Polzin was in town the other
day and. took windmill home with
him from the dealers here and will
now let nature do his pumping.
Gustav Ress was IN town, Tuesday,
looking over the buggies of the impie.
ment firm here and finding one that
suited him he purchased it and took it
home.
The subject at the U. B. church next
Sunday will be "The Atonement.,'
Special music has been prepared for
the service and all are cordially in
vited to be present.
Chas. O'Mel, of Sioux City, has come
and assumed charge of the general
store of Joe Cam. He is a young man
of wide experience and is making sew
eral changes in the store.
Jeston Quimby, the hustling gener.
al agent for the American Mutual In
surance Company, of Des Moines,
was up Tuesday helping the local
agent j. E. Mcclure turn in some good
risks.
X. III. Kettlesen, who went down to
Virginia some time ago, returned last
Saturday throughly convinced that
the soil OF that country does not COM
pare with this and hence did not pur-
chase.
L. b. Creveling will start his two
wagons next Monday and then rain or
shine his patrons may expect to see
the boys at their door offering them
just the thing they need most to al
| low them TO remain at home.
| wish to thank my neighbors for
| their kind assistance in helping me
in raising the heavy timbers Of my
barn and take this opportunity of pub.
ltcly acknowledging my Indebtedness
| to them. VIM. SHAW.
The vote of the people last Monday
showed that the majority were in fav-
or Of the tax to be levied for the water
works. This shows that they appre.
ciate the fact that they need protection
and are willing to pay for what they
get.
We We're privileged the other day OF
looking at clipping from one of the
county papers describing the records
of and home coming of the hook and
ladder team from Marshalltown. The
clipping was shown us by James Eos
ter Sr.
DR.. HoXsey, who was here sometime
ago to look the field over, as a possible
opening, has decided that there is
room for two good doctors and will
make Gray his future home. He has
rented the property where John Lacy
lives and is moving in this week.
1 Mrs. Albert Rudnick received the
sad intelligence, Monday, that he,
mother had passed away at her home
at Lowden and she started immediate.
ly to go there, so as to be present al
the last sad rites to be said as they laid
a loved mother in her last resting