Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-18

Real Estate Exchange,
Gray, Iowa.
Julius Brunnier Of Manning was in
Gray Tuesday.
Chat Dustin was Manning visitor
the last of the week.
Glennie Babcock was calling on
her friends in Manning last Sunday.
Elmer Audas was a business caller
in the county seat last Friday for q
few hours.
Mahlon Hepp was a pleasure caller
in Manning on last Sunday and found
it very bad day to be out.
Merrill McLachlin of Colorado is
here this week making his brother
Chas. McLachlin short visit.
Miss Anna Walker of near Dedham
is visiting with Chas. Mclaughlin
and family near Gray this week.
Ethel and Clio Audas were visiting
with friends in Manning Saturday
and attending to business affairs.
Gene Mertz and wife were attending
a Masonic banquet at Carroll Satur-
day evening and report good time.
Carl Brostoch is Smelling out a
quantity of this years crop of corn
which he will soon place on the mar
ket.
Mrs. Chas. Friese an old time resi-
dent of this vicinity is visiting with
her many friends in this community
this week.
Fred Polzin and Ed Finerty held
public sales this past week and at both
places corn sold high and cattle sold
correspondingly low.
Fred Bowman shelled out some
corn the first of the week, which he
has been hauling to Nels Christen.
sens big stock farm near town.
The people of Gray will organize a
lyceum after the protracted meetings
close for the benefit, amusement and
improvement of the citizens.
The Christian Endeavor society
will hold their annual election of Off
GERS Sunday evening December 2Sth.
A full attendance is desired on this
night.
The Boysen children have been
taking their dinners at the Wayside
Inn this week on account of the
weather being too cold to bring their
meals.
Pete Mundt who works for Gene
Mertz in the drug store went down to
Audubon Tuesday to help in the drug
store of N. G. Bronson during his alb
sence.
Minnie Dickerson of Extra who has
been visiting with John Hunch near
town the past week, returned to her
home with Mrs. Fred Anderson in
that city.
Miss Clio Beers is helping in at T.
B. Creveling's big store this week and
will continue to do so until after the
holidays. She is proving very eff
cient help.
Nels Christensen is feeding 500 head
of cattle. requiring 200 bushels of corn
per day. He estimates he will have to
buy 100000 bushels of corn to finish
out this bunch of feeders.
Elem Sears is in Gray this week
hauling out piling and material for
county bridge builder John Ward,
who will soon put in some new
bridges in this locality.
Chas. Ramsey, who runs the cream
cry up near Manning where Jay
Lancelot used to be buttermaker, was
down to Gray Tuesday visiting with
his friends and relatives.
The creamery people SKINNED the
old ice off the pond this week and
now when it freezes they will have
some nice clear ice to put up to use at
the creamery next summer.
Mrs. J. E. Mcclure went down to
Audubon Monday evening to visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
ney Cunningham. John is taking
his meals at the hotel during her alb
sence.
Sandy Petersen who formerly con
Quoted harness shop in the building
now occupied by the Honas Mundt
store, will again open up shop so we
understand in the hardware store of
Greenwaldt Groteluschen & Co.
Ben Goodwill departed for North
Platte, Nebraska, Tuesday and from
there he will go on to Greeley, Colo
RADIO. He is thinking of locating per-
manently in that state if the country
proves satisfactory.
G. E. Mertz is building an addition
to his drug store this week which will
be used as central office for the tele-
phone. He had hard work to secure
carpenters to do the work on account
of the severity of the weather.
Fred Suttle's boy was kicked by one
of the horses last Saturday, bruising
him up to such an extent as to require
the services of our physician, DR.. L.
A. Beers. He is now getting along
nicely and will soon be we'll again.
The Real Estate Exchange of Gray
has rented the front part of the hall