Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-02-05

Tom Sorensen living west of town
had very sick child to care for the
past week.
A. III. Dollahide was a passenger on
the out going train Wednesday to look
after business affairs in Omaha.
j. F. Russell is planning to have a
muslin underwear sale as soon as they
can get the goods ready to display.
The teachers meeting called for
Wednesday in Melville township was
postponed on account of the blockaded
roads.
]. w. Mcguire out south east of
town sent car of stock to Chicago
Wednesday evening and also one to
the Omaha yards.
Miss Mollie Lowney returned here
last Thursday after few weeks alb
sence and is visiting at the home of
her uncle, VIM. Cloughly.
Miss Virg Wilson got home Tues
day from Corning where she is at
work, so that she might attend the
wedding of her brother Frank.
Get our prices on doors and windows
and water tanks and all kinds of mill
work before buying.
If JAMES HART.
We understand that Arthur Harvey
expects to quit his milk route in the
spring and will go to Dakota and go
on a big farm taking his cows with
him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Humphrey went
out to Omaha Wednesday on the noon
train to attend matters of personal
business in the great metropolis of the
middle west.
The song service at the Presbyteria
church given by the young people was
an entire success and gave much pleas
ure to the crowded house that turned
out to hear it.
Hans c. Nielsen formerly of the
firm of Nielsen. Faaborg and Nelson
was an Extra visitor the first of the
week to look at a stock of groceries
with view of buying the same.
Come in and see our line of queens
ware, groceries, dry goods ETC., as we
are selling preparatory to moving
MCCALL & BROCKWAY.
VIM. Jingst, up by Viola Center, has
advertised to sell his property at pub
lie sale February H. He will move to
Illinois where he purchased a farm
near to big markets and at price un-
der what he would have to pay here.
Miss Mae Hunt was in from her
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time visiting her friends in town.
Her health is much improved since
she returned home from school and
she is beginning to feel herself strong
again.
Miss Haskins of Chicago is here this
week visiting her old time friend and
school mate Miss Lowene VanGorder.
Miss VanGorder and her friends here
are giving parties in honor of Miss
Haskins and doing all in their power
to make her stay pleasant.
The Missionary Society of the Pres
byterian church will hold their an
nual praise service tomorrow evening
in the church and everyone is cor
daily invited. They will serve chick
en- pie to all who come with the neces-
sary adjuncts in the way of small
coin.
Rev. P. J. Volmar of the NJ. E.
church has secured the services of
Rev. Glascock of the Cincinnati con-
ference and began series of special
meetings at the M. E. church Wednes-
day night. The pastor is very desir-
Gus of having full attendance of the
membership.
P. A. Rasmussen and family went
down by Extra Saturday and spent
Sunday with their numerous friends.
Mr.. Rasmussen returned Monday Civ
ing this office pleasant call ere the
train arrived. Mrs. Rasmussen and
the children expected to remain anoth-
er day but the storm kept them until
Wednesday.
The big snow storm of Tuesday
night stopped the carriers on the rural
routes from going on Wednesday and
kept the carriers from kimballton and
Poplar from getting in. Carriers are
not obliged to go if the roads are
blocked and if the patrons along the
route want the service each day they
must keep the roads open.
We noticed some White Plymouth
Rock chickens in the Rock Island
depot billed for Mrs. f. o. Cotton of
Adair. Mrs. Cotton used to live down
by Extra but they moved to near
Adair last spring. Mrs. Cotton is an
enthusiastic breeder of fine chickens
and keeps the best breeds possible to
be had.
Ed Finch drove over to Guthrie
county Tuesday in the storm with
Will Williamson of Manning and sold
him his Guthrie county farm. Ed is
a believer in the real estate of Guthrie
county and will continue to invest
therein. He says the chief difference
in that and Audubon county is that
the latter has been better farmed and
shows up to better advantage. The
hills of parts of this county looked too
steep aud clayish at one time to offer
inducements to buyers but these same
hills are now worth good money.
VIM. Freeman had a serious acct
dent to one of his horses last Friday
that will doubtless ruin him for sale
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