Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-09-17
ROSS

Sam McGill had good lot of corn
shelled out last week.
Markets, corn 4O9c, wheat &c, oats
295c, barley 45c, timothy CSC, eggs 15c,
butter 13c, chickens young, SIC, old Sc.
John KEGS and friend expected to
go to Chicago the first of the week If
enough hogs were ready for shipment
to that city.
The bridge gang along the North
| western were in town the first of the
week looking after the bridges along
| this branch.
Fred Lewis expects to shell out a
couple of thousand bushels of corn as
soon as he can get weather dry enough
to warrant it.
Bates & Miller are having more calls
for shelters than they can attend to as
the weather is now not fit to allow
them to work.
Lou Beers and a companion went
out hunting Tuesday afternoon and
returned home laden with weary feet
to say the least
Mrs. VIM. Cloughley of Audubon
was up last week on Friday and spent
the day at the hospitable home of MIR.
and Mrs. John Quinby.
Uncle Sam Jordon was quite sick the
first of the week and unable to be out
of bed. His friends are anxious to
have him out and among them.
Allie Quinby is clerking at present
in John Rutherford's store. Allie is
familiar with all the workings of the
store and is able to wait on any one in
any capacity in the store.
John Cozine has been partly laid up
for repairs since last Friday when a
COW stepped on his foot making so
painful sore that it took some time to
get it back In shape again for constant
use.
The boys were trying to joke Harry
Bates this week telling him he is not
enough around the place to recognize
his stock when he sees it after it has
strayed away and mixed with his
neighbors stock.
Ed Rutherford has purchased the
painting business of Allie Quinby and
| is now the only lightning cyclone
|
however has learned to mix paint and
can do good work.
| The quarterly service last week and
Sunday at the German church was
we'll attended and Rev. Long of Silver
Creek who helped was good speaker
and those who heard him were we'll
pleased with him.
Lou Beers has just completed hog
house for John Weighton that is as
good one as may be found on any
farm in the county. John has some
fine hogs as may easily be seen if one
investigates his pens and the pedigrees
of his stock.
Word comes over from Coon Rapids
from Max Ehlert that he is gradually
losing his voice and can not speak
above whisper. 1t is not caused by
cold for he has none. Doctors can
not tell the reason and give little hope
that they will ever be able to bring
back the use of his vocal chords.
Jay Shingledecker went down by
Hamlin Tuesday to attend to matters
of personal business in regard to the
| implement business. He says he has
| no reason to complain of business this
year as it has been reasonably good and
he feels he has had his share along
with the other implement men of the
county.
The lumber for Oddie Porsch arrived
the first Of the week and despite the
mud he and his neighbors were busy
hauling it out home. He expects to
soon have the carpenters at work to
erect fine new barn that will aid him
much this fall and winter in caring
for grain and stock as he is careful
and always looking after their welfare.
John Rutherford started Tuesday
for trip to Oklahoma to attend to
business matters pertaining to his land
interests down there. The past year
of rain and mud and wind and
lightning has turned his mind toward
country where those articles are not
so we'll known and yet where crops
are good, society good and business
plenty.
Berthe Jensen and family returned
home Monday from Denmark where
they have been spending the greater
part of the summer. They had a
delightful trip across the deep and
found many things of interest to
them. They found many things
remaining as of yore but their people
are changing somewhat with time and
they found some things different than
they had expected.
Last Friday night Chris Krane was
sitting at home with his parents
planning, perhaps with them for the
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