Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-26
Hanlin

Miss Mary Gill spent Sunday a
the home of Mrs. Heileman return
ing to her home south of Extra OF
Monday.
Charley Wells and h. Akers wer,
in Atlantic Monday attending tn,
foot race between the two sprinters
Harrison and Steele.
J Rev. Montgomery, Presbyterian
minister of Old Hamlin, went to AT.
lantic Monday to attend meeting O
the ministers, returning Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Lorena Fair-McGuire will
commence winter term of school
Monday, Nov. 80, in the Hamlin Cen
ter school district of which Otto
Larsen isdirector.
The Kimballton and Elkhorn
Lumber companies committees held
a meeting Monday we were informed
and made good Roadway toward
consolidating the two interests.
Reports were going around Tues
day that Wib Smith formerly of this
town but lately residing in Okla
homa, died recently very suddenly.
We were unable to get positive con-
firmation of the report.
Miss Eva Davis, after a weeks
visit at the home of her parents,
Antony Davis and wife southwest of
town, returned Thursday to Audi
bon to resume her labors as domestic
for family she has been working for.
Miss Olga Jensen, residing with
her parents two miles south of E xira,
and Mr.. George Wells, residing
southeast of Hamlin, were intending
to enter the state matrimonial this
Wednesday evening so gossip says
and mysterious visit to the county
clerks office corroborates.
Harmon, agent of the Great Rock
Island System and Heileman, the
Blue Grass creamery manager, are in
hard luck this week as not being able
to obtain cook they are obliged to
do their own cooking and both show
the effects of the soda biscuits they
have been compromising between
them.
And still another wedding, it is
rumored and we'll authenticated, will
take place before another issue OF this
paper, when gentleman from Elk
horn will transplant one of our fair
est flowers from the parental home in
the south part of this township to a
new home IN Elkhorn over which
she will have exclusive control.
The fear of a further drop in the
hog market caused several sales to be
made here the past week. We notice
Mrs. Martha Brandstatter as being
on the market with hogs, John
Faaborg 20, Chris Larsen %, A. L..
Boysen 10, P. Hansen 1, w. D. Stan
ley Is, Anton Peterson Is; John Reed
%, Thomas Jessen 6, Jacob Hansen 4,
Carl Christensen 8, E. B. Holmes 5,
Jorgen Miller 6, and Otto Larsen 10
head.
Miss Lorena Fair of Hamlin and
Alec Mcclure of Audubon, are to be
married Thanksgiving day, the day
this paper goes to press, at the
parental home at Maxwell. They
start for this place the same day. We
hear he has rented the Griggs farm
near where Mrs. MCGUIRE will teach
this winter. We extend our hearty
congratulations to the happy couple
and wish their path through life
may be one Of pleasantness and
prosperity.
Hamlin markets for Tuesday of
this week:
Wheat Coo; corn 313c; oats 81; barley
mailing sc; hard coal $50; Illinois
500; Centerville 4.75; creamery but
ter 23c; dairy TIC; eggs 20; potatoes
Sl.oo; hens &c; ducks 7c; turkeys SIC;
geese SC; cattle, butcher stuff ga
2 3-4; top 4.75; hogs 3.S5@3.90.
Z Big Foot, the thief, thug and pur-
loiner of other peoples property,
one night last week entered the ware
room in Justesen g. Sons general
merchandise store, and laid in 4 sup
ply of overshoes sufficient to last him
eight years with careful usage. He
made way with eight pairs OF No.
12's, hence he must have a pretty
good sized understanding. Chris is
willing to do the fair thing and will
fit out the thief with his best pair of
No. 9's on return Of those stolen.
From the foot prints discovered
where the thief entered the room 9's
will fit much better than those stolen.
j. u. Moore has returned from his
south and southwestern trip and
announces his intention of renting his
farm near this station and removing
to Springfield, Mo-, where he has
purchased handsome residence with
in few blocks of the state university
where his daughters will complete
their education. AS an agricultural
country, he has very little to say
about it, but we found out enough to
learn his advice would be to not 90
there to make a living by agri-
cultural pursuits; but as mining
and lumber producing country,
Missouri and Arkansas are hard to
beat now days. He will go into the