Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-19
Oakfield and Brayton

Owing to intense cold Tuesday the
workman we're unable to labor on the
, building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Sorensen of
Elkhorn were visiting at the home of
j. G. B. Anderson the first of this
week.
j. G. Johansen of near Elkhorn
shipped two cars of cattle Tuesday
evening from Brayton and George
Jessen one car.
Hansen's store seemed to be crowd
ed with customers Tuesday and three
clerks were kept busy. He believes
in advertising.
Anton Kilholn, who has been
working for Charley Scharff accom-
panied the latter to South Omaha
Tuesday evening.
Ben Cecil and wife of the south
Oakfield township line, visited Sun
day in Extra at the home of his
uncle, j. B. Gates.
Ralph Hawks purchased a car of
feeders the first of the week of Nick
Mertes, Jr., and will turn them into
his cattle yards at once.
Andrew Crow and wife, six miles
northwest of Brayton, are the proud
parents of a nice, big, healthy boy
born Tuesday, the 18th.
The Jensen, Hansen and Liegan
dance last Thursday evening is said
to have been we'll attended and a
splendid time was enjoyed.
Thoroughbred Red Duroc; sows, or
gilt, call at farm 2 miles west and J
mile north of 2 rayton or write
tt 9-17-03 SAM ScHARFF.
County superintendent, N. D.
Hamlin, was business visitor from
Troublesome, Tuesday. II bears his
newly acquired honors very moaestly.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Baptist church will meet at the home
of Mrs. Frank Nelson on Friday the
9th in the afternoon. Let all attend.
John Jenkins, the old and reliable
stock buyer of Brayton, is feeding rs
fine shoats of his own and if he has
no fatalities among them will soon
have plenty of money tojingle.
Charley Bison is feeding car of
steers and has over a hundred nice,
thrifty shoats of his own raising
following them, which he reasons
will bring him neat sum of money
in the near future.
The Thanksgiving services will be
held at the Baptist church on that
day at 1880 a. m. Everybody is in
vited to turn out and show your APP
probation for all the mercies that
have been showered upon you during
the year.
Brayton markets tor Tuesday of
this week:
Cattle; butchers stuff so to $50,
top &c; hogs 400; wheat SOC; corn
45c; oats 26c; barley &c; butter 1sc;
eggs zoe; hens &c; ducks 6Ac; tur-
keys SIC; geese 5sc; potatoes $l.00.
Charley Schartf was in town Tues.
day with bunch of $40 odd, Red
Duroc hogs for which he had ordered
four cars. They were as fine look
ing herd OF good thrifly-not real fat
hogs, as ever we looked at and as he
went with them to look after their
sale we hope he received the top price
for Wednesday.
Nels Larsen, out west of town, met
with painful accident recently. He
has hog house with corn crib over
it and trap door to throw down the
corn. The old gentleman went into
the upper room after night and the
trap being open he stepped off into
space and landed on a trough breaking
three ribs. He is recovering nicely.
N. L. Hansen was visiting his
brother out in Shelby last week and
made arrangements so that when he
returned he had one of the old build
ings on the north side of Main street
set back for a storage room and had
the carpenters at work at once raising
new building on the old site which
will be used by the e. A. VOORHEES,
implement firm as soon as completed.
Notice to Hunters.