Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-06
Oakfield and Brayton

The Elkhorn nine played scrappy
game of ball with our boys last Sun
day, as is shown by the score of 4 to 5
in favor of our team.
Albert Wagner and wife, from near
Anita, were the guests of DR.. w. R.
Koob and wife Sunday, the latter be-
ing sister of Mr.. Wagner.
Thompson and son have fine lot
of harness completed in the franklin
Davis harness shop, their work being
we'll done insures ready sales.
Mrs. KEGS Hallock and two child
rem and the Misses Mae and Pearl
jenkins went to Extra Tuesday even
ing to spend the week visiting
friends.
The H. II. Il H. company of this
town took herd of their frontier
raised horses to Guthrie county Tues
day where they will offer them for
sale this week
The farmers are recovering from
the panic caused by the destruc-
ton or injury to their crops and con-
clude that it might have been even
worse than it is.
Peter Beck, north of town, was so
unfortunate as to lose horse last
Monday, death being caused by
lightning. The animal was insured
in the Elkhorn Mutual.
I Will Thielen. the big farmer on
the ridge east of Oakfield, went to
Omaha Tuesday with one car OF hogs
and three of cattle which were fine
looking animals such as Will always
runs into market.
The accommodating young gentle
man in at the drug store is disquali-
fed from ball playing or any other
active out door sport this week on
account of one of Jobes' comforters
| being located on one of his Knees.
Brayton markets on Tuesday as
furnished by those in business were
as noted: Butchers stuff, &c and Sc;
prime steers, Sac. hogs, to 4ac:
wheat, 5Sc; oats, 26!c; corn, 395c: bar
ley, SOC, butter, sc; eggs, lie; chick
ems, l0c; hens, Sc: ducks, Sc; tur-
keys, &c.
Soren Daugaard and son, John
Sorensen, Geo. w. Hansen, Henry
Larsen, Walter Olsen and John Mel
son, all left last Monday for the
wheat fields of the Dakotas and Min.
nesota to help harvest. The first
named has large farm cultivated by
son residing there and he went tc
assist him.
H. w. Pollock and wife of Mann.
ing arrived here last Tuesday and
were the guests of DR.. Koob and wife
until Wednesday, when in company
with the doctor and wife they drove
over to Anita, where the gentlemen
were to assist in the ball game be-
tween the home team and the Anits
team. Mr.. Pollock with his brothe
were formerly in the banking bust
ness here.
The Union Sunday school meeting
here Tuesday was not very we'll at
tended, but few of the officers o.
those Oh the program being present
snd OF course the part OF the pro
gram which they were to render wa
necessarily omitted. Several of thos
interested are in favor of putting of
the annual meeting next year unit
the busy season is over, say in Sept
ember, when greater attendance 0
delegates and Others from the differ
ent schools might be expected.
The Oakfeld & Cass County Tele
phone Company has come to stay. l
is stock company organized recent
ly and on Wednesday evening of las
week the nine stockholders met an,
elected Frank Lambert, Presiden,
A. F. Andersen, Treasurer and D. c
Smith, Secretary. The line will
start from OaKtield and run sout
into Cass county and place as man
phones as possible along the route
several persons have already signitie
their desire to have all instrumen
put into their residence and more ar
likely to do the same when they be
come better acquainted with the tim
and labor saved by having a 'phon
in house.
Samuel Findley Donnel died G
paralysis at his home in Oakfield
July 80, 1903, at the age Of IS year;