Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-16

good rest they needed. They have
been gone about three months and
have spent most of the time in Los
Angeles, California. They are delight
ed with the California climate but
were glad to get back again among
their friends.
Oliver c. Bingham and Alvena Jens
were married last Wednesday by Rev.
Alexander Bennett of Manning.
Friends of this couple who know them
we'll tell us that they are both worthy
and representative young people and
are deserving of a prosperous future.
They have been immured to hardship
and work by a life long acquaintance
with it and begin their journey
equipped with industry and patience
two great qualities essential to the
success of any great enterprise.
Blanchard & Perry who recently
purchased the barn north of the Park,
have teams busy grading up the lots
preparatory to erecting one of the
largest livery and feed barns in
western Iowa. They expect to move
the present barn to some place on the
back of the lot and then fix the other
so that teams may be driven in with
out being unhitched TO feed. They
seem to have plenty of money and
from the plans will put up a structure
that will be credit to the town.
Carl G.. Andersen and Grace Pearl
WEIGH were married last Wednesday
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
A. Petersen over the old Friend store
building, the ceremony being conduct
ed by Rev. Ed. B. Cousins The groom
is young man who knows we'll the
ways of the world and who has made
life fair success SO far. The bride is
we'll accustomed to work and will
make good helper to him she has
chosen as a life long companion. Their
many friends join in wishing them a
life of happiness and success.
Elgin Terrell and Lille Jones came
to the home of Rev. Ed. B. Cousins
last Wednesday week and were united
In marriage by that worthy person
and went away happy to begin life
OF happiness and success. They have
wide eXpanse of years before them to
be blazed with success or marred with
failure and the means lies within the
horizon of their own possibilities.
Their friends of whom they have
many have faith in their future and
believe that the life they have always
led will eventually crown their future
with success.
L. B. Colwell and Katie johnson
went to the home of Ed. B. Cousins
last Saturday and had him pronounce
them husband and wife and then
happily went their way to build for
themselves home and take up the
threads of conjugal happiness taken
up by millions before. They begin
their life in the flush of rosy hope and
their friends believe and trust will lay
it down in the shades of life of USE
fulness, happiness and helpfulness to
mankind as both are noble young
people endowed with common sense
and industry and will surely succeed
The Council Bluffs Presbyter is
now in session here and about sixty
delegates are being entertained by the
local church. The session opened
Tuesday evening with song service
led by Rev. G. G. Brown to church
we'll filled with people. The M. r.
choir is helping out in the music.
After the sermon the organization was
effected and delegates assigned to
their places to be entertained. The
missionary meeting Wednesday
morning was full of interest and
much was learned by every one
present. The ladies of the church
served dinner in the basement We'd
nesday for the visiting delegates that
would shame MANY first class hotels.
In all we heard much favorable COM
ment from visitors over the success of
the meeting and the members of the
local church and their pastor, Rev. j.
E. Hinkhouse. are to be congratulated
on the success they are giving to the
session by having everything ready
for the easy transaction of business.
This church is counted one of the best
IN western Iowa, and the standard
will not be lowered by this meeting.