Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
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day from Omaha to visit relatives.
G. Johnson was i'm Omaha last week
buying his spring stock of implements.
Nels and Knud Nelson, of Elkhorn,
are visiting their friend Jess Nissen a
few days.
Ed Myers, of Seattle, WASH, came
Tuesday evening and is visiting with
Rev. Wirth. a.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Rattenberg and
children visited Sunday at the George
Kyhnn home.
II. Jensen, the Kimballton lumber
manager, was looking after business
here Tuesday.
Mr.. Harmon the new agent who
came from Guthrie Center, is now on
duty at the station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nal Bryan, who live
near Bayard, came over and spent
Sunday at the Fl. G. Rice home.
Mrs. r. Bruhn and children left for
Harlan Thursday where she visited a
sister. They returned home Saturday.
The advance man for the Pan Amer
lean show was billing Hamlin Tues
day for the u of August at Audubon.
Nels Jensen, the carpenter, went out
fishing Sunday and returned with 81
fish. Not q good day for fish either.
Hamlin markets Tuesday butter IA,
eggs II, hens 8, chicks 81, wheat 50,
corn 4O!, oats 274, barley 81, hogs
81 80.
J. East went to Atlantic Saturday
where he will visit his son Frank and
also take in the speaking at the
Chautauqua.
Olaf Hansen has had the drive way
in the lumber shed in so it will be dry
in wet weather and has also had the
weeds moved around the yards.
There was foot race here Tuesday
evening between Ralph Stanley and
Fred Rice for a small stake, distance
IS yard. Fred won by six inches.
II. II. Garnet is going to build a
good barn as soon as he can get the
material. 1t will be 40x4S. He is, at
present, hauling out a car of rock.
Our friend John Boberg, of the
Sharon store has his best eye on one
of our Hamlin neighbors and spent
Sunday at the j. p. Christensen home.
Mr.. b. Lowe and two children and
Mrs. A. w. Davis and son started by
team for Kansas few days ago and
will visit Mrs. Davis mother and
friends there.
II. Petersen the blacksmith of Extra
came up Thursday to stay for the
present with his brother, j. F. Peter
sen. He has been unable to work in
the shop steady.
Mr.. G. johnson finding home very
lonesome without his wife went out to
ElkhOrn Sunday to bring her home.
She had been visiting her folks and
| friends a week or so.
Johnson & Cartensen had quite a
wreck the last of the week. The shelv-
Ing on the north side that was filled
with hardware and paint fell over.
The damage was about S25.
Miss Dagmar Mickklsen, who has
been doing domestic work at the Nels
Mickklsen home for the past month or
two, returned home Sunday where
she will stay for the present.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. McNutt and Mrs
| Geo. Lafoy left Friday for Glenwood
where Mr.. and Mrs. McNutt have a
son. They had telegram that he
was very sick. They returned home
Sunday and said he was some better.
c. Hansen, the little Dane bachelor
from over in Greeley, met with bad
y III
him in the face cutting long cash on
his lower lip. Several stitches were
taken in dressing the wound. He was
in town Tuesday and presented a very
woefull appearance.
While f. McNally was working with
his gasoline engine Friday there was
gallon of gasoline standing near by
when some way a spark fell in the can
caught fire. Frank carried it out and
threw it away but the wind blew some
OF it back on him and came near
giving him free shave. He burned
his hands quite badly.
The auditors for the Rock Island
road came up Friday to check up our
agent and found everything all right
with the exception of one thing. He
| udu leG Tie lulnDef peopIe uniodu Tie
cars before paying the freight. This
was against the rules of the company
and caused his dismissal. He was in
formed that he could have another
position by making application. He
did not feel SO disposed and left for
Omaha Tuesday where he will try for
a job on the Great Western, Henry
is a good boy and made many friends
while here and'it was a shame to let
| him 90 for so small an offenSe.