Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-01-22
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Bryan and Miss Warner, both residing
in or near Old Hamlin.
The Kimballton Lumber Company
hauler has about cleaned out their
lumber in this town having moved
it to the yards at Kimballton.
! Henry Young has been saving a lot
of wood on the Crane farm south of
town for Geo. Foust of Extra, who
has been hauling several cords of it to
| Audubon.
Nels Mortensen and family and
| Fred Christofferson and family were
welcome guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. M. E. Mortensen one day
day last week.
The Counselman Elevator Com
pany shipped one car of wheat to
Burling ton, Iowa, this week. One of
barley to Burr Oak, iowa, and one of
oats to Cedar Rapids.
Stock buyer jolly Pete Nelson had
run away last week and at the end
of the race a badly damaged buggy
was in evidence which Pete was hav-
| ing repaired the first of the week.
Our coal dealer received another
car of Centerville coal just in time to
relieve the wants of the community,
which he sold at $500 per ton. Pete
is man who believes in living and
let live.
/ George Gerard was using every
means in his power the first of the
week to finish up his corn before
another snow fall. He had four
teams jim the field and was looking
for more.
| Fred. Sable and Alfred Potter and
their two lady companions, were out
on the ridge west of town last Mon
day night attending a party at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Ault,
and nice time they had.
| Hamlin markets on Tuesday were
for cattle butchers 2c@3c, steers
3C94c, hogs $6.15, wheat SIC, corn soc,
oats 273c, barley 35c, creamery
butter 27c, country l9c, eggs l9c,
potatoes 40c, Centerville coal $500.
James McNutt started last Tuesday
for Sayre, Oklahoma, where he has
land which he is DESTROYS of letting
go'for real estate down in Cass coun-
ty and went there to show up the
good points of his land to prospec-
tive trader who was in the excursion.
i Fred. Heileman is furnishing lots
of fun for the boys in trying to tame
broncho he recently purchased, and
I from the way said broncho tits one
ear rearward and listlessly swings one
foot to and fro with a kind of bust
ness like mein one would think he
enjoyed the fun to.
1 The union services were again
transferred to the M. E. church in
Old Hamlin and they have been the
means of awakening the tagging
interests of the members besides
creating an interest among outsiders.
1t was not fully decided on Tuesday
whether to continue the meetings
longer or not.
i One of our dealers made an order
for fresh fish about four weeks since
and came to the conclusion the order
had been pigeon-holed when the first
of the week he was surprised to re-
ceive the consignment which proved
not to be as old as the order and they
were soon disposed of to the fish low
ing public.
j. q. Moore was in town last Tues
day and in answer to the question of
how he liked the country around
Springfield, Mo-, replied: ssI didn't
see bargain in that country but
> what I'd rather give 500 an acre for
land here, than take at their SO called
, bargain prices" and we judge j. q.
meant what he said.
J Patrons of the Blue Grass creamery
who desire to test the milking
qualities of individual COWS in their
herds can do so by leaving samples at
: the creamery. Get three or four
ounce bottle, and pour in about two
tablepoonsful Of the milk night and
morning milkings. Do not fill the
bottle quite full SO as to allow for
mixing.
Peter johnson sold several head of
cattle the past week to Pete Nelson
as did Otto Larsen, Hans Christensen,
I A. Wells, Sam Atkinson, August
+ Burr and Joe Myers. Chris Larsen
delivered three loads of hogs, Lou
Beason one, Jens Disregard five,
Chris Jacobsen one, Lauritz Laurit-
9 zen, four, August Burr one, P. Jor-
gensen two, Geo. Eagan one, Joe
Phipps two and Pete Christensen one
load.