Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-11
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John Lovelace spent last Sunday
visiting at the John Rutherford home.

John Lovelace spent last Sunday
visiting at the John Rutherford home
Markets for the week ending We'd
nesday were: corn, 339c; wheat, SIC;
oats, 29c; hogs, $40.
Miss Eva Miller and her mother of
Audubon were up Monday visiting
with Frank and family.
Mrs. Allie Quimby returned home
Monday from visit of some length
down in Sharon township with her
mother.
H. B. Kennels quit working for Jay
Shingledecker Monday and will go on
the road as expert for the Deering
binder firm.
Tho dance given last Saturday even
ing in the hall was one of the best of
the season aud was thoroughly enjoy
ed by all present.
Allie Quimby has been busy this
week painting the new house of F. L..
Taylor. The rain has been delaying
the work considerably.
Miss Edna wager came up Saturday
from Audubon and visited over Sun
day with her friend Miss Jessie Nav
in the Inman Sherman home.
Fred Ruhs sold his fine driving
horse last Saturday to F. o. Nickleson
and is now looking for another to re-
place it so he may go and come when
he pleases.
Miss Anna French of Dexter visited
last week one day at the Quimby
home. She was a welcome visitor as
she had not been there to visit for a
long time.
Geo. McCuen reports everything
prospecting at his place and that they
are intending to put the second coat of
paint on his home as soon as the
weather will permit
Walter Lee was over from Guthrie
county the first of the week when the
news came to him of the tragic death
of his father-in-law VIM. Passmore
over in Guthrie county Monday morn
ing.
Amos Fancher got home the first of
the week from Chicago, where he had
been with stock. He run them in on
the flood market to get the raise ne
cessitated by the non running of
trains.
Jeston Quimby returned home last
week from Kansas, where he has been
writing life insurance. He reports
everything drowned out down there
and everyone having the blues so that
his work was cut suddenly short.
Last Monday while Clarence Turner
was at the creamery with milk, his
team became frightened and ran away
scattering milk cans for several miles
along the road pursued, although lit.
tie damage was done to either team or
wagon.
Frank Buckner brought fifty head
of good hogs to the market Monday
and they proved a good lot. Frank is
a good practical feeder and knows how
to get the most fat on in the shortest
time and knows too how to care for
his stock.
DR.. Lass has rented rooms over the
store and will make this his future
field of labor. The doctor is known to
many and needs no words of COM
mendation or introduction to the COM
munity. He is known to be a PAINS
taking, careful, conscientious gentle
man and will do all his work with
care and consideration.
Last week one day as Louie Weider.
stein was driving along with his team
hitched to the buggy they became
frightened and Interchangeable and
ran away with him. throwing him so
as to break one leg and to sprain his
ankle. He feels satisfied to get ont
this lucky as it seemed emminent for
time that he would be killed out
right.
Mr. and Mrs. Inman Sherman gave
a lawn social Wednesday evening to
the young people of this community.
The lawn was appropriately decorated
and artistically lighted and every
thing planned and arranged for gen
eral good time. Mr.. and Mrs. Sher-
man are both good entertainers and
with their able assistants gave pleas
ure to all present.
The ball team from Hamlin came up
last Sunday and literally wiped up
the earth with this team. Our bows
did not seem to treat them fair. They
seemed to be trying to run them down
chasing bases. Any spectator could
see they almost had them winded.
Had the game lasted longer the local
team could have won easily, as the
visitors would have been tuckered
out. The local team just struck at the
ball and hit the air to hear the ball
crack in the catchers mitt. ANYHOW
the game stood fourteen to six in favor
of Ham1in