Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-13

| very SICK ana then returned nome
stopping to visit old friends in and
near Brayton.
Willie Andersen and wife up by
Ebenezer church west of Audubon,
was in Elkhorn Sunday visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. MAIDS Petersen
and with her sister, Mrs. John Faa-
! borg and family.
Mrs. Martin Esbeck visited her
parents northeast of Kimballton last
week. While there their baby which
swallowed the ring several weeks ago
again took seriously sick which
caused her to return at once.
P. H. Miller, Elkhorn photograph
err, had R. j. Hansen busy at work
Monday fixing up the lights in bis
gallery that the hail knocked out for
him So that he will soon be ready for
work again after an enforced rest.
Allen johnson, a student of Des
] Moines college, returned from MINI.
Sunday to visit friends and relatives
southeast of Elkhorn. He has been
canvassing for views and is on his
way to his parents home at Anita.
Andrew Jorgensen on the Peter
| Lykke farm east of Kimballton, had
the misfortune last Friday to fall 20
feet from the hay barn and to fall so
| that we understood a rib was very
| badly broken and might affect one
lung.
Peter Bertlesen has had haulers
| busy the last of the week hauling
| brick to remodel the house he recent
| ly purchased of Peter f. Petersen,
which will be occupied by his wife's
parents who expect to move here from
Nysted, Nebraska.
The great excursion to the North
ern Pacific Ry. Co.'s land in Mime
sofa, leaves August 18th and Septem-
Der 1st. There will be rush so don't
delay it you intend to have some of
it, but apply at once to the Postmas-
ter, Elkhorn, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Hansen, of
Elkhorn, are the pround parents of
son born to them last Wednesday.
Lars could scarcely measure goods or
weigh out groceries, so big did he
feel, but now he is getting down to
regular work again.
The young peoples society of
Kimballton organized a picnic last
Sunday to 60 to Gasnick grove for a
good time. They took ice cream and
cake aud thoroughly enjoyed them
selves until the rain started them
homeward and drove many to shelter
ere they got home.
The directors for the Elkhorn
College met Monday and divided up
the work of fixing over the college
among themselves and will push the
work as fast as possible. Prof. Mel
sen expects to spend some time now
looking over territory selling shares
and soliciting pupils.
Nels Mortensen we'll known around
Elkhorn, departed the first of the
week for North Dakota where he ex-
pected to remain for some time work
ing. He expected his brother-in-
law, Mr.. Doll to accompany him but
we did not learn if he did or not.
| The Elkhorn ball team expected to
meet the Walnut team last Sunday on
the grounds of the former but the
Walnut boys failed to put in all ap-
pearance so few of the Indian creek
boys got together and they had a
game anyway, the Elkhorn boys be-
ing victorious.
Martin Westergaard Of the First
National Bank of Harlan, and Miss
Edna Brown of the Shelby County
Republican, visited old friends and
neighbors in the vicinity Of Oakield
last Saturday and Sunday. While
there they were the guests of the
Misses Maggie, Mary and Sarah Mel
son.
Ole Olsen, the Elkhorn barber
drove to Atlantic Monday taking his
sister, Miss Title, and Miss Mary
Nielsen. Miss Title expects soon to
60 to Portland, Oregon, with Mrs.
Or. Fulton, OF Atlantic, for whom
she has worked for a year past and
who is going west to locate and
practice.
DR.. Ellnquist was in Elkhorn Sun
day bidding friends farewell and
moving his goods to his fathers place
up by Sharon. The doctor expects
soon to be located in Des Moines prac
ticing dentistry. His stay in Elk
horn has been most pleasant to those
with whom he has associated and they
regret very much that he sees fit to
remove to larger field of practice
but are unanimous in wishing him
well.
Rev. Nasty Of Dell Rapids, South
Dakota, was the guest Of Rev. G. l..
Anker last week and pleasantly sur
prised many Of his old acquaintance
Sunday by greeting them with his
usual kindness and delivering a very
able Sermon tO tho copurooo1iop ~