Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-05-28

Manning Saturday and spent the time
until Tuesday visiting relatives.
Orville Mulford's little baby fell one
day last week and broke its shoulder
bone but is now recovering nicely.
Howard kittel has charge of the
Trans Mississippi Elevator during the
absence of the manager, Will Barger.
Tony Rasmussen who has been in
| Drake University studying law, was
up the last of last week visiting friends.
The Gray ball team went over to
Templeton last Sunday and beat the
team over there with score of II to 2.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Kennels of jefferson is
home this week helping to care for her
mother Mrs. NJ NJ. Corner who is
quite sick.
Fred Hepp and John Campbell are
putting up nice hook and ladder
truck on which to keep their new para
pharnalia.
Miss jeanne Stenbaugh has pur-
chased new loom and people who
want carpet woven will do we'll to see
her in Gray.
Groteluschen g. Co. have been kept
busy the past week putting up the
various wind-mills that have been
! blown down.
Rev. Hicks, wife and boy departed
Tuesday morning for Lake City to a
ministerial institute that is being held
there this week.
E. G. Mertz bought lots No. IS, II
and Is in block five last week of Gus
Forsbeck and may some day erect
good house thereon.
J. w. Lancelot has taken the agency
for the Reid hand separator and is sell
ling lots OF them to people who are too
far away to get to the creamery here
| Peter Mundt, Chat Dustin and Frank
Liken went down to Audubon last
Monday to see the Boston Boomers
play ball and report that they can
play ball.
Jack Bald has had fine system of
water works put in on his place. He
forces the water up to big cisterp and
from there it is easily passed all through
the yards and house.
Last Friday when the heavy wind
struck town one side of Mr.. Creveling' S
awning came loose and he and seven
or eight of the boys had good shower
bath before they got it secured.
Prof. A. NJ. Gray was home last
week from Conway and visited at the
parental home for a short time and
then went on to Canada where we I'M
derstand he has land to look after.
School closed last Friday and now
the children are on the street and in
the field and are bound for good time.
The closing night was success and
the lecture was well attended and all
present were pleased.
George Hardenbrook and wife from
Oklahoma were visitors the past week
with her sister Mrs. John Cameron out
at their pleasant country home and
Sunday they were in town visiting
with MIR. and Mrs. 7. B. Creveling.
A match game of base ball between
Gray and Ross will be PLAYED on the
Gray grounds next Saturday and every
body is invited to be present and wit.
ness the combat with bali and bat and
to help their favored side by their
presence.
Grant Lancelot has accepted posi-.
ton with the Cooperative LECTURE
Bureau and will soon be on the road
placing their men on the various
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and is sure Of giving good satisfaction
to those he reaches.
The various committees for the 4th
of July celebration are all busy at work
on arrangements. Other committees
than the executive have been appoint
ed and are looking after grounds,
speaker, music, etc. They are pre-
pairing to have the biggest time ever
Uiv tn hn of{ E,
Hon. Asmus A. Bovsen will be presi-
dent of the day and Frank Miller officer
of the day, and quiet orderly time is
thus assured.
North of Gray was visited Tuesday
morning with genuine little twisteI
that did a great deal of damage. The
real wind came after it had rained for
some time and people thought the
worst OF the storm was past. 1t came
from the northwest and wrecked many
barns along its course. jim Shay
John Heinrich, Mr.. Clark, VIM. Witt
and Grin Welch were among the losers
by barns being unroofed and wrecked.
When it struck the farm of Asmus
Boysen on which Henry Graun and
family lived, it demoralized the whole
premises and the whole family are
more or less hurt and one boy quite
seriously SO. In Gray the corn cribs
belonging to George Gray south of the
lumber yard were utterly demolished
and parts flung over into the road east
over load of lumber was blown from
the yard giving the manager good
deal OF work to fix things up. People
were talking cave and cellar all day al
storms are getting too frequent. Whe1
the Southwestern morning train pulled
in most of the crew ran for the cave O.
Agent Wilson while the passengers
thought nothing of the storm as they