Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-01-15

M The marriage licence for this week
is VIM. d. Wiederhold and Mary Mar
It's
G. A. Glass of Atlantic, was up this
week visiting at the VIM. Lyman
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Lowe have had
the care of very sick child the past
week with pneumonia.
A boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Oliver last Saturday. All par
ties are getting along nicely.
Chas. Poulsen and wife are the par.
ents of big baby boy that came to
his home last Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Huntsberger's
little child has the measles at present
and is giving them plenty of care.
Mrs. Peter Ohm is recovering nicely
from spell of sickness that required
the service of doctor for some time.
Thomas Knight of Smith Center,
Kansas, who has been visiting his
sister, Mrs. Chas. Tramp, went back
home Wednesday.
Frank Elgan, deputy state COM
mander for the Maccabee lodge, is here
to remain for time working up
material for the lodge.
A girl took up her abode in the Jack
Campbell home east of town and will
throw the charm of her innocence to
bind all closer together.
Patsy Brady departed Monday for
his home in Illinois after three
weeks visit with his uncles, Jack
O'Brine and Geo. Brady.
Ell. r. Priebe who runs the poultry
house at this place is in Illinois visit
ing his parents. Chas. Whitcomb is
taking his place at the yards.
Tod O'Brine left last Thursday
evening for Illinois to again take up
his work there after having spent
the weeks with home folks east of
town.
Miss Bessie Grier head clerk in the
cloak department. of the Nebraska
clothing house in Omaha is in town
this week visiting her uncle VIM.
Cloughly and family.
Almost the entire family of Asa
Johnson's are down with the measles
and he along with the rest They are
getting along nicely however and ex-
pect no serious results.
Geo. Johnson sold piano the past
week to John Sherman out in Doug
las township. John is constantly add
ing to his home and intends giving
his family every advantage.
Jeston Quimby general agent for
the Century Fire Insurance Company
of Des Moines drove over from Harlan
Sunday and remained until Tuesday
to visit and write up few risks here.
We understand DR.. Jackson is won
dering where it went, a purse with
about $4,000 we are told got out of his
office during his absence and someone
has more money if a worse conscience.
We understand that Frank Watts
intends to move his old home build
ing on the south side of the street and
place more substantial brick in it's
place. This will make the block in
better shape and all will wait patient
1ly for the others to build also.
j. M. Cramlet, one of the boys over
by Anita, was a county seat visitor
Wednesday. He is Strengthening up
his business affairs here preparatory
to going to Missouri next month. He
is much taken up with that country
as he made several trips to investigate
it thoroughly ere he purchased, and
his judgment is good. There will be
in the neighborhood of twenty fami-
lies from around Anita in the same
county he is in.
Superintendent Farquhar is hold
ing township meetings in which he is
striving to get teachers and patrons
together to discuss school problems
Patrons should be more wide awake
to the school work. It is not thing
of hap-hazard chance. The compuls,
DRY school law is being forgotten or
ignored. Some in the county we are
informed are laying themselves liable
to fine by not sending their children
to school. If parents are negligent
and school officers negligent or ienient
both are liable to fine. The law is
very easy. Twelve weeks of school
each year, between the ages of seven
and fourteen. Any parent can send
a child at least that long. So let these
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township will have the most pupils
to write on graduation from the
country school this year. The teach
ers are preparing to have public
graduating exercise at the close of the
year. This is forward step in the
schools. Our country schools should
be a feeder to the town schools or to a
county school. The town schools
should be feeder to the State Uni
versity and that to the business world
at large.
The Columbian Club met in their
club rooms Tuesday evening for the
election of officers and to transact such
other business as, might come before
them. Most of the officers were re-
elected which shows tnat their untir-
ing efforts in the past year have been
appreciated and their administrations
endorsed. They have good financial
record to show as they have by good
planning paid off most of the debt on
their building and feel reasonably free
now to add to fixtures as they have
planned. They are discussing many
plans for the betterment of themselves
and their sisters in the future. One
of the features ofthis meeting was the