Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-23
kirnballton- Elkhorn

There was Jubilee and celebration
last Wednesday night at the home OF
,Jens S. Petersen, by Sharon, and
those present were thoroughly en-.
tertained.
Miss Sarah Nelson, south of Elk
horn, has quite music class all to-
gether. She was in Kimballton Mon
day giving lessons where she has sew
eral pupils.
.Jens P. Rasmussen, living west OF
Kimballton, gave dance Sunday to
his young friends who cared to as
semble and they all report a very
pleasant time.
Mr.. Pluto apd family, of Council
Bluffs, were in Kimballton Sunday
visiting Jake Esbeck and family and
also north Of that town visiting in
the Geo. Marcussen home.
The many friends OF Chris NIoul-
gard will be glad to learn that he
has been elected butter maker at the
Buck Valley creamery and they are
wishing him unbounded success.
Chris Rasmussen, who lives in At.
lantic, Is out home in Kimballton
this week visiting his parents. He
is busily engaged painting his fathers
house while having spare moments.
Geo. Henningsen, the hustling
plasterer of Elkhorn, has been doing
good business this summer and is
putting on about 800 yards of plaster
every day. He has plenty of help
and is doing good work.
Chris Jensen, the thresher of Elk.
horn, pulled his outfit out Monday
and moved over to Paul Nelson's
where he will begin his fall campaign
of threshing and keep going as long
as there is anything to do.
| am prepared to do whatever of
fall plastering there is to be done. I
will keep my present force ready for
action. Call on us.
GEO. HENN1NGsEN,
Elkhorn, Iowa.
Last Saturday night the hospitable
doors of Drace Sorensen, east of Elk
horn, were thrown wide open to the
public and the young people availed
themselves of the opportunity to have
one OF the incest parties they have
had in long time.
The home of Jens Ottesen. in north
Sharon, was the scene of their birth
day celebration last Saturday night
and that whole neighborhood gather
ed fora good time. No one can 90 to
their home without having a good
time and this time was no excenfion
A deal was made in Elkhorn last
week by which Carl Schroeder sells his
blacksmith shop to Geo. Nelson.
formerly blacksmith here, who will
take possession the first of next March
after that Mr.. Schroeder expects to de-
vote all his time to the implement
business.
IN order to accommodate the people
OF kimballton and vicinity 1 will be
at Faaborg u Hansen's store, Kim
ballton, Iowa, every Saturday from 9
to to negotiate loans or receive de-
posits for the Elkhorn bank.
s. G. Peterson,
Cashier Elkhorn Bank.
Chris Hansen, the furniture man of
Elkhorn, was busy the first of the
week teaching team of bronchos
how to travel and getting them &C
customed to mankind and civilization
in general. We suspect he expects
to travel more or less when he gets
them well broke.
Chris Arenkiel had what might
nave been serious runaway last
Sunday just south Of Klmballton.
HIS team got too much for him and
ran into the bridge crossing the creek
south OF town, few bruises for the
boys and a broken tongue for the
buggy were the results.
Mr.. Miller, who runs the mill in
Kimballton, finds that he cannot al
ways depend on the windmill to do
his work SO has added new eight
horse power Dempster; double cylin-
der engine. He expects to use the
wind when he can but the demand is
growing greater all the time for his
flour and it will not be long until he
will have to use the engine entirely