Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-02-05
Real Estate Exchange,
Gray, Iowa.

Gray, Iowa.
A. d. Firebaugh is expecting his
wife home next week from her visit at
Eagle Grove.
John Liken sent car of good hogs
out Monday on the special made up
along the road.
Chas. Ramsey and his sister Minnie
of Manning were down the first of the
week caring for the sick.
d. d. Swaney has advertised to sell
his stock at public sale at the Swaney
farm east of town February Is.
Geo. Altman went to Morrison, Hi.
nols last Friday for short visit with
his grandfather who lives there.
Gus Forsbeck sold mighty fine
hereford the first of the week getting
very satisfactory price for him.
John Crow and wife of Carroll
came down Sunday and spent the day
visiting in the DR.. A. L. Beers family.
Albert David and his father and
mother have all been quite sick the
past few days but are now recovering.
John Asmus was one of the busy
farmers to have corn shelled out the
past week, A. D. Firebaugh doing the
job.
Orville milford and family went
down to Ross last Sunday and spent
the day very pleasantly visiting
friends.
Lu Babcock has already moved ten
loads to his new place up by Manning
and will move all his goods as soon as
possible.
Jens Hansen of Brayton has accept
ed a position on the section and eX-
poets to become permanent citizen of
the town.
Charley Ross was busy the first of
the week moving his farming utensils
and household goods to the Craney
farm west of town.
Sam Wilson and wife were down
from Manning the first of the week
visiting her mother Mrs. Thompson
who has been quite sick.
Lu Babcock had the hay baler at
work at his place the first of the week
and several of his neighbors were in
tending to have their hay baled.
VIM. milford had the shelter at his
place the first of the week and turned
out 400 bushels Of corn that he got on
the market before the storm struck.
Scott Lynn was in town last week
visiting his brother Aus Lynn and
family. He left Saturday for his
home in Dexter where he is operator.
The dance last Friday evening CIV
en- in the hall was very quiet and
satisfactory affair. Everything was
quiet and orderly and everyone had q
good sociable time.
A. D. Firebaugh pulled to the Peter
Hansen place Tuesday to shell for him
but broke one of the pinions and
could not work until Wednesday even
if it had not stormed.
Hi Packard went down to Atlantic
Tuesday for a few days visit with his
sister who lives there He has not
seen her in six years and was antici-
pating very pleasant visit.
Geo. Ball over west of Gray was
down to Audubon last Wednesday
and sold good horse to the buyer
there. He and his brother spliced
their grays and got $4,000 for the
team.
Geo. Bekkar went to Manning Mon
day to meet Asmus Boysen and from
there the two were going on out to
Nebraska where they will look at
land with the object of buying if it
pleases.
Faank Mclaughlin returned home
Tuesday from Illinois where he has
been the past three weeks visiting
with relatives. He went into Chicago
about three weeks ago with cattle and
has been busy visiting old scenes.
Emil Borkoski shipped all his goods
last Friday to Wisconsin and his
brothers Hank, Gus and Otto accom-
panied them. Emil remained to ac-
company the women the latter part of
this week.
Chat Dustin was somewhat sick the
first of the week and unable to attend
to his work. He was lucky enough
to get the cow offered last week when
the time came Saturday night to de-
eide on the holder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lancelot have been
in Carroll the past week caring for
their daughter Belle who is having a
siege of congestion of the lungs. She
has overworked herself too which
helps to hold her down.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Chat Dustin are the
proud parents of boy that put in his
appearance at their place last Thurs
day. Chat is inclined to believe it
will not he many years before he will
have chore boy at the least.
Mrs. James Altman and son depart
ed Wednesday for Lake Wilson, Min
nesota to visit for a few weeks with
her father John BALDWIN, and hel