Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27
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given more fully next week.
Harry Percy, formerly grain buyer
for Counselman e. Co., and depot
agent here, is purchasing grain for
the Clinton Grain Co. and has moved
from Morse to Titonka, Iowa.
The Democrats held their primary
last Saturday, and selected as dele
gates: Ed Dryden, G. w. Crees,
John McKibben, Anthony Davis,
Peter Madsen and Henry Wells.
For sale at bargain.-A four hole
Sandwich corn shelter with eight
horse power Less than third
cost of new, and is nearly new. Call
on or write C. W. Marlin, Extra, la.
Lon Miller and wife after a two
weeks visit at the homes Of his
brothers, Charley and Lou Miller,
near Old Hamlin, started for their
home in the east part of the state last
Monday.
E. Duvall, wife and three children
arrived Tuesday morning. They were
met by his brother Frank, and driven
to his fine farm east of town where
they will enjoy rural lite for the next
two weeks. They reside at West
Chester, Iowa.
Last week the superintendent of
the railway stock yards was over the
branch inspecting the yards, and now
there is car load of old ties lying
near our yards to fill in some of the
low places to keep the stock from
sinking entirely out Of sight in the
swamp IN which our yards and depot
are located.
Hans Fredericksen, the owner of
the old Stanley farm southeast of
town was here last week and con-
tracted for an $500 bill of lumber of
one of our firms for a barn, the d.
mansions being 60 lis X "a feet.
He will soon have his lumber on the
grounds ready for the carpenters to
begin work.
Our markets on Tuesday were tor
cattle butchers stuff &c and &c, cattle
top 3-4c, hogs top $50, grain top,
wheat Coo, corn 3S4c, oats PC, bar
ley SOC, chickens 99c, hens SIC, ducks
Sc, turkeys &c, creamery butter l9c,
dairy lac, eggs 13c, Des Moines coal
S4.75, Centerville $500, Illinois IS. so,
hard coal 1915.
The past week Tom Sweezy sold
one load of hogs to our dealer Pete
Nelson, j. Wirth one, .Jens Werner
four, Geo. Eagan one, Niels Marquee
sen three, l.. n. Larsen one, las.
White two, Anders Larsen one, Jno.
Faaborg one, N. P. Christensen one,
Hans Larsen two, VIM. Olsen one and
Peter Guide one load.
Over the phone Tuesday morning
the word from Elkhorn was that the
storm OF the evening before did
considerable damage. The implement
building roof was torn off and
scattered around and the whole front
Of the hardware store was blown in
and buggies and other vehicles were
turned upside down and thrown
around the streets indiscriminately.
This seems rather hard luck on the
people in that neighborhood as they
had it seemed their full share of bad
luck when the hail storm devastated
that community.
Mrs. Just Justesen and Miss Myrtle
drove to Audubon on business the
other evening and on their return at
dark Miss Myrtle drove the horse and
rig to the yards where she had got it
and on alighting and opening the
gate she started to drive through
when the buggy wheel hooked on to
the gate post, the horse reared,
kicked and finally overset the rig
just at that time the owner and
another gentleman ran out and
secured the horse before any serious
damage was done. The moral of this
is for young ladies to never drive out
without some good strong hand to
hold the lines.
Peter Nelson, the grain buyer, hav.
ing little leisure the other day Sc,
his trap for rats with which the ele.