Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26

Martin Smith was passenger to
Red Oak yesterday.
You can buy staple dry goods and
notions of 1. w. Baker.
A delight for careful buyers! Co
Carts at G. w. Hoover's.
Thomas Scott, of northeast of Gray,
was among our callers yesterday.
Mrs. Jas Chandler went to Manning
Tuesday evening for short visit.
Suited to your best ideas! Anchor
Buggies, at G. w. Hoover's Implement
Store.
F. S. Watts, r. c. Rice and Ed
VanGorder were Tuesday visitors in
Atlantic.
Miss Myrtle Justesen, of Hamlin,
visited in Audubon the fore part of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Donaldson went
to Extra yesterday to see relative
who is sick.
Miss Ella Wine, of Sac City, visited
her friend Mrs. Ward, on her way
from the P. E. o. convention.
H. w. Wilson, Charley Talbot and
Bob Talbot returned Tuesday from
a two weeks outing at Okoboji. They
report splendid time.
At the Presbyterian church next
Sabbath morning the subject of SER
mon will be GAS we forgive, evening
theme 'The banner of the cross"
Blaine Swartz, who works at the
south side meat market, cut his hand
very seriously yesterday. 'Drs. Childs
and Lauritzen gave surgical attention.
J. M. McKarahan is now at Battle
Creek, Mich, Mrs. McKarahan &C
comparing him. He has received en-
couragement of speedy recovery there.
E. N. Taggart informs us that he
has just completed putting out a num-
Der of trees, ETC., for Chas. Caldwell
over in Guthrie county. There was
$50 evergreen and 600 apple trees in
the lot besides all kinds of small fruit
P. Fl. Bell, agent of the Bankers
Life Insurance company, was here the
past week and made settlement with
Mrs. Nelson, paying her the Sd, 200
insurance which her husband, G. G.
Nelson, had carried in that company.
We understand Mr.. Nelson also had
s., 900 in the Woodmen.
Some one has borrowed Vol. l of
the Messages and Papers of the
Presidents" from our set in the RE-
office and has not returned
it. We cannot at present recall who
it was and as we much desire to keep
the set intact we ask whoever has it to
please return it at once. If.
While at st. Louis last week the
editor met Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kibby.
They were there taking in the EXPOSE
ton and were on their way from Den
yer, where they had been living re-
Gently, back to Ames, and may visit
here soon. They talk like they would
make Iowa their home. They had
their fine little baby with them.
Last winter was very hard on fruit,
especially cherry trees. From what
we can hear and from what we have
observed, we believe most of the cherry
trees planted out year ago in this
vicinity, are dead. They made big
growth last year, but the winter was
severe. Blackberries are dead too.
About all kinds of fruit trees and
bushes that are not dead, are loaded
with blossom.
DR.. Brooks had series of acct
dents to look after last week. Among
them were these: A broken arm, little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cool
ey, east of Audubon; broken arm, a
little boy of Mr.. Maxon, of Melville
township; broken leg, little boy of
Fred Sunberg's; jaw broken, Johnny
Blake, son of Richard Blake, east of
town, caused by kick of mule; arm in
jured, Frank Goodwin, caused by kick
of horse.
Luther Jobes ex-postmaster of the
now defunct Jobes postoffice, was a
guest of Southwest and family last
week. Mr.. Jobes is an old settler and
well acquainted with all the Guthrie
county pioneers. Mr.. Jobes is over
eighty, but well preserved. He soon
goes to Cumberland, Cass county,
and from there he and his son, Geo.,
will go up to South Dakota to the
Rosebud reservation and register for
the drawing that takes place this sum-
mer. "Southwest''in Guthrian.
John and George Weighton received
word few days ago that their father,
John Weighton, died at the old family
home in Scotland on May 10. He had
not been well for some time, being
troubled with drOpsy but the imme-