Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24

Miss Blanche Noon, of Extra, was
up Tuesday visiting friends.
w. A. Smutney, Undertaken and
Embalmer, Day phone 100, Night
,phone loo. 12-3l-tf
Mrs. L. j. Hill entertained Tuesday
with q dinner party, yet only inviting
few friends.
Mrs. H. A. Arnold entertains at
their home this afternoon to a lunch
con at one o'clock.
Miss Cora Cook is assisting as APP
prentice girl in the millinery depart
ment at ]. F. Russell's.
Miss Edith Townsend is acting as
saleslady in the millinery department
in ]. F. Russelps dry goods emporium.
Mrs. John Weighton and daughter,
Lois, left Sunday for Chicago to visit
her son, Charles, who is in school there.
F. NJ. Leet has paper hanger here
from Atlantic doing some artistic dec
Grating on the interior of his beautiful
home.
| Mrs. Hinshaw, who has been here
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Bill
harz, left Wednesday for her home at
Indianola.
| Mrs. Jennie Donaldson, who is
saleslady in the store of E. Bilharz
& Son, is laying off this week on &C.
count of sickness.
Mrs. w. w. Smith expects to go to
/ n 10 49,
and attend services in some of the big
metropolitan churches.
For the best furniture see w. A.
Smutney and pay one profit. No
jobbers, no large rent. You pay one
profit instead of three. South Park.
Cliff
Rev. Connebear, of Upton, has ac-
cepted the call from the Presbyterian
church at this place and will come on
later to accept the work and begin his
pastorate.
One of VIM. Dryden's teams got the
advantage of its driver Monday and a
lively runaway took place for time,
but they were stopped before they had
done any damage.
Miss Mamie Dunn, of Omaha, has
accepted a position as saleslady in
j. F. Russell's. She has had plenty of
experience and will doubtless meet
the requirements OF the store.
Elmer Bailey arrived home couple
OF weeks ago from California where
he and his mother spent the winter,
and last week he received telegram
,o%h n csa1,
and he departed for her bedside to
help care for her.
A pretty surprise party was perpe
trated Wednesday afternoon on Mrs
VIM. Wilson by the missionary so.
ciety of the Presbyterian church who
went to her home enmasse with work
and we'll filled baskets and gave her a
very pleasant afternoon.
Il Mr.. and Mrs. E. Bilharz expect to
start the last of the week for trip out
to California where they hope to spend
the summer. They are anticipating q
good time, their former trip enabling
them to select that portion of the
country that is most desirable as 8
resort.
Miss Minta Christie arrived bach
with Mrs. Fred Vermilya Friday from
Des Moines where they had been buy.
ing millinery goods. Miss Christie is
well known to the patrons of this de
partment and all know that their hats
will bemade in style and to thier salts
faction.
Last Wednesday morning as Petel
Nelson, the grain and hog buyer al
Hamlin, was leaving town for the sta
tion the buggy broke so as to Fighter
the team and he had a lively runaway
up main street. His buggy was badly
broken and strewn up the street but
he luckily escaped injury.
]. A. Stafford, of Rock Island, came
up last Saturday and purchased the
VIM. Owen farm southeast of towr
and then remained over until Monday
visiting his many friends. He wa.
conductor on this branch in the early
railroad days when the round house
was at Audubon and as residen
made many friends.