Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-07

Lou Bartlett and two cousins were
up Wednesday taking in sights at the
county seat.
4 w. A. Smutney, Undertaken and
Embalmer, Day phone loo, Night
,phone loo. 12.3l-tf
/ Nels Morey got home from Mime
sofa last week and is greeting his
many friends here.
Marriage licenses are scarce this
week, only one was issued: Laurits
Marius Madsen to Mary Petersen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Townsend return
ed home Monday after visit of two
weeks in the eastern part of the state.
Jake Ruhs, of the firm of Morrissey
& Ruhs, is out to Omaha this week to
a meeting of the men in his line of
work.
Jake Christensen of Omaha arrived
today and will make visit with his
many friends who are always glad to
have him with them.
Miss Pearl Wagner, of Anita, spent
Tuesday night with Miss Del Ander-
/
| Carroll to visit friends.
DIR. Fulton is having his office repa.
pered and cleaned up nicely so that it
will have very cheerful and inviting
appearance when completed
! Mr.. Marsen of Avoca, the man who
had the contract to build the school
house, was in town the first of the
l-Week looking after business.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Gusta Schroeder, daughter of
G. Schroeder in Douglas township, to
Ned Curtis, Of this city, January -.
Nels Jensen, the furniture man was
down to Atlantic Tuesday to attend
the funeral of the young lady who was
killed in the theatre in Chicago last
| week.
Mrs. P. F. Anderson, who has been
near Anita the past week visiting old
time friends and neighbors, returned
home last week after having a most
enjoyable time.
Matthias & Hansen have moved their
stock of shoes to the building first
door to the west. The boys have a
good business and will find the new
location good one for their trade.
All interested in the Farmers Insti-
tute are requested to meet in the
clerks office in the Court House on
Tuesday, January II, at 1870 p. m.
A. ri. EDWARDS, 6. III. SoMERs.
Secy. Pres.
| Geo. Norgaard has accepted a posi-
ton in A. III. Roberts drug store and
is busying himself in becoming &C.
quainted with everything in the store.
He is good straight fellow and will
make good clerk.
The mother of Chas. Talbot is lying
seriously sick at his home in this
place and her recovery has been
doubted. All the boys and her daugh-
ter are here at her bedside and every
thing is being done that possibly can
be done.
Miss Bernice Seibert, of Extra, who
has been visiting friends here for the
rast week, went home Wednesday.
. Miss Bernice made a success as q
trimmer this fall. it being her first sea-
son and her friends are glad to note
{ her worthy success.
Elvin Cole, son of G.. w. B. Cole, re-
turned home Wednesday from Cali
fornia and we understand will remain
here permanently. Hehad purchased
or taken up land in northern Cali
fOrnia but change necessitated q
change of plans in his future work.
The members of the X. P. lodge are
preparing for banquet for January
!, 26. The committees are busy at work
, on the programs and items of the
| I,ns ~.ll
over Vermilya's store and will have
of their guests. The X. P's. never do
things by halves and this occasion
promises to surpass any thing of the
kind ever attempted by them.
Will Forbes and family of Nebraska
were here last week visiting his sister,
Mrs. B. S. Phelps. Will is engaged n
business in Boyd county and also does
a good real estate business as land is
changing hands rapidly. His daugh.
tiers who were but mere girls when
they left here. have grown to accom-
plished young women now and none
of their childhood friends would have
known them. They all left Saturday
for Iowa City to visit a sister of Mrs.
Forbes there.
Old Mr.. Smith, we'll known TO
, every one in Audubon as the ice man,
, died last Sunday and was buried
Tuesday in Maple Grove cemetery, the
services being conducted by Rev. A.
A. Wolborn of the M. E. church. The
deceased was sick but short time
having contracted cold by getting
wet while assisting his wife to get a
horse out of the ice pond. He bias al
ways been man wholly reliant on
himself, Independent and manly,
ATTENDING to his own affairs and meet
ing life's battles as they came. He
leaves wife and one daughter to
mourn for him. One boy has preceded
him in death to another world.
There is to be meeting Monday OF
the directors and officers and members
of the Audubon County Telephone
Co. in Audubon, at which time they
will discuss the problems confronting
them and decide on the policy for the
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