Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-04-12
Dave Randolph returned Sunday
from Carroll.

Dave Randolph returned Sunday,
from Carroll.
Mrs. G. T.. Christensen, who has
been visiting her parents at Farwell,
Nebraska, returned home last week.
AT the meeting of the town council
last week, ]. M. Graham was elected
city solicitor.
The Christian church people are
trying to liquidate the debt against
their chapel. Let all help little.
John Weighton talks of charging
his warehouse to meet the wants Of
his increasing trade.
The Rock Island people will raise
their track on the switch, front end
OF broadway, SO as to conform to
street grade.
Ed Prick has gone north to the
lakes, to give the feathery tribe a re-
ception as they arrive from their win
ter quarters.
Mrs. Mahlon Boyd, who has been
at the sick bed of her mother at st.
Charles, returned to her family
few days ago.
Another living survivor of the
mine horror in France, which occur
red nearly month ago, where over a
thousand were killed, was found yes
terday and brought to the surface.
The government print shop turns
out hundreds of thousands Of docu-
ments every year that are not dis
tributed. They intend to quit this
| and save a million a wear
Should the bill limiting fortunes
to ten million dollars, become law
our knowledge OF country editors
warrants us in the belief that they
will take their medicine without a
murmur.
| The bill to prohibit Sunday ball
playing and Sunday theaters and
amusements generally, was killed in
the committee room. 1t died an ig-
nominious death but will arise again
and finally triumph.
The board of control of Indiana
state prison has declared war against
the binder Irvine trust by reducing
the price to eight and one half cents
per pound, being four cents less than
that fixed by the trust.
Fred L. Glessing, seventeen year
old boy of Blackfoot, Idaho, read so
many patent medicine advertise
ments that he discovered he had over
a score of diseases, then went and
, hanged himself.
About two hundred oysters would
; be required daily to supply sufficient
nourishment for one person. But
: few editors get them, Judging from
their writings. Yes, there are excep.
tions of course. Ahem!
From our tea farm in Somerville
! South Carolina, we have sent to mar.
ket 10000 pounds of exceptionally
fine flavor tea which offers serious
; competition to the best grades
: shipped from China, India, Formoss
), or Java. We are strictly in it to s
t-y, ty.
l The Modern Brotherhood of Amer
lea at the end of the ninth year of it,
existence finds itself the happy poss
9 essor of 1903 lodges with 1851 mem
8 bers and with a reserve fund O
5000, 900 with $95,000,O0O insurance il
force and surplus benefit in the gen
eral fund of 100000. The Exir
branch is in healthy condition.
The Pythian Journal of which Hon
B. A. Salinger is editor, is publishe
by the Pythian Journal Company @
Carroll, Iowa. Vol. No. of thi
magazine came to our table last wee
! through the courtesy of Senator III.
Andrews of this city. This maga
| zine is probably the best edited in tn
| United States, and is full of goo
| things and feast of knowledge t
| him who partakes.
4 Hereafter the county superintenc
| ent's office will be kind of a " ffgur
4 head" While that office will cor
\ duct the examinations, the marking
4 are all done at the state superintenC
/ ent's office. Holders of certificate
H under this new deal will be entitle
Il to teach in any county in the state
II This is the law that will soon be i
II force. Another whack at the count
\ superintendent's Office and there wi
be none.
e. F. Fischer and U. l.. Patton, {
Manning, came near having a Sc
ious accident happen to them las
week. While going from Mannin
to the Fischer farm on load of oats
bridge which they were crossing
went down with them, team, mer
wagon and all went to the bottom
The team and wagon did not leav
the planking but Mr.. Fischer wa
thrown off into the creek and some
what injured. Mr.. Patton was nc
thrown out but got shaking up. ]
was one of these lucky accidents this
occasionally happen.
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