Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-06-28
~ Hamlin ~

We notice bills about the station
announcing Danish dance to be held
up at Audubon on July Fourth.
James Blake, that successful farmer
Of Greeley township was at the sta
tion Monday NOR hing marketing
wheat at the Peter Nielsen elevator.
Thomas Bruhn was busy Monday
morning loading q car Of oats for
Grainbuyer Peter Nielsen, which that
gentleman shipped out of the station
that day.
Mr.. Hendricks and family from
out in the Kimballton country, were
at Hamlin station, last Sunday, call
ing upon their friends at the Fred
Bonneson home.
Frank Duvall, good substantial
farmer over east in Greeley township,
was at Hamlin, Monday forenoon,
with a wagon load of barley which
he sold to Grainbuyer Peter Nielsen.
Mrs. Fred Heileman, who had been
visiting with relatives in the eastern
part of the state, returned home yes
terday, and that look OF lonliness in
Fred's face has been replaced by 3
smile.
Miss Eva Davis finished q weeks
pleasant visit at the home of her
parents, Anthony Davis and wife,
and returned to her work at the
Marshal Smith restaurant in Extra,
on Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Olsen of
Hamlin station enjoyed a visit last
Sunday from their son-in-law, Jacob
Jacobsen and family, he who farms
on the William Thielen place about
three miles south from Extra.
Peter Christensen, the young man
who clerks in the First National
Bank in Audubon, passed last Sunday
at the Fred Bonneson home in Ham
lin station visiting with his sister,
Miss Caroline Christensen, who was
stopping with Mrs. Bonneson.
The first part of next week Car
penter Nels Jensen and his helpers
will commence building Fred Bon
neson's new blacksmith shop in the
station, which is to be twenty -four
by fifty feet in size and fixed up with
all the modern Improvements.
Rev. Jensen, the Danish Lutheran
minister in charge of the flock at the
station, informs us that there will be
no services at Hamlin next Sunday,
July LIST, as there is to be big Dan
ish meeting out at Jacksonville that
day and he has promised to be out
there and take part.
We are informed that as soon az
Peter Juel moves out of the store
building owned by d. E. Stranger
and John E. Mcclure, that those gen.
tlemen will at once put it in a good
state repair. Mr.. Mcclure will
move up to Hamlin station and per.
sonally look after the stock OF general
merchandise which they propose to
put in Hamlin.
Hans Mortesen, who owns the
James Moore farm, just west of Ham,
lin, was in town Monday to get some
flint brick with which to build a
foundation for monster water tank
on his place where the kline may go
at will and quench their thirst. Mr..
Oh
finest improved farms in this section
OF the country.
There seems to be some evil genius
pursuing Will Deets of Greeley town.
ship because he had another runaway
Monday morning. He started to
come to the station with four horse
load of barley and when part way
the stay chain of the leaders broke,
they snapped the lines with which
Will held them and away they went
for little way when they got
chung up" on wire fence and they
were caught.
Leslie Walker and G.. C. Wilson
from Audubon began last Monday
morning to paint the Blue Grass
Creamery building and the residence
whore Fred Heileman and family re-
side. The Creamery is to receive
three coats of paint, and they were to
give the residence only two coats, but
if that don't suit them they will give
it three coats of white paint, and it is
expected that when they are done the
buildings will shine something like q
mill pond in winter. Messrs Walker
and Wilson also have the contract to
paint John Griggs new farm house
south of the station, little way.