Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-07-05
Ki1nbal1ton-E lkhorn

C. w. Hansen, the furniture dealer
came home from his trip out at Omaha
on Saturday.
A new invoice of books for the H.
brary at Elk Horn, arrived one day
the past week.
The Young Peoples Society OF
Kimballton, held their meeting at
George Jorgensen's Sunday.
There was no dance in Kimballton
on July Fourth, but George l.. Jor-
gensen gave a party that day to the
young folks.
| The poles and cross-arm tor the
new telephone line to Sharon store
are set and the stringing Of wire will
soon begin.
Miss Ellen johnson, of Friend,
Nebraska, who had been visiting her
friends hereabouts, has returned to
her western home.
Nels G.. Nielsen, one of the Elk
Horn blacksmiths, passed July 4th
out at Omaha and Peter Nielsen looked
after business while he was gone.
Over at the Peter johnson silver
wedding anniversary in Sharon town
ship, Monday, they counted three
hundred and sixty people present.
| Miss Mary Smith, of Audubon,
who had been out here acting as tele-
phone operator, during the illness of
her sister, Miss BERTHE Smith, returned
to her home today.
The Young Peoples Society, of
Kimbaliton, will band themselves
together on Sunday, July fifteenth,
journey over to the cooling woods
about Extra and picnic the livelong
day.
Carl Schroeder aud Company closed
out their stock of implements, at Elk
Horn, this week and that gentleman
and his family have moved to Luck,
Wisconsin, to make their future
home.
Miss BERTHE Smith, the telephone
central girl at Elk Horn was given a
little vacation on Eagle Day, SO they
closed the office at noon and it was
not opened again until six O'Clock in
the evening.
Mis- Petersen one Of those go-ahead
farmers about blk Horn, was in town
one day this week and purchased a
forty dollar harness of Chris Hansen,
80 now when he comes to town with
his family he comes in style.
A meeting of the Danish Lutheran
churches OF the United States has
Just closed at Kemare, North Dakota,
at which time it was voted that the
next meeting of that body should be
held at Council Bluffs, and the time
set for some day next June.
During ride about the country
east and south of Kimballton or
Tuesday, we saw many splendid fields
of corn and particularly one jus,
north of the Kimballton creamery,
in the Indian Creek Valley, where
the corn was over the horses backs.
Arthur Soc, son OF Doctor Soc and
wife and his cousin, Otto Soc, were
monkeying around with an axe one
day this week when Otto took hack
at his Cousins hand, breaking one
finger and badly MASKING two others
bu. happily none of the digits were
cut off.
Miss Anna Carlesen, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Carlesen, who live
about half mile north of Elk Horn,
arrived home from Council Bluffs on
Friday of last week She was accom-
panied by her brother Soren Carlesen
who has been in q hospital for treat
ment for short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hansen, out
on the ridge near Kimballton, gave a
susprise party for their daughter,
Miss Christina Hansen, last Sunday
The occasion was the young lady's
eighteenth birthday; there was large
number of her friends present and
she received many pretty gifts as re-
minders of the occasion.
Doctor j. P. Jorgensen and his lady
friend, Miss Minnie Rasmussen, drove
out to the home of his sister, Mrs.
Chris Broderson, enc day the past
week and from there they went on to
Harlan. Mrs. Broderson has lust re-
turned from the hospital, at Harlan,
where she had beer for treatment and
is now improving in health slowly.
| Chris Hansen, the Elk Horn har-
ness maker, is not feeling very gay
these days, being afflicted by stomach
trouble and is figuring on taking a
trip out to Colorado Springs, climb
ing about in the mountains breath
ing the pure air and drinking the
healing waters about Manitou and
see what effect the climate at that alti-
tude will have upon him.
The Elk Horn Fire Corps received
the last consignment of three dozen
buckets and ale now ready to
fight the forked- tongued monster
whenever and wherever he sticks his
head up, as they have hook and