Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-07-12
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Nels Jensen went to Atlantic on
business Monday.
The board of Supervisors were in
special session last week.
The mother of w. G. Elliott returned
to her Creston home last week.
Thad Brenton went to Lohrville
Monday to visit his mother for week.
Dan Kerwin shipped in two cars of
cattle last week for feeding purposes.
Misses Katherine and Agnes Dona-
hue are visiting their parents in
Nicola.
Gene johnson has moved into his
new house and a happier man you
never saw.
Mrs. J. B. Connrardy visited her
daughter, Mrs. LATE Simpson, several
days last week.
Miss Shredder went to Topeka Kan
sas last week. Extending her visit be-
fore returning to her Chicago home.
Harry Sampson and wife came
up from Des Moines and spent last
week visiting with parents and
friends.
Miss Clara Frazier of New Sharon is
clerking in the store of Mr.. Clarkson,
who purchased the stock of goods of
Matthias and Hansen.
Mr.. j. A. Nash and wife and Mr..
d. A. Walker and wife are spending
a few days at their delightful summer
home up at Lake Okoboji.
Cal Wilson was one of the success
full ones in the land drawing out on
the Crow Indian reservation last
week. His number entitled him to
one of the good claims. He leaves to-
day to file on it.
O. G. Donaldson ex county recorder,
traded the Christensen house for q
general merchandise store at Defiance
and then sold half interest in the
store to Mr.. like of Lewis Iowa.
The new firm will work under the
name of Donaldson and like, but Mr..
| Donaldson will not move from Audi
bon.
Attorney Harry Sampson and wife
of Des Moines came home to spend the
fourth with his parents. Harry is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. n. Sampson.
He Is an Audubon county production
that dared to go into the state Capt.
tol and start into the business he has
chosen. We are proud of Harry and
trust his success will continue.
Audubon county corn is a bumper
crop this year. Presen indications
are, that the crop will be better than
last year as many have cultivated
their ground through four times.
The ground generally is cleaner of
weeds this year than last on account
of the showers coming as they did of:
ten but not lasting as long. Wheat is
heading out and looking fine. Oats
are rank but not too much so. What
we need is 20 days moro of cold wea.
ther. No rust either red or black is
visable at present.
| The Mott family left Audubon after
a residence of eight years. and have
taken up their abode at Ell Reno, Okla.
where Mr.. Mott has purchased an int
crest in the American fairly good
newspaper proposition of that city.
1t will be sheet noted for it's tamness
in politics, if Mr.. Mott has his way
while at the same time he desires to
have 1t known as an uncomprising re-
publican paper with both hands wide
open, and extended for any dish that
the cooks" may have prepared fol-
the family success.
That tiresome reading of the De
claration of Independence, when will
program committees learn to leave il
off? The time has come when "De
clarations" and even speeches" cast 9
shadow over the crowd; for the last
hundred years it's constant "rehash. 2
The people leave their daily avoca.
tions of farm life for "a good time
and SO out of every hundred would
rather see street attractions or contests
or something of that nature than tc
listen to the propounding year aftel
year of the same sentiments "put tC
new language. Give us q rest and
something new. And when you have
fire works." touch EN- Off rain OF
shine.
Married, at the Christian Church
in this city, Wednesday evening
Grace Pingrey and Charles A. Carpen
ting. Mrs. Warren Garst accom-
panied by M. c. Mitchell with the
violin played the wedding march
Something over three hundred invited
guests witnessed the impressive and
beautiful ceremony. Immediately
after the ceremony reception wal
held at the home of DIR. and Mrs
Wolfe and at GIL in the evening they
departed for Des Moines, amid sh ow.
ers of rice and good wishes for q short
wedding trip. A huge joke was given
them at the depot when some
parties crptured their grips anG
chained them together with COW
bell attachment, and we'll labeled
Married, come and look at us, we dom
care, they all do it," We are unabl,
to give any further account of the
wedding owing to the fact it was mo-