Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-07-19

j. G.. White and family of north
west Greeley, visited at the R. III.
Garnet home in the station, Sunday.
Mrs. Mary A. Clark passed few
days at the home of her SOD, William
|SJClark over in Greeley township,
this week.
Mrs. Frank Hopley is slightly i'll
this week and her sister, Miss Eta
Spencer, of Extra, is up helping with
the work.
Emmalyn Spencer, of Extra, is
passing few days this week with
her friends, the young ladies at the
Hamp Jones home.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M.
G. Gill arrived from Chicago last
week, and is at the bedside of her
mother, near Hamlin.
Hamp Jones, that successful farmer
over east of the station, went down to
Extra Saturday, and tarried during
the night with his friend, George R,
Spencer.
The schoolboard Of Hamlin town.
ship held meeting last week and a
mopg other things that they did was
to cut slice off the wages of the
teachers up this way.
Rev. Jensen, of Extra, will hold
services at the Danish Lutheran
church in Hamlin next Sunday morn
ing at half past ten O'clock. Sunday
school will be held in the church one
hour earlier than meeting time.
| EP. j. Juel's lease on the store bull
ding belonging to D. E. Stranger
and John E. Mcguire of Extra, runs
out on Friday Of this week, but Mr..
Juel expects to have his new store
building ready to move into by that
time. :, s-s5sg
ChrisgMiller and family, who live
near the Saint John Church, west of
Extra cafne up to Hamlin Sunday
and passed the day with their rela-
tives, Hans Miller, the harnessmaker,
returning to their home in the eve-
ming.
Peter Clausen and family moved
into the new house on the John
Griggs farm just south of the station,
ON Thursday OF last week and are at
home again for the first time, since
the home down there was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground
last spring.
| The young people 70. miles around
enjoyed social dancing party down
at the Charles Bartlett home in south
Hamlin township, Saturday evening,
which was slightly married by two
angry friends trying to gauge out
each others eyes but were prevented
, by the interference of bystanders.
The Christian Endeavor Society OF
} the Presbyterian church, over at old
Hamlin are arranging for sociable
to be held the first week in August.
The exact date has not yet been de-
cided upon but as soon as they have
chat settled they have promised to
send The Journal word and we'll let
you know.
The farmers are demonstrating
their ability to conduct creamery
successfully by the way they are man
aging the Blue Grass at Hamlin.
During the Month of June they made
forty four thousand pounds of butter
which they sold on the eastern mar
ket at a good price; they receive
twenty one cents per pound for it at
present.
We are Informed that the County
Sunday School Convention will be
}. held at the Presbyterian Church in
old Hamlin this year and that the
date has been set for the third week
: in August. We met Miss Grace
Stanley at the station on Monday
morning and that young lady prom
ised to furnish the Journal with a
program as soon as the committee had
it arranged.
John Weigart, the gentleman who
hauls lumber for the Elk Horn and
Kimballton Company, has purchased
the residence in Hamlin, which for
merly belonged to Oluf Hansen and
Nels Jensen; he will move his family
over from Harlan this week and be-
come resident of Hamlin. This will
be much handler for him as he has to
board in Elk Horn, while his folks
are in Harlan but now they can all be
together.
The Harm Rice farm represented q
hive of bees on Monday of this week
as that day there were IL men there
for dinner. The plasterers were a.
mong the number and as soon as they
are through with their work the fam
lily will be "moving out of the old
house, Nancy, up into the new" Mr..
and Mrs. Rice have as slightly and
pretty modern farm houss now as
there is to be found any where in Au-
dubon County.
r. III. Garnett enjoyed visit from
his sister. Mrs. w. IT.. Smith this