Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-02
AUDUBON NEWS
MONEY TO LOAN!
With the German Savings
Bank at 5 pei. cent interest.
Optional Payments.
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Gay Thomas is visiting in Des
Moines.
Gill Jones went over into Illinois
on business last week.
The beautiful showers disposes of
the sprinkling question.
B. I. Salinger was business visitor
between trains, Saturday.
George Hoerning took short vaca.
ton in Chicago last week.
Mrs. Hopkins of Guthrie Center ia
visiting at the Moreland home.
Elmer BRENNAN reports pleasant
visit with his brother Ollie. in Colo
RADIO.
John Kopeska went to Nassau,
Mimi. last week to work in the hay
fields.
Mr.. o. P. Tyler of Council Bluffs was
in town last week on business and plea
sure bent.
Chas. Miller and wife of Minden
are the new managers at the Brown
ranch in Melville.
Good reports comes from Mr.. Long,
son of Mr.. Zaners market man, who
has located in Griswold in the optical
business.
Tom Travis of Dallas county, who
was so we'll known ten years ago was
visiting what few of his old chumbs
that are left.
Mrs. Judge Phillips of Des Noines
returned to her home after a pleasant
week with her relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
O.C.Donaldson.
Miss Mabel Keith and Miss Mae
McIllvaine returned from Iowa City,
Saturday where they have been atten-
ding summer school.
Mrs. F. 8. Watts, wife of the popu-
lar cashier of the First National Bank
is having fine visit from her mother
and sister Mrs. Ferrill.
s.. G. Garmire and George Cosson
went to Des Moines, Monday morn
ing to attend to some business matters
and later the Great Convention.
A very destructive hail ruined thou
sands of acres of growing wheat in
North Dakota and Minnesota last
Saturday. In some sections takipe it
clean by the township.
While Miss Mack was assisting
John Ruschling cutting hay and in
crossing ditch with the mower che
was driving she was thrown against a
lever with such force as to injure her
internally.
Some magnitude of the growth of
the Christian endeavor society can
be seen from the statement that in
this country alone there has been a
gain in membership of 10000 during
the last six monthe.
Hy Cooley of Atlantic was atten.
ding to business in Audubon Saturday
after which he went to Manning to
visit two aunts and an uncle and cou-
sin that he had never met. He re-
turned to Atlantic, Monday.
| Each year the poultry business is
becoming more and more lucrative
and now assumes proportions that
will soon rival any branch of farm in
dustry. Farmer must acknowledge
that the old hen can lift his own
weight in raising mortgage from
the farm.
Some newspaper men are terrible
liars. In writing of a cyclone out
west one of them said it turned we'll
inside OUT cellar upside down, blew
the slaves out of q whiskey barrel and
left nothing but the bunghole;
changed the day of the week, blew q
mortga ge off a farm, blew all the
cracks out of q fence and caused q
politician to run for an office.
A few days ago bashful young
woman went into q store carrying
three chickens. She inquired the
price of chickens and at the same
time put them on the counter. The
clerk didn't know the chickens feet
were tied and asked if they would lay
there. She bit her handkerchief and
said: No sir; they are roosters.
Just at this time the mail order
houses are active in flooding the coun.
try with big handsomely gotten up
fail catalogues quoting attractive
prices on staple articles and making
all sorts of big sounding claims for
your cash. They do not offer to ex-
change their goods for eggs, butter,
poultry or apples. They don't trust
you q penny's worth, but make you
pay cash before you get the. goods
and the freight besides. If anything
is wrong with the goods, or they do
not suit, they will not exchange them
with you. They pay no taxes into
our city or county treasury, with
which our schools are maintained,
roads, bridges and sidewalks are
built. They never contribute to our
churches nor to our amusements. If
we pass the hat for donations for the
fourth" as for any other doings they
know us not, nor do they contribute
to our churches charitable institu-