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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
If You Have No Money,
But a Set of Farming
Tools and Stock

No. 1870. 100 acres at $500 per
acre, 21s miles from town, a good
farm; 40 acres rough pasture, bal
ance lays we'll and is first-class farm
land, finely watered, deep we'll, wind
mill, tank, etc.; big new barn, hog
house, sheds, yards all kinds of
fruits, fine house, five or six rooms,
stone walled cellar and arched cave;
this farm is very cheap. Terms,
100000 by March 1, 1907, or if you
can give substantial evidence that
you mean business can make ar
engagements to carry you without any
payment.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
ANOTHER BARGAIN
A One Hundred Acre Home Offered
Very Reasonable. Look it Over.

No. 2O1 A. Ii. 100 acres at $3.50,
8 miles from county seat, a roads,
one-half mile to school, good neigh
bors, lays rolling, good soil, almost
new, some stone and brush, but has
not been rented, fenced and we'll wat
cred, fine orchard, good location, fair
four room house, small stable and
outbuildings. $3.50 down, $500 March
list, 1907, balance $3.50 per acre per
year at five per cent. Will put in
storm clause, that if crops are des-
stroyed, payment can go over till the
next year. A chance to get a home
at easy terms Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
The Chance of a Lifetime.
This Fine Farm Should Be and Will
Be Taken Soon, so Do Not Delay
to Investigate 1t.

No. 1876. 40 acres at s65. Three
miles from a fine town on main line
of Milwaukee railway, telephone in
house, R. F. D. at door, a fine laying
forty, we'll watered, fenced and cross
fenced, two acre hog pasture fenced
with woven wire, some fruit, rasp-
berries, strawberries. Land lays
nicely rolling, no sand or stone, fine
location, good four room house, new
barn for four horses, COW shed, corn
crib, buggy shed, etc. Well watered,
good well at door, a fine neighbor-
hood. A 5000 mortgage two years to
run at six per cent. Call at Journal
office
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
Buy Today at $40.
Sell it in Two Years for 65 or SIS.
That's the Size of it.

No. 4S. 100 acres at $40. AZ
miles from town, Y mile from school,
good neighborhood, Is acres under
cultivation, balance brush pasture,
well fenced and cross fenced, fine
crops, farm well watered, new four
room house, coal and hen house, crib,
stable, sheds, ETC., all new. Will take
thousand in good trade or will sell
on long time. Very small payment
down or good note. Will put in
storm clause. Journal Office.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
THE HOME
OF the BIest. That's What You'd Call
it If You Owned it. This
Low Price Should Suit You.

A. so. 225 acres at s61.OO, three
miles from county seat, good roads,
part is bottom land, no overflow, some
rolling but, not rough, part in clover
and timothy, well fenced, good soil,
good house, large barns, sheds, etc.,
but not first class, we'll watered, or
chard and grove and in ideal location
at very low price. A fine grain
and stock farm $4,000 to $4,000, bal
ance long time. Journal
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
This Farm is Dirt Cheap
Some Very Good Iowa Soil
for You, Brother.

No. 16s. 200 acres at $50. 1 mile
to small country town, store and
postoffice, good roads, one-quarter
mile to school, rolling but good, or
chard, 1875 acres under cultivation,
balance pasture, three springs in pas
ture, two wells, windmill, tank, etc.,
fair improvements. $4,000 mortgage,
$4,000 first mortgage due Sept. 9Th,
1908 at six per cent, $1,000 I'd mort
gage due March 1907.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
A HONEY rlAKER
Improve this Yourself and then
Get the Raise.

A. Z. 21o acres at $3.50 till Janu-
airy list, 1907 and after that $50. -Four
and one-half miles from fine town on
Rock Island, good roads, 100 almost
level, balance rolling, good soil, no
stone, sand nor burs, fenced hog and
cattle pasture, big orchard, fine
groves, some timber nicely watered,
new four room house, stables, good
stock and grain farm at low price.
$500 to 5000 down, balance long time.
Journal
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
Land Advancing in Value
Take This in and Make Some Money

No. 165. $50 acres at $65. Good
roads, 1 mile to school, lays fine-al-
most level, 40 acres tame grass, 100
acres fenced and cross-fenced, fine
grove, good neighborhood, good five
or six room house, new barn, double
corn crib. A fine farm of good old
Iowa dirt and at a bargain price.
Small payment, say $1,000, easy terms
on balance. Will take 100 acres in
exchange.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
A Fine Home For a Few
Dollars Near School
and Church.

No. III. 60 acres at s65. Gently
rolling but not rough. All seeded,
we'll fenced, mile to school, y mile
to church, mile to store, shop, etc.,
A mile to large creamery, good
neighborhood, five or six room house,
good stables, cribs, sheds, hog and
cattle pasture. Good orchard and
grove. Call at Journal office.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
AMONG THE ROSES
A Fine 100 Acres in Cass County
that Will Bear Inspection.

No. 200 A 5. 100 acres at $62.50.
$4,000 to $4,000 March 1, 1907. 4 miles
from town, fine market, good roads,
close to school. phone in house, good
neighborhood, 100 level, 40 gently
rolling, no finer farm in county, good
we'll painted modern dwelling house,
2 story Z rooms, almost new barn,
42x54x20 posts, deep we'll and wind
mill, tanks, outbuildings. Good long
time. Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
Winter Has No Dread on
This Farm.

No. 15S 107 acres at $55. Almost
level, nice set small buildings in good
condition, orchard, good water, black
walnut grove, so acres second bottom.
All level except an acre or perhaps
two in the northwest corner. A few
acres of the lowest land overfiows.
Handy to coal, near two good railroad
markets.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
Danger in Asking Advice

When you have cough or cold do
not ask someone what is good for it,
as there is danger in taking some un-
known preparation. Foley's Honey
and Tar cures coughs, colds and pre-
vents pneumonia. The genuine is in
q yellow package. Refuse substitutes.
Nick Doffing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
DEAL in DIRT
If it's Iowa Dirt and at Our Prices,
You Can't Take Mistake.

A. 81. 100 acres at $66. miles
from town, good Improvements, gen.
tly rolling, finely watered, good soil,
well fenced. $1,000 March LIST, 1907.
balance long time, two or three years,
without payment, then $500 year.
Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
Forty Acres.

No. 1876. A pretty forty acre nice.
ly located only 21s miles from fine
town. Thirty lays fine, balance gen
thy rolling, fine grove, fine spring wa
ter, good orchard, five or six room
house, good barn and out buildings.
Price $65. Terms easy. Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
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II III:
! Buy a Home 1 1 l l
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b ~. :. ~. !. =. 81:

Don't think that lands here will be
cheaper. You are making mistake.
We have farms to sell on small paw
ments. We can locate you. We offer
you few descriptions of a LONG list.
We can care for your trades. Tell us
what you want and we will refer you
to the man that has it.
AUDUBON COUNTY JOURNAL
Extra, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
: Inquire at =
the Journal
Office
Wounded Pride.

"Did you have a good time in
Europe?"
sNot very" answered Mr.. Cumrox
"You see, it kind of nettled mother
and the girls to see me of so little con-
sequence that I could go abroad with
out being suspected of nursing a
presidential boom or lodging an in
yestigation ."-Washington Star.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
All Right Farm, Well Located, Well
Worth Amount We are
Asking for it

No. III. 80 acres at SIS. Fine lay
ing land, almost level, large eight
room house, two good barns, good
double crib and granary, near school
and near creamery, considered one of
the very best eighties in Audubon
county.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
PICTURESQUE EXTRA
A Few Pieces of Real Estate Offered
Here for Sale. If you Buy Now
You Will Never Regret It.
Buy this Tract and Have Home

Buy this Tract and Have a Home.
No. B. 60 acres at $50 per acre near
Extra. Fair house, barn sheds and
other buildings, IS acres in crop, bal
ance in pasture, good roads, plenty
of water, close to town, no foul weed,
no sand or stone, $500 down, balance
to suit yourself and five per cent
interest.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27

No. III. 200 acres at $40. 2A
miles from good little railroad town.
This is good stock farm with very
good improvements.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
Here is Something Extra in
a Good Land Bargain.

No. F. 100 acres near Extra, all
good farm land, extra good set of
buildings. $500 by March, 1907, bal
ance as long as you want at five per
cent. Come and look it over, it's q
good one.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
RESPONSIBILITIES.

RESPONSIBILITIES.
"You never make speeches in your
campaigns" said the friend.
"No,' answered Senator Sorghum.
"You can trust other people to make
the orations. But the cash account
needs personal supervision"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
Uncle Ephr'm.

"Take de case oh de 'Postle Paul."
said Uncle Ephr'm. "He nebber stud.
led fur de ministry, an yit der amt
preacher on dis yarth dat kin hold a
candle to 'im."-Chicago Tribune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-27
If You are Single and
Want a Wife, Buy This
Farm. 1t Will Get
You One.

No %. 120 acres at $3.50. Here's
spot of Iowa's rich dirt that will
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-10
Annihilation.

In the medical department of Column
bia university there was a professor
who had very high opinion of him
self; he also disliked to assist the
students in any personal way, and was
noted for propounding difficult ques-
lions during examination. One day
after lengthy lecture, one of the stu
dents, with perplexed air, walked up
to the professor and asked him to ex-
plain why his theory of certain phe-
nomenon ehould be accepted to the
exclusion OF all Others, and also gave
his reason for believing another the
ory to be the better. This question
was little too difficult for the lecturer
to answer off-hand, so, with a con-
temptuous look, he replied: my dear
sir, are you aware that fools often ask
questions that wise men can't an
swer?" The undergraduate, with a
semblance of a smile on his lips, re-
piled: rs that the reason. professor,
why so many of us funk at your ex-
?"-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-10
IMPORTANT TO NAVY YARD
New Entrance for Freight Cars Con-
templated to Facilitate Work
on Ships at Capital.

A matter of great Importance to the
authorities of the Washington navy
yard is now receiving consideration at
the hands of the engineer commissions
err of the district, the Pennsylvania
Railroad company and the bureau OF
yards and docks of the navy depart
ment, it is said. The matter in ques-
ton is the proposed acquiring OF GER
tain lands lying Immediately east of
the navy yard on the water front by
the government.
The necessity for the acquisition OF
this land has been shown by Capt. Z.
G. H. Leutze, commandant of the yard,
and the other naval officers of that es-
tablishment. 1t is to be used in con-
.nection with the proposed change of
route of the railroad tracks that enter
the yard now on the west side of the
Enclosure.
Without these tracks, it is said, the
great and important work of the naval
gun factory would be brought to a
standstill.
/ The change of route is made nee
sary because of the new railroad tun-
mel in southeast Washington and to
avoid having a grade crossing, which
would be unlawful 1t is therefore
contemplated to have the tracks that
enter the navy yard approach the yard
from a point half way between Penn
sylvania and Virginia avenues, to the
eastward OF the yard, and proceed
thence along trestle along the banks
of the eastern branch of the Potomac
to the extreme southeastern corner OF
the navy yard, where it is proposed
to make the point of entry of the rail-
road tracks.
In order to carry out this arrange
ment it will be necessary, the naval
officers say, to procure by purchase
two waterfront lots, which are now
said to be held at $121,O00 value by
their owners. 1t is proposed to secure
this territory by condemnation pro-
ceedings. The expense of extending
the tracks along the river front to the
yard and of constructing the trestle
will be borne by the railroad company,
it is said. 1t is believed that congress
will appropriate the amount necessary
for the change when the great and i'm
mediate necessities of the situation
are explained. z
The proposed change of route will
also necessitate many changes in the
network of railroad tracks within the
navy yard, on which is operated Uncle
Sans little line Of railroad cars and
dinky engines, which haul the big and
little guns and ordnance equipment
for his great and growing navy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-10
Rows of Coins Over Which Brides of
That Country Pass to
Husbands.

At Roumanian weddings it is the GUS
tom at the wedding feast for the groom
to receive his bride over bridge of sill
yer.
Coins are placed in a double row
across the table, and over this the bride
daintily steps to her husbands wait
ing arms.
The ceremony of laying the bridge is
one of the interesting events of the
wedding feast following the religious
ceremony. When the guests are brought
to a proper spirit of festivity by the
good cheer at the board space at the
head of the table is cleared and from a
bag are drawn silver coins procured for
the purpose, the proper provision being
the production of coins fresh from the
mint
These are laid in double row across
the table, and when all is ready the
father of the groom makes speech to
his son, admonishing him to see that his
brides way through life is always paved
with silver.
A proper response is made, and,
mounting a chair, the elder man swings
the bride lightly to the table. Care
fully avoiding the displacing of coin
(for that would mean bad luck) the girl
makes her way across the short silver
pathway and leaps into the arms of her
spouse.
At wedding feasts where ostentation
is desired the bridge is built lengthwise
of the table.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-10
Congenial Affection,

Nine. Myriam Harry, the Partisan
novelist, who has travelled about the
world good deal, tells the public what
evidences of affection are priced by
men and women in different countries.
In Jerusalem she once met a young
Arab woman who had not tooth left
in her head. Nine. Harry's native
servant said: Lucky woman; her
husband knocked all her teeth out.
He does love her." In Cochin-China
Nine. Harry was told that there hus-
band was not believed to love his wife
properly until he had made a present
to her of a coffin. In Galicia, among
the sect of Masochists, a man values
his wife's affection by the degree Of
suffering which she causes him to en-
dure. Mime. Harry there once heard a
betrothed youth say to his afianeed
bride: "If you really loved me you
would consent TO bind me and fog me
with this whip" At Stockholm one
of Nine. Harry's friends is now suing
her husband for divorce on the ground
that he does not love her soulfully."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-10
BLEW HIM INTO THE UNION
Only Way Old Darby Could Explain
His Presence Within the
Federal Lines. -

Of all the towns in the union, Wash
ington stands prominently as the
forum for civil war "reminiscences.
At the capital of the nation, and geo.
graphically at point midway be-
tween what were in the civil war
days the warning sections, the old
soldiers-federal and confederate
section of the union, swap stories as
they used to swap newspapers and
tobacco on the lines, and hold genial
sessions while discussing old times
and trials and experiences.
Following the decoration of the
graves of the 267 confederate soldiers
in Arlington cemetery, two old
timers, one a confederate, the other
a union veteran, met after the cere-
monies at Arlington, at which both
had been present.
When the union veterans time
came to contribute a Renaissance,
he said: !
We'll, of all, the surprises that I
ever saw during the whole war, the
biggest and funniest individually was
that of an old colored servant of a
confederate officer, who had the mis-
fortune to be blown over to a point
near the union lines when Gen.
Grants crater or mine was exploded
at Vioksburg. One of our officers
found the old man as we rushed for
ward, lying stunned and bruised, but
not killed, and said: Why, what
in the thunder are you doing over
here?"' The old man looked about for
moment bewildered at the blue
uniforms, pulled himself together, and
answered. slowly: Fore Gawd,
dunno, bossj yisteddy 1 was in de
cohfederacy.Sbut bless de Lord, sum-
thin busted last night, and bowed
me plum into de union!"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-10
Surprising Strike

- one day in Washington recently a
group or politicians were talking,
when, Uncle Joe" cannon was remind
ed of alstory.
There was friend of mine in
Dhio,'"s said he, "who once joyfully
sought, an oil expert, declaring that he
had struck this fluid, on his land. He
Brought sample in bottle. Now
evidently my friend had been in a
great hurry, hastily grabbing the first
Bottle at hand. for when the chemist
had duly analysed the sample sub
united he sent the following tele-
graphic report:
Find no trace of oil. You have
struck paregoric.' Woman's Home
Companion. -----
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-10

Then, more seriously, he added: Il
am in the dark as to the specific
charges. 1t appears, however, that
Col. Burr and your husband are sus-
pected of design to overthrow the ex-
listing government and set up another
in some vague part of the south. l
cannot account for all this farrago OF
nonsense and bubbles, except on the
score of political intrigue. And most
of US are helpless to fight that"
"Then you are not politician" the
lady asked, smiling at the warmth OF
his manner.
mo, madam, God save the mark!
am an emigrant-a homeseeker."
There was lull; she looked about
the desecrated room.
81 deeply grieve, sir, that have DO
hospitality to grant-no home. Mr..
Blennerhasset went away two nights
ago. He disliked the stealth, the Sc
crecy, but would not wait for the laws
delay. Next day the militia descended
upon us, and we have since been at the
mercy Of these lawless administrators
of the law"
"And what excuse do they offer for
this outrage?"
"They tell us that the presidents
proclamation has reached Wood coun-
ty, and they must carry out his orders
to stop our 'treasonable designs Mr.
Blennerhasset foresaw this, and we
had arranged that I was to follow in
our family boat to the mouth Of the
Cumberland. This is his meeting place
with Col. Burr, and from there we were
all to go south together"
CALI" Before Winslow's mind rusned
swift picture of the girl he had seer
Drawing the bayonets and men. "All'
must include her.
He inquired, tentatively: "And Miss
Creighton"
"She and her mother are my guests;
my plans must include them. But
alas! for those plans, since l am re
fused the boat. pleaded, commanded
to no avail. The authorities at Ma,i
eta are frightened by Jefferson's
vague proclamation, which tells little
and threatens much. They have re-
fused me the use OF my own boat.
know not which way to turn" and {
hunted, desperate look crept into hel
| tired face.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-10
Lavender
.CreightOn's
Lovers
By OLIVIA B. STROHM
Copyright, 1905, by Olivia B. Strohm)
~ &>,.
CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER I.
It was an odd, weather-beaten craft
a miniature ark which, on December
morning in 1906, pushed its ungainly
way to shore and moored at a small
island in the Ohio.
From it a dozen young men dlsem-
barked. They were armed with rlhes'
but wore civilian dress which, rougn
and showing the stains OF travel, was
out of keeping with their jaunty air and
gallant bearing. There was, too, an
air of suppressed observation-disclosures
of stealth-in their movements as, the
boat safely tied, they fell into line, and,
skirting the briary tangle that surround
ed the beach, went up through groves
and fields to garden.
Here the company paused. Through
the vista of bare trees, a-sparkle Win
\ frost, they could see the house. 1t was
a low, broad dwelling, its wide piazza
extending from wing to wing, like arms
Hospitality outstretched.
But the inviting porch, the smoke
reckoning from the chimney, were the
only signs of welcome. For everywhere
about the place were marks OF recent
ruin. The newcomers stood aghast TO
see havoc in every quarter. Shrub, lat
tice and fountain had been wrecked, 1t
seemed in sheer wantonness of spirit,
and through the open windows they
caught glimpses of the dissertation and
pillage that had been wrought within
doors.
The cause of all this vandalism was
not far to seek On every step, on every
garden seat, lounged soldier, and this
mansion seemed surrounded, possessed,
by a noisy, brawling crowd of militia
men.
The visitors had barely time to note
this, when they, too, were observed.
Halt" was the command of a sentry
on guard near, and a dozen or more
soldiers rushed to the rescue.
In the midst of the alteration which
followed a lieutenant of the militia
strobe up with an air of authority.
What the devil is all this row
about?"
Two or three privates, the worse for
liquor, began a noisy explanation, but
the superior officer stopped them.
"Who are you and what is your bust
ness here?"
The man addressed was Of medium
height. but so spare of flesh that he
seemed tall. Out of his long face, blaz-
ing eyes and white, prominent teeth
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-10
Frontier ARMY Posts to 60.

Army posts once on the frontier
are doomed. according to the plans OF
the secretary Of war and his adyis-
ors. Long since they have outlired
their usefulness. and. 1t being deemed
expedient to- assemble the military OF
the nation in larger numbers to give
young officers experience in COM
manding great forces. more preten-
tious forts. and fewer OF them. may
soon b expected.