Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-04-19
Silver Laced Wyandotte eggs for
sale, fifty cents per dozen.
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James Grnmstrup and sister,
Theresa, visited at the home of their
sister, Mrs. Harold Hansen, Sunday.
The Elk Horn Implement Co. were
busy the first Of the week putting up
a windmill for Chris Nelson, south
east of town.
Joe James received two splendid
full blood White Wyandotte roosters
for his fine flock of that breed. "Big
besuties,'' just about expresses it.
| Faaborg Brothers received the con-
tract for the big barn that the Hans
Jensen Sons intend to erect on their
farm, one mile west of Elk Horn.
Wednesday was Johnny Petersen's
thirtieth birthday. Congratulations
Johnny! Your Uncle Sam gave you
lovely present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erik o. Hansen,
from near Poplar, visited Thursday
at the home OF her parents, w. Rat
tenborg and wife.
P. P. Petersen and r. j. Hansen
were at Atlantic Monday getting re-
pairs for their merry-go-round. Mr..
Petersen also took some hides down.
A beautiful baby girl came to the
Fred Kjar homo, Friday and now he
| wears broad smile while climbing
those big windmill towers.
Willie Esbeck will ride this sum-
mer in one of the "beautifulesto bug
gies you ever saw. He purchased it
recently of Esbeck & Co.
p. FL. Miller who is making such
success with h is flock of Silver Laced
Wyandottes, recently receive d a fine
cockerel of that variety fro m the
Shoemaker Yards, at Freeport, Ill
Willads Rattenborg just received
the team he recently bought Of Oluf
Olsen, L thursday. They are heavy
team, ages three and four, and are
beauties.
John Ahrenkiel had a small rura-
way Sunday eve. We suppose he had
been calling( you know how that is)
bad started home, got sleepy (you al
SO know how that is) and the team
simply ran away. Wasn't it awful?
Saturday was the birthday of Mrs.
Chris Nissen, whose home is north of
Kimballton, so number of her
friends called to remind her of the
happy occasion. They had asplendid
time and agreed when in want of a
good time they would call again.
The directors of the Elk Horn Kim
ballton Lumber Co. held meeting
at the bank Tuesday to debate the
question Of lumber hauler. They
had intended to contract with j. j..
Weighert but we did not learn
whether the deal was consummated or
not.
| Mrs. Fl. G. Petersen enjoyed birth
day celebration Tuesday when party
Of her friends called at her home and
helped to pass the time pleasantly.
Everyone present voted it most
happy time and one they would like
to have every day.
Mr.. Frank johnson, of Harlan, is
teaching the johnson school south of
town. Now you young fellows who
love to love when "nobody's lookin'
but the ow and the moop,'' want to
lookout for Mr.. johnson has a snap
shot camera and he can get your pic
ture before you can bat your eyes.
, Esbeck & Company report splen-
did business in implements and
buggies this season. Theirsal thus
far include twenty lone discs, twenty
four plows, ten planters, two man
ure spreaders and over dozen bug
gies. They have sold completely out
OF wagons and harrows and will
> have to have more for their fall
trade.
/ Nissen and Jensen bought eight
steers of Chas. Setback, nice bunch
of Peter Esbeck and ten fine heifers OF
Hans Christensen. This made up two
| carloads. Then Rasmus and Ole
! Larsen who are in partnership OH
another bunch, had a couple of car
loads also ready for the market. This
= made four carloads and they shipped
! them into Chicago last week, Rasmus
: accompanying them in.
George Henningsen, of the Kim.
:, :, bsllton Hydraulic Stone Works, wa:
: busy Tuesday putting in a number OF
cemeut grave frames at the Betanis
church cemetery. These frames are
D proving very popular article as
|. they add so much to the appearance
e of burial ground. The company
j have sold over a hundred of them this
q season. They have also contracted tt
d put in another one of their cemen,
J, bridges for the county, those they
t put in last fall, having shown up Sc
g well under inspection.
. The wedding of Emil Kjar anc
:, - Miss Christiansen, which we men
: toned last week, was a grand affair
and will not soon be forgotten a
% Elk Horn. The extensive arrange
r, ments made for it, gave it magniti
d cence far more than the ordinary