Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-20
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Thorald Madsen is now janitor at
the college.
G. C. Nelson has cried forty lone
sales so far this season.
P. Andersen is having all he can
do now taking pictures and framing
them.
Hans Madsen intended to 60 to At
lantic Monday to attend the railroad
meeting.
The Christmas tree festivities will
be held on the evening of the Goth
OF December at Kim ballton.
Ole Larsen, who has been residing
south of Elk Horn, moved Monday
to a farm he purchased north of
town.
The Bazaar is reported to have
been a great success but we did not
hear what amount of money was
taken in.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Esbeck and
H. G. Madsen and wife were enter
tanned last Sunday at the home of
Mr.. George Mardesen out in the
country.
The Kimballton Concrete Works
have good supply of tiling for Gull
verts and also building stone suita BILE
for houses or arches and abutments
for bridges.
Chris o. Jensen purchased several
fine cattle south of Elk Horn Mon
day which he drove to his yards in
tending to ship them with others to
market this week.
In another week or after the holi-
days at the latest, about forty more
pupils will be enrolled at the college
that many more have signified their
intention of attending.
Chris Hansen took a load of fur
niture from his store in Elk Horn to
Audubon where he is having q
special sale of the furniture he re-
Gently purchased there.
ia. Petersen, jeweler of Kimball-
ton, has purchased pressed brick and
galvanized steel with which to make
his store building more comfortable
and show to better advantage on the
exterior.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Jessen gave
q birthday party last Sunday to their
daughter who was seventeen years of
age. A fine time is reported and the
young lady received number of nice
presents.
Martin Esbeck went to Atlantic
Monday evening to attend meeting
of the promoters of the new line of
the Inter Urban railway talked of
from that city to Marine, Kimballton
and Manning.
The Young Peoples Meeting was
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
FL. G. Madsen Sunday evening and
was made more enlivening by the aid
of violin in the hands of an expert.
Their next meeting will be held next
Sunday at Hans Madsen's.
Jens aud Julius Christensen, sons
of James Christensen, had horse
severely injured Monday morning
while trying to get through a barb
wire fence, the muscles of the leg
being cut clear through to the bone.
DIR. Jorgensen was called and he had
to take number of stitches to close
the wound. Mr.. Christensen resides
at Harlan and the boys were visiting
friends at Elk Horn.
James Stier, E. E. Marquis, II. S.
Rattenborg, Frank Nebe and j. Fl.
Simmons, q committee of Atlantic
business men, were in Elk Horn Fri.
day interviewing our citizens in the
interest OF new railroad but as our
town and Walnut are now talking
Inter Urban, they did not get the
encouragement expected though they
report great majority in favor of
the Atlantic line.
Mr.. X. j. Petersen was very sur
prised man one day last week when
he received card from the express
agent at Audubon informing him
that he had an express package for
him with charges for transportation
from New York City amounting
to fifty dollars. Upon investigation
it was found man from Denmark
had been expressed from the above
city to former friends here, SO several
OF the Danish people raised the
amount, went to Audubon signed the
express book and received the
gentleman.