Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-07-05
~ Hanlin X

Work progresses finely on j. 2
Jueps new store, and the building is
now in the hands of the plasterers.
Mrs. Ii. N. Lewis, of Walnut, is
here on visit to her mother, Mrs.
Mace Gill, who still continues in
rather poor health.
Mrs. Hans Miller, wife of the
Hamlin harness maker, went to Au-
dubon, Monday morning, to pass the
day with relatives and friends.
Fred Bonneson, the village black
smith, has the foundation laid for his
new shop which is to be built just
west of the old one at Hamlin.
A company of neighbors ass embed
at the Jens T Petersen home about
one mile west of Hamlin, Sunday,
and passed the day very pleasantly.
The implement firm of johnson
and Christensen at Hamlin, sold new
buggies the last week to Elmer Da-
Wis, M. e. Mortesen and Hans Agaard.
The Blue Grass Creamery received
a consignment OF twelve hundred
butter tubs on Friday of last week,
which shows that that creamery is
still making lots of butter.
The family of Peter Nielsen, the
Hamlin stock buyer came down Mon
day, and they went out to the silver
wedding party given by Peter johnson
and wife, west of Sharon township.
O. G.. Coffin has purchased a fine
farm little way south Of Guthrie
Center and sometime this fall or next
spring the family will say good bye
to their Hamlin neighbors and move
to their new home over towards the
rising sun.
Station agent E. E. Pigg returned
to the station one day the past week,
packed up his grip and went down to
Carson to work in the depot there.
G.. E. Spar, who has been here during
Mr.. Pigg's absence will continue as
agent at Hamlin.
The young people had gay dane
ing party over at the August Burr
home, last Saturday night, and an
enjoyable time is reported by those
who were in attendance but they al
ways have good time when they go
to the Burr home.
lightning struck straw stack on
the Hans Martesen farm, where
James Moore and family formerly re-
sided, near the station Saturday
night and it soon went up in smoke.
We did not hear of any other damage
the storm did, about here.
Peter Nielsen, the Hamlin elevator
man, fearing there was going to be
such "bumper" crop OF oats about
here this year employed A. 81. Dolla-
hide, the Audubon carpenter, to
come and build large oat bin on the
north end of his elevator, so as to
have place to store oats when the
harvest is over.
Messrs johnson and Carstensen, the
implement and hardware dealers in
Hamlin enjoyed visit from Mr.. N.
G. Carstinsen, who is the father of the
junior member Of the firm and the
tather-in-law OF Mr.. johnson, the
senior member of the firm. The gen.
tleman's home is out in the Elk Horn
and Kimballton country.
Ray Brown and Bert Beers tried to
initiate Darius Green, this week, on
only they used kite. They made a
good one hitched five hundred yards
of string into it, reeled that off, then
hitched five hundred yards more on
let that go skywards but forgot to
hold on to the end of the string and
the kite went eight or eleven
miles southwest of the station
no one here knows where. This week
they are building a monster kite at
the Blue Grass Creamery, one almost
large enough for one Of the boys te
take ride upon.
Mrs. Fred Heileman returned from
two weeks visit over at Cambridge
on Wednesday evening, of last weet
and was accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott of that city and their little
daughter, Miss Anna Scott. Mrs
Scott is a sister of Fred Heileman
who much enjoyed their stay, which
terminated Sunday. While gone
Mrs. Heileman had good visit with
home folks besides being present at s
reunion of all the Heileman grand
children, a grand dav for Grandma
and Grandpa Heileman; some o
whom came from far away California
the rest being scattered about Iowa.