Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-03-15

Audubon, Saturday and Sunday.
G. w. Christensen, over on the
ridge, was taken seriously i'll and
DR.. Soc was called Saturday,. At
the last reports, he was very little
better.
Peter Kruse, an old time student
OF the college, is visiting friends
here. From here, he will go to
Spencer, Iowa, for visit, and then
he will make a trip over to Denmark
to visit scenes of his childhood.
Word was received from Fiscus
Saturday, that Hans Fabricius and
wife, we'll known in Elk Horn, are
the parents of fine boy. Papa Hans
and his wife are happier than any
body, and are smiles all over as a re-
suit.
Drs. Oldaker & Hammer, Dentists.
Office over First National bank.
Rooms and 6. One of the firm will
be In Brayton every Friday and every
Tuesday at Elk Horn.
Miss Caroline Christensen, who
has been attending Fair View Col
lege, at Des Moines, returned home
Saturday, and has been engaged to
teach the Center school the coming
term. This insures successful term
at the Center.
The Board of Directors, of the
Danish Mutual Fire Association met
Tuesday at Elk Horn. AS their
twenty year corporation has expired
they decided to call special meeting
of the society at Elk Horn, Tuesday,
March 9th, for the purpose of re-
organizing and drafting new con-
stitution tor incorporation. All
members will please note the date for
the above special meeting and be
present. The Association have also
decided to pay full value on live
stock hereafter.
Miss Matena Nielsen and Mr.. Peter
Juergensen were united in wedlock
at the Elk Horn church at 2 O'Clock
Wednesday, by Rev. Jersild. Miss
Nielsen is the daughter of Niels
Nielsen, manager of the lumber yard
at Elk Horn, and is esteemed and res
pected by all who know her. With
her disposition and her endowments,
she is we'll fitted for a help-mate for
him, who has proven her choice.
Mr.. Juergensen is bright young
man, of splendid character, high
morals and industrious habits. He
will certainly prove to be model
husband. The reception was given
at the BRIDES home in the evening,
which was attended by everyone in
the community. The new couple
will take up their home on Mr..
Juergensen's farm. The Journal ex-
tends it's hand for a hearty shake,
and wishes the new couple, the best
of every thing there is in the world.
The Sinner Visits The Factory.
Tuesday, ye Sinner, made his first
visit to the Olsen Knitting Co.'S. fac
tory. He was so surprised he thought
he would tell you what he found.
Twas quite revelation to him
when he stepped through tie door
to find himself in room, alive with
the hum of machinery, running belts
and dozens of fixtures, he knew
nothing of. He saw the face of Ole
Olesen, the genial manager of the
Co., behind one of the instruments
and made straight shoot over that
way. Both Ole and his brother were
operating the knitting machines.
We wish we could tell you what
these machines are like bnt we can't.
They work with a rocking motion
by means of a lever and when the
needle goes across one would think it
was simply tearing out what had al
ready been knit, but it don't. And
when that needle travels back and
forth few times the operator SIM
ply reaches in and pulls out a whole
sweater body, all done. A few more
passes completes the sleeves, then
they're passed on to be sewed
together and presto. You have a
new sweater already to wear. Why
the way they make them, beats get
ting clothing on the installment plan.
We would like to work in place
where, when we needed new clothes,
we could go down to the factory,
make few swipes back and forth,
pull whole new suit off
the machine, put it on and walk off.
The machine which wound the yarn
from the skein onto spools was in
teresting. When we we're so little
that ma used to knit our little stock
ings (she won't do it any more) we
used to have to hold the skein over
our hands, held about foot apart,
while ma wound the yarn into a ball.
We thought we could wind it UP
pretty fast then but my! Those ma
chimes would wind from four or five
skeins at once, twenty times as fast
as we could and when they got thru
the spool was much prettier. Then
there was the sewing machine. They
simply put sweater under the thing
turned it in gear, snapped their fin
ger and turned it off. 1t had sewed
all the trimmings on that quick. The