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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
makes them strong

Manning, Iowa. Feb. 10.
My daughter Florence began to
complain about her head and eyes
about six months ago. While attend
ing school she would often come
home with such severe headache and
pain in the eyes it would bring tears.
Her eyes also felt as If there was
something in them and became 80 bad
that she had to either QUIT school or
the use of her eyes or else have some
thing dore at once. I heard of DR.
Weber's success in curing eye troubles,
and reading that DR.. Weber would
coon he at the Park hotel, took
Flore nee to him and the doctor found
she had optical trouble and lid disease.
I had him treat her and with his
medical Treatment and special ground
glasses DIR. Weber cured her 30 that
her eyes are now perfectly well.
Be sure and see DR.. Weber If you have
eye trouble.
MRS FRED STAHL.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

ten or twelve dollars per that will yield such S
enormous crops of the best No hard wheat SS
C0MEWITH Us on the nth of August and take 81:
YUM Eadvantage of the cheap rates and in the G.. SS
A. R. Encampment the way Should you be too busy @
to get away above date will have another ne
cursion on September to Canada, when cheap rail- &
road rates will be given For further information
desired, MAPS pamphlets, government reports, ETC.
pertaining to Canada, R. rates, write call SS
and will gladly furnish you with Should re
you wish to samples of grain before and after ~
threshold also grasses forage plants etc. call at Burn &
sides feed store by AL Hurd, where you &
also get maps etc., and see the grains. W:
all right
land and all out of debt,
With W!
eata 10 bills
q I'l show !ESS
August eleventh with the Audubon ~
And big fields of golden grain. $50
The the o invest, -
Don't side, straight in the tide, VSS
md be the BEST
will be pleased with the Canadian west. !6kS
good place to buy for W.
while the is at hand
And Canadian land. :GJS
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
Audubon Township.

Miss Rogers is to teach the school
a. No. this fall.
Miss Faga is sewing for Mrs.
Charles Newman this week.
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. George Kness
August 4th, tiny baby girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Jergins visit
ed at Chris Heckman's Sunday.
A. Campbell, brother in-law of
L. A. butcher, is here on visit.
Mrs. Petri is recovering from her
recent illness and is again able to be
about.
A sister of Mrs. Theo Franz from
Pennsy lvania is hero on visit to her
relatives.
White Brothers were in Adair
Wednesday. Business and pleasure
combined.
Mabel Free, of Belle Plaine, is
here visiting her cousins, Grace and
Edna Hocamp.
Oscar Wheeler contemplates hav-
ing Mr.. Bartlett do some breaking
for him in the near future.
Maude Boehme started Monday
for Osceola to visit with her rela-
tives, Otis Boehme and wife.
The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Rummelhart is having
quite siege with whooping cough
up in Dakota.
Charley Larson spent few days
last week with the Fred Hanson fam
lily who reside in the southern part
of the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vanaernam are again
looking after their large tract of
land in Dakota and visiting with
their daughter, Mrs. Warren Rum.
melhart and family.
George Knees and wife received a
message over the wire Tuesday of
the death of the infant child of j. B.
Cecil and wife of Douglas township
but owing to the illness of Mrs.
Kness, they we're unable to attend
the funeral services.
The schoolhouse at No. is under
going thorough renovating. 1t is
being ceiled all over so there will be
no more loose plaster to cause dust
and Inconvenience and is to be re-
painted on the ontside also, as are all
the other schoolhouses in the town
ship.
There was one of the gayeet parties
of the season in south Audubon
township at tho home of Fred Han
son last Friday eve when Miss Clara
entertained band of her friends in
honor of her cousin. Charlie Larson,
of Brayton, Nebraska. A jolly time
was had at outdoor games till
twelve o'clock when all were called
to the dining room to partake of {
bounteous supper, after which
amusement was again the order til
at last, all weary but happy, bad
, their hostess goodnight and journey
cd homeward thinking of the mer'
evening long to DO remembered by q
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
Greeley

All, all alone with the old graph
ophone.
Charles Houston, of Extra, was a
harvest hand on the Will Egan
farm.
Mr.. S. II. Earhart, of near North
Branch, was county seat visitor,
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Campbell, Of
Menlo, are guests of their numerous
relatives and friends here.
Cory Wilson, of Audubon, was
helping to gather in the harvest on
the William Rucker farm.
Mr., and Mrs. James Blake spent
the Sabbath pleasantly at the Phil
Burkhardt home in Melville.
Miss Mabel Boehme, of Audubon
township, accompanied her parents
on Sunday visit to Greeley,
James Egan and family were en-
tertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Jayne; of Greeley center, Sunday.
What a pleasant, encouraging
calm succeeds the state convention.
Old sores are healing and all is end
ing we'll.
A furious looking cloud passed
over Greeley, Monday afternoon
and poured down the heaviest rain
of the season.
A supertne batch of stock, inclu-
ding swine and cattle, on the Frank
Duvall farm is nearly ready for the
Chicago Market.
"Tama jim" says that if man is
educated properly you can't keep
him off a farm. We wonder if the
case is vice versa.
By the number of binders that
was seen operating last Sabbath
we surmise that Saturdays rain
made some advents.
We sympathize with George Giles,
a former Greeleyite who is in Min
neapolis endeavoring to get rid of a
cancer which has attacked his face.
The good that Mondays rain did
to the pasture, fields and corn SO OK.
coed the damage to small grain, etc.
that it may be considered blessing
A noted Salvation Army captain
and his wife will appear in the
streets of North Branch, Saturday
evening, August IL, and conduct ar
open air meeting. They will also
participate in the Sabbath service at
the U. B. Church.
Foreshadows.
They're oiling up the thrasher now
The engines loud are calling
While serpent like low lines of smok
Among the hills are c-awling.
Today paused upon the hills
And gazed across the bottom,
And through the haze methinks
caught
] The winsome smile of Autumn.
Old maids would be ecarce and har
to find,
Gould they be made to see,
How grace and beauty is combine
By using Rocky Mountain TIE,
Nick Doffing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
GRAY

Lou Shingledecker is painting the
school house.
Maylon Hepp came home last Sun
day afternoon.
Some fine rains last week, that is
fine for the corn.
Mr.. Mertz, Sr. drove to Audubon
one day last week.
Ormsby Beers spent all of last Sun
day at the parental home.
Harry Fleming and Miss Flossie
returned from their Mills Co. trip.
Mics Gladys Fleming is very sick
with Typhoid fever in Greeley Col
orado.
Mr.. Sam Garmire went down to
Des Moines to the State Convention
last week.
Will and Bert Lacy started last
Tuesday for the northern harvest
fields to work.
The two Mrs. Wiseman of Mann
ing spent last Thursday with Mrs.
Edison Farrell.
DR.. and Mrs. Beers drove up te
Templeton to see Ormsby one eve
ming last week.
Ina and Alma McLachlin spent
several DAYS with Eula and Verna
Lancelot, in Extra.
Mrs. Tom Leo of Cerrectionville is
again spending few days with her
sister Mrs. Mundt.
Mr.. Corner has taken up his abode
on the" Aunt Wager" property since
his return to Gray.
Mrs. Jennie Wright and daughter,
Miss Ada of Monroe Ia. are visiting
her neice, Mrs. Beers.
Mr.. NJ. M. Corner and daughter,
Lois returned from Missouri last
Wednesday morning.
Miss Jessie Slough and Mrs. VIM.
Barger were Audubon business call
ers one day last week.
Miss Glennie Babcock of Manning,
is visiting old time friends in and a.
round Gray, last week.
| Mrs. Peter Stephany of Manning
spent several days last week with her
sister, Mrs. Ora Corner.
The Updyke people have bought
the old elevator and established Aut
Linn as agent here again.
Carl Forsbeck of Chicago cam.
home Monday morning expecting tt
return in September to his work.
Mrs. William Barger and Mrs
Edison Farrell drove up to Mrs
Allie Clarks one day last week, fol
blackberries.
George CARRIER is working fo
OIL Mease during the threshing sea
son. Frank Slough is running tn,
barn during his absence.
The Trans Mississippi man wa
! here one day last week calling O.
, their agent William Barger. H
has young man to help him now.
Mrs. George Gray and childre
spent last Friday and Saturday wit
the Lancelot family, Mrs. Gray AM
Mrs. Belle Wilson being old tim
4 school friends.
$ DR.. Beers heard last week fro1
I Clio of her safe arrival at Salmon
n Idaho whore Charlie is. She think
e she will like it alright out ther'
The DR.. went a. far as Omaha wit
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
You Might Ask WHY?

Because the immense crops of grain that is grown
there will pay for the land at present prices in
season.
I'd. All lines of Railroads extending their roads
through new parts and many trunk lines
being built, causing general advance of lands,
where, if bought speculation, large profits
made by such advances
3d. A man with small means can soon have a
home of his own which is becoming hard to get where
land is as high as in Iowa and Illinois.
4th Because of its rainfall, healthy climate, it's
long bright days, and the greatest of ALL it's
rich fertile soil.
Where Land Can Be Bought at Such
Low Prices That Will Yield Such Large
Crops of Grain and where all kinds Of vegetables
such potatoes onions bees carrots turnips beans
etc, do fine also small fruits such raspberries,
Strawberries currants gooseberries, apples, etc.
be grown successfully One yield of wheat last year.
1905, grown by Emil Meilicke, Swede from Mime
sofa, who with his family settled in Saskatchewan,
from 1928 acres was threshed 49, 522 bushels aver
age of Al. 26 bushels per acre; and many others
smaller pieces have even done better Figure for
yourself and see what you think of land staying at
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
her and Charlie met her at Pocotella.

Mrs. Edison Farrell is now pre-
pared to give instructions on the
piano. Correspondence answered
promptly. Gray, Iowa.
Monday all day, Gray and vicinity
was visited with the greatest down
pour of rain that it has had all this
year. Fine prospects now for late
pasture, corn, etc.
Reverend Fleming returned from
his Virginia trip last Wednesday.
We believe he didn't buy down there
but may yet. Found Mr.. Crows
people we'll and prosperous. They
have nice place there.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
Look.

Only $40. per acre. 700 acres six
miles from st. Paul, Minnesota,
stock yards. 400 acres under plow,
900 fine timber pasture, near town,
railway switch on farm, large house,
large barns, plenty of water, all
under fence, must go. worth 500,
reason for selling. No other agent.
AUDUBON COUNTY JOURNAL.
Extra, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold
under positive guarantee to cure
constipation, sick headache, stomach
trouble, or any form of Indigestion.
If it fails, the manufacturers refund
your money. What more can any
one do? Nick Doffing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

Last year 591OO,OOO acres Of land in
the United States were devoted to the
raising of hay. The yield from this
area was .617 tons. valued at
$516OOO,OOO. There was variation
in price from SIC per ton in Rhode
Island to 81 per ton in South Dakota.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

If you were horse how would you
like to spend all your leisure moments
tied up in dark, damp, close stall
with your head rammed up close to the
wall and never a ray Of light or q
breath of fresh ART
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

Fresh air, pure water and cleanliness
constitute sanitary trllogy whose
Importance and value can hardly be
overestimated when viewed with ref
erence to man, beast or fowl.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

Twenty-eight cent wool, $3.50 hogs,
forty-fve cent corn and eleven cent
cotton mark the food tide of an excep-
tional era of agricultural prosperity.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

There is no particular need Of wor-
rying about the poor farmer when a
load of five $50 pound hogs will fetch
him 500.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

Old maids would be ecarce and hard
to find,
Gould they be made to see,
How grace and beauty is combined
By using Rocky Mountain Tea.
Nick Doffing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Frank coolly. showing doubt Of Dams
words.
Il say It because / know answered
Dan, growing as suddenly white as he
had grown crimson. for his pride was
cut deeply by the manner of the boy
whose life he had doubtless saved.
''Oh, / see, insinuated Frank. his lip
curling. i guess you got the others too
much scared to follow me, and laid this
plan to make yourself a hero. don't
like such service"
For a moment Dams blood was up and
he felt the strongest desire to slap the
Insulting fellow In the face But. re-
membering his mothers training, he
simply said IN a tone forced to be calm:
VERY we'll; I've done all that duty re-
quires of me. If you wish to skate across
the river-knowing that I say 1t is
safe-why, it Is your privilege to do so"
As he said this Dan turned to skate
away just as the other boys came cauti-
ously round the bend in the river. They
approached their leader and came to
stop We'll. so you didn't get drowned
after all!'' cried one Of them, laughing,
and addressing the remark to Frank.
Wei, so far as I'm concerned, l don't
believe that ice is any thinner on the
river than 1t Is on the lake. Why should
1t be?-it isn't so deep. But some PEG
pie have n queer way of making them
selves ofieious-a way that doesn't ap-
peal to me" And Frank frowned his
uASBAcdSuEG as ne sHOhE Win JllihS
sarcasm.
You may think what you please re-
garding my act, which you call oficious-
ness said Dan in a calm voice But
] do know that the ice on that particular
part of the riyer-owing to the whirl-
pools benea th-doesn't freeze to 4 great
thickness. and while it might bear up
the weight OF one person, possibly two,
1t would go through with such a crowd
as is here. But as I have no way of
proving what ! say, I must, In conse-
Quence suffer your condemnation and
wrcng Interpretation OF my motive
Then turning abruptly away, Dan skated
round the curve and gained his own
little possession, a place he felt to be-
long to himself, because no others ever
came there to skate. Sensibly driving
all thought of the recent occurrence from
his mind, he began his fancy skating
again.
As soon as Dan had left the boys on
the river. Frank said with a sneer He
just wanted to butt in and win some
sort of recognition from our crowd I'm
not afraid Of the Ice further up. and
I'm going on just to prove that fellow
lied"
Although several Of his companions
advised against it. Frank turned and
headed for the place. few feet distant
that Dan had saved him from few
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

minutes before His comrades watched
eagerly for the outeome.IoF while they
had never associatedf with Dan in a
social way, they had had the. greatest
respect for his integrity. and in their
hearts knew that he was sincere IN any
thing he did. They knew he must have
good reasons for warning them against
that particular place. and not one of
them would have been so fool=hardy as
Frank.
IN another minute Frank had boldly
dashed upon the ice that was the cause
of so much disagreement. He had got
about half way across the place that Dan
had designated as weak, when loud
cracking noice was heard, and the ice
under his rapidly moving feet gave way
breaking into hundred fragments Frank
went under the water to appear again
near a mass of frozen driftwOod- Desper-
ately he caught hold of the end Of a
projecting tree limb and held on for life
the floating cakes of broken ice dashing
against him and threatening to tear his
hands loose from their hold. His com
panions seemed to lose all sense of as
sistance and set up frantic cry for help,
while they jumped about in a wildly
excited manner as near to the boy in
peril their own safety would allow.
Dan, hearing the cries for help, went as
rapidly as his skates could carry him to
the scene of accident. Jerking off his
skates and divesting himself Of his coat
he called on the other boys to do likewise
and come to his aid. Taking the coats,
which the boys hurriedly gave him, Dan
tied the sleeves tightly together TO secure
length. Then, lying down on his stomach,
he crept as near to the half-frozen Frank.
whose benumbed hands were about to
lose their hold on the limb and throwing
one end of the string of coats to him, told
him to grasp it firmly and allow himself
to be carefully drawn to safety. Two
other boys were hidden to lie prone on
their faces and hold tightly to Dams
feet in the event of the ice giving way
where he lay. Then, cautiously and with
perfect knowledge of what he was doing,
Dan hauled the fooI-hardy Frank to
safety. Dripping with iee-water the shlv-
ering Frank was helped to me bank while
Dan gave orders which no one for an in
slant thought of disobeying. zone of you
fellows go as fast as you can to town and
get a sleigh and robes while the others
build two brush fires for Frank to sit be-
tween. Here, let's have another overcoat
to wrap him in he added as he put his
own old shabby topcoat round the shout
ders of the half-frozen Frank Quick
hands gathered up bark. dead leaves and
sticks and soon two little fires were bIaz-
Ing on the bank, Frank, his teeth chat
tering, crouching between them. As soon
as he could command his tongue, how
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Bette would become indignant, and, walk
ing of with her head in the air, would
say something about 'pussins what didn't
have 'nough respec' 70 their blessed of
spring to give it a handle didn't deserve
no offspring
but at last, on one Sunday morning.
Aunt Bette would brook delay In the
matter of naming me no longer. After
my mother and father went to church
she dressed me in my best robe. and,
putting me in my cab, started out, os-
tensibly for a ramble in the beautiful
park that lay near our house, and where
she took me on fine days for the air.
MY parents returned from church be-
fore Aunt Bette put in her appearance
with her little charge, and they were
anxiously waiting on the porch for US
when we came in through the gate. Ny
mother held her arms for me and said:
Come baby mine whereupon Aunt Bet
tie drew herself up proudly and looking
mamma defantly in the eyes said:
q Misses Mason, honey, dis chile has
done got a hanle dis Dressed Sabbath
mo'nin', sho' 'nough It did. done toted
dis precious H1e nameless chile to our
church an our preacher done babtizen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28


That's all right" answered the shade,
proudly turning round on his roller Il
can lay you in the shade whenever I
wish to. Besides. you are the sort that
anybody can see through
just then a large book on the table
huttered her leaves coquettishiy and said:
eff everyone will be quiet and give me
undivided attention I'll read a story"
Il have no attention to give away to
anyone" declared the poker, standing up
very stifiy IN his corner by the CRATE.
Besides, you are too full Of fairy tales
to be entertaining"
How do you like my tai?" asked a
bronze dog that lay on top a cabinet. 1T
isn't a fairy one.
But it lacks flesh and blood asserted
a footstooI. Therefore it can possess no
interest
1T doesn't lack metal" vociferated the
bronze dog, and metal is quite necessary
in all things"
why doesn't someone ask me to sing7"
inquired the little teakettle that swung
herself over a spirit lamp
NO, indeed, my dear Madam" said the
telephone. You are always accompanied
by that spirit lamp, and we all know how
full he is of alcohol. We believe in tenn
perance and will not put up with one ad-
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hers on the second floor. In the great
living-room. with its wide. hospitaBle
fireplace, the Jefferson family was won't
to assemble On winter nights, the father.
Jeter Jefferson, reading aloud from his be
loved Shakespeare. Swift or the Spec
tator, while the mother and older sisters
piled the knitting needles or sewed on
the -homespun'' garments. The young
sters. of course ('aTommy' included
whispered softly to each other near
chimney corner, telling riddles and playing
such little games as can be participated
in without noise.
At college Thomas Jefferson was counted
one Of the most conscientious and bril-
liant students attending at that time. IN
deed, he seems to have applied himself
so closely to the labor Of learning that he
found no time for ANYTHING else
He was counted quite a clever musician
also. playing on the violin with great
credit Between the ages Of 10 and u
1t is said that he devoted three hours
each day to practice on this greatest OF
musical instruments. His oldest sister,
Jane, was very fine singer and Thomas
played her accomplishments. In fact.
music seems TO have been Thomas Jener-
sons divine passion" for he tells US
that In his childhood and youth the pas
sion of his soul was music. He was also
devoted to ma thematics and architecture.
MARY GRAHAM.