Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-07-26
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pany's premium offer!
Mrs. Carelsen, of Elk Horn, was
calling on Atlantic friends one day
the past week.
Several of the marksmen about here
went down to Hamlin Seation, Sun
day, and participated in the shoot.
Hon. Peter Nissen was over at
Harlan, one day this week, calling
on friends and looking after business
matters.
The Kimbsllton we'll diggers were
at the f. Nissen home, one half mile
south of Elk Horn, Tuesday, making
a long we'll.
Miss Flemming, of Glenwood, who
had been here calling on her friends,
the Jens Carlson family, returned to
her homo last Friday.
Mr.. George Brown, the Audubon
broom maker, was at Elk Horn, on
Tuesday, displaying his wares, and
from here he went on south toward
Walnut.
School house number nine, Sharon
township, between Kimballton and
Elk Horn, has been treated to cou-
pie of coats of white paint, trimmed
in green.
George James, his wife and MIR. and
Mrs. S. G. Petersen were delightfully."-
entertained at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lars johnson, south of Elk
Horn, last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Myrthu started
Tuesday for visit at their old home
in Denmark; expecting to be gone for
two or three months and to see much
of the old world while away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Viggo Sorenson, of
Kimballton, buried their infant babe
in the Elk Horn cemetery, Monday,
since which time the mother is said
to be in very precarious condition.
Mrs. P. P. Nielsen and daughter,
Nora Nielsen, went over east from
Extra, the latter part of last week,
and visited with Will Jensen and
wife at their home in south Greeley
township.
Simon Iverson, who resides out at
Council Bluffs but who owns good
farm near Elk Horn, left Wednesday
for the old home in Denmark where
he will pass year. His wife died
about year ago.
Nels Nielsen, one of the Elk Horn
blacksmiths, has been humping him.
self lately, putting on thirty shoes
a day which made him feel so rich
that he has decided to build new
chop, thirty by forty feet in size.
Gustav Olsen, of near Elk Horn,
who had been passing the Sunday in
Atlantic left this morning for Omaha
from which place he will go out to
Wyoming and try for q tree home
stead in the Shoshone Valley-The
Telegraph
"Chirs the Thresher,'' started up
his machine this week on Wednesday
doing the first job of work down on
Jens Myrthu farm, near Elk Horn.
Chris has first-class outfit, does ex-
cellent work and just has stacks of
work piled up ahead of him.
Carl Hansen departed for Hooper,
Nebraska, Friday, and his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Hansen, went out
to the same city, Monday, where
they will pass few happy days at
the home of these good peoples
daughter, Mrs. John Bruhn.
A company of good Audubon peo-
pie came out in the Van Gorder auto
mobile and carriages, Tuesday, and
picniced on the college campus. The
party was made up as follows: Mr..
and Mesdames Charles Van Gorder,
Wilson Burnside, Emil Bilharz; Mrs.
Ed B. Cousins, Mrs. II. w. Wilson,
Mr.. Ed Van Gorder.
Hans Petersen, who resides west Of
Elk Horn, was up at Fort Dodge to
see his son, Peter M. Petersen, who is
taking treatment there and SAYS he
was very agreeably surprised to see
what change there was for the bet
ter; he has gained eight pounds in
flesh and was convinced that his
boy would soon be restored to him,
we'll and sound.
There were two operations at the
hospital today; the first one being on
Richard Hansen, the three year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen, near
Elk Horn, and was for strangulated
HERNIA. -. The second was on the five
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. M.
Nielsen, who reside over near the
Advent church east of Elk Horn, and
the patient was brought to Atlantic
where an operation was performed
in hopes of saving his foot that had
been almost severed from his leg by
moving machine. The little fellow
was playing in the oat field where his
father was moving, and before he
knew it the machine was upon him.
The tendons of his leg were severed
but the physicians hope that the op-