Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17
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Ss1AS
Little Lois Farrell is quite sick
at this writing.
Mr.. Liken shipped cattle to Chi.
cago Saturday night.
Mrs Beems is spending week or
two in Gray with her husband.
Charlie King has been working tor
Will Barger the last week or two.
We saw John Shaw going west
from town Sunday eve. How
strange!
Miss Ava Petersen was married in
Omaha Christmas eve, to a Mr..
Fletcher.
Mrs. MeCreary and childten return
ed home last week from their visit
at Lake View.
William Badmann started Monday
morning to take a position in a drug
store in Omaha.
e. e. Merit and Cameron Ross
were Audubon visitors Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mrs. George Viewer was in to lodge
last Thursday night, also Saturday
night to installation.
Elmer Audas came home early last
week for visit with his parents
before going to Texas.
Ormsby Beers worked for Lou
Shingledecker one day last week dur
ing the latter's absence.
Look up advertisement of Weigh
toms pure bred hog sale in this paper
and arrange to attend sale.
The weather took quite cold Sun
day night, and Monday was one of
the coolest days of the season.
Mr.. Elmer Dyer went to Boone
last Saturday to see about getting a
housekeeper, returning Sunday.
The William Barger sale the 10th
was quite we'll attended and most
every thing brought good price.
Don't forget to come to church in
Gray every Sunday morning, as we'll
as afternoon, until further notice.
Howard Kittell and Miss Ada
were both home the last of the week.
Ada was Manning visitor Saturday.
The train sesvice was a fright
Monday, being an hour late in the
morning and two hours late in the
evening.
Mrs. Spilker came home for cou-
pie Of days last week but returned
to her fathers bedside at Scranton
last Saturday.
The Rebekahs met last Friday af-
ternoon to clean their hall. We saw
just four or five at work but they
got it nice and clean.
Ormsby Beers is helping Mr..
Mundt this week during his special
sale of winter goods. Some fine bar
gains to be had now in Gray.
"Aunt Wager" has gone to Mechan-
icsville to visit and from there she
goes to the Old Ladies Home at
Cedar Rapids to make her permanent
residing place.
/ Messrs. John and Abe Foster and
families OF Manning, came down Sat-
nrday eve to spend Sunday with
their father, Uncle Jim Foster, it
being his birthday.
Mr.. Bates moved last Saturday in
to the house vacated by Mr.. Barger
which he bought, and will soon take
charge of the Trans Mississippi
elevator in his stead.
Mrs. William Barger and Ailene
have gone to Iowa City to visit her
mother, Mrs. Swaney, until Mr..
Barger completes his work here and
gets them another home.
n Miss Clio Beers has been sending
her folks some nice pictures of Sal
mon, Idaho lately, one Of the store
where she and Charlie are clerking,
another of the river that runs thru
the town and also one OF the parks.
II We understand that Mr.. Milton
Grow of Viola township, and son
John, who is working in Des Moines,
started the 18th to visit his brother,
John Crow and family of Goodies,
| Virginia, and to look at the country.
Mr.. Chris Christensen will begin
to think pretty soon that Saturday
is an unlucky day for him. Last
Saturday morning, he, in some man.
ner, let a rock fall on one of his
fingers hurting it quite badly and in
the evening his team ran with him,
dragging him some little distance.
The L. o. o. f. and the Rebekahs
had Joint installation of officers at
their hall last Saturday night. They
had a fine time. After the exercises
were over bountitul supper was in
dulged in, about sixty five or seventy
being in attendance But just before
this, Mrs. f. r. Mclaughlin, in be-
half of the Rebekahs, presented Mrs.
Mable Barger with set of silver
knives and forks and sterling sill