Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-08-22
Extra Echoes.

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Lodge, No. 342, located at Extra,
Iowa, relative to the death of Michael
Scharff:
WHEREAS, Ithas pleased the Grand
Master of the Universe to remove from
this earthly Lodge to the Lodge on
High our worthy brother, Michael
Scharff, respected and honored
member of this Lodge, an active,
whole-souled, enterprising man and
citizen, kind and affectionate hus-
band and father; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That while we are call
ed to mourn our brother yet we cherish
the hope that our loss is his gain and
while we cherish his memory here we
commend his spirit to the God who
who gave it, trusting his welfare in
the future in the hands of Him who
watcheth over us all.
RESOLVED, That we deeply sympa-
thize with the wife and children of the
departed brother and tender our sin
cere sympathy in this their grief and
affection.
RESOLVED, That the lodge be drap-
ed in mourning for a period of thirty
days.
RESOLVED, That copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the records
OF the Lodge, a copy sent to the wife
and children of our deceased brother
and a copy be handed in 60 the county
papers for publication.
V. B. HELLYER,
j. B. CONNRARDY, Committee
N. p. CHRISTENSEN
EXTRA, IOWA,
AUGUST IA, 1907.
Doctor Jones, from Shen andoah,
spent last Sunday at the j. B. Conn
rardy home, in our city.
Jack Temple came home Saturday
to visit over Sunday with his parents,
w. B. Temple and wife, south of town
Miss Emaline Spencer came home
Sunday from Audubon where she had
been attending Chautauqus, the past
week.
Miss Grace Hensley came home on
| Sunday from Audubon where she hal
been spending a week with Virginia
Stroebele.
ID. + Stranger and family returned
| Monday from Lake View where they
had been on an outing. They report
nice time.
Extras base ball catcher, Brownie,
has been rather under the weather the
latter part of the week, being unable
| to help Extra play against Carroll on
| Saturday, so Mr.. Franklin was called
from Atlantic to fill his place.
The will of the late Michael Scharff
has been filed for probate in the office
of the clerk of courts. The will pro-
| vides that the property of the deceased
/, shall 60 to his widow and at her death
shall be distributed among his child
ren.-Atlantic Democrat.
S. e. Harm and family returned on
last Thursday from the lakes where
| they had been taking an outing of
| about ten day. They reporta fine time
| the fishing as very good and brought
home about fifteen pounds of fresh fish
which they distributed among their
| friends.
Extra had two ball games last week
with Carroll. Friday they played a
| five inning game, sudden shower pre-
venting further play, and the score
was Five to Four in Extras favor
Saturday they played very good
game but lost, the score being Carroll
Five, Extra Four.
Miss Bonnie Helm, of Walnut is
now helping with the day work at the
| telephone central Office, as Miss Mary
| Gill is taking a weeks vacation. She
and her mother, Mrs. Tom Gill, left
Saturday for Valley Junction where
| they go to spend the time visiting with
/ Uni tctn IF ms
| George Lennon who has, for the
! past several months, been clerk at the
Office of Roadmaster Muschotte has
resigned his position and in the near
future will return to Ames where he
will resume his studies. Fred Wissler,
of Grinnell, brother of Will Wissler,
at the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank,
will take his place. George has made
him splendid clerk and his services
have been much appreciated by Road
master Muschotte who hates to see him
leave-The Atlantic Democrat.
The Base Ball Tournament began at
Extra on Tuesday, and the first game
was between the Yoemen, from Des
Moines and the Benton Boomers, the
Boomers winning Seven to Two; the
second game was between Anita and
Extra, Extra shutting them out and
our boys scoring Seven times. Reese
and Brownie was our battery; Floyd
and Worthing working for Anita. On
yesterday afternoon there was whole
lot doing down at Athletic Park. First
roaming band of Cowboys and Indi-
ans played game of Polo: then the
Extra and Bloomers and Anita and
the Yoemen played two games of ball.
Extra beat the Bloomers Seven to
Four; and Anita scooped the Yoemen
Seven to Two. The Polo game was
conundrum to the large crowd in at
tendance; didn't amount to much; and
the Indians won. The tournament will
end this afternoon with two ball games
Laura l.. Barlow was born in West
Brookfield, Massachusetts, October
%, 1926, where she passed the days OF
her early childhood, attended school
and received her preparation for high
school work; and she began teaching
school in North Brookfield, Massachu-
sets. On November %, lS49, she was
united in marriage to John ID. Bush.
at West .Brookfield, Massachusetts,
where they continued to euntil June,
1862, when they came to Audubon coun-
ty, Iowa, and settled near Extra. To
write the history of Mrs. Bush and her
late husband, John ID. Bush, would be
to write one. of the most important
chapters of the history OF Audubon