Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-02-21
Audubon TENS

AaueT, WAS quite SICK this week.
There will be horse sale at the
feed yards, Saturday. Miles Kness.
E. Bilharz returned home from Chi
cago where he has been on business
trip.
Anna Boust went to Texas in with
large crowd of Audubon people
Tuesday.
Mrs. Thomas Musson's mother of
Bonneville came here to pay her a
visit Saturday.
VIM. Delahoyde of Extra, came
up here Thursday to visit relatives
and friends few days.
J. A. Baker who lives over in Aud
ubon twp. was up to our city Tuesday
and sold his farm and intends to buy
another.
Mrs. Lois g. Stuart's daughter of
Stuart ars. Kingston who has been
here visiting returned to her home
Saturday.
Mrs. Isaac Jankins was in town
Saturday on her way home to Sac
City. While here she visited with her
many friends.
John A. Musson, Geo. Hoover, Nor
rissey, Ruhs & Butterton on Saturday
Feb. 22nd. johnson & Buck will also
get into the business.
Miss Belle Donaldson was down to
,, Defence where her parents live visit
ing few days. She returned Monday
on account of school.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E.
church held an all. day meeting at the
church Wednesday, The "west side
division" furnished ter. cent dinner.
Chris Wonsmus, telegraph operator
at the Rock Island depot, went to Des
Moines, Saturday, to attend meeting
of the o. r. L. He returned Sunday.
Joe Allen who has been out at
Omaha visiting his mother and other
relatives and friends returned back to
his duties in the Roth Barber shop
Friday.
Miss Fish went to Extra to attend
the Delaboyde and Leake wedding
Tuesday of last week and Miss Anne
Delehoyde accompanied her, on her
return Friday evening.
Morrissey Ruhs & Butterton will
have q sale at their place of businesa
in Audubon Ia. on Saturday Febr. 23d
commencing at IL o'clock. Organs,
Pianos and Sewing machines; all sorts
of Implements etc. will be sold.
Jane Ssw and John Norris was
down at Brooklyn Iowa, and while
there they attended a hog sale and
Saturday they came home and report
ed that they had bought three of the
quilts which cost 1888 IS piece.
The people of Audubon county re.
greet that w. S. Armstrong is prepar-
| ing to move with his family to Des
Moines. We understand that Mr..
Armstrong will become factor in the
stock food business now conducted by
his son Frank.
Tuesday evening the Mems Bible
Club of the Presbyterian Church gave
four course banquet for DIR. Cony-
beare who will leave Audubon in a
short time. The John A Nash family
and the Ward family and the relatives
| of the RusselPs were guests of honor.
All report a delightful time.
Harry Parrott has sold the old Will
son Blacksmith shop he formerly pur-
hased of B. M. Crosse of Ohio. Mr..
Parrott owned and operated it for
several months and was doing nicely
but has been sick for some time and
his health will not permit him to
operate shop for awhile and as he had
chance to sell it he thought it was
Tor the best. Mr.. Crosse 1t is hoped by
all may have success in the business.
Mrs. DR.. Brooks had taffy pull at
her home Saturday evening, to enter
tain the M. e. church choir of which
she is member. A most enjoyable
and delightful time was had. The fol.
lowing were present: f. j. Henshall,
w. w. Smith, Nellie Wicker, Mae
Layland, Hazel Law, Nellie Tomp-
kins, Frank Sampson, Mildred Smith,
Frank Anderson, Iva Haderer, Alice
Gardner and Cora Sampson.
At the Methodist church Sunday
morning Rev. A. r. Grant took for his
subject: ::!!The Cry of the Black Man."
giving some of mis- experiences in the
south where he was raised and grew
to manhood. He said the negroes in
the last forty years, or since the eman-
cipation proclamation of Abraham
Lincoln, had proved themselves to be
a very different and more intelligent
race, and made wonderful stride
toward acquiring the means of iveli-
hood, and also practical knowledge
far surprising the whites of the south.
In the evening judge w, r. Green
spoke: "On Lincoln and Present-Day
Problems" He declared that the
great president was not only very
decided Christian man, but q strong
aud absolute temperance advocate,
and said if the statesmen of our day
would stand as firmly for the enforce
ment of the laws we would have less
Bookkeeping, and G. o. d. express
packages of unlawful goods coming
into our state and country.
Big Closing Out Sale
Nj. Grinspan, is making arrange.
ments to close out the B. H.
Pommer clothing stock, Mr.. Grinspan
is the manager of the Independent
Salvage Company. Mr.. Pommer's
lease will soon expire and he expects
to close out and move his family away
from Audubon,
The sale starts February 22nd. at