Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
Extra News And Notes

Doctor Evans returned home Friday
from Des Moines where he had been
for a week
Sam K. Harm returned Friday from
Chicago where he had been on bust
ness.
They extended the water pipes south
from the Ed Cotton store over the hill
so as to have protection in that part
of town in case of fire.
Mrs. Wilson, the milliner, went to
Des Moines, Saturday, to select her
fall stock. She returned Tuesday.
John M. Dimick and Charles Find
lay purchased an automobilethis week
and have hired John Bennett to run
it. They expect to run an auto livery
here.
Charles Wilde and family, of Au-
dubon, visited over Sunday in our
city at the w. H. Bowman home.
Essie Herrick came home this week
from Iowa City, where she had been
with her mother.
The Extra ball team went to Adair,
Sunday, to play game and we under
stand it was a good one, Extra win
ming Six to Three. Next Sunday the
Atlantic Merchant Greys will be here
for return game and it is expected
the ball will fairly sizzle when these
old rival teams get at each other. To
day Extra is playing the American
Bloomer Girls on the local diamond.
Bert Pine, son of John Pine and
wife, east of town had two ranaways
upon Extras streets, Sunday night,
the team becoming frightened each
time at an automobile. The first time
the team got clear away from him and
the buggy was broke all to smash, but
the second time he held onto them. No
one was hurt either time which we
assure him was real lucky.
Mrs. Charles May and son, Kenneth
May, went to Atlantic, Saturday, to
remain over Sunday with her husband
who is working in an implement house
in that city.
Mrs. Charles Race, of Panama,
Iowa, came home Saturday to visit
with her parents, Thomas Gill and
wife.
Mrs. T.. M. Woodcock and child
rem. of Shawnee, Oklahomr, are here
visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Thomas Gill.
Ed Bartlett left Friday for Minneso-
ia where he goes to take charge of a
team of oxen on a ditching gang. We
understand he expects to drive them.
Will E. Johnson and Nick Doffing,
who have been away on a trip for five
weeks, returned on Saturday morning
feeling we'll rested and are now back
at work again busy as ever.
Franz Kreamer, second baseman on
the Extra base ball team, and letter
carrier on the new route that runs out
northwest from Extra told our good
Uncle Sam that he would like to have
ten days play spell and our good
Uncle Sam said all right, Frank; go
and have q good time; and Frank at
once faded away in the distance. Moth
ing was heard from him for few days
until the first part of this week when
he appeared at the cottage door of his
sister, Mrs. Clarence Masching, here
in Extra, leading young lady known
to us all as Maude Hamlin by the
hand saying: Mrs. Masching, this
is my wife, Mrs. Frank Kreamer." 1t
leaked out that he had hied himself
away out to Burwell, Nebraska, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. N. ID. Hamlin,
near that place, where on Saturday,
August l, 1913, he was united in mar
riage to their daughter, Miss Maude
Hamlin. Friend Frank says it isn't
so, but everybody else says it is so,
so it's so whether it's so or not so,
So
Ed Lefingwell returned from out in
Wyoming, Tuesday morning, where
he had been for a year or so.
George Knapp, a former Extra boy,
was here Monday visiting relatives
and selling goods. He says his moth
er now lives in Detroit, Michigan,
with her daughter, Gertie Donnally.
Doctor L. J. Oldaker and wife enter
tanned their friends, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Hoffman and daughter, from Des
Moines, part of the week.