Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-08-12

yesterday.
Mrs. Hetty Croy had telephone
installed in her residence the first
of this week. i
Mrs. Frank kreamer purchased a
Free" sewing machine this week
of Christensen.
Lou Christensen and wife of east
Audubon township were shopping
in Extra yesterday.
Miss Esta Simpson is assisting
her BROTHER in Audubon this week
with his telephone books.
Miss Kelsey was out in Audubon
township this week at the home of
her cousin, Mrs. George Kness.
]. P. Lair had new we'll bored
on his premises this week, the old
one having become about useless.
B. f. Simpson and ]. B. Connrar-
dy were up near Carroll the fret of
the week looking at the country and
enjoying the scenery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams are enter
tanning grand daughter from
Cumberland and their daughter.in-
law, Mrs. Emery Williams and chill
dren of Atlantic.
T. ]. Foster and wife and Will
Sonthwtck and wife, the latter,
niece Of DIR. Newton passed through
town yesterday iu their auto from
Guthrie Center on their way to At
lantic.
Mrs. Watterson is having come
very necessary repairs made on her
house in which the Journal has it's
quarters which adds both to the
stability and appearance of the
building.
Nels Jensen who resides on the
Dyer farm northwest of town was
overcome with the heat Tuesday,
while threshing and for few hours
he was in serious condition but
is much better today.
Harold Sturgeon was the Grst
man near town to thresh his grain,
which he did yesterday and found
the yield better than he thought it
would be especially his barley
which gave large yield.
| Mrs. L. G. Conkling and daughter
Martha left on the noon train today
for Des Moines where they expect
to be gone for ten days looking af-
ter the styles and buying a new
stock for their millinery store for
the coming fall.
| Work commenced last week on
the II mile stretch of the projected
Omaha and iowa railroad between
Council Bluffs and Treynor Iowa.
This is the road the survey of
which wac made through Extra,
North Branch etc. on to Des Moines.
Mrs. Cecil Crane went TO Minneso-
ia last week to try the pure air of
that state for threatened lung trou-
Bile. Her husband will leave for
that state Sunday, to join her and
if the climate does her any good he
will come back this fail. harvest his
corn crop and return there to make
his home.
Nick Bintner's family arrived
here yesterday from Mimi, where
he moved few months ago. Soon
after which he traded his farm
there for a Mo. river farm near
Plattsrnouth, Nebr. and to which he
is moving this week the family visi-
ting relatives here until he gets set
| tied in the new home.
The Benton families out on the
east county line were all reported as
on the mend yesterday which is
certainly good news after all the
sickness and deaths in the two
families the past few weeks.
Among them are three trained
nurses, one from Omaha, Guthrie
Center and Audubon. Five different
doctors have been in attendance.
VIM. Fulton Remembers Grand Son.
When Mrs, Fulton left for the
west recently to visit her son Char
ley and wife and her grand son,
William (2) she was nearly loaded
down with presents for the young
scion OF the Fulton ia mily; but
Grandpa Fulton being out in the
country did not add his mite to the
general contribution at that time
being at loss as to the exact ma
ture of the present to be sent; but
last Friday he made up his mind