Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-22
A merry Christmas.

For Sale or Trade Three acre tract
in West Audubon we'll improved. w.
IL. BOLTON. stiff.
The school exercises begin at 1880
Friday afternoon, The patrons are in.
vited to attend,
Mrs. H. Kroeger of Extra was up
yesterday visiting her relatives, the
Graham family. -
Remember the Home Talent Play
to be given at the Opera House next
Tuesday evening.
-Chas johnson and family of Stuart
came up Wednesday to attend the fun
eral of his father today.
Messrs. j. N. Arp, w. A. HOLSTER
and A. j. Hunt drove to Guthrie Cen
ter by auto last Saturday on matters of
business.
Miss Stearns and Mrs Il. f. Bilharz
attended a farmers institute ut Adair
last week and the former gave them an
interesting talk.
"A little red pig strayed from my
premises in Audubon ten days ago
you see him. VIM. KEEsE.
The Bargain week for the Daily
Capital at ~. 90 a year began yesterday.
If you want that paper bring or send in
your $500 before December 30.
Frank S. Watts, who has been i'm
the Methodist hospital ut Des Moines
for ten days recovering from u surgical
operation, is expected home today.
We are pleased to see by card
elsewhere in this paper that Mr.. James
Lee who has been quite seriously ill is
advancing daily toward recovery.
The school children of Des Moines
are required to carry bottles to school.
| We think some high school pupils i'm
some of the smaller towns should do so.
"A green Christmas makes full
graveyard" runs the old saying. But
an exchange thinks it was the green of
envy to which the statement has refer
ence.
The Telegraph says that Mrs.
| Myers of Kimballton was operated ON
at the hospital in that city Sunday by
DIR. James of kimballton, assisted by
local surgeons
| We regret very much to hear this
morning that one of the triplets of Mr..
and Mrs. Thos. SweeZy died last night
| from pneumonia. and that another one
is seriously i'll with the same trouble.
H. b. Enjoys big traction 40 horse
power engine arrived here this week
and is in readiness for him to ship it up
! to Kenaston, Canada, early i'm the spring
1t draws twelve 14-inch plows and Mr..
Emley will use it for breaking.
Believing in Santa Claus brings
much happiness to the children and we
cannot see that it does them any harm
SO let us believe in him still and give
the children the best and most forcible
reasons to continue to have faith in his
coming once year.
The public schools of Audubon will
close on Friday of this week for the
holiday vacation, Commencing about
100 o'clock Friday afternoon
program of interesting exercises will be
given in each room below the high
school to which patrons of the school are
invited
"A group of young people have been
in training for six weeks to be able to
give to the public fifstclass produc-
ton of the comedy What Happened
to Jones'. The cast is well placed,
each one being particularly well suited
to the part they fill, thus making well
balance play.
Mrs. Emil Bilharz was hostess to
the p Il. o. society last week and en-
tertained the ladies for an hour by
showing pictures and giving a descrip
ton of the people and the scenes in the
great Passion Play at Oberamergau,
which she and her husband attended
this summer while in Europe.
"A card from Hi Mendenhall says
that several carloads of landseekers have
arrived in that vicinity and the com
pany sold 1000 acres to three men from
Manchester, Iowa, out along the boule
ward and they will clear it up this win
ter and put it all in cotton. That will
make things hum out our way.
Tickets for the comedy What
Happened to Jones" will be on sale at
Smith drug store and by parties on
the streets but no seats will be reserved
until Wednesday morning, Dec. 20.
Reservation for seats may be made at
Smiths drug store, Wednesday morn
ing, Dec. %, beginning at eight o'clock.
e. n. Taggart and wife are renew
ing their youth out in the country by
doing the chores at the home of his son,
Ed Taggart, for about two weeks while
he and his family are visiting out in
Nebraska They will spend Christmas
with his sister Mrs. Chamberlain and
New Year with her sister, Mrs. Barnes.
John A. Nash and wife went to
Ottumwa, Monday to remain until
after Christmas with their daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Cowles. Mr.
Nash will prove the statement that 1T
is more blessed to give than to receive
by making present to his daughter OF
fine house he recently purchased for
that purpose.
The Masons of Des Moines have
bought a site ON which they are plan
ing to erect temple worth q quarter
million dollars. The Daily Capital one
day the last week had cut of Harry f.
Sampson, referring to him as one of the
masonic boosters in raising funds for
the new temple. Harry was recently
initiated as Knight Templar. Mr. G.
IL. Earhart formerly of this county
charge of the work. This makes him a
member of all the masonic bodies ex-
oa,,t tho Consistory