Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-12
Cecil Talbot went to Atlantic Fri
day to vieit her young friends

Green went to De Soto Friday for
visit with friends.
Rev. Dudley, vice President of Sim
pson College, occupied the pulpit at
the Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing and evening.
Mrs. Emil Bilharz entertained a do
zen or so ladies last Wednesday in
honor of her mother, Mrs. Dawson
and sister, Mrs. Abrams of Iowa City.
Howard Rathburn, the son of MIS-.
Davis was here with his wife from
Belle Fouche, S. Dakota and then
went to Fl Madison the last of the
week to visit her folks.
Mrs. Gertrude Nelson went to Des
Moines Friday to visit her sister, Mrs.
Steel and from there she will 90 to
Ablin to attend the meeting of the
State P. e. o. Sisterhood.
Rev. Christensen of the Danish
Lutheran Church west of town will
go to Racine, Wisconsin the last
week in May to attend conference,
which meets the first week in June.
Helen Wards sixteenth birthday
occurred Monday and was celebrated at
her home by having Mock wedding,
followed by refreshments. She was
presented with very fine gold brace
let.
Mrs. Ed Biiharz received telegram
Sunday saying her uncle, L. B. Prick
ard of Indianola had died suddenly
and she went there Sunday p. M. to
attend the funeral. He was County
Clerk Of Warren County.
Jas. jays wife Of Sterling stopped
here to visit her husbands father,
Wesley Jay, and her brother Pat Car
roll. She had been to Chicago with
her son to have him operated upon
for some trouble in his feet.
The Columbian Club have engag ed
talent for next winters course.
Rounds Ladies Orchestra.
Chicago Male Quartette.~
DR. d g Herbert
DR. E A Wiggam
Mr.. BATHS, Impersonator of Dickens.
The May Meeting of the Womep's
Foreign Missionary Society was held
at the home of Mrs. DIR. Brooks Tues
day. The Topic was '.The Gospel in
Eastern South America" Report
from the Convention was received and
| Special music was rendered after
which lunch was served.
Miss Edna Detwiler, who has been
teaching in the public schools of Fair
field has accepted the method work
in Parsons College summer school.
Her acceptance of this position is the
result of an address which she made
at the County Teachers Association
last November on Methods in Teach :
ing Language and which was over
heard by membere of the college fac
ulty. Miss Detwiler's many friends
in this, her home county, will be most
sincere in offering their congratula-
tions.
The following ladies took part in
the preparations for the birthday cele-
bratlon of Mrs. T.. ]. Freeman last
week, which was q complete surprise
to her Mesdames John Ward, j. w.
Cole, 81 B Wilson, A M HAYES. Ollie
Coon, Fred Hoenke, Mary Krauz,
Mary Wilde, Jack Dennis, Jack Ash
by, Chas. Jones, Will Wilson, ]
Weighton, ] R Chandler, LATE Simp.
son, Lawrence Kline, ] Morer. Ed
Freeman, Jas. Elwood, Christiane
johnson, A Brainard, Julia Tramp
Sol Keightly and Misses Kate Roche
and Matte Elwood of Audubon, Mrs
Graham of Centerville Iowa, Mrs
Wilson of Warsaw, Ind. and Mrs. S
d Harm and Mrs. Geo Paige of Extra
A four course luncheon was prepared
by Miss Ethel Freeman. A check
for $66 was given her by Mr.. Freeman
it being her 66th birthday.
r. ]. Creveling and G. h. ,Reynold't
found an old Bible between the plas-
ter and weather boarding of house
in the north end of town belonging tc
j. G Fisher, while repairing it. II
the Bible are the names of George w
w. and Jane Kean with the dates o
Nov. 1853 and Dec. 1854 as the yeare
in which they we're born and giving
their birthplace as Pennsylvania. Il
also contains the names and dates Of
birth of other mem bers Of the Kean
family. They found letter also da-
ted Nov. ~, 1881 from John H. Kate
to Glenn Willet asking him to accep
cap and gloves as token of appre
citation for kindness shown him kate
in waiting on him and taking care OF
his pony during siege of sickness.
Court Matters
Mitchell vs. Mitchell-Land Com