Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-03-21
EXTRA

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so terribly burned that she died the
next morning about 1000 o'clock. Mrs.
Davis was in the house alone at the
time of the accident and no one knows
just how it happened, but Mr. Davis
heard her screaming and hurried to the
house and found she had fallen on the
stove Mrs. Davis was born in Mon
mouthshire, Wales, April %, 1880 and
died March IA, 1912. She was the
mother of five children, four living and
one dead. Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the Christian church after
which interment was made at the Extra
cemetery. We extend our hearth 1t
sympathy to Mr.. Davis and children.
Oluf Jensen and wife were called up
on to mourn the loss of their little
daughter, Effie, last Friday evening.
She was born October, 1910 and died
March 10, 1912 after an illness of several
weeks caused from teething. Funeral
services were held from the Danish
church Sunday at loo p m. and she
was laid to rest in the Extra cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jensen have the sympathy
of the entire community.
Peter Jergensen the book-keeper at
the E. D. Cotton big general store re-
ceived letter from his native home
about two weeks ago bearing the sad
news of the death of brother and last
week he received another letter stating
that his mother had passed away also.
Mr.. Jergensens cup of sorrow is GER
tainly filled to overhowing and we all
extend our heartfelt sympathy to him
in his grief
Mr.. George Slater and Miss Florence
Thomas were quietly married at the
Christian parsonage last Wednesday
evening. These young people are
among Audubon County's most respect
ed young folks and we wish them a
happy and prosperous voyage over life's
sea. They will be at home to their
many friends on the Jake Carstens
farm they have rented for the coming
year
Will Doffing is here from Texas where
he moved last fall and has decided to
move to Marysville, Mo-. soon. Mrs.
Doffing and children are visiting her
sister at Houston, Texas for while be.
fore coming north. Willis next move
will be back to Audubon county we
predict.
Mrs. j. Nj. Dimick took their son,
Frank to Atlantic last week and had an
operation performed on the bone in his
nose which was giving him considerable
trouble Atpresent Frank is getting
along nicely and able toreturn to school
this week
Free Anders is disposing of his large
supply of wood early this spring on ac-
count of the shortage of coal, neither
yard having any coal at all, until last
Sundays freight brought in an ample
supply of hard coal and one car of
soft COAL
The Misses Baldwin and McCorken-
dale of Chicago are visiting at the
Connrardy and Simpson homes and
Miss Baldwin is spending few days
this week with Miss frankie Bell Crane
down at the Smith Burton farm south
of town.
On account of the terrible snow storm
Thursday we had no train up on the
Audubon branch from the Thursday
early train until Saturday pm. about
900 o'clock.
Walter Larson is helping Mike Larson
paper and paint this spring and they
have commenced their spring work in
spite of the continued snow and bad
weather
Mrs. Chas. Sykes and Miss Opal Can
non of Oakfeld were visiting friends
and relatives and doing some spring
shopping in Extra several days last week.
Alvin Holmes, wife and baby and
Owen Murphy from over by Bear Grove
were over Sunday visitors with their
mother and sister, Mrs. Holmes.
Maurine Jensen has sold out her stock
Of millinery goods and expects to go to
Des Moines to make her home in the
future.
Galen Cotton returned from Chicago
last week where he has been taking a
course in window trimming and decor
ating.
r. G. Watterson attended the A. o.
q. w. convention in Des Moines last
week as delegate from the local lodge.
John Hunter of Guthrie county was
calling on friends and attending to some
business matters in Extra last week.
Earl Brown was visiting in Extra last
week and attended the dance at the
X. P. hall Friday night.
The dance at the X. p. hall last Fri.
day night was we'll attended and good
time was enjoyed by all.