Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
NEWS ABOUT
YOUR FRIENDS
Comings and Goings of the Folks Who
Believe I'm Audubon and Her
Citizens

Mrs. Willis Jones has returned
from a visit with her sister, Mrs.
MertZ at Omaha
DR.. Fulton is moving his family
into his new residence which has
just been completed.
The man who calls out in the morn
ing that he is getting up when he
isn't simply lies in bed.
Mrs. L. G. Bagley leaves tomorrow
for an ever Christmas visit with her
parents at Hampton, Iowa.
Frank McFadden will hold his pub
lie sale Tuesday, Dec. 28th. Look
for his advertisement in another part
of today's Republican.
A red hog weighing about ITS
pounds strayed from our slaughter
house recently. Finder notify Bar
entson & Andersen and receive re-
ward.
Some people marry because it is
contagious. Others because they can't
work in single harness. But the most
marry because they fall in love and
can't fall out.
Quite a number of persons from
the city this week attending court,
some as jurours and others as wit
nesses in the various cases to be tried
The present cold snap has put a
crimp in construction work, and work
the past week has been at stand
still. This is especially true of work
requiring brick laying and cement
work.
Mrs. G. III. Buck leaves tomorrow
for Des Moines where she will meet
her daughter, Mildred, who is return
ing from the University at Evanston,
ILL.,; to spend her Christmas vacation
with her parents.
John McGriff who has been en-
ployed at Albert Weston's farm, de-
parted yesterday for his home at Ok
ford, Indiana. He is well pleased
with Audubon county and may de-
eide to return next spring.
Talking is one of the strongest in
dications of life. Let our readers be
governed accordingly and notice the
firms who talk through our columns.
They are alive and full Of business
and 1t will profit you to trade with
them every time.
We have a number of special arti-
cles written by Audubon people in
this issue of the Republican They
are intensely interesting and we urge
all of our readers to read these art
icles as they touch on topics of in
terest to every citizen.
A number of parties have been
causing me considerable annoyance
at my slaughter house and am COM
PEELED to put stop to trespassing on
the premises. Those found trespass-
ing hereafter will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law. John F.
McCort.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Z. Tompkins, Mrs.
j. e. Lyons, Mrs. ]. McMurray and
Mrs. j. w. Foster of Sioux City who
were called here by the death OF
Mrs j. w. Foster whose remains were
laid to rest in Cameron Center ceme-
terry, returned on Tuesday to their
homes.
No place on the globe will you
find as big-hearted, generous ano
noble people as reside in this ola
town. They are not much on oress
parade. They do not wear silk stock
ings and silk hats out they have
hearts as big and warm as ever pull
stated in human breasts.
Nels Christensen, the obliging
clerk at the Hans Albertsen grocery
has packed his household goods and
shipped them to California. He and
his family will leave next week to
make their home in the vicinity of
his parents, who moved to Van Mugs
California about two months ago.
d. w. Fullerton who came from
Canada yesterday is going to make
arrangements to remain in Audubon.
His family has been here since last
June, but it was impossible for him
to come until at this time. He was a
pleasant caller at this Office yester-
day afternoon and told us he was
glad to get back. He left Audubon
some four of five years ago.
Holger Andersen of the firm of
Barentson & Andersen has demon
strated exceptional ability as a dec
orator. He has made the meat mar
ket a delightful place and has ar
ranged the decorations in such way
as to make the shop look most attrac-
tive and inviting He is to be COM
plimented on his splendid effort.
II. j. Savage who for several years
was employed on the Republican has
been the local editor on the Advocate
this week. Mr.. Savage is a rustler
and by nature and training is re-
porter of no mean ability. He has the
happy faculty of finding a piece of
news when others would stumble and
fall without recognizing it as news
item.
The Camp Fire Girls will sell cof-
fee and dougrnuts on lext Tuesday
afternoon, which will be the day of
the special election on the new school
house proposition. They will begin
at two o'clock and continue through
out the afternoon. These splendid
young ladies will have their head
quarters in the plumbing shop of A.
A. Smith on South Park.
Col. Long, now a prominent laws
yer of Kansas City. but 80 years ago
a station agent at Extra, has been in
the city the past few days. After
leaving Audubon county he entered
the army and being in close touch
with high officials by reasons of his
being in the telegraph service, soon
rose to high position He relates
some interesting experiences and has
had delightful visit with some of
the older inhabitants.
The ladies of the Evangelical
church will conduct Food Sale"
at A. A. Smiths plumbing shop on
South Park on Friday December "a.
Don't worry about you Christmas
baking. Some of the best cooks lii
Audubon county will assume that
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