Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-02-17
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

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A chicken dinner will be served by
the ladies of the Presbyterian church
on February 22nd. Serving Will be-
gin at 6 o'clock.
George Mendenhall was in Omaha
last week with a bunch of cattle. He
returned on Saturday.
!, Mrs. J. e. Mcclure came from Stu
art the fore part of the week to spend
a few days with her mother, Mrs. Cum
bingham.
Lewis Neitzel went back to Wilcox,
Sask., Canada, the fore part of the
week after visiting here since before
the holidays.
Lost: Between Boyd school house
and Audubon, package containing
silk and thread. Finder please return
to this office.
Fred Little, a former resident of
Audubon, came from Sioux City the
fore part of the week to look after
some business matters.
| Miss Mable Overholt who was a
guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. e. Beason, returned on Monday to
her home at Des Moines.
l.. B. Kessler who has been visiting
jerks Moore and other relatives in
Audubon the past month, departed
Monday for his home in Iowa City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bertel Jensen are the
happy parents of a baby girl born to
them last Saturday. Mother and babe
are doing nicely, while father is the
happiest and proudest man in town.
Chas. Tramp had business calling
him to Des Moines the fore part of
the week. He is connected with the
brick and tile plant, and went in the
interests of the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Cummings came
from Atlantic Sunday for a visit at
the j. S. Dennis home. Mr.. Cummings
returned home early in the week but
his wife will remain until later.
Miss Olive Kopp, after enjoying a
few days visit at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kopp, re-
turned Sunday to her duties as teach
er in the Avoca public schools
Miss Leola Vollmer, pianist from
Carroll, was in the city Friday and
assisted Arthur Cole and his orchestra
in furnishing music for the high
school dance held at Watts hall Fri
day evening.
j. S. Dennis has just recently fin
ished putting up his summers supply
Of ice. He shipped in Is car loads
from Spirit Lake and the ice, which
measures from Is to % inches, is
considered the purest and best that
has been sent out for several years,
Gus Hahn is back to Audubon again
after being in Omaha at a hospital
several weeks recovering from two
Operations. He is feeling better than
he did. and if he continues to improve
he will soon be able to return to his
home in Canada where he is farming
on an extensive scale.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Carr returned from
Kansas City Saturday where she went
to purchase her stock of spring and
summer millinery. She also brushed
up little on new styles and is now
busily engaged in getting her stock
in shape to present to the public.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Smith who had
very sick son, are much pleased
with the improved condition .of their
baby He took down with pneumonia
about ten days ago. The attending
physician believes the sick one is now
past the danger point and will contin-
ue to improve.
NJ. F. Kerwin came from Carroll
yesterday to spend the day with his
son, j. +. Kerwin and to visit with
| friends. Mr.. Kerwin is so attached
to Audubon that he finds it hard to
break away. We have notion that
he will move back to Audubon one of
these days where he can walk over
new street paving.
Frank Garroutte, one of Audubon
county's sturdy and industrious far
mers, returned Sunday from a several
weeks stay at Hot Springs, Ark,
where he went for little rest. He
says Hot Springs is a great place but
| Just now that section of country is
having all kinds of floods and much
damage is being done to property.
| M. ID. Graves was passenger to
Des Moines Saturday to be with his
wife over Sunday, who was at one of
the hospitals recovering from a sur
gical operation. She was feeling so
much better that the attending ply
stefan permitted her to return home
Monday. Her friends will be glad to
learn that her health Is greatly inn
proved.
| J. E. Hewitt, the musician and
piano tuner, who located here last
summer, returned from the Atlantic
| hospital last Saturday. A little over
a month ago Mr.. Hewitt was thrown
/ from a horse near Larland and sus-
ltained internal injuries from which
he has been suffering ever since. He
says he is not entirely well, but is
again able to look after his business
affairs.
E. E. Bailey left Saturday to spend
over Sunday with his wife and chill
dren, who are visiting her parents.
near Redfield. Monday he left for
Cincinnati, Ohio, to attend the In
lternational Convention of the Master
Painters and Decorators. He is presi-
1 dent of the Iowa organization and
will have place on the program dur
ing the convention which will be in
session Feb. IA to II inclusive.
Miss AIDA Powell, who is making
her home with Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
| Carper, fell on the ice at her home
last Saturday, and broke her left arm.
The fracture occurred in the elbow
and is located in quite serious place
Mr. Carper took her to Atlantic so
that the X-ray could be applied be-
fore the fracture was reduced. Miss
Powell is having more than her share
of i'll luck. as she but recently return
ed from the hospital where she was
operated on for appendicitis.
Happy" Van Gorkom, the genial
young fellow who has been running
a tile ditching machine in this county
the past two years. arrived in the
city the last of the week from Colfax
where he has spent most of the win
ter taking the mineral water baths.
| He is getting ready to do a lot of til