Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-04
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= LOCAL AND PERSONAL

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Dawson in Viola township
last Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Petersen of
Ross and Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps were
among those who went to Omaha for
the big parade yesterday morning.
DR.. j. NJ. Fulton accompanied Mrs.
Emil Dreher to Omaha Tuesday
where they were in consultation with
specialists regarding her physical
condition.
c. II. Sampson left Tuesday even
ing for the Saskatchewan valley in
Canada to look after business mat
tiers and collect the rent on his farm
there.
Arthur Hunt, one of the young
men who has been here all summer
working with the paving gang, left
this morning for his home at Mt.
Pleasant.
Jens Jensen and son Arthur. who
have been here on an extended visit
with Mrs. Chris. Hansen in West
Audubon, returned this morning to
their home at Burke, S. d.
Chris. Olsen and his son Peter went
to Omaha this morning to purchase
new goods for his department store
and to take in the sights at the big
celebration going on in that city this
week.
j. Co Jensen, of Extra, loaded his
big prize winner Poland China Boar
on the Rock Island train Tuesday to
ship him to Omaha where he entered
in the big swine show which opened
Wednesday.
Mrs. Margaret Lee Evans, who for
some time has been working in Audi
bon in the interests of the Woodmen
Circle, was called to Knoxville Sat
urday because of the serious illness
of her mother.
we will have about 200 bushels of
fancy Alberta peaches on track in an
iced car and in fine shape. Will have
have them Friday and Saturday.
Call and see them. Renftle & Reed,
South Park, Audubon, Iowa.
Lars Larson, the faithful employee
at the Matthias & Hansen shoe store,
has been quite i'll for a week or more
and has been unable to be at his post
of duty. We learn this morning,
however, that he is improving and
hopes soon to resume his duties.
Mrs. George Somers went to Des
Moines yesterday morning to visit
her sister, Mrs. John Lovelace, who
is taking treatment at a sanitarium.
She is not getting along very well and
if she is able to travel, it is. quite
likely that she will return with Mrs.
Somers.
Madison Spencer, the local Duroc
Jersey breeder shipped seven head
of choice hogs from his herds to
Omaha, Tuesday to enter the swine
show which opened there Wednesday,
One of the number was his famous
boar Master Critic which weighs more
than thousand pounds.
Pierce Peterson, George Anderson.
Roy Shoupe and Chris. Jensen return
ed from their bean-picking excursion
at Yuma, Colo, this morning. They
also stopped at Denver, Cheyenne
and various other Colorado and Wy
oming points to see the sights in the
West. They reported that they had
very enjoyable trip and good times.
Clarence Barrett and Roy Edwards
experienced a head-on collision with
their Fords Saturday night of last
week in Viola township. They were
travelling after night and the lights
on both s,rs were poor and not work.
ing properly. The cars were travel
ing slowly when they met on top of a
small hill, little damage was done
to either car and the occupants of
them suffered nothing more than a
fright.
Miss Lena Alt, the courteous and
obliging young lady who has held
the position of clerk in the dry goods
department at the Wilson Depart
ment Store, quit Saturday night and
is now a lady of leisure. After TAX
ing a much needed rest she will prob
ably engage in other work. Miss
Alt is one of the popular young
ladies of the city and has host of
friends who will regret to learn of
her severing her connection with this
responsible mercantile establishment.
Frank Chandler, for a number of
years employed by Mrs. Lois Ashby,
departed Saturday for Angola. Indi-
ana, where he enters Tri-State col
lege for the ensuing year. He was a
student at the state agricultural col
lege at Manhattan. Kansas part of
last year. For several months this
spring he was employed at the gov
eminent arsenal at Davenport but
later came to Audubon. Mr.. Chand-
Ter is among the many young men
from this county who are drafted,
but as he will not be called until a
second army is to be modified. he
concluded to re-enter college.
Mr. and Mrs. II. w. Wilson re-
turned TO Audubon Saturday after
spending three months at the home
of their daughter, Mrs. c. w. Mar
tin and family. They report the
family nicely located and well pleased
with their work, Mr.. Marlin being
pastor of one of the Methodist subur-
ban churches of Topeka. Mr. VII
son had a splendid visit with an old
Audubon man in the person of Frank
Bradley. whom he reports in poor
health at this time. Both the Mar
lin boys have grown to be young
men and Grandpa and Grandma Will
son regretted to leave them. They
are. however, glad to get back TO Au
dubon to be with lifelong friends.
Saturday of this week is Nationa
| Candy Day, and Pete Dennis of the
Dennis Confectionery Store has made
special preparations to observe the
day in fitting manner. 1t is day
when everyone should buy a sack OF
| box of candy for his wife, mother
! children or sweetheart. No place il
town is so well provided TO serve you
as Dennis. Pete is one of the real
live pushers and he is always alert
to give his patrons the best the mar.
ket affords. His progressive spirit
will no doubt mean an enormous
business Saturday. In order to helT
make the day success give hin
your patronage See his large dis
play ad in another part of today!
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