Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-31
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

One dollar year buys a mem
Der ship IN the Red Cross.
Charles Priestley is enjoying a
visit from his daughter, Mrs. Frank
! Harmon, who is here from Lewis.
H. J. Savage is subbing on the
Republican this week during the alb
sence of the editor in Des Moines.
Miss Harriet Bilharz, who was a
business visitor in Des Moines the
last of the week, has returned home.
B. Horning arrived here Saturday
night from Hopewell, S. D., to visit
his numerous relatives and friends.
The afternoon train on the Rock Is
land, due to arrive here at 1880
O'Clock, was two hours late Monday
afternoon.
Mrs. Walter Fredericksen is en-
joying a visit from her sister, Mrs.
George Kronkite, who came Monday
from Panora.
Miss Esther Gates, of Lewis, came
to Audubon Monday and is a guest
at the home of her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. Gates.
The tramp who took a bath way
back in Indiana, his first in eight
years, must have received an awful
shock when he hit the water.
Sylvester AIRY was a south Hound
passenger Tuesday morning Tor At
lantic, where he went on business
and to spend the day with friends.
Mrs. Otto Jensen and baby left
Tuesday morning for Weston, Iowa,
to- enjoy a brief visit with her sister.
Mrs. Alfred Christensen and family.
! Frank Mantz, editor of the Man
1 ming Monitor, with his family, were
I Sunday visitors in Audubon with the
S. L. Mantz and J. c. Fisher families.
| John Kerwin, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| I. b. Kerwin, came Monday from Red
| Oak, where he has been employed
and may decide to remain III Audu-
bon
The plumbers are more than busy
at this time making the necessary
sewer and water connections. besides
making all kinds o. coin, mot coun-
terfeiting.)
Mrs. j. c. Crowther departed Mon
day evening for Wisconsin TO join her
! husband. She was here on an ex-
tended visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Dennis.
Corn planting in this vicinity is
almost completed, very few fields to
| be planted: The corn can now be
rowed in many of the fields. and
makes very pretty appearance
The senate finance committee or
I Monday decided to exempt motion
picture films, jewelry and gum from
taxation, involving further reduction
of 15,500,000 of the house war tax
bin
Miss Alice White, who is coaching
the class play to be given by the
graduating class this year, arrived
from Portsmouth Sunday, and will
give the finishing touch to the work
ct this time.
A. c. Harmon returned the last OF
the week from Iowa City. where he
was making arrangements TO estab-
fish himself in the undertaking bus
mess. He expects TO open his place
about June 18th
Bells provided for by boy scouts
and put on cats, caught by the boys
also, is an innovation in other places
Why would this not be good idea
right here in Audubon? 1t will be a
safety to bird life.
Miss Genevieve Roth and amt.
Mrs. j. Johnson. came yesterday
morning from Omaha for visit with
the Walter and John Roth families
and help decorate the graves of dc
parted loved ones.
Mrs. Vern Culver left the last of
the week for Iowa City to visit her
daughter, Miss Lucille, who is a stud
ent at the university. She also paid
visit to her brother, Thos. Kennedy
at Des Moines, while away.
The ladies of Audubon who rep
resented the Columbian and the Wo-
mans Clubs at the biennial session
held at Fort Dodge last week have
returned home, and all report a most
successful meeting and a fine time.
Mr.. and Mrs George have termi-
mated their visit at Lincoln. Nebr.,
with relatives, and returned to Au-
dubOn Monday TO visit their daugh-
ter, Miss Grace, one Of our high
school teachers. Their home is az
Fairfield, Iowa.
George Killinger, who was called
here last week from Anamosa on ac-
count of the serious illness of his
mother, she being afflicted with
erysipelas, has returned to his home
leaving his mother in a much i'm
proved condition.
Rev. Jackson Giddens went to