Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-04-04

Attend the Crescent tonight.

Joe Richards went to Omaha yes
terday morning on business.
NJ. o. kingsbury was business
visitor to Davenport Tuesday.
Miss Edith Phelps went to Plover
yesterday forenoon for a visit with
her sister, Mrs. Chas. Watts.
Mrs Bena Christensen departed
yesterday morning for Albo, Nebr.,
following a pleasant visit here at
the Mrs. Jens Andersen home.
Born, Tuesday night, to Mr.. and
RS. ]. j. Haals, baby girl, which
will be pleasure in their home.
Mother and child are doing well.
Frank Bagley came Sunday from
Camp Dodge to enjoy visit of short
duration with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bagley, and with his
friends.
Miss Amelia Ohm, after weeks
visit here at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Charles Darland, returned yes
terday morning to her work in Des
Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Cade, who Wis
tied here with her sister, Mrs. Geo.
Mendenhall and family, went to
Manning yesterday to visit relatives,
when they return to their home in
Council Bluffs.
Four or five auto loads of farm
ers of Douglas township were called
Tuesday night to put out fire in a
straw stack near Lincoln cemetery.
People should be careful when
starting fires after night.
j. l.. Swinehart and son Teddy
were business visitors here Tuesday
from Anita. They made this office
a pleasant visit while in the city.
Mrs Anna Paterson and three
children, of Vinton, Iowa, came on
Tuesday morning for a weeks visit
with her sister, Mrs. ID. w. Wood
and family and with her father, C.
B. Brooks.
George C. Aydelott of Cedar Rap
ids, representing the Redpath Vaw-
ter lecture course system, was a
business visitor in Audubon Tues
day in the interest of the next lee
ture course TO be given here.
} w. H. Scott, who has been here
on an extended visit with his daugh-
| ter, Mrs. j. A. Humiston, and hus-
band, left for his home at Cedar
Falls yesterday to close up his bus
mess affairs there, after which he
will return here to live.
Miss Annis Roth has resigned her
position as book keeper at the Cedar
| Rapids Oil Co., office and accepted
position as apprentice to Miss Sc
cor at the Wilson Millinery Store.
Miss Bernice Kelly mas taken the
place vacated by Miss Roth.
Mrs. Earl Maharg and two chill
dren came from their new home in
Sac City Tuesday evening to enjoy
visit here with her son, who re-
manned here until the close of the
school term, and is making his home
with his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Maharg.
Mrs. J. A. Cozine went to Atlantic
Monday morning to spend the day
with her sister, Mrs. ID. G. Hope.
Mr.. Cozine joined her Tuesday in
Atlantic and together they went to
Walnut to attend the golden we'd
ding anniversary of her cousins, Mr..
and Mrs. John Seville.
In conversation with Nels Win
ruins of the recent conflagration at
his farm place, he informed us that
/ he stood to lose about $4,000. The
loss is estimated at more than a.
900 and he will collect just $6,120
insurance. Mr.. Winters is of the
opinion that the fire was of incen-
diary origin.
| Arthur Hornng, who has been in
the employ of Kraft-Farr CO., since
they took over the +. A. Buthweg
clothing store, resigned last week
and is one of our Audubon County
boys to leave this week for Kansas
City, preparatory to doing his bit"
for Uncle Sam. Art was valuable
employee and will De missed by the
| firm as well as numerous friends,
and especially his relatives.
Art Horning has disposed of one
Of his auto trucks and with it the
freight and delivery business in the
city to Oluf Jensen, who i'll also
make drives to and from the coun-
try. Mr.. Horning still has one truck
and will do hauling to the country.
Marion Jones came by auto Satur-
day afternoon from Oakland, Iowa,
for an over Sunday visit with his
wife and children at the home OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Rip
pey, and with his brother, Marsh
Jones and family. He returned to
his home Monday evening. AS soon
as he winds up his business affairs
at Oakland he will return to Audi
bon and with his family will make
Audubon their home again.
Willis d. Coffman. who returned
last week from Hoboken, N. j.,
where he was called to see his son,
Ebert Coffman, of the coast artil-
lery, on account of blood poisoning,
received a telegram Sunday stating
that his son was in serious condi-
ton and to come at once. Mr.. Coff-
man departed for HobOken Monday
evening. Ebert, besides having
blood poison, is also afflicted with
measles and threatened pneumonia.
Tuesday evening after returning
from Council Bluffs, K s. Van
Gorder parked his automobile on
Broadway in front Of the Alderman
Co. store. He went TO the bank for
a few minutes, leaving his father
in the auto, and while absent the
machine started backward and ran
into the display window of the store,
breaking one of the large windows.
No other damage was dbne and the
elder Van Gorder escaped without
injury.
Miss Clara Foley who came last
Friday noon from Iowa City where
she attends the State University and
visited over Sunday With her par