Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-12-19


this morning for short visit with
friends. lie will look after his prop
erty holdings while here.
The returned soldiers are hav
ing a fine time visiting with each 9th
er and telling of their many expert
ences at the different cantonments
and overseas.
Miss Beulah Reed who attends
! school at Cedar Falls, came home
this morning for a visit during the
Christmas holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Reed.
Mrs. Albert Mcclure went to her
home at Denison, Iowa, this morning
on business. Her father in law, J
w. Mcclure, accompanied her to her
home. She will return TO Audubon
| later.
Thos. Flynn, who was called here
last week to attend the funeral of his
| cousin, the late Albert Mcclure. re-
| turned this morning to his work at
the Aetna Explosive Works at Gary,
! Indiana.
| DR.. l.. A. Beers returned home to
day from Consol, Monroe county, Ia.
where he was taking care of the flu
patients in the Consolidated Coal Co.
district. He expects to leave to
morrow for Superior. Iowa, on the
same mission at the request of the
government.
general alarm phone call was
sent throughout the county the past
week having the farmers see that
the roads were dragged and placed
in good condition before the con
templated freeze, when along came
the rain of yesterday and spoiled the
very best of intentions. 1t may be
| for the best. after all.
Mrs. E. M. Cole who was called to
Kolona, Iowa. last Monday week on
| account of the illness of her brother,
Homer Ihrig and his daughter, Miss
Mildred. returned home yesterday.
Miss Mildred died the day following
Mrs. Coles arrival there at the
age of IA years. Mr. Ihrig was i'm
proving when Mrs. Cole left his
bedside.
Elmer Smith. son of f. E. Smith
and wife was mustered out of serv-
ice at Camp Grant, Illinois, last
week and arrived home Saturday
morning to be with his father,
whose condition remains about the
same. Elmer informs us that he
was at Camp Upton, N. j. and almost
ready for the trip overseas when the
|armistice was signed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Graves. who
went to Sac City last month where
they were called on account of the
illness and death of her sister Mrs. N.
Bunker and remained for a visit, re-
turned home Monday of this week.
Mrs. Bunker died Sunday, Novem-
beh gath and was buried on Tuesday,
November 26th. She is survived by
her husband and four children.
Harry Moore, who has been filing
the place of clerk for the local ex-
emption board, was called to Willis
ca Sunday by the serious illness of
his mother, Mrs. Anna Moore who
was not expected to live Harry
went to his mothers bedside and
Monday morning an urgent message
was sent him for he had not yet
reached home.
Christmas trees have appeared on
the market in this vicinity and are
finding a ready sale. They are the
first real touch of the Christmas
season, although the Christmas
feel" has been in the air for some
time. Only four more shopping
days until Christmas. And by the
way, winter really commences Off
cially on December 22nd. and we yet
have spring-like weather.
Mrs. Kate Savage. following an ex-
tended visit in Audubon and vicinity
with her nephews. the Campbell
boys and families in the country, and
at the James Goodwill and II. j.
Savage homes. went to Atlantic yes
terday morning to enjoy visit with
her old time friend, Mrs. Mary
O'Donnell and daughter, Miss Anna.
after which she departs for her home
at Lincoln. Illinois. She made
many friends while in Audubon and
intended to remain for the winter.
but business called her home before
Christmas.
Frank Fisher of St. Louis, Mo, was
in the city over Sunday. remaining
until Monday evening visiting with
his cousin. F.. M. Tharnish. whom
he had not seen for thirty-nine years.
Mr.. Fisher is service engineer and
has under his supervision five of the
big railway lines. 1t is seldom that
he is called to Iowa, but this time he
was going from Chicago to Kansas
City and arranged to visit Mr.. Tharn-
ish and his mother. He was disap-
pointed in not getting TO see all his
relatives but he was able to go from
here to Extra where he met relatives,
many of whom he had never seen be-
fore. Mr.. Tharnish says he and his
cousin played together thirty-nine
years ago and they have not seen
each other from that time until he
visited Audubon. The men had
fine time recalling boyhood days and
they hope it will be possible for them
to make their visits to each other
more frequent hereafter.