Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-12-18

John w. Martin of FIT. Dodge ar
rived in the city the fore part of
the week and will make an extend
ed visit at the home of c. A. Pardee
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Edwards left
Monday evening for a few days
visit with friends in Des Moines.
They expect to return home the lat
ter part of the week.
C. w. Hansen & Co., the furniture
dealers up stairs in the old opera
house have full line of Christmas
goods. Some of the best furniture
that money can buy and sold at at
tractive prices.
Geo. Axmear, who was called
here last week by the death of Amos
Fancher, returned to his home at
Webster Monday evening. His wife
remained for a longer visit at the
parental Fancher home.
VIM. Rucker, who is serving on
the Federal jury at Des Moines, was
home over Sunday visiting his fam
lily. He returned to Des Moines
Monday night and will probably be
on duty the balance of this week.
DR.. r. C. Hart and wife went to
Des Moines the fore part of the
week to attend a convention which
was held in the capital city begin
ming Tuesday morning and lasting
until tonight. While in the city
they will be guests of friends.
Mrs. Gertrude Nelson took advant-
age of her enforced vacation as city
librarian Tuesday and went to Des
| Moines to spend few days with her
| sister. AS soon as a sufficient
amount of coal has been received so
that the library can reopen she will
! return to her duties.
Miss Anna Bladt, who has been at.
tending school at Blair, Nebr., but
was taken i'll with an attack of ap-
pendicitis, arrived in the city the lat
| ter part of the week, going to heI
home at Kimballton. She is just
recovering from an operation which
seems to have proved successful.
F. d. Lane of the Audubon Mar
BILE and Granite Works, who has
been at the granite quarries in Wis
consin for a week purchasing ma
| terial for next spring, returned home
/ llC idliNl PdlN Vi AhC NCChs Oh ~
| count of railway service he was
compelled to return home via Chi
| cago.
/ Miss Augusta Hecker who has
been spending couple of weeks
here with her mother, left Saturday
for Grinnell where she is teaching in
| the public schools. The schools
were closed on account of short
age of coal, but word was sent that
the schools would reopen on Mon
day of this week.
Mrs. F. c. Sampson and daugh.
/ ter who spent over Sunday with
relatives is Des Moines, returned
home Monday evening, while Mr.
Sampson went to Guthrie Center
where he is working this week in
the interests of the Farm Bureau, a
drive for membership being in pro-
gress this week.
Samuel Gardner left Tuesday fol
Long Beach, Calf, where he will
spend the winter. He has beer
making his home there in the winter
for several years past and the ex-
IRENE cold weather of the past ten
days compelled him to make up his
mind Immediately to go to climate
that was not quite so changeable
Miss Arlene Herrick OF Council
Bluffs arrived in the city Friday fol
an over Sunday visit at the homes
of her aunts. Mrs. George B. Scott
and Mrs. John Crees. Schools in
Council Bluffs have been closed for
couple of weeks and will not re-
/ open until after the holidays and
Miss Herrick is taking advantage OF
the situation by making a visit tc
relatives at this time.
Albert Schrader of Wilcox, Sask.,
Canada, arrived in the city Tuesday
for several weeks visit at the
home of his grandfather. William
Schrader and family. When he
left Canada about a week ago the
Thermometer was 40 below, but he
says he didn't feel the cold as much
as he has in Iowa with less than halt
| of 40 below. 1t has been nine
years since he was back here on a
visit
| When a pretty Fifth Avenue miss
who speaks proper English attempts
| to reconcile herself for a while, al
least, in a most sordid neighbor-
hood. unusual events are destined to
happen. This theme forms the
basis of The Hoodum," the second
production starring Mary Pickford
produced by her in her own studios
and which will be seen Friday and
Saturday nights at the Crescent
aheatre.
Chas. p. Kommes was fined SIS
by Judge Wheeler in the district
court last week for failing to make
a report in a guardianship meier
after he had been instructed tofdo
so at the November term by Judge
Peters. Kommes resides near
Brayton and walked all the way to
Audubon in response to Judge
Wheeler's summons. New rulings
have been made in probate matters
and those acting for others will
hereafter be dealt with accordingly
unless all papers are filed within the
l specified time.