Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-22
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL !

Misses Gladys Sechler and Margar-
ct Foley were out of town passengers
Saturday morning over the Rock ISL
and.
E. j. brewer and family of Car
roll autoed to Audubon last Friday
on business and visit at the ID. j..
Kerwin home.
Miss Esther r. Fulton went to
Lewis Saturday morning to enjoy
few days visit with friends at the
John Gates home.
Mrs. Mary Watts was Friday
morning passenger to Des Moines to
enjoy visit with her son Harry and
family for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Farquhar we're
Friday afternoon passengers to Des
Moines for a visit with friends and
Arthur to transact business.
Mrs. Clark Hayden was a friendly
and business visitor in Atlantic Fri
day between trains. Mrs. Albert
Fancher accompanied her on the
trip.
Mrs. Ray Johnson and daughter,
Lucille and Mrs. Ben Emery and two
sons went to Manila Friday evening
to visit at the parental Enoch EN-
cry home for a few days.
Miss Nellie Turner and Miss Edna
Petersen went to Atlantic Friday to
spend the day with friends. Miss
Turner is to enjoy her vacation of
month or so, before taking posi-
ton.
Mrs S. w. McKearney left Friday
morning for Nevada, Ia, to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w II. Boyn-
ton and decorate the graves of her
children. She expects to remain in
Nevada until after Decoration day.
Auto speeding is again becoming
nuisance in Audubon There is a
state law, city ordinance and Of
GERS elected to enforce the laws.
They are either lack in their duties
or willingly overlook the speeders.
Miss Peggy Raymond of Manning,
who has done much professional
nursing in Audubon and vicinity.
came Friday evening from her home
for a visit with her friend, Miss
Elenora Baier and various other
friends.
Miss Minnie Andersen and Miss
Marietta Malthesen. the latter visit
ing here with friends, went to Allan
tice Friday morning to spend the
day on business and a friendly visit,
returning to Audubon on the even
ing train.
Frank Chandler, in training at the
Omaha balloon school, arrived in Au-
dubon Saturday morning for visit
with his uncle. James Chandler and
wife and at the Mrs Lois Ashby
/ h. hor
pass from duty.
Let the lawns be we'll trimmed
and the streets well swept though
out the city. A lot of good work
could be done in the alleys. Some
of them look like the back yard of a
French peasant home. according to
the expressions of the boys who
have come back.
In a suit for recovery of one of
her children, given away during her
| poverty. ii was brought out a son
nine years old, had been given out
by an Ottumwa home-finding asso-
citation and his whereabouts were
unknown The incident shows how
recklessly the babies of misfortune
are handled.
| The estimate of the coming crop
of wheat is larger by far than for
any previous year. The condition
is reported at 80 "a percent. The
/ probable yield of wheat is S37 ,000.-
600 bushels and the spring wheat
crop at least as large as last yea -
35S. 900. 900 bushels, total far
above the record OF 1915.
Miss Esther Knudsen, who has
been teaching school at Carroll fins
ished her term last Thursday and ar
rived in Audubon Friday forenoon
enroute to her home in Extra. Her
friend. Mrs. j. Koehn and daughter
of Nevada, accompanied her here
and went to Extra in the afternoon
to enjoy visit with the Knudsen
family.
Chas. milford, who came to Au-
dubon few years ago and has been
at the home of his brother, s. L..
milford in Viola township, left Fri
day afternoon for Stuart to enjoy a
visit with old time acquaintances.
Mr.. milford lived at Stuart over 80
years before coming to Audubon and
no doubt will enjoy his visit very
much.
A AZ acre tract of land with good
| improvements near Ute, Ia, sold a
few weeks ago for $3.50 per acre
Some price and probably the record
for Iowa land. Then at Battle
Creek, Ia. parcel of $50 acres
brought the price of $500. When
a person can purchase farm land at
these prices, no need OF the high
cost OF living bothering them.
N. l.. Petersen of Extra came to
Audubon last week to purchase a
home for himself and family. While
here he purchased the new modern
home of Jake Baier and will gain
possession September list IL not Soon
| err. The deal was made Friday af-
ternoon. This will be a fine home
for Mr. Petersen and we welcome
the family to Audubon. Mr.. Peter
sen is the uncle of Mrs. Jens c..
Jensen of the Jensen bakery.
William Pete Dennis, who ac-
companied shipment of .blooded
cattle for E. B. Thomas last week to
Houston, Mimi, and then went TO
Des Moines to see his brother, Fred
Butch Dennis, returned home
Friday evening. He was so delight
ed to get to see Fred that he pull
ed him out of bed to have a chat
with him. He reports him as feel
ing real good and anxious for his
discharge and return to his home
Now that flowers are nicely in
bloom and look pretty, some young
folks are getting the habit of enter
ing peoples yards and stealing them.
This is not as it should be, as the
care of flowers requires much labor
and the ones owning them certainly
should have the benefit of them Re-