Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-11-06

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Ambrose Foley returned on Mon
day from an over Sunday visit with
friends in Des Moines.
Mrs. Glen Johnson and daughter
left Saturday for a ten days visit
with her sisters at Waterloo.
Miss Lucy Leib returned yesterday
from an over Sunday visit at Sac
City with her sister. Mrs. George
Brown and family.
Mrs. X. II. Lacey and Mrs. II. B.
Wilson spent the week end in Allan
tic with former friends.
Mrs. Christensen and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. J.. c. Mischief went to At
lantic Saturday morning for an over
Sunday visit with relatives.
When hogs drop from 23 cents or
better to about IL cents it looks as
though there ought to be a cores
ponding drop in bacon and pork.
Miss Irene Roth went to Omaha
Saturday for a few days visit with
her sister, Miss Genevieve Roth,
who holds a splendid position with
the Northern Pacific.
w. G. Wilson and Dwight Wick
ham who have been out on their land
near Seibert, Colo, to superintend
the building of improvements, re-
turned home Saturday morning.
Mrs George Coe who has been
here on an extended visit with for
mer friends, went to Lewis Friday
for an over Sunday visit before re-
turning to her home at Lake Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ebert, resid-
ing east of the city entertained a
company if friends at their home
Friday evening. Games of various
kinds were INDUCED in and at a late
hour dainty refreshments were serv-
ed.
d. L. Thomas and wife who were
called to Mechanicsville ten days ago
by the death of her brother, John III.
Ferguson returned home Saturday.
After the funeral they remained for
weeks visit with relatives and old
time friends.
The announcement made here last
week that meat was selling five cents
pound cheaper than it had been
gave one grand and glorious feel
ing. More of the same feeling will
be thankfully received by the con-
Stunning public.
And it is good bye to the day light
saving scheme, perhaps for good, al
though we believe that New York
and perhaps some other large cities
are going to continue the use of the
plan next year, considering it of adj
vantage to them.
nh 80 a,,oau ,,Auy m y
ries it home two pounds at time.
After the coal strike gets under
way, he can walk to town with a
-four sack and take his weeks allow
ance of coal home in one end and his
sugar ration in the other end.
The Republican has quite good
many subscribers who are behind on
their subscription. We shall take
no offense il any of them drop us the
necessary coin to bring them up to
the end of the year. Even an adj
vance payment for 1920 will not be
refused.
Nearly all the women around
Guthrie Center are Just on the verge
that mice and rats are everywhere
lTOul C6lldT W CupDOdIu. EcIoOhdiiy
we have noticed an unusual number
of mice in the house and have had
traps at work for couple of weeks
trying to reduce the number.
The government is so slow in fill
ing its food orders that the prices
on some goods on the market are
lower than government prices and
the purchasers would have made
money to have waited and bought on
the market at home. The sugar
shortage is said to be due to the
large shipments permitted by the
secretary of war to foreign coun-
tries.
A farmer living near Bagley and
his son-in-law wanted some gasoline
one evening recently. A lantern
was used to enable them to see to
drain an automobile tank of the
plosion followed. Both men were
quite badly burned. the automobile,
some farm implements and large
machinery shed were destroyed by
the fire which followed.
Mrs. Mary Evans and son Bert
Evans left Saturday morning for
Lexington, Nebr., where they will
visit at the home of the formers
daughter, Mrs. W. w. Smith and
family Mrs Evans will visit her
sons at Polk and other points in Me-
braska and will probably spend the
winter with them. Bert will like
ly enter one of the poultry houses
and remain for several months.
At Iowa City a suit has been
brought by an auto owner for $5S5
for damages sustained by the auto
owner when dog owned by the de-
PENDANT ran in front of the car. caus-
ing it To be ditched, resulting in
injury 80 the car and occupants. 1t
raises an interesting question as to
the liability of the owner of a dog
that is a direct cause of such an ac-
cident. Dogs of that class, that
persist in getting in front of an auto
are quite numerous and some times
very aOnOyinq