Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-05-08
4 LOCAL AND PERSONAL !

VI L. 0oiC anu WllC were pd5SCD-
gers to Omaha Tuesday morning on
business and a visit with friends.
Mrs John PARROT and daughter
came from Extra Monday afternoon
for visit at the Fred Ceranek home.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. M. Young enter
tanned as their guest last Sunday,
her brother, Jerome Vince of Car
roll.
j. M. Dimick of Extra was a pleas
ant visitor at the Republican office
Monday while in Audubon transact
ing business.
Mr.. and Mrs. AndrewsWells of Ex-
ira transferred in Audubon Monday
evening for Rochester, Mimi, where
he will undergo surgical operation
having submitted to his examination
some time ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Cooley of Mt
Vernon, S. d., arrived in Audubon
Monday evening, being called here on
account of the critical illness of her
mother, Mrs. A. Rudy, who passed
away shortly after their arrival
Mrs. Vernon Castle, widow of the
late Vernon Castle and well known
dancer and moving picture actress
was married last Saturday in the Lit
tie Chruch around the corner at New
York City to Captain Robert E
fireman.
Robert Clark left Monday evening
for Cedar Rapids, where he has en-
ployment. He enjoyed visit here
for several days with relatives. Mrs.
Mae Linn of Ross accompanied him
to Cedar Rapids For a visit at the
Mrs. Forrest Parnham home.
B. B. Reilly is getting the base
ment under the Virginian Cafe pre-
pared for his shoe repairing shop,
which he expects to open the coming
week. Blair is an artist in his line
and will do well here, as there is
plenty of work for another shop in
Audubon
p. C. Tomlinson of the Iowa Beef
Producers Association came from
Ames to Audubon Friday in the in
terest of that association in locating
pure bred cattle for out of the state
buyers and pure bred calf clubs. He
was a guest of County Agent Paul
NJ Wolf while in our city.
Mrs. Geo. Viewer, who sold her
farm and personal effects at auction
two weeks ago, has purchased the
Edison Farrell nome at Gray and
will take possession as soon as Mr..
and Mrs. Farrell move to Carroll.
Mr. Farrell has olso sold his barber
shop at Gray to John Shaw
The power of liners propeller
was illustrated in bad accident hap
pening in New York harbor. The
xyoceal Covon,o bou vi largo NJ, m her
of troops aboard drew the naval tug
under her stern by suction and
blow of the thirty ton blade cut the
Mrs. Will owen who has been
here helping care for her mother.
Mrs. Henry Sunberg, returned to her
home near Gray Monday evening.
Mrs. Sunberg is showing decided
improvement in her condition. She
has been able to speak some since
last Friday and gaining in health
each day since.
Several officials of the c. & N. w.
Railway Co., came to Audubon Mon
day noon to make arrangements with
their employees to take out their
quota of Liberty bonds. The COM
pany furnishes the money to their
employees and then keep back certain
amount each pay day until the full
amount is paid.
John A. Graham, who recently
purchased the old Taggart property
in the southeast part of town, is hav-
ing the house all remodeled and
made into a modern up-to-date house
for himself and family. Merle
Owens and Ch9s. Sunberg have the
contract to do the work, which means
that it will be done in a first class
manner.
Mrs. H. B. Wilson received mes
sage Monday forenoon stating that
her brother, Andy Foss of North
English was critically i'll and not ex-
pected to live and for her to come at
once Mrs. Wilson departed on the
afternoon train for North English to
be with her brother. If Mr.. Foss
should die il will be the, first death
in the large family of IL children.
Abraha Lincoln died at Washing
ton from an assassin's bullet fifty
four years ago Tuesday, April 18th.
Then as now the country was at the
close of a great war and many gil
gantic questions remained to be set
tied. In the death of Lincoln, the
country lost a great leader and the
south probably lost their best friend.
VIM. Sucher. who recently sold his
farm southwest of Audubon has
purchased the Jens C. Hansen resi-
dence north of the Danish Lutheran
church, formerly owned by T. H.
Swezey. He will not get possession
until November LIST. Mr.. Hansen will
then move into his other house on
South Washington street. The price
is known to us but is not for publ
cation.
Guy Patton, who was overseas in
army service for several months, arv
rived from Bordeaux. France at
New York harbor April 22nd and was
sent to Camp Dodge
where he received his honorable dis
charge last week He came to Au-
dubon Monday morning for a visit
with friends during the day. He
left on the evening train for visit
with his brother, Chas. Patton, at
Manning.
The Manning Monitor under it's
present owners, Peter Rix and Paul
F. Werner is showing some pep
and producing a paper filled with in
teresting headed articles and local
news readers. They also have the
confidence of the business firms of
Manning and surrounding towns as
is shown by the large amount of dis
play ads inserted in it's columns each
week. Their new reporter is GER
tainly hustling the news.
There does not seem to be such
great amount of birds in this vicinity
this spring. The wanton Staying of
the birds is such that there are few