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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
2
Nort Marietta visits court house. Fred Blume and Bud Carmen make extra business trips to Audubon. Vernie Croy, Mrs. Meek funeral attendees, and church services noted. Cemetery fund drive underway. Local residents travel for work, education, and club meetings. Mrs Ridgley and Mrs Riley plan California trip for Federation of Women's Clubs meeting with a southern route return.
A 120 acre farm for sale located four miles west of Ira. The property is described as good quality land with proven fertility and ample water supply. Suitable for cultivation and livestock, with potential for immediate farming.
Two publications issued for homeseekers describe Nebraska agricultural resources in a 48 page book with illustrative farm scenes and a sectional map. Big Horn Basin folder promotes undeveloped land in Northwestern Wyoming with openings for small ranches and a million acres of government land for settlement. Both mailed for two cents.
Mrs Sam Perry and her son from Atlantic visited last week at the home of sister Mrs D E Shranger. Mrs W R Botts had eye surgery in Omaha and remains with limited vision as bandages stay on to protect the operated eye. Nels C Johnson and M D Thomas visited Audubon to see relatives and returned as daylight lengthened. A moral puzzle about a poor man pawning seventy five cents for fifty, and who lost twenty five. Mrs Sophia Schneebalee dies at Homestead Iowa March 31 at age nearly eighty four. Town Council list new officers and discuss water meters at next meeting. Eliza Tatman born 1820 in Ohio. married Rev Richard C Meek and served as a Methodist missionary in Missouri and Kansas, later moved to Extra Iowa. death April 7, 1902. funeral at M E E church. buried at Extra Cemetery.
Rejoicing over births including a nine pound boy for Mr and Mrs Herb Herrick and a big base drum delivery for band members. Date McClain leaves for North Dakota to work with Jasper McClain in bogey selling. Births, deaths, marriages and local travel are described along with a satirical note on New York City Sunday reform. A 1902 wedding at Saint Malachi's in Extra Iowa is detailed with Joseph Gilroy and Nelie Tracy, and dog population comparisons across several countries are reported.
A passage presents Richard II insisting he will not retreat while life remains, declaring the creator of sea and land will decide his fate. He proclaims that he will be king of Anglani, framing his determined battle stance as fate driven and absolute.
The piece describes a French peasant belief in a demon named the Ghost of Leap Year. Appearing every leap year, the unseen demon thrives on causing displeasure to all it encounters with uncanny actions and a dreaded presence across the Seine region.
Sam Brown sold the old family horse and seeks a high stepper. Otto Witthauer loses a cow. Tr. William Delahoyde near West Side will be away a week delivering fruit trees. A Potter plans to move into Guidinger restaurant and resume catering. City seeks a new dump site as A J Leffinzwell fences the current grounds. Mrs. James Gwin sells an eighty acre farm to Henry Tibben. Jim contemplates Manitoba or King Edward provinces. School board meets and adjourns while evaluating principals. Frank Gault and wife return from Chicago with a theatre visit to see Richard Mansfield. George Mosier arrives from Wapello to tend to Auntie Meek's affairs and burial. Salvation Army ladies visit, asking for aid and promoting thrift. Mary four citizens donate to the fund. Jack Temple begins teaching at Green school. news arrives of aunt Miss Bertha Temple's death from Atlantic. She was daughter of Judge Henry Temple and sister of Walter B. Temple.
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