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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1902
Page
6
The Extra Iowa glare recounts varied rural activity with visits by Aloria Smith and Theo Patty, purchases of horses, and sales to Hensley Bros. & Thielen. Residents like Uncle John McDaniels, A. J. Lecke, and Mrs. Hansen are noted in social calls, while merchants report grain, cattle, and wall paper demand and a new piano at the Methodist church.
Brick owner Issac Hun offers 10 000 good bricks for immediate disposal at low prices. Contact for purchase details and location.
A long list of residents and businesses in Audubon county are noted for weekly activities. Items include people traveling on county business, illnesses, farm dealings, property improvements, harvests, and social events. Mentions of court cases, land purchases, and farm auctions appear alongside farm stallion advertisements and local society news.
The article urges continued support for the Extra Cemetery led by women, calling for yearly dues of one dollar per lot to keep the grounds neat like a well kept lawn. It emphasizes water for flowers, Decoration Day preparations, and donations to the Cemetery Association to maintain beauty and dignity.
A social gathering last Saturday night at Bud Clines southeast of town drew many local young men. A Littlefield a leading farmer of Audubon township is reported seriously ill with stomach troubles at home on Troublesome. Mrs. Jake Bugleking living two miles west of Jobes post office has been ill for three months with little sign of improvement.
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