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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
6
A summary of county market activity and local happenings lists poultry and livestock trades, including H F Gault and wife, Joe Geatheart and wife, and W E Hensley selling cattle and hogs. Clara Powell arrived from Atlantic visiting relatives. Henry Heath lost a horse after it fell into a ditch, was recovered, but died from injuries.
Mrs Li M Hensley warns trespassing on her pasture south of town is strictly forbidden under penalty of law.
Report states next Sunday services at the Christian Science church feature a topic Soul. H Jacobson delivered two cars of cattle to a dealer last Tuesday. Audubon Sheeley of Ross died Monday night while en route to Brayton for a Sunday School convention. Daniel Artist living near southeast Greeley township line produced timothy heads showing lengths from 6 1/2 to 11 inches. The town notes include a subscription renewal from JM Peters, now residing in Menlo, for the Audubon County Journal.
Ge oa McCall of Greeley has his house painted. Many local residents and businesses are noted for repairs, sales, or travel. The town buzzes with barn and hog shipments, furniture arrivals, and social visits, with several names and places from Audubon to Atlantic mentioned.
Scarless Liniment for sale by Nick Dorling and Co Extra and country stores. Mrs John D Bush confined to bed but improving. Force ready to serve wheat and barley food sustains nourishes. Yearling steers trade for milch cows at a farm four miles west and one mile south of Extra. Ina Andersban left hospital for Walnut to visit sister Mrs Spoo and expected home soon. New gasoline engine for water works unloaded and tested in rain. Hartzell Bascom offer half crop payment plan with horse and cattle trade. Good cheap home prospects via Langdon ND or W J Hartzell Extra IA. 780-2
A 1903 certificate from the Comptroller of the Currency authorizes The First National Bank of Exira, located in Exira, Audubon County, Iowa, to commence banking operations after meeting U.S. statutes requirements. The document bears the official seal and is dated July 7, 1903, signed by Deputy Comptroller Thorne Peale.
Land listings from Joun R DLEMAN offer Guthrie County and adjoining areas with 25 to 400 acre farms for sale or trade. Properties include 30 to 300 acres with buildings near town, diverse terms, and loans up to 50 per acre. Multiple farms available, owner seeks exchanges and smaller or larger farm deals.
Community life fills the column with farm labor tales from Audubon and Greeley. Kness sells two loads of porkers. Ward helps Eagan harvest. neighbors visit, share Sabbath outings, and a baptism at Berry farm inspires praise. A Dark Complaint poem closes the page with somber reflections.
Readers learn of a practice where coolie ship captains marry couples by signed forms in the cabin. Masters stop reading the service aloud. the bride and groom sign, witnesses attest, and the union is legally valid per British authorities. The note highlights quick, informal marriages aboard British ships between Calcutta and the West Indies.
Rev Thomas Hunt a famed temperance orator in Wyoming valley history. He enlisted as a Civil War chaplain in a local infantry unit. During a fierce moment the major confronts him and he declares his role. He says he is cheering the brave and watching for the cowards heels.
A portly millionaire recalls hiring a man from a ship to work in his kitchen. The Swede skipped chores and kept throwing refuse out the window, mistaking it for a ship’s porthole, a habit that could not be broken and led to his dismissal.
A palace servant Carlyle cites a pending Scotland suit on a noble estate. The case rests on a family secret known only to one old servant who refuses to reveal it. A kirk minister warns her of peril to her soul, and she answers that honor cannot trump a poor creature’s will.
An announcement proclaims a new grocery store has purchased N. C. Nielsen stock and will stay to offer a full line of groceries, candied goods, flour, confectionery, and seasonal fresh fruit. It advertises boots and shoes, invites customers to come in, and promises good treatment.
The article details how Clunbers Sorensen and Nelson ascend gum trees without knees, using vines or notches cut into bark. They notch the trunk every three feet, make marks with tomahawk and head, cut horizontal steps, and ascend by placing the great toe on each step while the canopy is reached. Notches are cut with regularity, and fresh cuts occur with every ascent.
A historical note argues mental and nerve strength rely on phosphorus in foods like wheat tea cheese oatmeal and barley. It links brain power to dietary phosphorus and compares brain education to dining room habits, quoting William G Jordan on calm resolve and steady course in crises.
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