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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
6
Audubon, Iowa items note a money loan offer from German Savings Bank with optional payments. The community reports various local updates including health, court vault work, farm moves, marriages, house building, and a note on a new auctioneer, with many names and places mentioned in brisk, period-voice items.
Hans C Webster lists rare Beautiful Black Minorcas for trade in Audubon Iowa. Cockerels pullets and hens priced at 1.00 each or 6 for 5.00. Birds claim to mature to 60 pounds hens and 8 pounds roosters with ample eggs. Also two Collie pups for sale. Order via Mr Webster.
The Jorgensen family runs Cigar Factory No. 888 in Extra, Iowa, with L Jorgensen at the helm from Denmark. The business aims to supply quality tobacco goods, offers returns if not satisfactory, and the family also operates a local photograph gallery and musical talents.
A memoir sketch recalls Audubon’s early days with the Kimes Smiths and others as the township's school hub. It notes the 1878 land sale for a new district, a 1879 election with 117 votes, and local figures such as Kate Osmeron Bill Mallory Ben Howell. Mixed items mention corn prices snow and a school house plan and a charity drive for Christmas gifts.
Ten years ago in Audubon corn traded from 14 to 16 cents a bushel. The Columbian Library bought 25 dollars worth of books. J R Crevelley repaired Citizens Bank. John Flynn shipped a car of corn to Chicago. Sherman Restaurant served meals around the clock at 20 cents. County clerk issued a marriage license to W Frederickeen and Verna Clifton. John McKerahan returned from Iowa City. Sharon Creamery shipped twenty tubs of butter to Chicago for 26 cents a pound. Chris Nelson sold 3000 bushels of corn at 14.5 cents with Johowen and Nelson. Somern Bros held 10 carloads of oats for a higher market at eleven cents. Henry Potten of Shinton Township had twin boys. Miss Doll Kennedy back from Mankato as a milliner. Greg Wolfe’s shotgun misfired during repairs, battering several windows. Eliott marketed a wagon load of corn containing 55 bushels amid muddy roads. Farmers.
The item notes a hotel in Manning advertised as the best paying, newly cleaned and illuminated, with a call for quick action and an institute forming in late January led by O. P. Tyler as president and John Cotton as secretary. Following are short abstracts of local incidents: a warehouse fire in Bilhart & Son storage caused minor damage, Ward's bridge gang changed work to hay baling, and material shipments to Kingsley. Several obituaries and arrivals are listed, including Joel G. Sharp and a sister-in-law’s travels, plus farm and crop data, a bottle box fire at Chas Talbor’s restaurant, and various visitors and residents.
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