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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
2
Audubon notes offer farm real estate loans at five percent with optional payments. Local advertisers Boysen & Beason promote loan terms while residents share town notes. Residents visit, travel plans, and social events populate the page as a community short.
Mr A A Kiddy has applied for a patent on a new stretcher design claimed to work smoothly on barbed and woven wire with even distribution. Rex Moines patent attorney Thomas Owing believes it merits the grant, with potential strong field for improvement and wide application.
A farm machinery sale notice lists wagons buggies plows harrows seeders and other equipment. George Hoover promotes a sale to occur in the latter part of February with dates to watch for.
The ad offers Men s 8 Finual Suits in loose fit up to 22 dollars and overcoats up to 24 dollars, with choice prices 9 75. Foley s Honey and Tar praised by Memphis Times editor for coughs colds and lung troubles, urging yellow package rename and Nich Doffing sale.
A thunderbolt note reports Firat National Bank buying Corn Exchange Bank and moving into the vacated First National building. Corn Exchange becomes a private office run by Arnold and Green for Mrs Stu art’s affairs, as VanGorder secures a premier safe chamber.
Grant Knees formerly of Greeley Journal correspondence has sold his former holdings and purchased the Benson farm near Hamlin. He recently passed the civil service exam to become a RFT driver and appointed his wife as his substitute, promising to serve patrons with the same steady correspondence as before.
George Kellogg county treasurer was chosen president of the State County Treasurer’s Organization. The next meeting is planned for Cla ton in August. The group urges the legislature to drop the term nonresident from section 1404 and to allow liens on stock for nonresident merchants. They also recommend salary readjustments to 1500 for treasurer and 400 for deputy in counties with populations between ten and fifteen thousand.
The county mutual telephone lines are praised for improved handling and efficiency since a few years ago when tensions ran high. Despite no quorum at last week’s annual meeting, Mr. Simpson’s full-time dedication has aligned patrons and staff, with ongoing steps planned to reach perfection in time.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure will stop irregularities and cure kidney and bladder trouble not beyond medicine, attributed to Nick Doffing.
Robert Cochran and James McMichael, longtime neighbors in Muscatine county, expanded into Audubon county land in the 1870s. Their sons worked the farms as the fathers aged, with Cochran moving to Audubon and McMichael remaining in Muscatine before both died in later years. Their memories linger among Cameron township’s remaining old pioneers.
A note on Henhingson and Petersen, noted cement makers in Kimbashton, who built a cement works and then secured county contracts for building smaller bridges and culverts in 1907. The piece lauds their skill, public sentiment, and home industry, calling Edison’s house-in-day claim a mere mold filling.
A voice mocks easy plucking and the idea of a quick honest nature avoiding bookkeeping. The text contrasts debt with a corrupt economy where paying a ten dollar fine to obtain fifty cents in amusement seems a foolish, brittle notion.
Koreans are described as great lovers of flowers though comparatively few possess the means to indulge this taste.
A brief quip reflecting on aging and folly, citing a humorous echo of Cicero. The line questions whether age itself causes folly rather than is mere dotage, suggesting a light philosophical angle on aging.
Special notice states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a pure remedy for children and adults. Sold for ease by Nick Doffing.
A long list of property transfers records numerous sales and mortgages. Names include John H Rendleman Martha A Brandstetter Frank G Miller B Parrott George Fichtemier Lorenz P Nelson Albert A Cibuk Alfred Miller L W Lee John Hackwell William Bintner Lois G Stuart J G Stuart Ann John Edith A Richardette Mary A Hudler Peter Nelson J W Jensen A W Quinby Charles W Houston CW Hanson Suzan Paige Mary A Yager and others with parcels in Audubon area and surrounding townships. Amounts range from WD 1 to WD 2600 with various lot and block references and titles to be conveyed.
Foley’s Honey and Tar claims to treat influenza and prevent illness. The advertising language asserts cure and prevention while promoting a yellow package as the genuine article. Nick Doffing is named in the promotion.
At a January 1907 meeting the congregation resolved to dissolve the pastoral relation with Dr Conybeare as he accepts a call to Central Park Church Cedar Rapids. They commend his work, express sorrow, and pray for his success while hoping for good for the church here. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a remedy with claims of curing coughs and colds.
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