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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
5
An advertisement touts a steel range with blue polished exterior and asbestos lined flues, praising durability, efficiency, and heat control. It promotes a Cole Original Hot Blast Coal Stove that supposedly stays lit, saves fuel, and maintains even heat with various coal types, listing seven guarantees and inviting neighbor testimonies.
Oakfield and Brayton items report debts unsettled and a store sale, return of books, and local transfers. Notes include visits by Mr Sylvester to Atlantic, D W Powers improving, Clarence Crane’s Brayton visit, Horton’s trip to Lebanon Nebraska, Fred Wilson consulting with Dr Koob, Brayton Lumber receiving wire and Tomber, Ralph Goodwin buying a Lewin pool room, an Atlantic accident insurance agent in Brayton, Mrs Ben Clark visiting her parents in Orient, Mr Glass securing insurance, Neila Petersen sale February 11, Horton purchasing cattle, a Club committee phonograph program, Sam E Harn and Wm Ordway’s health, Mollie Jenkins visiting Atlantic, Ellis Leigan planning a pool hall, J McGovern shipping hogs, Mrs J P Hallock ill with daughter-in-law visiting, Ladies Aid Valentine box social February 14, Lost ring in black silk, Chris Jorgensen funeral attendance, Nels Sorenson gifted a 843 winter overcoat from the Danish Baptist Church.
A large crowd is expected Friday in Indianola Iowa as Emilie's Male Quartette prepares an extra performance featuring beautiful musical selections. The group is highly recommended and organizers urge attendees to be present that evening.
Planty of home grown Timothy seed offered at SL.75 per bushel. Charles Spencer and Extra Vivian Sartlett returned from Atlantic after visiting friends. Mrs Geo Conrad of Atlantic visited over Sunday at her brother Jos Donor in Oskfiell returning Monday evening with two of her nieces.
While visiting Brayton we spoke with Bank of Brayton cashier L N Miller about January 1907 spending. The bank paid 1 953 38 for hogs and 3 570 00 for cattle plus 875 013 72 for grain aides and creamery checks, reflecting strong local commerce and broad patronage.
Jacobsen livery and feed stable advertises rigs at reasonable prices with or without a driver. Bus service to ana from all trains. tifa towa.
A jittery mosaic of local misfortunes and trials. Keokuk saloon wrecked in a drunken act, and Percival and Lock touted as the finest in the city. Wounds from a porn shelter accident in Waterloo and a brakeman killed near Cherokee while fixing a coupling. A boy and a man hurt coast to coast, a Panama water tank fire and a bank lighting accident injuring Martin Schreiber. Indictments against Clayton saloonkeepers, a Canfield Lumber dispute, a Waterloo gas case, and a series of legal actions in Albia Ottumwa and Burlington. A Marengo boy's accidental death, a Mount Pleasant shooting arrest, and a Burlington flight case conclude this broad Iowa snapshot.
In Shrewsbury England a coroner cites a stark contrast between horses and motor cars. He says God created horses for mankind and invented motor cars for destruction. The foreman asks if reporters may publish the statement, and the coroner confirms it as true.
A Paris journal quotes M. Srimm recalling a conversation in England about the metric system. The Englishman concedes its complexity yet argues such numerous difficulties make the system a marvelous tool for shaping the minds of English schoolchildren.
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