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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
3
Audubon County Journal reports on sick neighbors, visitors from Audubon, and towngoers. Residents attend weddings and trips to Nebraska and Oklahoma while plan for a Dakota excursion, a hotel bazaar, and cemetery association meeting unfold. Local moves include sales of horses and cattle and a shift to Casey Iowa Masons, with kindness toward departing families.
Public notice of a general sale at Kennedy Hund near Lone Tilt in Taralin township on Monday March 4. The listing includes horses cows steers hogs and farm equipment with a noon lunch and coffee break. Purchasers pay interest from date of sale with a cashier note and overall terms by auctioneer M D Kennedy and DW Jones.
Public health officials report small pox scare abated as quarantine measures remain strict. Authorities say exposure risks are controlled, with no current cases and no anticipated spread. The town maintains vigilance and urges calm among residents while monitoring neighboring areas for any new threats.
Hon. Lyman Cooper and A F Andrews discuss Iowa and Wyoming politics while Audubon county residents gain visibility in Wyoming’s legislature. Perry Nurseries owner F Edmondson buys 187 acres of the Robert Osborne farm two miles south to plant extensive orchards of apples and pears. The business has doubled in three years, yet some farmers still buy from distant nurseries at higher prices. John Crane of Extra acts as agent for the nursery.
The report covers two weddings, one at the Dride’a home in Audubon township uniting Mr. Will Campbell and Miss Delia Allen, and another near town uniting Jens Christian Jensen and Miss Nicholl C. Wulff. It notes farm roots, steady character, and future housekeeping plans, with congratulations from family and friends. It also mentions a later marriage at Mrs Rabson’s residence between Manly Fountain and Stella M. Rabson officiated by Rev. Wissler, praising community familiarity and simple, well-prepared hospitality.
The Mother's Society of Christian Endeavor will meet at Mrs. Hamlet's home on Friday March 1 at 3 PM. Mrs Pattison leads devotional on Gods Promises and Ours. Educational topic covers teaching children self control at home school and abroad with papers by Mrs Wotan Miss Lottie Bennett and Mrs John Dodge.
Mr and Mrs L E Bor Nave celebrate twenty five years of marriage at their North Park Street home. Friends organized a surprise by inviting Mrs Born to the library while Mr Born read at home. Guests arrived with gifts and toasts, a piano song, and an original poem praising their life together. A large crowd lingered, offering blessings for their future as the community reflects on the joyous event.
A New York Sun excerpt recalls Red Rock New York where locals once renamed a town from Red Rock after a gray boulder failed the test. They painted the rock red each spring, turning the act into a festival that celebrated the yearly color change and the town’s idiosyncratic origin.
An article explains novice difficulty in instant gun placement, urging steady, rapid shooting at visible or implied birds. It notes experts’ success with immediate triggers, warns against waiting for a clear sight, and cites a New York card game superstition as unrelated anecdote. It also previews a British rail tunnel plan and a bulletin on Iowa crop experiments, including corn, wheat, rape, and experimental results from Ames Station.
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