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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
3
Notes from Gray include sick visits from Mrs Lou Stetts and Mrs Bloom's return, a January 26 lecture by H B Adams, weddings and births, New Year gatherings, and local moves. Debates about installs of I C C F and Rebekah officers, and a fatal accident near Nebr tied to hay transport. Charles Wilson's Arkansas post with boxcar living and farm purchase details complete the page.
The North Branch School resumed at Providence with students and staff returning. Several locals are noted visiting relatives over the holiday and attending community gatherings, including a youth gathering at Marie Mareau’s home and various family visits around Stuart and Des Moines. A Friday school event featured birthdays for Willie Shideler and Ralph Kirkwood, with a celebration including chicken and other treats.
In Audubon Township several residents are noted for daily tasks and events. Jobo Porter shells corn in Greeley while Mise Grace Hocamp enjoys a new piano. Chan Newman and Barney Dorling traded horses last week. The Boehme family attended Martin Kness funeral and Shout Sunday service. Otis Boehme spent New Year’s at Chas Palm’s, plans to depart Thursday. Wm Witte sold hogs on Extra Tuesday. Chas Boehme sold four loads of hogs on Extra Wednesday. Geo Kness and Mra Alice Boehme were at the bedside of their father who died Saturday and was buried Sunday. A literary event is planned for Friday evening January 4th. Minnie Petri is reported poorly. A corn shelling ad offers first class work. J McCreary can be reached by phone or mail. Loto Clark lists hamlin Iowa vended chickens.
A Minneapolis city hall recital recounts an unwritten page of history about Henry Clay and the 1832 presidential race. Mary Hunter, a 95 year old former slave, cites a scandal involving a freed NC octoroon lover that allegedly derailed Clay’s bid. She recalls social secrecy, political interference, and lingering North South tension shaping the outcome. The story ties to Civil War-era mobility as Hunter seeks aid in old age. A second item notes a Birmingham consul's claim of a clock controlled gas lighting device, promising automated on off cycles for urban illumination with yearly reset minimal maintenance.
A dramatic rescue at Allerton as Claud Conklin pulled two Suiter brothers from a near drowning. Across Iowa, shoplifting targets Nevada stores and a large diamond ring theft at Graves drug and jewelry.
A wealthy New York socialite Miss Caroline M Phelps Stokes of New York later Mrs Robert Hunter left Fifth Avenue luxury for Grove Street on the lower West Side to aid the poor. The Hunters welcomed callers from humble districts, offering financial aid and guidance as they pursue campaigns against poverty. The couple insisted their aim was to live plainly to be near those in need.
A collage of humorous quotes from various papers shows a wife commenting on dated fashions and a husband joking about a saving scheme. The snippets include a man waving money, a vow to avoid legal action for debts, and a quip about an after-dinner speaker, reflecting light, gossiping, and witty social banter across sources.
A hygiene notice describes making a soft paste from soap and water to treat chiblains. It instructs bathing feet in salted water, applying a thick paste to affected areas, and moistening and repeating the treatment frequently.
The undersigned will sell at public auction on the Kommel place two miles east of Extra at ten o clock a.m. 62 head of live stock including 14 horses with various ages and types, 14 head of cattle with milch cows and calves, 33 hogs, farming gear, 500 bushels of corn, hay, and implements. Terms are cash. Free lunch at noon. Harvey Hupf, Clerk A.W. Hanvey. Dr. Jones, Auct.
The undersigned will auction at his residence seven miles southeast of Extra and about forty four miles north of Anita on Wednesday January 9 1907 starting at clock 71 head of livestock including 6 head horses cattle hogs and 25 tons hay and 2500 bushels of corn plus farm machinery and two good horses and a free lunch at noon with clerks Shernin Jorgenson Con D R Jonas and A W Harvey.
The undersigned will sell at public auction at his residence eight miles north of Anita on Thursday January 50 1907 at 1 o clock a m. Six horses including a bay aged 13 a mare in foal two bays and a gray aged 2 to 6 years, a span of driving ponies, 48 cattle with 14 milch cows and calves six yearling steers and 22 calves, 30 hogs, and a full line of farm machinery including two lumber wagons a Buckeye binder McCormick hay rake John Deere implements disc cultivator harrows wire and harnesses. Good free lunch at eleven. Terms usual. CHRIS JENSEN Auctioneer DR Jones Clerk Orro Wirrravzr.
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