10 Jan 1907
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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
1
Local items note train times and miscellaneous town news. Reports include residents traveling to Casey Audubon and Des Moines, shipments of hogs, farm sales, and changes at Lohner store. Mentions of visitors from Lewis Atlantic and Logan, plus a few business moves and a new milling engine purchase.
The Journal presents multiple Virginia farm offerings with acreages from 40 to 900 plus acres, prices per acre ranging from about 4 to 15 dollars, descriptions noting mills, stations, schools, post offices, and neighboring towns. A sales pitch invites readers to request a little book with more descriptions and details of each property.
Defendant Frank W. Wilts is notified that Ida I. Patty Wiltee has filed for divorce on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The petition asks restoration to her maiden name Ida I. Patty and requests a decree if no defense is made by February 26, 1907. Attorney H. F. Andrrw represents the plaintiff.
Advertises two improved tracts near Extra for sale, one 160 acres and another 80 acres. Seeks descriptions and price confidentially via Journal, implying a private sale.
A chaotic rant mocks a delayed Christmas newsletter and a burned shell incident. It riffs on Brink, mental lapse fears, and language snatches from Danish, German, and Nihilist rumors as it wittily questions the source of a cryptic text and calls out a brainy, drainless sot.
Local column reports Miss Byrd Conmardy and Ed Young family illnesses, Mrs Bush's condition, Mrs George Burberry guest in Atlantic, Celia Johnson back to work drawing after vacation. Pete Jensen leaves Audubon Township Creamery March 10 to join John T. Lohner in a new firm. Christmas reunion at Clinton Hawke home includes W. H. Brinkerhoff and Cotton family. venison and trout dinner noted.
Mr Gus Gault issues a last notice demanding all debts to Frank Gault and Company be settled before January 1 with 7 dollars. Unpaid accounts after that date will be sued. Debtors are urged to govern themselves accordingly.
Two strong firms sparred over wine prices last Friday in a lively auction. The top bid reached six dollars twenty five cents, while a farmer calmly drove away with his load after the final price beat down.
A runaway team led Hal May and another man from Yeamnione damaged several garden fences as it bolted through town near the Journal office. The wagon overturned after turning a corner, but no injuries or further damage were reported as the pair stopped for dinner.
A collage of short items on diverse topics, from Kilauea volcano activity to marriage licenses in Chicago, inquiries about Friday work superstition, and demographic notes. It mentions British blindPopulation, Queen Victoria’s granddaughters, Des Moines pheasants import, and Ames College enrollments with international students.
Mrs Sarah A Evans of Portland Oregon has been placed on the police force after serving as city market inspector for a year. She becomes a police officer to perform duties more efficiently. The note also references Yukon crop yields in 1905 and 1906, Galloway cattle in Kenes and Wood Island, and Fred Pabst’s Dakota ranch stock raising plans.
Franklin Adams of Ohio has practiced law for seventy years and remains active at ninety three. A Missouri country town displays a sign outside a hardware store, while eastern cities hire more women as elevator operators for reliability. Armour Packing plans a Minneapolis plant costing between two and three million dollars with additional car shops. German working girls earn under sixty dollars yearly, and a common cow costs nine to fourteen dollars with a 200 pound hog at sixty dollars. In Silver City New Mexico a 107 year old Mexican patriarch Pedro Melab de, born in 1798, lives across three centuries though nearly blind.
A traveling salesman hurries to catch a train and orders a page to check for a forgotten box in room 48. The scene unfolds in a hotel hall as the clerk races to recover the item before the five minute limit expires.
The text presents guidance on personal integrity amid disagreement. It contrasts violin and flute players as a metaphor for conflicting tastes, urging individuals to ignore public opinion and follow their own sense of right. The message emphasizes action over critique.
A muddled excerpt blends rustic farm life and moral musings. It references abundance and self-reliance with lines about lambs, fleece, flowers, and fruits, ending with notes on patience and cheerfulness. The tone mirrors agrarian periodicals and proverbial sentiments.
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