Extra Iowa notes and town items highlight local life
Mrs H W Rogers on sick list and Bee ad for Jersey Reds. Soren Daugaard visits Brayton. Theo Patty and Hane Yngved visit Bayard. Weighton stock promoted. Harry Hockenberry buys a two year colt for 175. Billy Milliman ill with bowels. Olaf Jensen basing books in Extra. Ethel Owen visits Spencer home then Hamlin for a brother’s illness. Merchants urged to clear inventories for spring. Mrs Nottingham en route from Avon to see mother in Extra. Officers elected for Extra Creamery: Hunt president, Bartelt vp, Nelgen secretary, Tharnish director, Miller and J E Miller directors. Peter Christensen hog house built. Barber accident and Johnny Bishop buys barbershop. Rasmussen and Crane wed. Crane's daughter Effie Crane. Farm to rent 160 acres. J B Conmardy shot accidently. party of 5 involved. Hugh Smith buys Palace Teporial Parlor. Clarence Crane and Miss Gearheart wed at bride’s home. Dissolution notice: Hansen Lohner & Co dissolved. H P Petersen and C A Jensen take over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Crane
Ethel iGearheart
Clarence
Extra
Miss Gearheart
William Gearheart
Burwell
Oakfield
Scientific Sewing Class Reaches Seventeenth Milestone
Mrs Countardy leads a city sewing class teaching cutting fitting and Baughman chart methods. Pupils planned a surprise birthday party for her yesterday with John cooking in the basement to avoid trouble for the kind Dutchma.
Child Doused by Hot Washer Water Tragedy
A two year old boy pulled the washing machine plug and fell under the hot water stream while Mrs. Harry Paige washed Monday. He was badly burned and lost skin with his clothes as it was removed. Dr. Riley treated the child and hoped for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Paige
Gan
Dr. Riley
Roadmaster Muschott Promises Lake Depot Fix
Commendable Roadmaster Muschott of the C R u&P Railway Co visited the authorities about the lake depot. He pledged temporary cinder-fill relief this winter and promised a spring plan to connect with the town walk, extend the platform, and create a proper waiting room, though the current 14 by 16 foot space falls short for sheltering all travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muschott
C. R. U&p. Railway Co
Public Sale on Marquesen Farm Near Exira in 1907
Army farm sale 5 miles southeast of Exira on the old Marquesen farm Tuesday January 15 1907 at 11 oclock. Items include two bay mares gray mare and other stock and equipment such as cows calf binder cultivators seeder harrows corn planters harnesses bee hives and furniture. Auction by Peter Roth Cor RK N Canpen Auct with John McGuins as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Farm
Exira
Marquesen
Peter Roth
Cor
Canpen
Joux McGuins
Auction listing on Hansen Jensen farm near Extra and Hamlin
An January 24 1907 sale details a large farm inventory including animals such as 1 black gelding team 7 years old and 1 bay mare six years, 9 milch cows, 2 two year old heifers, 8 spring calves, 15 bred sows, a Duroc Jersey boar, 6 dozen chickens and farm equipment like a McCormick binder and hay tools. Household goods include tables chairs glassware beds a sewing machine and a Town Dairy cream separator. Clerks JENS P JENSEN and others note the listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Jens P
Jensen D
R. Jenks
Aue A
W, Harvey
Notice to Hunters on Premises Prosecution Warned
Notice warns that all persons found hunting on the premises after this date will be prosecuted according to law. Names listed include Samuel Weaver, Soren Madsen, Hi, F. Zinke, Dawson, Sherm Peppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Weaver Soren Madsen Hi
F.zinke
Dawson Sherm Peppers
Brayton Lyceum Debate Aim at Friday Program
The Brayton Lyceum will hold a debate Friday January 18 on the resolution that opportunities for a young man are greater today than fifty years ago. The affirmative team is White and Mantz of Audubon with Ace Horton of Brayton. the negatives are Nelson, Arnold and Rasmussen. A good program will follow the debate and all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
White and
Mantz
Audubon
Ace Horton
Brayton
Nelson
Arnold
Rasmussen
Our Town Ot Reports 1906 Station Business Totals
Our Town Ot presents 1906 station figures showing total freight and passenger receipts 55398 65. Express service activity listed, with numbers of cars received and forwarded, including 875 stock cars, and butter shipments weighing 620 396 pounds.
Bigamist Steele Linked to Two Wives and Bomb Plot
Chicago based bom thrower Rolla Steele once of Garner has lived as a bigamist for over fourteen years with a Virginia wife in Lynchburg and a Pennsylvania wife Irene in Philadelphia. He fathered a child with Mrs Steele of Lynchburg while supporting her. Irene Steele, mother of three, alleges he claimed to be divorced from the Virginia wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Chicago
Rolla Steele
Garner
Steele
Lynchburg
Steel
Bessie Steele
Irene Steele
Virginia
Steele No. 2
Steele No
Instant Death From Live Wire in Burlington
George B. Morris 40, store keeper at the C B & Q round house, was instantly killed when thousands of volts passed through his body from a heavy power circuit. The accident, unseen, left him burned beyond recognition. he leaves a wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
George B. Morris
C. B. & Q. Round House
Morris
Reward for Murderer in Guthrie County Case
A reward has been raised for the apprehension of the murderer of Charles Nell near Bayard weeks ago. The brother of the deceased has secured several hundred dollars from relatives and friends around Bayard and Guthrie County will add 300 while the state offers 300 more. It seems a disgrace that such a murder should go unpunished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Charles Nell
Bayard
Guthric County
Guthrie County
Waukon Faces Stand-off Over School Superintendent Election
Trouble brews as County Superintendent elect Wilbur J. Peck lacks a teachers certificate required by a new law. Incumbent John E. Mills vows court action, with counter moves ahead. Peck, a private normal school teacher, cites popular vote and his election certificate from the county assessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WII
Waukon
Wilbur J. Peck
Holt
John E. Mills
Peck
Norma
Hals
Couinty Arsifor
120 Acre Farm For Sale Near Town With New House
Buy today at 40 dollars. Sell in two years for 65 or 75. No. 48. 120 acres at 40. Four percent miles from town, 44 miles from school. Good neighborhood with 75 acres under cultivation and balance brush pasture. Well fenced and cross fenced. Fine crops. Farm well watered. New four room house, coal and hen house, crib, stable, sheds. All new. Take a thousand in good trade or sell on long time. Small down payment or good note. Storm clause. Journal office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Office
Farm Auction Appeal: 107 Acres in Premium Midwest Block
No. 158 presents 107 acres almost level with small buildings and an orchard. Good water and black walnut grove, 8 acres second bottom, with a narrow strip in the northwest corner slightly sloped. Some lowest land may overflow. convenient to coal and two railroad markets.
No Money Needed Farm For Sale With Tools And Stock
Farm listing offers 180 acres at $60 per acre with 2 miles from town. Includes 40 acres rough pasture, well watered land, wind mill, tank, large barn hog house sheds and yards, good five to six room house, stone cellar, arched eave. Terms demand $1000 down by April 1 1907 or arrangements possible for deferment if credible.
Extra School Notes Highlight Ninth Grade and Art Work
The ninth grade will read English history next semester and the ninth English class has read most of the supplementary material. Pupils study sewing, woodcarving, geography, drawing, and watercolor landscapes. Miss Hensley and students skate after school, and the second grammar room maps territorial acquisitions. A visitor from Audubon arrived Sunday evening. Chris Stone and Harold Clay produced noteworthy watercolor landscapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil
Bolls
Lyle Stoner
Wooster
Chris Stone
Harold Clay
Distinctive Christian Church Sermon Texts And Honored Members
Christian Church notes announce Sunday sermons with a theme on the Distinctive Plea of the Christian Church and a evening subject on contempt for human salvation methods. It reports strong Bible school attendance, congregational gifts, and lists officers and roles for Bible school and Senior Y P S G E for the first half of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Dutcher
Ladies’ Aid Society
Audubon Township
Degires
Bible School
Mertie
Mi Y. O
P. I, Whitted
Mra
Geo
Mise Hilmer Herrick
Dentists Office Notes and Local Visits Schedule
Drs. Oldaker and Hammer operate from the office over First National Bank with rooms 1 and 6. One partner will be in Brayton each Friday and every Tuesday at Elk Horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs
Oldaker & Hammer
First National Bank
Brayton
Elk Horn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Extra’s New Cash Department Store
Lohner & Jensen
Olaf Jensen
Prighs
H. W. Rogers
Race Rogera
Soren PL Daugaard
Ingurel
Continental Insurance Company
Theo
Patty
Hane Yngved
Harry Hockenberry
Billy Milliman
Charles Milliman
Ethel Owen
Spencer
Hamlin
Mrrchanta
Annie
W. B. Hellyer
Mrs. Nottingham
Avon
Colorado
Pueblo
Extra Creamery Company
Oscar Hunt
Fred Bartelt
C. C. Nelgen
A. S. Stone
Henry Tharnish
J. E. Miller
Hansens Drug Store
Peter Christensen
Ercent Crane
Johnny Bishop
Main Street
Mr. Bishop
Peter Rasmussen
Effie Crane
Crane
Noah Crane
Mr. Rasmussen
D. E. Shrauger
Iowa
J. B. Conmardy
Hugh Smith
Bert Parrott
Aole
Palace Teporial
Mr. Smith
Hansen, Lohner & Company
P. L. Hansen
John ‘Fl. Lohner
H. P. Petersen
H.P. Petersen
C. A. Jensen
J, T. Lohner
P. Haneen
Petrons
D E. Shrauger
Gamle Danske Medisiner Gasker
Meddele
Hoffmannsdraaber
Kamferdraaber
Tyk Kamferdie Og
Hvis de Gausker
Danske Medisiner Kom
N. Hansen
R. E. Cook
Prop
Hans Jensen
Brayton Lyceum
Our Town
Steele Wsa
Anderson
Morissey
Lynder
Little Folk
Lash Briday
Nels Johnson
Mrs. Ottson
Christian Church Notes
G. E
M Grace Huyck
Mim Anna Hanson
Mina Doka Johnson
Neila Johnson
George Hunt
Mra. Hammer
Mies Hilmer Herrick
Mise Base Herrick
Claus
Audubos
Deen & Welch
Dr. Richards
Hormerly
National Bank
Atlantic
Towa
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