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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
5
An advertisement touts a Monarch steel range with blue steel exterior and asbestos lined flues. It cites features like a large oven, durable grey iron linings, and a copper reservoir, promising fuel savings and strong heat with soft or hard coal. Several guarantees claim fuel efficiency, airtightness, long burn times, and dustproof feeds.
Oakfield Brayton for sale offers good work horses and mares for ale along with twenty five high scoring Plymouth Rock Cockerels. Residents include N L Hansix Brayton IA and D Beers improving. Chris Nelson remains at Hansens. Mr D W Powers of Oakfield improving. Misa Dagmar Nielson Hamlin visiting Larsen's. Miss Clara Bendixen Omaha visiting Niel Sorensen's. James and Esther Larsen and Art and Alma Hansed visit L N Beck's. Anna Anderson birthdays. Brayton Lumber Co sells lumber to J P Carlson Elk Horn. Dr Koob called Friday for a sick father improving. Elam Billa's child sick but improving. Rasmuseen Brothers Brayton attend Des Moines Ames Cement Desler's meeting. Mrs Blom listed on Sick List. T J McGovern Brayton stock buyer shipped fourteen cars hogs last week. Post sale, debtor settlement requested. books at store G Lb Nsom Brayton Iowa.
An old public notice urges early treatment with Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney trouble. It warns the condition is insidious and can lead to Bright's disease or diabetes if untreated. Patient name cited as Nick Doffing.
A vintage ad extols Ayer's Hair Vigor as the best hair grower, promising rich thick glossy hair and no gray. A testimonial from Miss Buock of Wayland Michigan praises the product and urges others to try it.
On the final day of the regatta the river glowed with music and moving light. Arneston declares love to Miss Bassett aboard a houseboat, yet she refuses marriage, while a past friendship casts a shadow over their romance and fate on the water.
In a dim room a woman confronts a man with a revelation of love turned to betrayal. Agnes Reid’s letters reveal the killer was the man she now faces, exposing a past of vengeance and mistaken judgments. The confession unsettles both, leaving Miss Basset to reevaluate her feelings and the truth she’d long avoided.
Capt Tuckey explored the Congo region in West Africa early in the nineteenth century. He documented that some Congo women ruled in hereditary female lines and could choose husbands. Daughters of chiefs were absolute mistresses and could even sell a spouse to slavers. The chief with up to 50 wives kept a steady demand for eligible princesses.
The Lester Burrell jury returned a guilty verdict on assault and battery in a case that surprised many. The trial raised questions about the strength of the state’s evidence linking Burrell to the attack on County Attorney Ed McCall, who was previously assaulted near his home. Burrell faces immediate rearrest on a separate grand larceny indictment, with further proceedings at the March term. The case against accomplice Harrell is expected to proceed this term.
In Calhoun county a dispute arises between the board of supervisors and local banks over interest on county funds. At the January meeting the board passed a resolution requiring banks to pay interest on all county deposits.
The banks propose to resist to the last ditch and have formed a combine to defeat the demand. The board of supervisors threaten to move funds to outside banks unless county banks pay the interest demanded. Many believe banks have been favored long enough, while bankers say they offer valuable accommodations as ample compensation.
Charles City reports the grand jury investigating the James Cullen lynching has produced no evidence tying any man to the crime. A member notes witnesses say they did not recognize any of the men who hanged Cullen, despite County Attorney Rue’s efforts, and expectations for further action are dim.
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