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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
7
Community notices from Audubon detail events at the Mid-Winter Fair, local visits by residents such as Joe Doner and Peter Howell, and business moves including groceries and banking changes. A major livestock sale by J. G. Davis drew wide attendance, with top prices and buyers from across the state.
In a Christian Observer piece, Aunt Sally defends her plain black silk dress worn to church and at home, while a minister and his wife admonish her for worldly display. The exchange reveals tensions over propriety, hospitality, and social expectations within a church community.
A misspelled and garbled note from Pittsburgh telegraph records a claim that Washington and founders never saw numerous inventions. The text lists telegraphs, sewing machines, photographs, typewriters, engines, and many other items as examples. The fragmentary line hints at a belief that early leaders did not witness modern technology.
A fragment from a humorous exchange where a girl boasts of her charm and wisdom while a host comments on belief and vanity. The dialogue raises social dynamics and lighthearted banter between characters.
Gray: Jeston Quimby of Toss talks insurance in town on Tuesday. Miss Josie Rutherford visits sister Mrs Lon Gray. G Eugene Mertz suffers amid Jayrippe. Fred Hepp transacts business at Manning. Grandmother Wilson ill. James Grow and wife visit in Audubon. Several locals plan spring moves and visits as flu spreads. Walter Audas improves, church and lodge activities noted. many neighbors travel for business and social calls.
An old Traveler's lanterns collection inspired lantern makers in Birmingham Helsinki and New York to produce wide range machine made imitations. From simple cylinders to cubes and complex prisms glass and metal materials vary from fine woods to silver. Electric illumination enhances color depth and creates jewel like reflections, resembling Gothic cathedral light.
A New York Sun vignette recalls an ambulance surgeon who finds routine calls thrilling. A drunken patient and a second accident spark chaotic cross-town rides, curious crowds, and odd moral scenes as the duo end up bonded by shared danger and laughter.
A shell accident caused a cartridge fragment to strike a man in the forehead near Ross line, with others reporting fevers and grippe in the area. Clyde Wilde controlled horses last Sunday while a buggy mishap damaged the tongue, leaving a need for a spare seat. the man remained at home afterward.
Washington dispatch reports the War Department received telegrams from Brigadier General Mitziieh Les regarding Indian disturbances in Amana and Missouri. Officials claim no mob activity or fear among Holleavite and Butioles residents, and no bridge or road threats surfaced. Deputy Toba and Brigadier Lee pledged protection to prevent obstruction of travel and infrastructure.
Reports detail the killing of Handsome Elk a noted Sioux desperado at Lower Brule reservation following a clash with police a period of two decades he led resistance against federal state authorities and earned a feared reputation as a superb marksman Medicine creek area near the agency described as a fortress his violent career marked by raids and confrontations across the region
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