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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
6
Rural notes report Powell s store specials and Hogs price at 6 60 per hundredweight. Community updates include dance at D B hall and a Danie h Brotherhood debate on saloon regulations. Family news mentions visits, illness, and a serious work accident near Webster City with amputation reported.
A seller offers a few Oxford Down rams for sale if an order is sent before March 15. The seller commits to keeping them until August. Signed by Scort Herrick.
During a fierce blaze at Scranton's vast water tank Tuesday Good year and Dyer climbed 110 feet as flames and smoke trapped them. Butler fetched a rope, reached the top through heat, tied each man to safety, and brought them down one by one, then descended himself.
Mrs. James Channon of Des Moines writes of her mother’s death and burial last weekend. Marg Hensley of Iowa Falls and Gus Wahlert with wife from Hillrose Colorado attended the funeral of W. B. Hensley, with plans to stay a week or two before returning home with her father.
For sale notices list several properties offered by N D Hamlin. Details are limited but indicate multiple parcels available and expectant buyers should contact Hamlin or local listings for specifics.
Anton Koob a long time Grant township resident died at his home in Anita at four o clock Wednesday morning after a several week illness with stomach trouble affecting his heart. Born in Germany in 1841 he came to America at age twelve and later served in the Fifth Iowa Cavalry during the Civil War. Survived by his wife Mary Van Slike and four children Dr W R Koob Brayton William and Lafayette of Grant township and a daughter in Grant township, with one son John Koob of Brayton having died recently. Funeral plans expected Friday pending final notice.
The Junior Endeavor society met at Miss Elsie Hunt’s home for a pleasant afternoon. Sermons this Sunday will cover Sodom a Modern not an Ancient City and The Battle into which Every One in Born and How to Meet It. Audubon Township church selects Twenty Century Songs. fifty copies ordered. The Extra church needs a furnace replacement. A narrated sermon series may continue after strong audience approval. The Audubon trip went well with a warm church and a diligent janitor praised for his work.
The note lists grade by grade activities across subjects and projects. It mentions 10th graders reading Cesar, Evangeline and 12th graders on Vigil, ninth grade English history next week, algebra reviews, physics steam engine study, wood carving progress, and art and drawing lessons. Measles affect several students and Mrs Mary Bowen of Extra died after a long illness with details to come next week.
A newlywed couple at a boarding house endures sharp stares and gossip as neighbors share cynical advice about marriage. The wife resolves to endure trials, while the husband shows warmth amid mounting rumors, revealing tensions between love and social scrutiny.
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