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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
4
Hamlin reports include residents visiting families, illness at Yom White and a strong week for lumber and brick deliveries. The Danish Brotherhood met in Hamlin and initiated twenty candidates as the depot addition nears completion. Will Eagen moves to a farm near Anita, weddings loom, and new stocktaking by H J Johnson and P J Juel marks a busy Monday.
For sale 28 acres in Guthrie county includes 8 acres hog tight pasture 6 acres timber. Balance good farmland with a good house 2 wells stable and outbuildings. Priced at 35 dollars per acre. Willing to trade for cash and small balance. Balance can be paid yearly if desired. Call Journal office. 25
Mrs Loyd Miller was ill last week. Miss Clara Morey works for Mrs Fred Weeks. Bonnie and Floyd Young visited the Stanley home. Charles Miller bought a horse from Lloyd Miller and moved to his own farm in Old Hamlin. Many neighbors attended the Hensley event. Minnie Burr closes winter term of school. B G Rice lost two calves to black leg. Ethel Owen finished helping Mrs John Griffith and is at home. James Boyar plans to move to Guthrie Center after yesterday's sale. Edward Owen Lucille visited Charles Higgite and wife with Greenlees of Guthrie county noting her poor condition. Mrs Hamp Jones attended a luncheon March 2. The male at Will Thomas drew a crowd and sold well. Thomas moved to Audubon Monday. Hopkins machinery and goods moved to Guthrie county. he bought a farm near Guthrie Center and plans to move.
Miss Pauline Tene was found drugged on Madison Avenue with a chloroform soaked napkin. Drallinger, a former streetcar conductor, was accused but new developments suggest she acted alone with suicidal intent. His release from custody is anticipated. his family owns land near Viola Iowa.
Early morning blaze at Jones Bros factory in Dubuque causes about 50000 dollars in loss. Half of the stock and contents were insured. One hundred workers lose jobs. Company plans to resume in a Dubuque building owned by Mrs Westphal currently in California. Authorities cite possible incendiary origin with strong evidence alleged.
Wanted at Oncel Jens Unkatorternen who lives four miles near Brayton a hired man for the summer apply to him at once.
Frank Kaucher of J Joseph Ma signs contract to build a grain elevator for Sioux City Terminal Elevator Co leased to J Rosenbaum, with capacity for 200000 bushels as Sioux City develops as a grain hub. In Des Moines a mother fear leads to police intervention as J C Dowden is jailed on weapons charges.
A home on 160 acres six miles from town with good roads and telephone in house. R F D at door. 40 rods to school. 12 acres Jayel second bottom with fine deep soil. 40 acres rolling with no waste land. About 40 seeded to clover and timothy. Fine crop of corn on clover sod yielding about 70 bushels per acre. Any part of this farm will produce that.
An 1907 Journal listing advertises 40 acres of corn and hog pasture with woven wire fencing, a deep water well, windmill, a 6 or 7 room house, a new frame barn, and orchard. Price starts at 65 dollars per acre, rising to 75 soon. terms range from 3000 to 34000 dollars with March 1, 1907 as a due date and easy balance terms.
Property offers 120 acres at 60 dollars per acre seven miles from town with R F D access. About 90 acres cultivated, balance brush pasture. Ground is new with little stone, good improvements, watered by spring and well. Negotiable financing with first mortgage 3000, 2000 by March 1 1907, rest long time at 6 percent.
Farm comprises 260 acres with 40 under cultivation and 70 acres bluegrass pasture. Includes timber, stone quarry, springs and wells, good fences, a 4 or 5 room house, granary, barn 40 by 48, big orchard, and a good soil. Located four miles from market with railroad access and school nearby. Asking price 345 per acre in a bargain sale. Journal Exits.
A model farm offering 250 acres at 70 dollars per acre. Described as one of the finest stock and grain farms in the county, 54 miles from a town on the main railroad, 40 rods to a school, with R F D at the door and nearby church. Features include 160 acres of prime black Iowa soil, no sand or stone, 100 acres of brush and timber pasture, bluegrass pastures, springs, deep wells, wind mill, two tanks, hog pasture, a large 66 by 80 monster barn, cattle sheds, hog house, cribs, granary, double corn crib, and wood and coal sheds. Nine fine two-story houses, stone cellar nine feet deep, ideal location, priced from 3000 to 5000 dollars with balance on easy terms.
210 acres at 57 50 until January 1 1907 and 60 afterward four and one half miles from a fine town on Rock Island with good roads 160 acres nearly level balance rolling good soil no stone sand or bars fenced hog and cattle pasture big orchard groves some timber nicely watered new four room house stables stock and grain farm at a low price 500 to 600 down balance long time Journal.
A 220 acre farm 3 miles from a town with good roads and timber. About 6 acres fine grove, 100 acres bottom land, rolling balance, one mile to school. Includes a 6 room house, granary, big barn, fenced and crossed fenced. Easy terms. Willing to take 80 or 120 acres in exchange.
A provocative property listing near Exira promotes a farm as a remedy for single men seeking wives. The 25 acre cultivated land with 60 more possible, timbered areas, timbered water access, three buildings, and a coal bank operation yield a $400 annual royalty. The seller offers easy terms and accepts a thousand dollars in trade.
An advertisement offers 120 acres near a good town described as first class and well fenced into five or six fields. It notes a large hog pasture, running water from springs, springs feeding lots, a reliable well, and proximity to a school and phone service in a good neighborhood.
A 10 acre tract offers fine timber feed lots and a good dwelling with a room house, small stables and other outbuildings. The property includes a grove or chard and half the farm in tame grass, with ample pasture and potential superior farming site.
Land offering at 50 dollars per acre with adjoining farms at 60 to 70 dollars. No. 30, 160 acres at 40, one mile from Dandy town with mills and creamery nearby. Rolling land, ten acres under plow, rest brush and blue grass pasture. fenced quarter with rich soil, large cattle sheds, barn, hen house, and a new house with stone cellar. Investors can gain by labor, improvements, and proximity to higher priced land. inquire Journal office.
No. 43, 120 acres at 40 dollars per acre with 4% miles from town and 14 miles from school. 75 acres under cultivation, balance brush pasture. Well fenced, cross fenced, fine crops, well watered. New four room house, coal shed, hen house, crib, stable, sheds. Will take a thousand in good trade or sell on long time. Storm clause to be added. Journal office.
A grain and stock farm offering 225 acres near the county seat with three miles of roads and good drainage. Described features include bottom land, rolling areas, timothy pasture, well fenced fields, a wood house, large barns, sheds, and strong water access. Prices range from $61 per acre for part portions to $2000-$4000 as a financed balance.
A 160 acre parcel offered at 68 dollars per acre with good improvements and rolling, well watered and fenced, located miles from town. Price 1000 dollars due March 1 1907, balance on time with annual payments of 100 dollars after two to three years. Journal.
Auction note describes 107 acres at 55 dollars per acre with an almost level tract plus a nearly level section. Features include small buildings, an orchard, good water, a black walnut grove, 80 acres of second bottom land, and a minor overflow area in the northwest corner. Handy to coal and two railroad markets.
Auction note describes a 120 acre farm 3 miles from two towns and 7 miles from a town on the Rock Island line. One story house, barn, sheds, cistern, well and windmill. $55 per acre for 210. 100 cultivated acres with balance pasture. Good soil, fenced, hog tight, orchard, fruit, easy terms.
60 acres at 65 dollars per acre with a gentle roll all seeded and fenced one mile to school and store half mile to church shop and creamery five or six room house good stables and pasture call at Journal office for details
Forty acres nicely located about 23 miles from town. Thirty acres level and rest rolling with a good grove and spring water. Includes five or six room house, good barn and outbuildings, orchard. Price 65 dollars per acre. Terms easy. Journal.
Fourteen acres described for No 196 and 171 listings with a four room house new barn for four horses and good outbuildings. 65 acres address includes 4 acres rolling land near a railroad town, well water, fenced hog pastures, fruit and berries, mortgage details and in house telephone. Located two miles from a railroad town with a 200 dollar mortgage due in two years at six percent. contact Journal office.
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